UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended

December 31, 20178

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from

 

to

 

 

Commission File No.

000-55854

 

PETROGRESS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

27-2019626

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

757 Third1, Akti Xaveriou Avenue Suite 2110, New York, New York5th Floor -Piraeus - Greece

10017           18538

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code

(212) 37  +306-5228(210) 459-9741

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

None

 

 

None

   

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

 

Common Stock,par value $0.001

(Title of class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-seasonedwell- known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

 



 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “smaller reporting“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐ Accelerated filer                  ☐
Non-accelerated filer    ☐Smaller reporting company
 Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell companycompany (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐No ☐ No

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (30,795,807630,758 shares of common stock) as of June 30, 20172018 was $1,324,219662,296 (computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last soldlast sold ($0.0431.05) as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarterquarter). )Unless otherwise noted, all share and per share data included in this Form 10-K retroactively reflect the 1-for-100 reverse stock split effected by the Company on July 9, 2018.For purposes of the foregoing calculation only, directors, executive officers, and holders of 10% or more of the issuer’s common capital stock have been deemed affiliates.

 

The number of shares outstandingoutstanding of the Registrant’s Common StockStock as of March 26, 2018April12, 2019 was 344,607,6372,828,412.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None.



 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

14

EXPLANATORY NOTE1

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

34

  

PART I

45

Item 1.

description of Business

45

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

7

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

177

Item 2.

Properties

178

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

178

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

178

 

 

 

PART II

189

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’sRegistrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

189

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

1910

Item 7.

Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1910

Item 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

3119

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

3119

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

3120

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

3120

Item 9B.

Other Information

3321

 

 

 

PART III

3422

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate GovernanceGovernance

3422

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

3523

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

3725

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,Transactions, and Director Independence

3825

Item 14.

Principal AccountantAccountant Fees and Services

4026

   

PART IV

4228

Item 15.

Exhibits AND Financial Statement Schedules

4228

 

 

 

Signatures

 

4430

 



 

 

INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

 

Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Report””Report”), the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Petrogress,” or the “Company” refers to Petrogress, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its subsidiary companies.companies. The significant subsidiaries are Petrogres Co. Limited, Petronav Carriers LLC, Petrogress Int’l LLC, Petrogres Africa Co. Limited and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Company is including in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, amended and restated financial statements and other financial information for the year ended December 31, 2016. We refer to the foregoing restatements in this document as the “Restatement”.

We have not filed and do not intend to file amendments to any of our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the Restated Periods. Accordingly, with respect to all Restated Periods, investors and others should rely only on the financial information and other disclosures contained in this Form 10-K, or in our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as applicable), and not on any previously issued or filed reports, earnings releases or similar communications relating to these periods.

A comparison of the earnings effects of this Restatement to earnings from continuing operations, as previously reported, follows below under “Effects of Restatement”.

Background

During the year ended December 31, 2017 we adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations.

Effects of Restatement

The tables below set forth the effects of the Restatement on our previously reported Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Comprehensive Income for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company also made certain reclassifications to improve the presentation of the Financial Statements and the level of information users could obtain. The Restatement has no material effect on our cash flows or liquidity in any of the Restated Periods. See Notes 1 and 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of this Report on Form 10-K for additional information. 


Restated Consolidated Balance sheets as of December 31, 2016

  

December 31, 2016

  

Restatement

      

December 31, 2016

 
  

As filed

  

adjustments

  

Reclassification

  

As restated

 

Assets

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $362,083  $-  $-  $362,083 

Accounts receivable, net

  2,427,668   -   -   2,427,668 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  1,058,088   -   -   1,058,088 

Marketable securities

  20,940   -   -   20,940 

Total current assets

  3,868,779   -   -   3,868,779 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

  5,919,067   102,218   -   6,021,285 

Security deposit

  8,775   -   -   8,775 

Total Assets

 $9,796,621  $102,218  $-  $9,898,839 
                 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

                

Liabilities

                

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $148,269  $-  $-  $148,269 

Due to related party

  234,600   -   -   234,600 

Convertible promissory notes

  44,887   -   -   44,887 

Derivative liabilities

  65,499   -   -   65,499 

Total current liabilities

  493,255   -   -   493,255 

Total liabilities

  493,255   -   -   493,255 
                 

Commitments and Contingencies

                
                 

Shareholders' equity:

                

Common stock

  166,796   -   -   166,796 

Additional paid-in capital

  8,423,641   -   -   8,423,641 

Accumulated comprehensive loss

  15,660   -   -   15,660 

Accumulated profit

  697,269   102,218   -   799,487 

Equity attributable to Owners of the Company

  9,303,366   102,218   -   9,405,584 

Non-controlling interests

  -   -   -   - 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 $9,796,621  $102,218  $-  $9,898,839 

Effect of Restatement on Net income and Earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2016

  

Year ended

 
  

December 31, 2016

 

Depreciation expense (as previously reported)

 $(676,328)

Adjustments

  (164,920)

Depreciation expense (as restated)

 $(841,248)
     

Net income (as previously reported)

 $223,144 

Adjustments

  (164,920)

Net income (as restated)

 $58,224 
     

Basic and diluted earnings per share (as previously reported)

 $0.002 

Typo in previously reported earnings per share

  (0.0006)

Adjustments

  (0.0010)

Basic and diluted earnings per share (as restated)

 $0.0004 


 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

When used in this Report, the words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “intend,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) regarding events, conditions and financial trends which may affect the Company’s future plans of operations, business strategy, operating results and financial position. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties described herein and actual results may differ materially from those included within the forward-looking statements. Additional factors are described in the Company’s other public reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revision of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

This Report contains certain estimates and plans related to us and the industry in which we operate, which assume certain events, trends and activities will occur and the projected information based on those assumptions. We do not know that all of our assumptions are accurate. If our assumptions are wrong about any events, trends and activities, then our estimates for future growth for our business may also be wrong. There can be no assurance that any of our estimates as to our business growth will be achieved.

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes associated with them contained elsewhere in this Report. This discussion should not be construed to imply that the results discussed in this Report will necessarily continue into the future or that any conclusion reached in this Report will necessarily be indicative of actual operating results in the future. The discussion represents only the best assessment of management.

 


 

PART I

 

ITEM 1.           DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Our Corporate History and Background

 

Petrogress, Inc. was incorporated on February 10, 2010 under the laws of the State of Florida as 800 Commerce, Inc. (“("800 Commerce”Commerce") and was formed for the purpose of marketing credit card processing services on behalf of merchant payment processing service providers.

On February 19,29, 2016, 800 Commerce entered into an Agreement concerning the Exchange of Securities (“SEA”("SEA") with Petrogres Co. Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation, and its sole shareholder, Christos Traios, a Greek citizen. Under the terms of the SEA, 800 Commerce issued 136,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, representing approximately 85% of the post- transactionpost-transaction issued and outstanding shares, to Mr. Traios in exchange for 100% of the shares of Petrogres Co. Limited. In connection with the transaction, Mr. Traios was appointed as a director of 800 Commerce, and it amended its constituent documents to increase its authorized capital to 490,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001, and 10,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001.

 

800 Commerce’sCommerce's acquisition of Petrogres Co. Limited effected a change in control and was accounted for as a “reverse acquisition”"reverse acquisition" whereby Petrogres Co. Limited was the acquirer for financial statement purposes. Accordingly, the historical financial statements of 800 Commerce are those of Petrogres Co. Limited and its subsidiaries from their respective inception and those of the consolidated entity subsequent to the February 19,29, 2016 transaction date.

 

On March 9, 2016, 800 Commerce’sour Board of Directors approved an amendment to 800 Commerce’sour Articles of Incorporation to change 800 Commerce’sthe Company’s name to Petrogress, Inc. On March 15, 2016, Mr. Traios was appointed Chief Executive Officer. On November 16, 2016, Petrogress, Inc. filed Articles of Merger and Plan of Merger in Florida and Delaware to change Petrogress, Inc.’sthe Company’s domicile by merging with and into a Delaware corporation formed solely for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation. Petrogress, Inc.’s name and capitalization remained the same, and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Delaware corporation are the constituent documents of the surviving corporation.

 

The Company operates as a fully integrated international merchant of petroleum products, focused on the supply and trade of light petroleum fuel oil (LPFO), refined oil products and other petrochemical products to local refineries in West Africa and Mediterranean countries. The Company operates as a holding company and provides its services primarily through its four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Petrogres Co. Limited, which provides management of crude oil purchases and sales; Petronav Carriers LLC, which manages day-to-day operations of its beneficially-owned affiliated tanker fleet, currently consisting of four vessels; Petrogress Int’l LLC, which is a holding company for subsidiaries currently conducting business in Cyprus and Ghana; and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., which is primarily focused on purchasing interests in oil fields in Texas and exporting liquefied natural gas.

 

The Company’sCompany’s management team operates from its principal offices located in Piraeus, Greece.

 


Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the consolidated accounts of the Company and it's wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. Our significant subsidiaries are described below.

 

Overview of Significant Subsidiaries

 

Petrogres Co. Limited, is a Marshall Islands corporation, incorporated in 2009 withfor the purpose of supplying crude oil and other oil products in West Africa. Since its inception, Petrogres Co. Limited has evolved its business from focusing solely on fleet and tanker ship operations to expand into the oil and gas industry as a trader and merchant of oil. Over the last five years, Petrogres Co. Limited has strengthened its position in the oil and gas industry by combining its regional market knowledge with over 25 years of experience to successfully establish both its midstream and downstream operations to serve markets primarily located in West Africa and the Mediterranean.

 


In 2014,

On February 28, 2018, Petrogres Co. Limited entered into a Joint VenturePartnership Agreement (the “JV Agreement”"Platon Partnership Agreement") creating an equal partnership with Platon Gas Oil Ghana Limited ("PGO"), which owns an oil refinery and serves as an importer of various petroleum products based in Ghana (“Platon”). Pursuant to the terms of the JV Agreement,Ghana. The Platon would process crude oil and other products while Petrogres Co. Limited would sell those products and other raw materials directly to local refineries in Ghana. Due to management changes in Platon on August 2016, we decided to suspend operations conducted under the terms of the JV Agreement.

On March 20, 2018 Petrogres Co. Limited entered into a new Partnership Agreement with Platon that is intended to be renewed on an annual basis and pursuant to whichits terms, Petrogres Co. Limited will supply crude oil for storage, refinement, marketing and distribution in Ghana by Platon.jointly with PGO. Under the Platon Partnership Agreement, all expenses of the partnership operations are shared by both Petrogres Co. Limited is expected to deliver 3,000-5,000 metric tons of crude oil on a monthly basis for storage and processing by Platon into various petroleum products, including crude oil, blend stocks, cutter stock and other feedstock. Platon will also be expected to market and distributePGO. After deducting the refined petroleum products.  Netoperating expenses, the net profits from the sale of the petroleum products will beare split evenly between Petrogres Co. Limited and Platon. As of the execution of the Partnership Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited appointed its local commercial manager and its accountant to perform the daily supervision and monitoring of the storage, processing and of the sales of the refined products to local buyers, including the marketing and distribution.

In November 2016, Petrogres Co. Limited entered into an alliance agreement with Prometheus Maritime Ltd., a Nigerian corporation (“PML”), a crude oil and gas trading company (the “Alliance Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Alliance Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited and PML agreed to cooperate on a petroleum project in Nigeria, with Petrogres Co. Limited acting as the lead party, which would facilitate the supply of oil commodities and the attending-servicing of our tankers fleet while they are trading and navigating in Nigeria territory.

In addition to the long term arrangements described above, Petrogres Co Limited also makes sales to individual buyers by supplying them crude oil, gas oil and other feedstock products on spot sales, either on Ship-to-Ship (STS) or Cost & Freight (C&F) terms.

Currently Petrogres Co. Limited operates as an international merchant of petroleum products specializing in crude oil and refined products trade within West African and Mediterranean countries, with a focus on the supply and trade of light petroleum fuel oil (“LPFO”), refined oil products and other petrochemical commodities to refineries in West Africa and Mediterranean. Such products are shipped and delivered to these refineries by its four beneficially-owned affiliated vessels. We are focused on increasing our sales and expanding our sales base by attempting to register Petrogres Co. Limited with large crude oil suppliers, as SOMO Iraq, NNPC Nigeria and NOC Libya, while we have obtained letters of interest from oil refineries for their supply with our products.PGO.

 

Petronav Carriers LLC, is awas formed in Delaware limited liability company, incorporated in MarchApril 2016 for the purpose of managing the day-to-day operations of four vessels, which are used to transport the Company’s petroleum products withinto various countries in West Africa.

In December 2016, Effective as of July 13, 2018, Petronav Carriers LLC executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with West Africa Fenders Ltd., a Nigerian company that provides ship-to-ship serviceschanged its domicile from Delaware to the oil and shipping industries. The memorandum contemplates that Petronav may purchase a 25% interest inRepublic of the capital of West Africa Fenders Ltd., subject to execution of definitive agreements and customary closing conditions. Although we consider this transaction a priorityMarshall Islands for our plans of business expansion, it has yet to be consummated, subject to establishing the necessary financing.

tax purposes. Petronav Carriers LLC is actively exploring opportunities to expandmanages our fleet from its operations by identifying and acquiring additional vessels to expand its fleet. On these grounds, Petronav Carriers LLC is currently in negotiations with certain owners/ sellers based in Dubai to purchase two Aframax tanker vessels, subject to establishing the necessary financing.business office at Piraeus, Greece.

 

Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, acquired by the Company in September 2017 with the purpose of acting2017. Petrogress Int’l LLC serves as a holding company for conducting business across the world, including Cyprus, Middle East, and West Africa as an oil energy corporation.

 

In September 2017, Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC acquired 90% of the shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited from Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director. Petrogres Africa Company Limited holds a current Ghanaian business permit, and is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and operation of a shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema provide a service and operations hub for Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’s Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. 

In October 2017, through Petrogress Int’l LLC, the Company formed PG Cypyard & Offshore Service Terminal Ltd., to obtain a long-term lease from Cyprus Port Authorities (CPA) for Vassiliko energy port. The project is ongoing and we are in close negotiations with CPA.

In March 2018, the company appointed Mr. Osy Adah as its representative in Nigeria. Mr. Adah is a Nigerian Citizen who has previously worked as a manager in major Nigerian oil companies. Through our representative, we have commenced the procedures for the registration of Petrogress Int’l LLC with Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for an allocation for supplying half million barrels of Bonny light on monthly terms.

On November 28, 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC, entered into a business alliance with a Ghanaian filling stations company Deliman Oil Ltd., which operates 45 gas stations in Ghana. Both companies will cooperate in reconstruction of a number of gas stations as equal partners.

Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., was a Texas corporation, incorporated in December 2015 for the purpose of identifying and acquiring suitable interests in oil fields in Texas. On December 2018 the company was dissolved and terminated.

Petrogres Africa Co. Ltd. As noted above, effective September 30, 2017, Petrogress Int'l LLC purchased from Christos Traios, 90% of the issued and outstanding shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited ("PGAF"), a Ghanaian limited Company. PGAF was incorporated in the summer of 2017 and holds a current Ghanaian business permit. PGAF is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’sGhana's Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Through Petrogres Africa Company Limited, we strengthen our presence and position in a huge and promising market in West Africa and sub-Saharan countries with a population of more than 1.3 billion people designated as the next developing region.

 


 

In October 2017, through Petrogress Int’l LLC, the Company formed PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd., to obtain a long term lease from Cyprus Port Authorities (CPA), the area that F&T Investment used as shipyard located at Limassol port. PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd. is also expected to improve the leased area by providing facilities and services to offshore platforms that will be operating in the exploration and production of natural gas in Cyprus economy zone. The project is ongoing and we are in close negotiations with CPA.Competition

 

On December 2017, Petrogress Int’l LLC entered into a MemorandumThe Company operates in markets that are highly competitive and based primarily on supply and demand. The Company competes for charters on the basis of Understanding with EDT Agency Services, Ltd. to combineprice, vessel location, size, age and condition of the companies’ operations at the Port of Limassol and in additional port facilities in Cyprus.  The memorandum covers shore-base and offshore support services from the Port of Limassol,vessel, as well as future developments at Vassiliko Energy Port, whereon the CPA has announced its plans for a $300 million investment forCompany’s reputation. The Company competes primarily with other independent tanker vessel owners and with major oil companies that own and operate their own vessels. The Company’s competitors may have more resources than the creationCompany and may operate vessels that are newer, and therefore more attractive to charterers, than the Company’s vessels. Ownership of an industrialtanker vessels is highly fragmented and energy harbor. The foregoing joint operations will be conducted under PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd.is divided among publicly listed companies, state-controlled owners and private shipowners.

 

On February 2018,Although the Company through Petrogress Int’l LLC entered inbelieves that at the present time no single company has a Partnership and Memorandum of Understanding agreements with A&E Petroleum Co. Limited, a Nigerian company who owns its own farm with oil storage tanks and private jetty for loading and unloading petroleum products. A&E Petroleum Co. Limited operates in sales and distribution of gas oildominant position in the local market with available storage capacity for approximately 90,000 cubic meters, and is established formarkets in which the last 8years as an oil wholesale company. The Partnership agreement anticipatesCompany competes, that Petrogress Int’l LLC and A&E Petroleum Co. Limited will contribute to the capital and own 55% and 45% respectively, a new entity to be named P&A Nigeria Oil. Co. Ltd. (“PANOC”). This Partnership agreement anticipates among others that Petrogress Int’l LLC or any of its affiliated companies will supply PANOC with about 5-6,000 tons gas oil on a monthly basis; PANOX will then store and distribute and/ or sell the oil to local end-buyers.

On February 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC executed a Representation/Agency agreement with Mr. Louizos George, with the aim of establishing its representation in Erbil, Iraq. Mr. Louizos is handling on behalf of Petrogress Int’l LLC the negotiations with SOMO (the Iraqi National Oil Company) to register the company as a buyer and obtain an allocation of Basrah Light Crude Oil for 1,000,000 barrels per month under a long term contract. The registration process is ongoing and we hope to finalize it within the second quarter 2018.

On March 2018, the company appointed Mr. Osy Adah as its representative in Nigeria. Mr. Adah is a Nigerian Citizen who has previously worked as a manager in major Nigerian oil companies. Through our representative, we have commenced the procedures for the registration of Petrogress Int’l LLC with Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for an allocation for supplying half million barrels of Bonny light on monthly terms.

On March 23, 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC, executed another Partnership agreement with a Nigeria Oil storing company Gonzena Hydrocarbons and Energy Co. Ltd (“Gonzena”), which is located in Koko Town of Delta River and operates in the store and distribution of oil products into local Nigerian market. A new entity will be formed which is to be named P&GNigeira Oil Company Ltd (“PEGNOC)” to which Petrogress Int’l LLC and Gonzena will participate in 55% and 45% respectively. PEGNOC will be assigned from Gonzena two oil tanks each with a capacity of 15,000 liters.

Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., is a Texas corporation, incorporated in December 2015 and is focused on identifying and acquiring suitable interests in oil fields in Texas to allow for the Company’s expansion of its operations to include oil refinery production based within the United States and to export liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) to Mediterranean markets.

On September 2017, Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. through its affiliated company Petrogres Africa Company Limited, commenced negotiations with Ghana National Petroleum Company (“GNPC”) for the exploration of the oil fields in Saltpond basincould change and the repairs of the oil rig-platform “APG-1” where a survey on the of the platform is carried-out by a US specialist,Company may face substantial competition for the assessment of the repairs cost of the platform and the improvement of the oil production.

The Saltpond oil fields, including the APG-1 platform, were operated by the Texas corporation Lushann International Energy, Inc. (“Lushann”), under a Petroleum Agreement with GNPC since 2004 (the “Petroleum Agreement”). Duemedium- to financial and technical issues the Petroleum Agreement was suspended by GNPC on August 2017 and the operations in Saltpond ceased.

Based on our interest on re-commencing the operations and to continue the oil production, we conducted negotiations with Lushann, which were concluded on February 16 2018, with the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. and Lushann. Under the terms of this memorandum, Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. elected to play the role of a farm-in-partner in the crude oil and the associated gas production in the developing area of 12 km² of the Saltpond oil field. The parties have agreed to form a Ghanaian limited liability company to be named PG – Saltpond Offshore Oil Production & Development Co., Limited (“SODCO”). Subject to the removal of the suspension of the Petroleum Agreement, and the assignment of 65% of SODCO to Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., the latter intends to undertake the necessary repairs and improvements of the APG-1 platform, and arrange a cash investment of $3.5 million plus a credit line of $15.0 million. The agreement is expected to be finalized in May 2018.

Our business structure affords us with full control of the logistics involved in oil sourcing and the transportation of our products by our affiliated vessels, which we believe to be a competitive advantage in West African markets. By directly controlling all aspects of our operations, as opposed to engaging the services of third-parties at potentially higher costs, we are able to keep costs low and thus generate revenuelong-term charters from a number of different sources.

Competition

International seaborne transportation of LPFO and the supply of petroleum products is mainly conducted by two types of operators: independent fleet-owningexperienced companies and fleets operated by both private and state owned oil companies. Many oil companies and other oil trading companies also operate their own vessels and transport oil for themselves and third-party charterers in direct competition with independent owners and operators. Competition for charters is intense and is based upon price, vessel location, the size, age, condition and acceptability of the vessel, and the quality and reputation of the vessel’s operator.

The Company will compete in the transportation of petroleum products with much larger companies thatwho may have significantly longer operating histories and are much better capitalized. Most of these other operators are larger in size and with more vessels either under managementgreater resources or owned. They may also operate in a larger geographical areaexperience than the Company does at present and have significantly more capital and other resources from whichwhen the Company tries to conduct their operations and as a result, facere-charter its vessels. The Company believes the Company’s ability to comply better with the rigorous standards of major oil companies relative to less risk in their operations.  qualified or experienced operators allows the Company to effectively compete for new charters.


 

Employees

 

As of March 15, 2018, the Company employed:April 12, 2019, Petrogress Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries employed 10 employees located in Greece through Petrogres (Hellas) Co, Hellas Co., a branch of Petrogres Co. Limited. Petrogres Africa Company Limited incorporated in Piraeus Greece on March 2015; 6employeeshas 10 employees located in Ghana, through, Petrogres Africa Company Limited, a subsidiary of Petrogress Int’l LLC;LLC and approximately 5565 full-time laborers and crew members throughare employed by Petronav Carriers LLC and 2 contract employees in Cyprus.LLC. In addition, there are 2 representativesthe Company has 1 contract employee in IraqCyprus and Nigeria, respectively with1 commission and bonus compensation.compensation representative in Nigeria.

 

Additional Information

 

We file annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on a regular basis, and disclose certain material events in a current reportreports on Form 8-K. The public may read and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the Public Reference Room at the SEC located at 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public may also obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

 

We make available, free of chargecharge on our website (http://www.petrogressinc.com), our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K (and any amendments to such reports) as soon as reasonably practical after such reports are filed. Information contained on or connected to our website is not incorporated by reference into this report and should not be considered part of this report or any other filing that we make with the SEC.

ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following information about these risks, together with the other information contained in this Report, before investing in our common stock. Our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected by any of these risks, which could result in a decline in the market price of our common stock, causing you to lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to our Business

We are a holding company, and we depend on the ability of our subsidiaries to distribute funds to us in order to satisfy our financial obligations.

We are a holding company, and our subsidiaries, which are all wholly-owned by us, may conduct all of our operations and may own operating assets we may acquire in the future. We have no significant assets other than the equity interests in our wholly-owned subsidiaries. As a result, our ability to satisfy our financial obligations depends on the ability of our subsidiaries to distribute funds to us.

Our operating results may fluctuate significantly.

Historically, the tanker markets have been volatile as a result of the many conditions and factors that can affect the price, supply and demand for tanker capacity. Demand for crude oil and product tankers is historically well correlated with the growth or contraction of the world economy. The past several years were marked by a major economic slowdown which has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on world trade, including the oil trade. Global economic conditions remain fragile with significant uncertainty with respect to recovery prospects, levels of recovery and long-term economic growth effects. Energy prices sharply declined from mid-2014 to the end of March 2016 primarily as a result of increased oil production worldwide. In response to this increased production, demand for tankers to move oil and refined petroleum products increased significantly.

The demand for tankers capacity has generally been influenced by, among other factors:

global and regional economic conditions;

developments in international trade;

changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns, such as port congestion and canal closures or expansions;


supply and demand for energy resources, commodities, semi-finished and finished consumer and industrial products, and liquid cargoes, including petroleum and petroleum products;

changes in the exploration or production of energy resources, commodities, semi-finished and finished consumer and industrial products;

the globalization of manufacturing;

carrier alliances;

armed conflicts and terrorist activities, including piracy;

natural or man-made disasters that affect the ability of our vessels to use certain waterways;

political, environmental and other regulatory developments, including but not limited to governmental macroeconomic policy changes, import-export restrictions, central bank policies and pollution conventions or protocols;

embargoes and strikes;

technical advances in ship design and construction;

waiting days in ports;

changes in oil production and refining capacity and regional availability of petroleum refining capacity;

the distance chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products are to be moved by sea;

the changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns, including changes in distances over which cargo is transported due to geographical changes in where oil is produced, refined and used; and

competition from alternative sources of energy.RISK FACTORS

 

The supply of vessel capacity has generally been influenced by, among other factors:

the number of vessels that are in or out of service;

the scrapping rate of older vessels;

port and canal traffic and congestion;

the number of newbuilding deliveries;

vessel casualties;

the availability of shipyard capacity;

the economics of slow steaming;

the number of vessels that are used for storage or as floating storage offloading service vessels;

the conversion of tankers to other uses, including conversion of vessels from transporting oil and oil products to carrying dry bulk cargo and the reverse conversion; and

availability of financing for new vessels.

We generate all of our revenues in U.S. dollars but may also incurOur Company is a portion of our expenses in other currencies, and therefore exchange rate fluctuations could have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

We generate all of our revenues in U.S. dollars but may also incur a portion of our expenses in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. This difference could lead to fluctuations in our Net income due to changes in the value of the dollar relative to the other currencies, in particular the Euro. Expenses incurred in foreign currencies against which the U.S. dollar falls in value could increase, further decreasing our Net income or increasing our net loss and decreasing our cash flows from operations. Any declines in the value of the U.S. dollar could also lead to higher expenses payable by us.

An increase in operating costs could adversely affect our cash flows and financial condition.

Vessel operating expenses include the costs of provisions, deck and engine stores, lubricating oil, insurance, maintenance and repairs, which depend on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. Some of these costs, primarily relating to insurance and enhanced security measures implemented after September 11, 2001 and as a result of acts of piracy, have been increasing. In addition, in the event any of our vessels suffer damage, our insurance may not cover the costs of repair. Such repair and maintenance costs are difficult to predict with certainty and may be substantial. Increases in any of these costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.


Change to the price of fuel, or bunkers, may adversely affect profits.

An increase in the price of fuel beyond our expectations may adversely affect our future profitability. The price and supply of fuel is unpredictable and fluctuates based on events outside our control, including geo-political developments, supply of and demand for oil, actions by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other oil and gas producers, war and unrest in oil producing countries and regions, regional production patterns and environmental concerns and regulations. Further, despite the recent low fuel prices, fuel may become much more expensive in the future, which may reduce the potential profitability and competitiveness of our business compared to other forms of transportation, such as pipelines. Alternatively, a prolonged downturn in oil prices may cause oil companies to cut down production which could negatively impact market demand for global transportation of petroleum products. Changes in the price of fuel may adversely affect our profitability.

The shipping industry is inherently risky and we may not have adequate insurance to compensate us or to compensate third parties if we damage or lose our vessels.

There are a number of risks associated with the operation of ocean-going vessels, including mechanical failure, collision, human error, war, terrorism, piracy, property loss, cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. Any of these events may result in loss of revenues, increased costs and decreased cash flows. In addition, the operation of any vessel is subject to the inherent possibility of marine disaster, including oil spills and other environmental mishaps, and the liabilities arising from owning and operating vessels in international trade.

Changing economic, regulatory and political conditions in some countries, including political and military conflicts, have from time to time resulted in attacks on vessels, mining of waterways, piracy, terrorism, labor strikes and boycotts. These hazards may result in death or injury to persons, loss of revenues or property, environmental damage, higher insurance rates, damage to our customer relationships, market disruptions, delay or rerouting. In addition, more stringent environmental regulations have led in the past to increased costs for, and in the future may result in the lack of availability of, protection and indemnity insurance against risks of environmental damage or pollution. Any uninsured or underinsured loss could harm our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition, any insurance we may acquire may be voidable by the insurers as a result of certain of our actions, such as ships we may acquire failing to maintain certification with applicable maritime self-regulatory organizations. Further, we cannot assure you that insurance policies we may have will cover all losses that we may incur, or that disputes over insurance claims will not arise with our future insurance carriers. Any claims covered by insurance would likely be subject to deductibles, and since it is possible that a large number of claims may be brought, the aggregate amount of these deductibles could be material. In addition, insurance policies that we may have may be subject to limitations and exclusions, which may increase our costs or lower our revenues in the future, thereby possibly having a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The operation of tankers has unique operational risks associated with the transportation of oil. An oil spill may cause significant environmental damage, and the associated costs could exceed the insurance coverage available to us. Compared to other types of vessels, tankers are exposed to a higher risk of damage and loss by fire, whether ignited by a terrorist attack, collision, or other cause, due to the high inflammability and high volume of the oil transported in tankers.


We carry insurance to protect against most of the accident-related risks involved in the conduct of our business. We currently maintain $25,000,000 in coverage for each of our vessels for liability for spillage or leakage of oil or pollution, and also carry insurance covering lost revenue resulting from vessel off-hire for all of our operating vessels. Nonetheless, risks may arise against which we are not adequately insured. For example, a catastrophic spill could exceed our insurance coverage and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. In addition, we may not be able to procure adequate insurance coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future and we cannot guarantee that any particular claim will be paid. In the past, new and stricter environmental regulations have led to higher costs for insurance covering environmental damage or pollution, and new regulations could lead to similar increases or even make this type of insurance unavailable. Furthermore, even if insurance coverage is adequate to cover our losses, we may not be able to timely obtain a replacement ship in the event of a loss. We may also be subject to calls, or premiums, in amounts based not only on our own claim records but also the claim records of all other members of the protection and indemnity associations through which we receive indemnity insurance coverage for tort liability. In addition, our protection and indemnity associations may not have enough resources to cover our insurance claims. Our payment of these calls could result in significant expenses to us which could reduce our cash flows and place strains on our liquidity and capital resources.

Our results of operations could be affected by natural events in the locations in which our customers operate.

Many of our customers have operations in locations that are subject to natural disasters, such as severe weather and geological events, which could disrupt the operations of those customers and suppliers as well as our operations. Such geological events can cause significant damage and can adversely affect the infrastructure and economy of regions subject to such events, and could cause our customers located in such regions to experience shutdowns or otherwise negatively impact their operations. Upon such an event, some or all of those customers may reduce their orders for crude oil, which could adversely affect our revenue and results of operations. In addition to any negative direct economic effects of such natural disasters on the economy of the affected areas and on our customers and suppliers located in such regions, economic conditions in such regions could also adversely affect broader regional and global economic conditions. The degree to which natural disasters will adversely affect regional and global economies is uncertain at this time. However, if these events cause a decrease in demand for crude oil, our financial condition and operations could be adversely affected.

We are subject to international safety regulations and requirements imposed by classification societies and the failure to comply with these regulations may subject us to increased liability, may adversely affect our insurance coverage and may result in a denial of access to, or detention in, certain ports.

The operation of our vessels is affected by the requirements set forth in the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization’s International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and Pollution Prevention, or “ISM Code.” The ISM Code requires ship owners, ship managers and bareboat charterers to develop and maintain an extensive “Safety Management System” that includes the adoption of a safety and environmental protection policy setting forth instructions and procedures for safe operation and describing procedures for dealing with emergencies. We expect that any vessels that we acquire in the future will be ISM Code-certified when delivered to us. The failure of a shipowner or bareboat charterer to comply with the ISM Code may subject it to increased liability, may invalidate existing insurance or decrease available insurance coverage for the affected vessels and may result in a denial of access to, or detention in, certain ports, including United States and European Union ports.

In addition, the hull and machinery of every commercial vessel must be classed by a classification society authorized by its country of registry. The classification society certifies that a vessel is safe and seaworthy in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the country of registry of the vessel and the Safety of Life at Sea Convention. If a vessel does not maintain its class and/or fails any annual survey, intermediate survey or special survey, the vessel will be unable to trade between ports and will be unemployable, which will negatively impact our revenues and results from operations.


The risks associated with older vessels could adversely affect our operations.

In general, the costs to maintain a vessel in good operating condition increase as the vessel ages. All of the Company’s 4 operating vessels were built prior to 1995. Due to improvements in engine technology, older vessels typically are less fuel-efficient than more recently constructed vessels. Cargo insurance rates increase with the age of a vessel, making older vessels less desirable to charterers.

Governmental regulations, safety or other equipment standards related to the age of tankers may require expenditures for alterations or the addition of new equipment to our vessels, and may restrict the type of activities in which our vessels may engage. There is no assurance that, as our vessels age, market conditions will justify any required expenditures or enable us to operate our vessels profitably during the remainder of their useful lives.

If we do not set aside funds and are unable to borrow or raise funds for vessel replacement, we will be unable to replace the vessels in our fleet upon the expiration of their remaining useful lives, which we estimate to be 10 years from their transfer to the Company. Our cash flows and income are dependent on the revenues earned by our vessels. If we are unable to replace the vessels in our fleet upon the expiration of their useful lives, our revenue will decline and our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flow would be adversely affected.

Consolidation and governmental regulation of suppliers may increase the cost of obtaining supplies or restrict our ability to obtain needed supplies, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on third-parties to provide supplies and services necessary for our operations, including brokers, equipment suppliers, caterers and machinery suppliers. Various mergers have reduced the number of available suppliers, resulting in fewer alternatives for sourcing key supplies. With respect to certain items, we are generally dependent upon the original equipment manufacturer for repair and replacement of the item or its spare parts. Such consolidation may result in a shortage of supplies and services thereby increasing the cost of supplies and/or potentially inhibiting the ability of suppliers to deliver on time. These cost increases or delays could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and result in downtime, and delays in the repair and maintenance of our vessels.

We could be adversely affected by violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, and other applicable worldwide anti-corruption laws.

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or “FCPA,” and other applicable worldwide anti-corruption laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. These laws include the U.K. Bribery Act which is broader in scope than the FCPA, as it contains no facilitating payments exception. We charter our vessels into some jurisdictions that international corruption monitoring groups have identified as having high levels of corruption. Our activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees or agents that could be in violation of the FCPA or other applicable anti-corruption laws. Although we have policies, procedures and internal controls in place to monitor compliance, we cannot assure that our policies and procedures will protect us from governmental investigations or inquiries surrounding actions of our employees or agents. If we are found to be liable for violations of the FCPA or other applicable anti-corruption laws (either due to our own acts or our inadvertence, or due to the acts or inadvertence of others), we could suffer from civil and criminal penalties or other sanctions.


We could be negatively impacted by future changes in applicable tax laws, or our inability to take advantage of favorable tax regimes.

We may be subject to income or non-income taxes in various jurisdictions, including those in which we transact business, own property or reside. We may be required to file tax returns in some or all of those jurisdictions. We may be required to pay non U.S. taxes on dispositions of non U.S. property, or operations involving non U.S. property may give rise to non U.S. income or other tax liabilities in amounts that could be substantial.

Our tax position could be adversely impacted by changes in tax laws, tax treaties or tax regulations or the interpretation or enforcement thereof by any tax authority. The various tax regimes to which we are currently subject result in a relatively low effective tax rate on our worldwide income. These tax regimes, however, are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. Moreover, we may become subject to new tax regimes and may be unable to take advantage of favorable tax provisions afforded by current or future law. For example, there have been legislative proposals that, if enacted, could change the circumstances under which we would be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which could materially and adversely affect our effective tax rate and cash tax position and require us to take action, at potentially significant expense, to seek to preserve our effective tax rate and cash tax position. We cannot predict the outcome of any specific legislative proposals.

We may be subject to litigation that, if not resolved in our favor and not sufficiently insured against, could have a material adverse effect on us.

We may be, from time to time, involved in various litigation matters. These matters may include, among other things, contract disputes, personal injury claims, environmental claims or proceedings, asbestos and other toxic tort claims, employment matters, governmental claims for taxes or duties, securities litigation, and other litigation that arises in the ordinary course of our business. Although we intend to defend these matters vigorously, we cannot predict with certainty the outcome or effect of any claim or other litigation matter, and the ultimate outcome of any litigation or the potential costs to resolve them may have a material adverse effect on us. Insurance may not be applicable or sufficient in all cases and/or insurers may not remain solvent, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

Risks Relating to Ownership of Our Common Stock

We are an “emerging growth company,” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies” may make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We qualify as an “emerging growth“smaller reporting company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Actby Rule 12b-2 of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we intend to take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:

allowance to provide only two years of audited financial statements in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly Operations” disclosure;

reduced requirements for our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosures;

reduced disclosure requirements about our executive compensation arrangements;

no non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements; and

exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting.


We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company on the date that is the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of our initial public offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have taken advantage of reduced reporting requirements in this Report. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you have beneficial ownership. We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act. This allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of our election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

We cannot predict whether investors will find investing in our common stock to be less attractive to the extent we rely on the exemptions available to emerging growth companies. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

Notwithstanding the above, we are also currently a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that we are not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller reporting company and have a public float of less than $75 million and annual revenues of less than $50 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. In the event that we are still considered a “smaller reporting company,” at such time as we cease being an “emerging growth company,” the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase, but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an “emerging growth company,” or a “smaller reporting company.” Specifically, similar to “emerging growth companies,” “smaller reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings, are exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that independent registered public accounting firms provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things, only being required to provide two years of audited financial statements in annual reports. Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as an “emerging growth company” or “smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to analyze the Company’s results of operations and financial prospects.

The rights of the holders of common stock are impaired by the issuance of preferred stock.

Our Board of Directors has the right, without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with voting, dividend, conversion, liquidation or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power and equity interest of the holders of common stock, which could be issued with the right to more than one vote per share, and could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change of control.

On July 14, 2017, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director approved a resolution authorizing the establishment of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock consists of 100 shares in total with a re-designated par value of $100.00 per share; all of these shares were issued to Christos Traios as provided in his employment agreement. The holder(s) of the Series A shares have rights as a class to a number of votes equal to two (2) times the sum of: (i) the total number of shares of common stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of any election or vote by the shareholders; plus (ii) the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding of any other class that has voting rights, if any. These voting rights may be exercised for any matter requiring shareholder approval by vote or consent, and may, if required, permit a number of votes in excess of the total number of shares authorized. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntary or involuntary, the holder(s) of the Series A shares will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company, prior to and in preference to any distribution of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of any other class of preferred stock or the Common Stock, the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per share.


In light of the Series A Preferred Stock rights and additional rights that may be granted in connection with the designation issuance of additional preferred stock, the possible negative impact on takeover attempts could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

We will incur increased costs as a result of being a public company. These costs will adversely impact our results of operations.

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that a private company does not incur. Such costs include the costs associated with having our financial statements prepared, audited and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) via EDGAR (the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) and XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) coding costs. In addition, we have costs associated with corporate counsel and our transfer agent. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rules resulted in an increase in costs of maintaining compliance with the public reporting requirements, as well as making it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain directors' and officers' liability insurance.

If you invest in our stock, your investment may be disadvantaged by future funding, if we are able to obtain it.

To the extent we obtain equity funding by issuance of convertible securities or common stock, or common stock purchase warrants in connection with either type of funding, you may suffer significant dilution in percentage of ownership and, if such issuances are below the then value of stockholder equity, in stockholder equity per share. Future increases in the number of our shares outstanding will have a negative impact on earnings per share; increasing the earnings we must achieve to sustain higher prices for our common stock. In addition, any debt financing we may secure could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital with which to pursue our business plan, and to pay dividends. You have no assurance we will be able to obtain any additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all.

U.S. investors may experience difficulties in attempting to effect service of process and to enforce judgments based upon U.S. federal securities laws against the company and its non-U.S. resident officer and sole director.

Our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, Christos Traios, is not resident of the United States. Consequently, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on Mr. Traios in the United States and to enforce in the United States judgments obtained in United States courts against Mr. Traios based on the civil liability provisions of the United States securities laws. Since substantially all of our assets are located in Europe and Africa, it may be difficult or impossible for U.S. investors to collect a judgment against us. Further, any judgment obtained in the United States against us may not be enforceable in those foreign jurisdictions.

We have assessed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting and management concluded they are not effective. If there is a material weakness in either, there are no assurances that our financial statements will not contain errors which could require us to restate our financial statements.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires public companies to establish disclosure controls and procedures and controls over financial reporting and to periodically assess the effectiveness of the controls and procedures. We are required to maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, and to report on a quarterly basis, in our quarterly and annual reports which we file with the SEC, our management’s conclusion regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. As of December 31, 2017, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based upon this evaluation our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, at December 31, 2017, our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective.


We are not subject to certain corporate governance requirements applicable to listed companies.

Because our securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, we are not subject to corporate governance requirements that are applicable to listed companies. For instance, we areas such, is not required to have a majority of independent directors, a separate audit committee comprised entirely of independent directors or a separate compensation committee comprised entirely of independent directors. In addition, we are notprovide the information required to have our board nominees selected, or recommended for the board’s selection, either by a nominating committee comprised entirely of independent directors or by a majority of our independent directors. Accordingly, our shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to the corporate governance requirements applicable to listed companies.under this Item.

 

The price of our common stock may be volatile as a result of factors that are beyond our control and if the price of our common stock fluctuates, you could lose a significant part of your investment.

The trading price of our common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. The stock market in general has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies with securities traded in those markets. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of companies’ stock, including ours, regardless of actual operating performance. All of these factors could adversely affect your ability to sell your shares of our common stock or, if you are able to sell your shares, to sell your shares at a price that you determine to be fair or favorable.

Our common stock is categorized as “penny stock,” which may make it more difficult for investors to sell their shares due to suitability requirements.

Our common stock is categorized as “penny stock.” The SEC has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. The price of our common stock is significantly less than $5.00 per share, and is therefore considered “penny stock.” This designation imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer buying our securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities given the increased risks generally inherent in penny stocks. These rules may restrict the ability and/or willingness of brokers or dealers to buy or sell our common stock, either directly or on behalf of their clients, may discourage potential shareholders from purchasing our common stock, or may adversely affect the ability of shareholders to sell their shares.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our common stock, which could depress the price of our common stock.

In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require a broker-dealer to have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer before recommending an investment to a customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, the FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock, have an adverse effect on the market for our shares of common stock, and thereby depress our price per share of our common stock.


There is a limited trading market for our common stock and there is no guarantee of a liquid public market for you to resell our common shares.

Our common stock trades under the symbol “PGAS” on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. OTC Pink is often highly illiquid, in part because it does not have a national quotation system by which potential investors can follow the market price of shares except through information received and generated by a limited number of broker-dealers that make markets in particular stocks. There is a greater chance of volatility for securities that are quoted on the OTC Pink compared to a national exchange or quotation system. This volatility may be caused by a variety of factors, including the lack of readily available price quotations, the absence of consistent administrative supervision of bid and ask quotations, lower trading volume, and market conditions. Investors in our common stock may experience high fluctuations in the market price and volume of the trading market for our securities. These fluctuations, when they occur, have a negative effect on the market price for our securities. Accordingly, our shareholders may not be able to realize a fair price from their shares when they determine to sell them or may have to hold them for a substantial period of time until the market for our common stock improves.

Because we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.

We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Declaring and paying future dividends, if any, will be determined by our Board of Directors (which is currently constituted entirely by Christos Traios, who serves as the sole member), based upon earnings, financial condition, capital resources, capital requirements, restrictions in our Certificate of Incorporation, contractual restrictions, and such other factors as our Board in its sole discretion deems relevant. There is no assurance that we will pay any dividends in the future, and, if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend. Unless we pay dividends, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.

The market price for our common shares is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded public float.

The market for our common shares is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, our common shares are sporadically and thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our shareholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our common shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, we are a speculative or “risky” investment due to our limited operating history and lack of profits to date, and uncertainty of future market acceptance for our potential products. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned issuer. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common shares, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our common shares will be at any time, including as to whether our common shares will sustain their current market prices, or as to what effect that the sale of shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.


Shareholders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities. The occurrence of these patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share price.

ITEM 1B.     UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

None.


ITEM 2.        PROPERTIES

PROPERTIES

 

The Company leases office space in Piraeus, Greece for monthly rent of €2,500 (approximately USD$2,998$2,863 at December 31, 2017)2018). This lease expires on MayJanuary 31, 2018.2020. This office space is deemed adequate for Company’sCompany’s current operations.

The Company leased office space in Tema, Ghana for monthly rent of GHS1,350 (approximately $300 at December 31, 2018) through January 31, 2019. The Company began leasing a new office space in Tema, Ghana for a monthly rent of $600 in February 2019. The new lease expires on February 2, 2021.

 

The Company leases a corporate apartment in New York City, to be used by Christos Traios, the Company’sCompany’s President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director. Mr. Traios spends approximately 35% of the time he devotes to the conduct of business in New York. The monthly leaserent is for $4,100$3,200 and the lease expires on July 12, 2018.31, 2019.

 

The Company leasesleased a New York office space which iswas utilized for administrative purposes.purposes through August 31, 2018, at which point the lease was terminated. The monthly lease isbase rent for $2,800 and expires on October 1, 2018.the New York office was $2,800.

ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

There are currently no material pending legal or governmental proceedings, relating other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to ourthe business, to which the Company or properties to which we areany of its subsidiaries is a party and to our knowledge, there are no other material proceedings inor of which any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or shareholders are a party adverse to us or that may have a material interest adverse to us.their property is the subject.

ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not applicable.

 


 

PART II

ITEM 5.     MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Market Information

 

Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (the “OTC Pink”) under the symbol “PGAS.” The following table shows the reported high and low closing bid prices per share for our Common Stock based on information provided by the OTC Pink. The over-the-counter market quotations set forth for our Common Stock reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

 

Common Stock

Bid Price

  

Common Stock Bid Price

Financial Quarter Ended

 

High ($)

  

Low ($)

 

 

High ($)

 

Low ($)

            

December 31, 2017

  0.0478   0.0264 

September 30, 2017

  0.0650   0.0239 

June 30, 2017

  0.0720   0.0170 

March 31, 2017

  0.0490   0.0161 

December 31, 2016

  0.0730   0.0151 

September 30, 2016

  0.0600   0.0131 

June 30, 2016

  0.2900   0.0120 

March 31, 2016

  0.0515   0.0056 

December 31, 2018

 

                        0.8800

 

                      0.2500

September 30, 2018

 

                      1.2400

 

                     0.3500

June 30, 2018

 

                        2.2900

 

                       0.6000

March 31, 2018

 

                       3.9800

 

                      1.6600

December 31, 2017

 

                        4.7750

 

                       2.6000

September 30, 2017

 

                        6.5000

 

                        2.3900

June 30, 2017

 

                       7.2000

 

                        1.7000

March 31, 2017

 

                       4.9000

 

                       1.6100

 

On March 23, 2018,April 8, 2019, the last closing bid price per share for our Common Stock reported by the OTC Pink was $0.021.$1.90.

 

Holders

 

Records of Securities Transfer Corporation, our transfer agent, indicate that as of March 26, 2018,April 11, 2019, we had 5646 record holders of our Common Stock. The number of registered stockholders excludes any estimate by us of the number of beneficial owners of shares of Common Stock held in “street name.” As of March 26, 2018,April 11, 2019, we had 344,607,6723,828,412 shares of our Common Stock and 100 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Dividends

 

The Company did not declare any cash dividends for the year ended December 31, 2017.2018. Our Board of Directors (which is currently constituted entirely by Christos Traios who serves as the sole member) does not intend to distribute any cash dividends in the near future. The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of the Board of directors and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors as the Mr. Traios considers relevant. There is no assurance that future dividends will be paid, and if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

The Company has no equity compensation plans.

 


Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

All of the Company’sCompany’s recent sales of unregistered securities within the past three years have been previously reported as required in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K.


 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

None.

ITEM 6.     SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, and as such, is not required to provide the information required under this Item.

ITEM 7.     MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of the results of financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal yearsyears ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

 

Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.

 

Introduction

 

The Company operates as a fully integrated international merchant of petroleum products, focused on the supply and trade of light petroleum fuel oil (LPFO), refined oil products and other petrochemical products to local refineries in West Africa and Mediterranean countries.

 

Restatement

During the year ended December 31, 2017 we identified an error in the calculation of our previously reported depreciation expense. We adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations. Previous periods financial statements were restated accordingly.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the consolidated accounts of the Company and itsits’ wholly owned subsidiaries. We list our significant subsidiaries below. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We list our significant subsidiaries below:

 

Petrogres Co. Limited (Marshall Islands)

Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy, Inc. (Texas)

Petronav Carriers LLC (Delaware)(Marshall Islands)

Petrogress Int’lInt'l LLC (Delaware)

Petrogres Africa Co. Limited (Ghanaian) (Ghana; 90%-owned)


 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, JOBSor “JOBS Act. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As an emerging growth company, we can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

 

Reclassifications

For the year ended December 31, 2016 we reclassified specific amounts of expenses in order to conform to current year presentations of our results. See Note 2 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the reclassifications performed.

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of AmericaGAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We consider all highly liquid investments with an original term of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable, net

 

The amount shown as accounts receivables, net at each balance sheet date includes estimated recoveries from customers and charterers for sales of oil products, hires, freight and demurrage billings, net of allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable involve risk, including the credit risk of non-payment by the customer. Accounts receivable are considered past due based on contractual and invoice terms. An estimate is made of the allowance for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts at each period, and an allowance is made for any accounts which management believes are not recoverable. The determination of bad debt allowances constitutes a significant estimate.

 

ForDuring the yearyears ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, an allowance of $395,413 was recordedthe Company recognized a provision for doubtful accounts while no allowanceof $344,466 and $395,413, respectively, for doubtful accounts was recorded as of December 31, 2016. This allowance was charged against trade receivables from specific customers that were deemed doubtful as management estimated there is a probability that these balances would not be recovered by the Company into their entirety.recoverability. This allowanceprovision is presented in theits designated line onin the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.


 

For the yearyears ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, wethe Company wrote off receivable balances of other receivables equal to$0 and $326,724, respectively, as management estimated there was a very remote probability that these balances could be recovered. The amount of write-off is presented in the designated line on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, we wrote off Accounts Receivable balances of $373,371. This amount was included in General and administrative expenses in the filed Financial Statements for the year then ended. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company renamed General and administrative expenses to Selling, general and administrative expenses and the amount of write off for the year ended December 31, 2016 has been reclassified to its designated line in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income in order to conform with the current year presentation. See Note 2 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on reclassifications performed.expenses.

 

Inventories

The Company's inventoriesinventories consist primarily of purchased crude oil for re-sale and gas oil in transit on a marine vessel at the respective balance sheet date, isand both are valued at the lower ofpurchased cost or market using the mark-to-market method of valuation.

 

Marketable Securities

 

We classify marketable securities as available-for-sale securities, which are carried at their fair value based on the quoted market prices of the securities with unrealized gains and losses, net of deferred income taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/ (loss), a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in net earnings in the period earned or incurred.


 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

During the year ended December 31, 2017, as mentioned above, we adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations. Previous periods financial statements that were filed in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 were restated accordingly. The effect of this adjustment to the respective figures is presented below:

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 has increased by $267,138. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $2,274,125 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $2,541,263 as restated.  

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $697,269 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $799,487 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect the Restatement had in the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit for the same period. 

Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was increased by $164,920. Depreciation expense as stated in prior Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $676,328 and as a result of the Restatement increased to $841,248, leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit of this period;

Net income of the year ended December 31, 2017 was decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the same period.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net increased from a balance of $5,919,067 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $6,021,285 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect of the Restatement on the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net equal to $102,218 as of December 31, 2016 as of December 31, 2016.


Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2017 has decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the period;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2016 were decreased by $0.001;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2017 were decreased by $0.0013 and $0.0012 respectively;

The following table presents the adjustments performed to the figures affected from our adjustment on accumulated depreciations:

  

Vessels

  

Furniture & equipment

  

Total

 

Cost

            

Balance at December 31, 2015

 $9,550,000  $85,000  $9,635,000 

Additions

  449,380   2,015   451,395 

Disposals

  -   -   - 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $9,999,380  $87,015  $10,086,395 

Additions

  172,550   6,763   179,313 

Disposals

  -   (483)  (483)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $10,171,930  $93,295  $10,265,225 

Accumulated depreciation

            

Balance at December 31, 2015 as originally reported

 $(3,440,000) $(51,000) $(3,491,000)

Prior period adjustment

 $267,138  $-  $267,138 

Balance at December 31, 2015 as restated

 $(3,172,862) $(51,000) $(3,223,862)

Depreciation for the period as originally reported

  (667,508)  (8,820)  (676,328)

Depreciation due to adjustment

  (164,920)  -   (164,920)

Depreciation for the period as restated

  (832,428)  (8,820)  (841,248)

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $(4,005,290) $(59,820) $(4,065,110)

Depreciation for the period

  (902,903)  (15,263)  (918,166)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $(4,908,193) $(75,083) $(4,983,276)

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2016

 $5,994,090  $27,195  $6,021,285 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2017

 $5,263,737  $18,212  $5,281,949 

 

We depreciate our vessels on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life which is 10 years from the date of their transfer to the Company. Depreciation is calculated based on a vessel’svessel’s cost less the estimated residual value. The estimated useful lives of vessels and equipment are as follows:

 

Vessels

10 years

Office equipment and furniture

10 years

Computer hardware

5 years

 

Organization costs

 

We have adopted the provisions required by the Start-Up Activities topic of the FASB ASCFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) whereby all costs incurred with the incorporation and reorganization of the Company were charged to operations as incurred.


Income taxes

 

We fileThe Company files income tax returns in various jurisdictions, as appropriate and required. We wereThe Company was not subject to U.S. federal, state and local, as applicable, income tax examinations by regulatory taxing authorities for any period prior to January 1, 2012.

 

We account for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the estimated future tax effects, calculated at the tax rate expected to be in effect at the time of realization. We record a valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of the changes in tax laws and rates of the date of enactment.

 

ASC 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements and provides guidance on recognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition issues. We classify interest and penalties as a component of interest and other expenses. To date, we have not incurred any liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including assessments of penalties and/or interest.

 

We measure and record uncertain tax positions by establishing a threshold for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Only tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date may be recognized or continue to be recognized. Our tax years subsequent to 2011 remain subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions.

 

Earnings/ (Loss) Per Share

 

We report earnings/ (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing Net income (loss), after deducting preferred stock dividends accumulated during the period, by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing Net income by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock, common stock equivalents and other potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period.

 

As of December 31, 2017,2018, the basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company is 172,962,382was 3,436,387 and 172,988,7913,522,331, respectively.


 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has 26,409basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company was 1,729,624 and 1,729,888, respectively.

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company has 85,944 and 264 shares of Common Stock, respectively, which could be deemed to be dilutive and are included in the calculation of dilutive earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2017.share.

As of December 31, 2017, there were no anti-dilutive securities.

As of December 31, 2016, the basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company was 161,016,555.

Potentially dilutive securities for the year ended December 31, 2016 including outstanding convertible debt that is convertible into approximately 2,380,266 shares of Common Stock were not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their impact was anti-dilutive.


 

Accounting for Equity-based Payments

We account for stock awards issued to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The measurement date is the earlier of (1) the date at which a commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached, or (2) the date at which the counterparty's performance is complete. Stock awards granted to non-employees are valued at their respective measurement dates based on the trading price of our common stock and recognized as expense during the period in which services are provided.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

We adopted ASC Topic 220, "Comprehensive Income." This statement establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in a financial statement. Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity (net assets) during a period from non-owner sources. Items included in Comprehensive loss consist of cancellation of available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

WeIn May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt these ASUs. On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09, using the full retrospective method, which requires reporting entities to apply the standard as of the earliest period presented in their financial statements. The Company completed its review of its material revenue streams and determined that the adoption of Topic 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and consolidated balance sheets.

.

In accordance with FASB ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. ASC 605 requiresthe new guidance, the Company recognizes revenue for crude oil sales and gas oil sales, its primary sources of revenue, at an amount that four basic criteria are met (1) persuasive evidencereflects the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for transferring goods or services to its customers. The Company's policy is to record revenue when, (a) control of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery of productsthe goods (crude oil, gas oil and services has occurred, (3)other petrochemical products) passed to its customers and (b) the fee is fixed or determinablevessels charter (voyages and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.long term) when the service rendered to its independent charterers and the affiliated PGL.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, marketable securities, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and convertible debt.

 

The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and convertible debt, as applicable, approximates fair value due to the short-termshort-term nature of these items and/or the current interest rates payable in relation to current market conditions.

Marketable securities are adjusted to fair value each balance sheet date, based on quoted prices; which are considered level 1 inputs. Our derivative liability is valued using the level 3 inputs. The estimated fair value is not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company would realize in a current market exchange or from future earnings or cash flows.

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that our earnings are subject to fluctuations in interest rates on either investments or on debt and is fully dependent upon the volatility of these rates. We do not use derivative instruments to moderate its exposure to interest rate risk, if any.


 

Financial risk is the risk that our earnings are subject to fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates and are fully dependent upon the volatility of these rates. We do not use derivative instruments to moderate its exposure to financial risk, if any.

 

Fair value measurements are determined under a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value, distinguishing between market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (“observable inputs”) and the reporting entity’sentity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (“unobservable inputs”). Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, we primarily use prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets (“market approach”). We also consider the impact of a significant decrease in volume and level of activity for an asset or liability when compared with normal activity to identify transactions that are not orderly.


 

The highest priority is given to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Securities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The three hierarchy levels are defined as follows:

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets that is unadjusted and accessible at the measure mentmeasurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - Quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 

Level 3 - Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Credit risk adjustments are applied to reflect the Company’sCompany’s own credit risk when valuing all liabilities measured at fair value. The methodology is consistent with that applied in developing counterparty credit risk adjustments, but incorporates the Company’s own credit risk as observed in the credit default swap market.

 

The following table represents the Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, for each fair value hierarchy level:

  

Total

  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

 

December 31, 2017

                

Loan facility from related party

 $297,400  $297,400  $-  $- 

December 31, 2016

                

Derivative liabilities

 $65,499  $-  $-  $65,499 

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the fair value of our Derivative Liability consideration Level 3 financial liabilities:

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Balance, January 1,

 $65,499  $- 

Additions to Level 3

  -   65,499 

Transfers into Level 3

  -   - 

Transfers out of Level 3

  -   - 

Change in fair value

  -     

Payments

  (65,499)    

Balance, December 31,

 $-  $65,499 


Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncements not yet adopted

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”). This standard affects the accounting for equity instruments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-03, “Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. This update was issued to clarify certain narrow aspects of guidance concerning the recognition of financial assets and liabilities established in ASU No. 2016-01, “Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. This includes an amendment to clarify that an entity measuring an equity security using the measurement alternative may change its measurement approach to a fair valuation method in accordance with Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, through an irrevocable election that would apply to that security and all identical or similar investments of the same issued. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2019. We discuss new accounting standards which have been issued but not yet adopted, their required date of adoption and/or planned dateplan to adopt if earlier,this guidance effective January 1, 2019, as required. We do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on how it measures financial instruments. We are evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-01 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.


In February 2016, the anticipatedFASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”). In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-01, which provides additional implementation guidance on the previously issued ASU 2016-02. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date: (1) a lease liability, which is a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and (2) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee's right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. We do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business.” These amendments clarify the definition of a business. The amendments affect all companies and other reporting organizations that must determine whether they have acquired or sold a business. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The amendments are intended to help companies and other organizations evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. The amendments should be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the period of adoption. We do not consider early adoption and is also assessing the impact that adoption of the standards are expected tothis standard will have on our consolidated financial position and results of operations in Note 3– Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.statements.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, cash and cash equivalents increaseddecreased by $788,916$489,989 compared to a decreasean increase of $1,520,222$788,916 for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017. Ending cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 20172018 was $1,150,999$661,010 compared to $362,083$1,150,999 at December 31, 2016.2017.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, net cash providedused in operating activities was $517,449 compared to net cash generated by operating activities was $714,921 compared to $730,369of $681,368 for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.

 

Our Netnet income excluding the non-cash items contributed $2,191,173$1,745,614 to cash from operating activities, reflecting the high gross profit margin of the Company through the year ended December 31, 2017.2018. Assets included in the calculation of the Company’sCompany’s working capital have increaseddecreased by $2,859,188$1,408,249 mainly from the increase of accounts receivable and inventoriesclaims receivable which have increased by $2,803,354$615,014 and $171,500$547,600 respectively. This increase has been financed mainly by our Netnet income and the increase of our liabilities included in working capital, namely the increase in Accounts payable and Amounts due to related partyPrepaid expenses which have increased by $1,100,419 and $266,153 respectively$968,420 during the year ended December 31, 2017.

Our Net income excluding the non-cash items contributed $1,156,097 to cash from operating activities, reflecting the high gross profit margin of the Company through the year ended December 31, 2016. This cash inflow from operating activities was supported by the amounts contributed to the Company by related party, equal to $234,600 and was used amongst other to repay outstanding accounts payable, equal to $667,203 as of the year ended December 31, 2016.2018.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, cash used in investing activities was a result of capital improvements of fixed assets of $179,313$96,553 compared to 450,591$179,313 for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, cash provided by financing activities were the result of: $275,000$126,500 of funding provided by Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director under the terms of thea Revolving Line of Credit agreement, presented in Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements below; offset by the repayment of the assumed Mammoth notes of $26,767.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, cash used in financing activities were the result of the dividend paid by Petrogres Co. Limited in February 2016 to its sole shareholder prior to the SEA, amounting to $1,800,000.Agreement dated July 13, 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) .

 

Our need for capital resources is driven by our expansion plans, ongoing maintenance and improvement of our vessels, support of our operational expenses, corporate overhead and the expenses we suffer in order to comply with the regulatory requirements of SEC. Specifically, Petrogress, Inc. which is, the listedparent company, of Petrogress, Inc. group of Companies, does not have revenues while it suffers all the necessary operating and general and administrative expenses in order to comply with the regulatory requirements of the SEC. These costs which equal $459,736 have produced along with the rest of the expenses Petrogress, Inc. suffers a Net income of $485,437 for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Since the reverse acquisition of Petrogres on February 19,29, 2016, the Company’sCompany’s principal sources of cash are a)(a) net cash provided from operating activities, which includes the sale and shipment of petroleum products, and b)(b) cash loaned or contributed to the Company by Mr. Traios.Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director.

 


During

On October 31, 2018, Christos P. Traios, notified the year ended December 31, 2017, cashCompany that he was terminating the Credit Agreement pursuant to which Mr. Traios provided by operating activities amounted to $714,921. From this amount, $138,519 was provided from Petrogres Co. Limited to Petrogress Inc. –the listed companya revolving line of the group-. This amount was deprived from the operations of Petrogres Co Limited in order to finance the needs of the listed entity, imposing additional difficultiescredit in the efficient runningprincipal amount of group’s cash generating activities, specificallyup to $1,000,000 to the oil trading performed by Petrogres Co Ltd.

During the year ended December 31, 2017 Mr. Traios lent the Company $275,000Company. As such, no further advances were made under the termsCredit Agreement and existing advances in principal amount of $148,900 under the Revolving Line of Credit facility presented in Note 12 inwill become due upon the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements below. As described in Note 10 below, Christos Traios advanced the Company $52,500 and he was repaid $24,652 during the year ended December 31, 2017. The amounts borrowed or advanced to the Company by Mr. Traios were necessary in order to cover among others, the expenses suffered by Petrogress, Inc. the listed company of Petrogress, Inc. group of companies.current maturity date, July 13, 2019.

 

Management seeks to secure the necessary financing for the expansion of Company’s operations, taking into consideration that any potential financing agreement should not deteriorate the investment of the shareholders in our Company, specifically the terms of a potential financing agreement should not cause dilution to the shares holdings of our investors. This effort becomes more challenging taking into consideration the low price our share is traded. The average price of our share for 2017 was $0.0032, significantly below $1. The conversion mechanism of a potential financing agreement in the form of convertible promissory note would require the issuance of additional shares in the option of the holder of the debt, which would deteriorate the investing position of our shareholders.

Company’s operations. Based on our current plan, we believe our expected cash flows from operations will be sufficient to finance our present activities and capital expenditures for a period of at least 12 months after the date of this report. Our intention to expand our operations, increase the oil sales or go into new projects-operations will be subject to extraadditional financing, support.

Our liquidity mayassuming such financing can be adversely affected as described in “Risks Relatedobtained on terms acceptable to our Business” as described in ITEM 1A. “RISK FACTORS.”management.

 

Results of Operations

 

We operate a fully integrated oil commodity business, including upstream, midstream and downstream operations, primarily serving West African and Mediterranean countries. The Company operates primarily as a holding company and provides its services through four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Petrogres Co. Limited, which provides management of crude oil purchases and sales; Petronav Carriers LLC, which manages day-to-day operations of its beneficially-owned affiliated tanker fleet, currently consisting of four vessels; and Petrogress Int’l LLC, which is a holding company for subsidiaries currently conducting business in Cyprus and Ghana; and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., which is primarily focused on purchasing interests in oil fields in Texas and exporting liquefied natural gas.Ghana.

 

Our main operations are managed by an experienced team, located in Piraeus, Greece.

 


Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 20178 and 20167

 

Revenues

Net sales for the yearyears ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, were $9,026,962 and 2016 were $9,163,356, and $18,075,327, respectively, a decrease of $8,911,971$136,394 or approximately 49%1%. Sales were comprised of the following:

 

 Year ended December 31,  

Year ended December 31,

 
 2017  2016  

2018

  

2017

 
Crude oil net sales  6,539,346   9,226,800   7,558,462   6,539,346 
Gas oil net sales  1,997,660   7,697,600   1,424,000   1,997,660 
Other  626,350   1,150,927   44,500   626,350 
Totals  9,163,356   18,075,327   9,026,962   9,163,356 

 


The decrease in sales resulted primarily from the extensive period of repairs and improvements that two of our vessels underwent during this year, which consequently caused a reduction in shipments and deliveries of our products.

Costs of goods sold

 

CostsCosts of goods sold for the yearyears ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, were $5,068,717 and 2016, were $5,619,978, and $14,957,417 respectively, a decrease of $9,337,439$551,261 or approximately 62%approximately10%, and were comprised of the following:

 

  Year ended December 31, 
  2017  2016 
Oil purchase costs  3,406,503   9,349,473 
Shipping and handling expenses  1,537,920   4,517,788 
Direct vessels' operating expenses  675,555   928,803 
Other  -   161,353 
Totals  5,619,978   14,957,417 

During the year ended December 31, 2017 we adjusted the classification of our expenses in order to improve the presentation of the Financial Statements and the level of information users obtain. We included in our Costs of goods sold the following categories of expenses: Oil purchase costs, Shipping and handling costs and Direct vessels operating expenses.

Oil purchase costs include the costs for purchasing the gas oil and crude oil that the Company then resells through its subsidiaries Petrogres Co Limited and Petrogres Africa Company Limited.

Shipping and handling costs include all the costs necessary to bring the commodity to the possession of the final customer. Most significant items in this category of expenses are crew wages, bunkers and port expenses.

Direct vessels operating expenses include all the expenses necessary to maintain Company’s vessels in a proper condition in order to be able to serve the Company and its final customers. These expenses mainly consist of maintenance & repairs expenses, provisions and management expenses.

For the year ended December 31, 2016 we reclassified specific amounts of expenses in order to present our results of operations in accordance with the foregoing categories of expenses and to conform to the current year presentation.

Specifically, in relation to Costs of goods sold, we performed the following reclassifications of expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 as filed: a) an amount of $1,531,400 previously classified in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Shipping and handling expenses; b) an amount of $906,303 previously classified in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Direct vessels operating expenses; c) an amount of $22,500 was reclassified from Selling, general and administrative expenses to Direct vessels operating expenses.

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2018

  

2017

 

Oil purchase costs

  4,897,217   3,406,503 

Shipping and handling costs

  -   1,537,920 

Direct vessels' operating expenses

  171,500   675,555 

Other

  -   - 

Totals

  5,068,717   5,619,978 

 

Overall CostsCosts of goods sold has decreased by 62%10% while revenue from sales of goods has decreased by approximately 49%1%, reflecting the continuous efforts we make in order to improve our cost efficiency and increase profits for our shareholders.

 

Corporate expenses

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, management established Corporate expenses as a separately identifiable category of expenses, in order to improve the presentation and the overall level of information users of the Financial Statements of the Company can obtain. Corporate expenses mainly include the expenses suffered fromincurred by Petrogress, Inc. which is the listed company of our group in order to comply with all the regulatory requirements.Inc.. These include compensation of Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, consultants and professional services namely legal and audit fees, and travel expenses of Mr. Traios to our New York office. Expenses included in the filed Financial StatementsCorporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 have been reclassified in different categories in order to improve overall presentation. Amounts2018 and 2017 were $254,289 and $465,274, respectively, a decrease of $418,604 and $100,160 previously included in Selling, general and administrative and Operating costs respectively, have been reclassified in Corporate expenses. Corporate expenses have been reduced by $53,491$210,985 or 10% reflecting our continuous efforts to allocate more efficiently our available resources.approximately 45%.


 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

During the year ended December 31, 2017, management established Corporate expenses as a separately identifiable category of expenses, in order to improve the presentation and the overall level of information users of the Financial Statements of the Company can obtain. Corporate expenses mainly include the expenses suffered from Petrogress, Inc. which is the listed company of our group in order to comply with all the regulatory requirements. These include compensation of Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, consultants and professional services namely legal and audit fees, and travel expenses of Mr. Traios to our New York office. Expenses included in the filed Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 have been reclassified in different categories in order to improve overall presentation. Amounts of $418,604 and $100,160 previously included in Selling, general and administrative and Operating costs respectively, have been reclassified in Corporate expenses. Corporate expenses have been reduced by $53,491 or 10% reflecting our continuous efforts to allocate more efficiently our available resources.

Specifically, Selling, general and administrative expenses were decreased by $636,403 as a result of the following reclassifications: a) an amount of $177,970 previously included in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Selling, general and administrative expenses; b) an amount of $373,271 previously included in Selling, general and administrative costs, was reclassified to the designated caption on the Statements of Comprehensive Income, Write offs of accounts receivable; c) an amount of $22,500 previously included in Selling, general and administrative costs, was reclassified to Direct vessels operating expenses and d) an amount of $418,602 previously included in Selling, general and administrative costs, was reclassified to Corporate expenses;

 

For the year ended December 31, 20172018, Selling, general and administrative expenses decreasedincreased to $1,162,929$2,095,839 compared to $1,373,698$1,162,930 for the year ended December 31, 2016, a decrease2017, an increase of $210,769$932,909 or approximately 15%80%. This decrease is mainly due to the fall in sales activity due to the maintenance and improvements that two of our vessels underwent during the year ended December 31, 2017 and enhanced cost control efficiency during the same period.

 

Net income

 

Net income for the year ended December 31, 20172018 was $293,427$324,698 compared to Netnet income of $58,224$293,427 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as restated. 2017, an increase of $31,271 or approximately 11%.

The contributionperformance of Company’sCompany’s significant subsidiaries to Net income of the group for the current year ended December 31, 20172018 was as follows:

Petrogres Co. Limited

 

Petrogres Co. Limited performs most of the trading of the oil products along with Petrogres Africa Company Limited. Petrogres Co. Limited contributed $8,315,356$8,555,963 or 90.7%94.78% of the Company’sCompany’s revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, net of intercompany eliminations. For the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, Petrogres Co. Limited had a Grossgross profit of $2,014,105$1,438,146 equal to 21%16.63% of its revenues. Petrogres Co. Limited had a Net income equal to $611,780$456,310 for the year ended December 31, 2017.2018.


 

High profitability of Petrogres CoCo. Limited allows it to finance the necessary expenses for the maintenance and proper operationoperations of the Company’s vessels.Company. Petrogres CoCo. Limited along with the amounts loaned and/or contributed by Mr. Traios are the two sources of capital of parent company Petrogress, Inc. which suffers all the expenses that are necessary for regulatory compliance and overall operation. The following table presents the results of operations of Petrogres Co. Limited for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, & December 31, 2016 before the intercompany eliminations performed. The table is included herein only for the purpose of management’s discussion over our results:

 

 Year ended december 31,  

Year ended December 31,

 
 

2017

  

2016

  

2018

  

2017

 

Revenues

 $9,421,856  $18,074,860  $8,650,463  $9,421,856 

Costs of goods sold

  (7,407,752)  (13,163,204)  (7,212,317)  (7,407,752)

Gross profit

  2,014,104   4,911,656   1,438,146   2,014,104 

Operating expenses:

                

Operating expenses of commodities trade

  (315,140)  - 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  (1,094,943)  (1,013,236)  (434,501)  (1,094,943)

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

  (395,413)  -   (313,466)  (395,413)

Write offs of accounts receivable

  -   (373,271)

Depreciation expense

  (8,500)  (8,500)  (14,136)  (8,500)

Total operating expenses

  (1,498,856)  (1,395,007)  (1,077,243)  (1,498,856)

Operating income before other expenses

  515,248   3,516,649 

Other income, net:

        

Other income, net:

  96,532   - 

Total other income/ (expense), net

  96,532   - 

Gross profit before other expenses

  360,903   515,248 

Other income, net

        

Other income, net

  95,407   96,532 

Total other income, net

  95,407   96,532 

Net income

  611,780   3,516,649   456,310   611,780 

 


Petronav Carriers, LLC

 

Petronav Carriers, LLC operates, manages and hires the Company’s beneficially owned vessels to Petrogres Co,Co. Limited. A significant portion of Petronav Carriers, LLC’sLLC’s expenses relate to crew expenses, repairs &and maintenance of the vessels, insurance expenses, bunkers, port expenses and respective depreciation for vessels. For the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, Petronav Carriers, LLC had a Net lossnet income of $191,515.$478,513. For the year ended December 31, 20172018, Petronav Carriers LLC revenues consisted of $3,065,200$2,257,600 from the hires of the vessels to Petrogres CoCo. Limited and $480,000 from the management fees from the affiliated ship-owning companies. The foregoing revenues have been eliminated for the Consolidated Financial Statements. The following table presents the results of operations of Petronav Carriers, LLC for the years ended December 31, 20172018 & December 31, 20162017 before the intercompany eliminations performed. The table is included herein only for the purpose of management’s discussion over our results:

 

 Year ended december 31,  

Year ended December 31,

 
 

2017

  

2016

  

2018

  

2017

 

Revenues

 $3,545,200  $2,314,700  $2,737,600  $3,545,200 

Costs of goods sold

  (1,928,392)  (1,794,213)  -   (1,928,392)

Gross profit

  1,616,808   520,487   2,737,600   1,616,808 

Operating expenses:

                

Fleet operating expenses

  (1,345,390)  - 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  (135,945)  (314,019)  (34,495)  (135,945)

Write offs of accounts receivable

  (326,724)  -   -   (326,724)

Amortization of Dry Docking

  (6,687)  - 

Depreciation expense

  (902,903)  (832,428)  (909,590)  (902,903)

Total operating expenses

  (1,365,572)  (1,146,447)  (2,296,162)  (1,365,572)

Gross loss before other expenses

  251,236   (625,960)

Gross profit before other expenses

  441,438   251,236 

Other income / (expense), net

        

Other income, net

  37,075   - 

Other expense, net

          -   (59,721)

Other expense, net

  (59,721)  - 

Total other income/ (expense), net

  (59,721)  - 

Net loss

  191,515   (625,960)

Total other income / (expense), net

  37,075   (59,721)

Net income

  478,513   191,515 

 


 

Petrogress, Inc.

 

Petrogress, Inc. is the listedparent holding company of the Petrogres, Inc. group of companies.group. Petrogress, Inc. does not have revenues while it suffers all the necessary operating and general and administrative expenses in order to comply with the regulatory requirements of SEC. These costs, equal to $459,736$584,364, primarily contribute to the Netnet loss incurred by the holding company of $485,437$735,033 for the year ended December 31, 2017.2018. The Netnet loss reflects the expenses necessary for the regulatory compliance of Petrogress, Inc. and its overall operation as a publicpublicly reporting company. This Net loss has been financed by the trading operations of Petrogres Co Limited which contributed $138,519 during the year ended December 31, 2017; and by the amounts the Company borrowed from Mr. Traios during the same period. The following table presents the results of Petrogress, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 20172018 and December 31, 2016. 2017.

The table is included herein only for the purpose of management’smanagement’s discussion over the results of the Company:

 

 Year ended december 31,  

Year ended December 31,

 
 

2017

  

2016

  

2018

  

2017

 

Revenues

 $-  $468   -  $- 

Costs of goods sold

  -   -   -   - 

Gross profit

  -   468   -   - 

Operating expenses:

                

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  (9,653)  (4,631)  (330,075)  (9,653)

Corpotate expenses

  (459,736)  (518,764)

Corporate expenses

  (254,289)  (459,736)

Depreciation expense

  -   (319)  -   - 

Total operating expenses

  (469,389)  (523,714)  (584,364)  (469,389)

Gross loss before other expenses

  (469,389)  (523,246)  (584,364)  (469,389)

Other expense, net:

        

Other expense, net

        

Interest and finance expenses

  (14,919)  -   (16,551)  (14,919)

Other expense, net

  (1,129)  (48,974)  (134,117)  (1,129)

Total other expense, net

  (16,048)  103,195 

Net income

  (485,437)  (420,051)

Total other (expense), net

  (150,668)  (16,048)

Net loss

  (735,033)  (485,437)

 

Net income of the

Net income attributable to the Company

 

After the intercompany eliminations, the Netnet income of the Company for the year ended December 31, 20172018 amounts to $294,669. See Note 10 to Notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the eliminations that led to the foregoing result.  $324,698.

Acquisitions

Effective September 30, 2017, Petrogress Int’l LLC purchased from Mr. Traios 1,080,000 shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited (“PGAF”), a Ghanaian limited company. The shares of PGAF acquired comprise 90% of its issued and outstanding shares. The acquisition is vital for the Company’s strategic objective to expand operations and its presence in West Africa. The initial consideration for the forgoing shares was $1,080,000 and Mr. Traios forgave an amount of $180,000 leading to a final consideration of $900,000 included in Amounts Due to Related party in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2017.

Petrogres Africa Company Limited was incorporated in the summer of 2017 and holds a current Ghanaian business permit, and is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’s Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Through Petrogres Africa Company Limited, the Company will strengthen its presence and position a promising market in West Africa and sub-Saharan countries with a population of more than 1.3 billion people designated as the next developing region. 

Since the date common control was established, Petrogres Africa Company Limited has already contributed $725,500 of revenue to the Company.

Mr. Traios initially acquired 90% of PGAF shares at their par value for a consideration of $900,000, on August 17, 2017.  The Company has accounted for the purchase of shares of PGAF as a business acquisition under common control and as such, the assets have been transferred at carrying costs as of the date of acquisition, and the activity of the acquired entity has been combined as of the date common control as established in line with the provisions of ASC 805-50-25-2, on August 17, 2017.  The difference between the consideration paid by Mr. Traios, and the net assets of PGAF on August 17, 2017, has been allocated to goodwill. The Company has one year from the date of acquisition to finalize the valuation analysis and has engaged a third-party valuation specialist for this assessment. The business combination is not material for disclosure of pro-forma accounts.  The Company has recognized Non-controlling interests equal to $100,000 as of the date common control was established.


 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

There are no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.investors.

ITEM 7A.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Our Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, and as such, is not required to provide the information required under this Item.

ITEM 8.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

All financial statements required by this Item are presented beginning on Page F-1, and are incorporated herein by this reference.

 


ITEM 9.

ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Christos Traios, our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and Nikolaos Mourtzanos,Evangelos Makris, our principal financial officer,Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2017,2018, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company is accumulated and communicated to the appropriate management on a basis that permits timely decisions regarding disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, the Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 20172018 were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Company’sCompany’s periodic filings under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

 

pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;


 

provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

 

provideProvide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

In connection with the preparation of our annual financial statements, Christos Traios, our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and sole Director and Nikolaos Mourtzanos,Evangelos Makris, our principal financial officer,Chief Financial Officer, have assessed the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or the COSO Framework, and SEC guidance on conducting such assessments. Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of our internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of those controls. Based on this evaluation and qualified by the “Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls” set forth in this Item 9A below, management has determined that as of December 31, 2017,2018, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective and there are material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

The Company’sCompany’s management has identified a material weakness in the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting related to a shortage of resources in the accounting department required to assure appropriate segregation of duties with employees having appropriate accounting qualifications.


 

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company’sCompany’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, wherein non-accelerated filers are exempt from Sarbanes-Oxley internal control audit requirements.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 20172018 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our disclosure controls and procedures provide our principal executive officer and principal financial officer with reasonable assurances that our disclosure controls and procedures will achieve their objectives. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting can or will prevent all human error. A control system, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Furthermore, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are internal resource constraints, and the benefit of controls must be weighed relative to their corresponding costs. Because of the limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide complete assurance that all control issues and instances of error, if any, within our company are detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur due to human error or mistake. Additionally, controls, no matter how well designed, could be circumvented by the individual acts of specific persons within the organization. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated objectives under all potential future conditions.

 


Management is aware that there is a lack of segregation of duties due to the fact that the Company only has one director and one executive officer dealing with general administrative and financial matters. This constitutes a significant deficiency in the internal controls. Management has decided that considering the officers and director involved, the control procedures in place, and the outsourcing of certain financial functions, the risks associated with such lack of segregation were low and the potential benefits of adding additional employees to clearly segregate duties did not justify the expenses associated with such increases. Management periodically reevaluates this situation. In light of the Company’s current cash flow situation, the Company does not intend to increase staffing to mitigate the current lack of segregation of duties within the general administrative and financial functions.

ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION

OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 


 

PART III

ITEM 10.     DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following individuals currently serve as the sole director and executive officers of our Company. All directors of our Company hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors have been elected and qualified. The executive officers of our Company are appointed by our Board of Directors and hold office until their death, resignation or removal from office.

 

Sole Director and

Executive

Officer

Age

Date of

Appointment

Position(s) Held

Christos Traios

5859

March 15, 2016

Sole Director, PresidentPresident and Chief Executive Officer

Nikolaos MourtzanosEvangelos Makris

3736

March 9, 201819, 2019

Chief Financial Officer

 

Christos Traios, age 58,59, was appointed to serve as a director and our President and Chief Executive Officer on March 15, 2016. Mr. Traios has been in the maritime industry for more than 25 years and has been in the oil business for eight years. Since acquiring control of the Company, by virtue of the SEA with Petrogres Co. Limited, Mr. Traios has served as its sole director, President and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Navigas Carriers Inc., a sea transporter of liquefied natural gas, and Oceanus Natfiki LLC, a provider of vessel management services within the dry-bulk industry. Mr. Traios attended Master Mariner & Law Maritime School for three years and served as second captain in the shipping industry for three years. Mr. Traios is a citizen of Greece.

 

Mr. Traios’sTraios’s experience as our President and in management generally, as well as his extensive experience in the areas of crude oil purchasing and selling, and tanker vessel shipping and management of operations qualify him to serve as a director of our Company.

 

Nikolaos MourtzanosEvangelos Makris, age 37,36, was appointed on March 9, 201819, 2019 to serve as Chief Financial Officer in a consulting capacity on a part time basis. Mr. MourtzanosMakris has been the Finance Manager of Petrogress, Inc. since January 2018. From April 2017 through January 2018 he served as Financial Controller of Antares Shipmanagement SA (“Antares”), a company owning and managing a fleet of up to 4 product/ chemical vessels. His primary responsibilities with Antares included overseeing company’s financial functions and management reporting, and communicating with its stakeholders.

March 2019. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Mourtzanos served from March 2016 until March 2017 as Financial Controller of Boston Carriers, Inc., (“Boston Carriers”) an OTC traded company, owning 1 drybulk vessel. As Financial Controller, Mr. Mourtzanos oversaw the company’s financial reporting, financial functions and communicated with the company’s stakeholders.

From September 2008 through March 2016 Mr. MourtzanosMakris served as an auditora Senior Accountant in the ACR and FAAS Department of Ernst & Young S.A. as well as the Blackstone Group in Luxembourg overseeing a large portfolio of international companies specializing in the Real Estate business. His duties/responsibilities, included but were not limited to, preparing the Stand-alone and Consolidated Financial Statements as well as the quarterly and annual reports, managing a team of junior accountants involved in the bookkeeping, communicating with PwC. Hevarious parties regarding loan facilities, valuation reports and involvement in the process of the acquisition and sale of properties. Mr. Makris holds a Bachelor of Science in EconomicsBusiness Administration (Accounting and a MasterFinance) from the American College of Science in Finance & Accounting, from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and he is a Fellow ACCA memberGreece.


 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

Neither our sole director nor any executive officer has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, nor has he been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement.

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange ActBeneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires each of our officers and directors and each person who owns more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC an initial report of ownership and subsequent reports of changes in such ownership. Such persons are further required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms (including Forms 3, 4 and 5) that they file. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us with respect to fiscal year 2017,2018, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe all of our officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of our Common Stock have met all applicable filing requirements.


 

Code of Ethics for Financial Executives

 

We adopted a Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics for our employees, officers and directors to promote honest and ethical conduct and to deter wrongdoing. This code applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other employees performing similar functions. Our Code of Ethics is available on our website (www.petrogressinc.com).

 

Board Committees and Financial Expert

The Company does not currently maintain separate audit, nominating or compensation committees. When necessary, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director performs the tasks that would be required of those committees. Furthermore, we do not have a qualified financial expert serving on the Board of Directors at this time, because we have not been able to hire a qualified candidate and we have inadequate financial resources at this time to hire such an expert.

ITEM 11.     EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table sets forth all compensation for the last two fiscal years awarded to, earned by or paid our chief executive officer and our only other compensated executive officer serving during the last completed fiscal year (collectively, the "Named Executives"):

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

 

Salary(1)

  

All other

Compensation

(2)($)

  

 

Total ($)

 

Christos Traios, Director, President and Chief

2017

 $270,000  $--  $270,000 
Executive Officer2016 $330,000  $--  $330,000 

Nikolaos Mourtzanos, Chief Financial Officer

2017

 $--  $--  $-- 
 2016 $--  $--  $-- 

Name and Principal Position

Year

 

Salary (1) ($)

  

All other

Compensation

(2) ($)

  

Total ($)

 

Christos Traios, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

2018

 $200,000  $--  $200,000 
 2017 $270,000  $--  $270,000 

Evangelos Makris, Chief Financial Officer

2018

 $--  $--  $-- 
 2017 $--  $--  $-- 

Giannis Noutsos, Chief Financial Officer

2018

 $7,000  $--  $7,000 
 2017 $--  $--  $-- 

 

 

(1)

Reflects accrued salary payable by Petrogress, Inc. ($120,000 per80,000 for the year effective April 1, 2016)ended December 31, 2018) and its wholly owned subsidiary Petrogres, Co. Limited ($240,000120,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 and $150,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017)2018).

 

(2)

Other than the remuneration discussed above, we have no retirement, pension, profit sharing, stock option or similar program for the benefit of the officers, directors or employees of the Company.

 


Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

 

Effective April 1, 2016, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Christos Traios and agreed on a monthly compensation of $10,000 ($($120,000 per year) in recognition of his services to parent entity Petrogress, Inc. On January 12, 2018 the Company entered into an Amendment to Employment Agreement dated January 12, 2018 with Christos Traios pursuant to which Christos Traios Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2016 was amended to reflect that (1) Christos Traios’ Base Salary has been and will continue to be accrued by the Company until such time as either (a) Christos Traios is legally entitled to be gainfully employed in the United Stated and elects to receive payment of such accrued and payable Base Salary, or (b) such accrued and payable Base Salary is converted into shares of Common Stock of the Company. The Amendment also provided that Christos Traios accrued and payable Base Salary may be converted at Christos Traios election onto shares of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price equal to the average closing price quoted on the principal trading market or securities exchange for the Company shares of Common Stock over the 5 trading days preceding delivery of a conversion notice.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company accrued $80,000 for services Mr. Traios provided to parent entity Petrogress, Inc. in line with the terms of the foregoing Employment Agreement and $120,000 for Christos Traios’s services to Petrogres, Co. Limited.


 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company accrued $120,000 for services Mr. Traios provided to parent entity Petrogress, Inc. in line with the terms of the foregoing Employment Agreement and $150,000 for Christos Traios’s services to Petrogres, Co. Limited.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company accrued $90,000 for services Mr. Traios providedGiannis Noutsos was appointed to parent entityserve as Chief Financial Officer of Petrogress, Inc. in line with the termson September 14, 2018 and agreed on a monthly compensation of the foregoing Employment Agreement and $240,000 for Christos Traios’s services to Petrogres, Co. Limited.$2,000 ($24,000 per year). Giannis Noutsos stepped down as Chief Financial Officer of Petrogress, Inc. on March 19, 2019.

 

Nikolaos Mourtzanos began his employmentOn March 19, 2019, Evangelos Makris was appointed to the Company on January 15, 2018.serve as Chief Financial Officer of Petrogress, Inc. The Company has agreed on a monthly compensation of $3,300 ($39,600$2,000 ($24,000 per year) in recognition of his services to parent entity Petrogress, Inc.

 

We do not presently have pension, health, annuity, insurance, profit sharing, or similar benefit plans; however, we may adopt plans in the future. There are presently no personal benefits available to our directors and officers.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards

 

The Company has no equity compensation plans.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

We do not pay fees to our directors for attendance at meetings of the board; however, we may adopt a policy of making such payments in thethe future. We will, however, reimburse out-of-pocket expenses incurred by directors in attending board and committee meetings.

 


 

ITEM 12.

ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth certain information as of the date hereof with respect to the holdings of: (1) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Common Stock; (2) each of our directors, nominees for director and named executive officers; and (3) all directors and executive officers as a group. To the best of our knowledge, each of the persons named in the table below as beneficially owning the shares set forth therein has sole voting power and sole investment power with respect to such shares, unless otherwise indicated. Applicable percentages are based upon 344,607,6723,828,412 shares of Common Stock and 100 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding as of March 26,December 31, 2018. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of the Company, at the address of 757 Third1, Akti Xaveriou Avenue Suite 2110, New York, New York 10017.5th Floor, 18538, Piraeus, Greece.

 

Title of Class

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

Amount and

Nature of

Beneficial Owner

Percent of

Class

 

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

Amount and

Nature of

Beneficial Owner

 

Percent of

Class

Common Stock

      

As a Group

Officers and Directors (1 person)

301,611,865(1)

87.52%

Officers and Directors (1 person)

3,398,959(1)

88.78%

      

As Individuals

Christos Traios

301,611,865(1)

87.52%

Christos Traios

3,398,959(1)

88.78%

   

Evangelos Makris

0

0.00%

      

Nikolaos Mourtzanos

0

0.00%

Giannis Noutsos

0

0.00%

      

Series A Preferred Stock

      

As a Group

Officers and Directors (1 person)

100

100.00%

Officers and Directors (1 person)

100

100.00%

      

As Individuals

Christos Traios

100

100.00%

Christos Traios

100

100.00%

      

Nikolaos Mourtzanos

0

0.00%

Evangelos Makris

0

0.00%

   

Giannis Noutsos

0

0.00%

 

(1) Represents 281,611,8653,198,959 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and 100 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock owned directly and 20,000,000200,000 shares for which the beneficial owner holds irrevocable proxies to exercise voting rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock held by certain third partythird-party stockholders.

 

There are no arrangements,, known to the Company, the operation of which would result in a change in control of the Company.

 


ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTORITEM 13.     CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

Transactions with Related Persons

Officer’s advances

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director advanced the Company $52,500 in order to finance the Company’s working capital needs. As of December 31, 2017 there were no formal agreements for these specific financings. Of these advances, Mr. Traios was repaid $24,652.

 

Revolving Line of Credit

 

During the year ended December 31, 20172018, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, provided finance to the Company of $275,000,$126,500, under the terms of the Revolving Line of Credit facility signed by and betweenAgreement dated July 13, 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Traios and Petrogress, Inc. on July 13, 2017.provided a revolving line of credit in the principal amount of up to $1,000,000 to the Company. The aggregate advances were equal to $297,400$148,900 as of December 31, 2017.

Convertible Promissory Note

2018. On May 12, 2017,October 31, 2018, Christos P. Traios, notified the Company executed a Convertible Promissory Notethat he was terminating the Credit Agreement. As such, no further advances were made under the Credit Agreement and existing advances in favor of Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, in the principal amount of $134,600 reflecting advances made by Mr. Traios to$148,900 under the Company asLine of that date. The note bore interest at a rate of 8%. The principal ofCredit Note will become due upon the note, along with interest accrued were settled by the conversion of a total amount of $139,880 of obligations thereunder into 139,880,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock on December 21, 2017.current Maturity Date, July 13, 2019.

 


 

Capital Transactions

Effective September 25, 2017, the Company entered into a Security Purchase Agreement under the terms of which the Company purchased from Christos Traios, the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, 100% of the membership units of Petrogress Int’l LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for a consideration of US$1.00.

Effective September 30, 2017, Petrogress Int’l LLC purchased from Mr. Traios 1,080,000 shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited (“PGAF”), a Ghanaian limited company. The shares of PGAF acquired comprise 90% of its issued and outstanding shares. The acquisition is vital for the Company’s strategic objective to expand operations and its presence in West Africa. The initial consideration for the forgoing shares was $1,080,000 and Mr. Traios forgave an amount of $180,000 leading to a final consideration of $900,000 included in Amounts Due to related party in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2017.

Petrogres Africa Company Limited was incorporated in the summer of 2017 and holds a current Ghanaian business permit, and is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’s Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Through Petrogres Africa Company Limited, the Company will strengthen its presence and position a promising market in West Africa and sub-Saharan countries with a population of more than 1.3 billion people designated as the next developing region. 

Since the date common control was established, Petrogres Africa Company Limited has already contributed $725,500 of revenue to the Company.

Mr. Traios initially acquired 90% of PGAF shares at their par value for a consideration of $900,000, on August 17, 2017.  The Company has accounted for the purchase of shares of PGAF as a business acquisition under common control and as such, the assets have been transferred at carrying costs as of the date of acquisition, and the activity of the acquired entity has been combined as of the date common control as established in line with the provisions of ASC 805-50-25-2, on August 17, 2017.  The difference between the consideration paid by Mr. Traios, and the net assets of PGAF on August 17, 2017, has been allocated to goodwill. The Company has one year from the date of acquisition to finalize the valuation analysis and has engaged a third-party valuation specialist for this assessment. The business combination is not material for disclosure of pro-forma accounts.  The Company has recognized Non-controlling interests equal to $100,000 as of the date common control was established.

During the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company issued to Mr. Traios 100 Series A Preference shares with a par value of $100 each. As of December 31, 2017 this amount is due to the Company and was classified under Additional paid-in capital.

The table below presents the movement of the amounts due to Christos Traios during the year ended December 31, 2017.2018:

 

Balance December 31, 2016 $234,600 
Reclassification of amount due to Christos Traios as of December 31, 2016 related to advances made to the Company  (157,000)
Advances from Christos Traios  52,500 
Advances to Christos Traios  (24,652)
Wages accrued to Christos Traios  270,000 
Wages paid to Christos Traios  (21,695)
Correction of wages accrued for 2016  (10,000)
Value of shares of Petrogres Africa owed to Christos Traios from Petrogres Int'l LLC  900,000 
Balance December 31, 2017 $1,243,753 


Amounts due to related party December 31, 2017

 $1,243,753 

Wages paid to Christos Traios in shares of Common Stock of Petrogress Inc.

 $(210,000)

Wages accrued to Christos Traios

 $200,000 

Amount due to Christos Traios from Petrogress Int'l LLC and Petrogress Oil & Gas Inc. converted into Shares of Common Stock of Petrogress Inc.

 $(22,500)

Wages paid to Christos Traios in cash

 $(34,390)

Amounts due to related party December 31, 2018

 $1.176,863 

 

Director Independence

 

Our Board of Directors is currently composed of one member who does not qualify as an independent director in accordance with the published listing requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market.

 

ITEM 14.       PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

The Company does not currently maintain a separate audit committee. When necessary, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director performs the tasks that would be required of an audit committee. Our Board of Director’s policy is to pre-approve all audit, audit related and permissible non-audit fees and services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.  Mr. Traios pre-approved all of the fees described below. Mr. Traios also reviews any factors that could impact the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm in conducting the audit and receives certain representations from our independent registered public accounting firm towards that end.

During the period between November 23, 2015 and March 2,October 31, 2016 through January 18, 2017 the Company engaged MaloneBailey,RBSM LLP (“Malone”RBSM”) as its independent registered public accounting firm.

 

During the period between March 3, 2016 and MayJanuary 18, 2016 the Company engaged L&L CPAS, PA (“L&L”) as its independent registered public accounting firm.

During the period between May 18, 20162017 to September 27, 2016July 26, 2018 the Company engaged David S. Friedkin CPA (“Friedkin”) as its independent registered public accounting firm

During the period between October 31, 2016 through Januaryfirm. On July 18, 20172018, the Company engaged RBSM LLP (“RBSM”)was notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board had revoked Friedkin’s registration. As such, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved to dismiss Freidkin as its independent registered public accounting firm.firm on July 19, 2018.

 

The Company has since re-engaged Friedkinengaged Turner Stone & Company, LLP (“Turner Stone”) as of January 18, 2017July 26, 2018 to serve as its current independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Audit Fees

 

No feesfees were billed by MaloneRBSM for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements for 20162017 and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q and 8-K, or services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for such fiscal year.


 

The aggregate fees billed by L&LFriedkin for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements for 20162017 and 2018 and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q and 8-K, or services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for each such fiscal year was $16,750.$47,500 and $25,000, respectively.

 

The aggregate fees billed by RBSMTurner Stone for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements for 20162017 and 20172018 and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q or services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for thoseeach such fiscal years were $10,000year was $0 and $0,$13,585, respectively.

 

The aggregate fees billed by Friedkin for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements for 2016 and 2017 and the reviews of the financial statements included in our Forms 10-Q or services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for those fiscal years were $11,500 and $47,500, respectively.


Audit-Related Fees

 

We incurred neither fees nor expenses for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years for assurance and related services rendered by Malone, L&L or RBSM relating to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, other than the fees disclosed above under the caption “Audit Fees”.

 

The aggregate fees billed by Friedkin for professional services rendered in the fiscal year 20162018 and 2017, other than the fees disclosed above under the caption “Audit Fees” for assurance and related services relating to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, were $7,500 and $5,000, respectively.

The aggregate fees billed by Turner Stone for professional services rendered in the fiscal year 2018 and 2017, other than the fees disclosed above under the caption “Audit Fees” for assurance and related services relating to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, were $0 and $5,000,$0, respectively.

 

Tax Fees

 

We incurred neither fees nor expenses for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years for professional services rendered by Malone, L&L or RBSM for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning.

 

The aggregate fees billed by Friedkin for professional services rendered in the fiscal year 2016 and 2017 for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning, were $0 and $3,000, respectively.$3,000.

 

The aggregate fees billed by Turner Stone for professional services rendered in 2018 for tax compliance were $4,410.

All Other Fees

 

We incurred no other fees or expenses for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years2018 for any other products or professional services rendered by Malone, L&L or RBSM other than as described above.

 

The aggregate fees billed by Friedkin for products or professional services rendered in the fiscal year 20162018 and 2017 other than as described above, were $0 and $500, respectively.

 

We incurred no other fees or expenses for 2018 for any other products or professional services rendered by Turner Stone other than as described above.


 

PART IV

ITEM 15.     EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

 

(a)

Financial Statements

 

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on the pages referenced below:

 

 

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-2

Consolidated BalanceBalance Sheets as of December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-3

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for thethe years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-8F-7 – F-35F-23

 

 

(b)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K or are incorporated by reference as described below.

 

Exhibit

Description

2.1

Certificate of Conversion filed with the State of Florida, dated November 18, 2016 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’sCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 1, 2016).

2.2

Certificate of Conversion filed with the State of Delaware, dated November 18, 2016 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’sCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 1, 2016).

3.1

Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 as part of the Company’sCompany’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Commission on October 17, 2012).

3.2

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation filed October 11, 2011 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 as part of the Company’sCompany’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Commission on October 17, 2012).

3.3

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation filed March 15, 2016 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 as part of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8–K as filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016).

3.4

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation filed March 10, 2016 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 as part of the Company’sCompany’s Current Report on Form 8–K as filed with the Commission on April 1, 2016).

3.5

Certificate of Incorporation filed on November 16, 2016 with the State of Delaware (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’sCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 1, 2016).

3.6

Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of Petrogress, Inc. dated July 13, 2017 (Incorporated(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on July21, 2017).

3.73.7

By-Laws of Petrogress, Inc., effective November 30, 2016 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’sCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on December 1, 2016).


10.1

Agreement Concerning the Exchange of Securities, dated February 19,, 2016, by and among the Company, Petrogres Co. Ltd., and the sole shareholder of Petrogres Co. Ltd. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016).


10.2

EmploymentEmployment Agreement dated April 1, 2016 by and between Petrogress, Inc. and Christos Traios (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 13, 2017).**

10.3

Amendment to Employment Agreement dated January 12, 2018 by and between Petrogress, Inc. and Christos Traios (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on January 12, 2018).**

10.4

Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 23, 2018, by and between Christos Traios and Petrogress, Inc.(Incorporated (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 26, 2018).**

14.1

Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics*Ethics. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 29, 2018).

21.121.1

Significant Subsidiaries*

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/Rule 14d-14(a)*

32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*

32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.*

101.1

Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T*

* Filed herewith.

** Signifies a management agreement.

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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: March 28, 2018April 12, 2019

PETROGRESS, INC.

   

 

By:

/s/ Christos Traios

 

Christos Traios

 

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal

Executive Officer)

   

 

By:

/s/ Nikolaos MourtzanosEvangelos Makris

 

Nikolaos MourtzanosEvangelos Makris

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

     

/s/ Christos Traios

Christos Traios

 

President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

March 28, 2018April 12, 2019

Christos TraiosExecutive Officer)
     

/s/ Nikolaos Mourtzanos

Nikolaos MourtzanosEvangelos Makris

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 28, 2018April 12, 2019

Evangelos MakrisAccounting Officer)

 


 

PETROGRESS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

 

 

 

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-3

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in ShareholdersShareholders’ Equity for years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 20172018 and 20162017

F-6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-8F-7 – F-35F-23

 


 

David S. Friedkin CPA
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
601 Haring Farm Court
River Vale, NJ 07675

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMReport of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the BoardShareholders and Sole Director of Directors and Shareholders
Petrogress, Inc. and Subsidiariessubsidiaries

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Petrogress, Inc. and Subsidiariessubsidiaries (the “Company”), as of December 31, 20172018 and 2016,2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for eachthe years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the two-year period ended December 31, 2017. Petrogress Inc. and Subsidiaries management is responsibleUnited States of America.

Basis for theseOpinion

These financial statements.statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on thesethe Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.misstatements, whether due to error or fraud. The companyCompany is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included considerationAs part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessingstatements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Petrogress Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

/s/ Turner, Stone & Company, LLP

 

David S. Friedkin CPA
River Vale, New Jersey
March 29th, 2018

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.

Dallas, Texas

April 12, 2019

 


 

 

PETROGRESS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

  

Note

  

As of December 31, 2017

  

 

As of December 31, 2016

(Restated)

 

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Cash and cash equivalents

     $1,150,999  $362,083 

Accounts receivable, net

  5, 11   4,508,885   2,427,668 

Inventories

      171,500   - 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  8   1,043,623   1,058,088 

Marketable securities

      -   20,940 

Total current assets

      6,875,007   3,868,779 

Non-Current Assets

            

Goodwill

  10   900,000   - 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

  4   5,281,949   6,021,285 

Security deposit

      7,573   8,775 

Total non-current assets

      6,189,522   6,030,060 

Total Assets

     $13,064,529  $9,898,839 
             

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

            

Current Liabilities

            

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  13  $1,299,964  $148,269 

Due to related party

  10   1,243,753   234,600 

Loan facility from related party

  12   297,400   - 

Accrued Interest

      9,639   - 

Convertible promissory notes

  7   -   44,887 

Derivative liabilities

  7   -   65,499 

Total current liabilities

      2,850,756   493,255 

Total liabilities

      2,850,756   493,255 
             

Commitments and Contingencies

            
             

Shareholders' equity:

            

Series A Preferred shares, $100 par value, 100 shares authorized, 100 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 respectively

  9   10,000   - 

Preferred shares, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 100 shares and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016

  9   -   - 

Shares of Common stock, $0.001 par value, 490,000,000 shares authorized, 317,875,807 and 166,795,807 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 respectively

  9   317,876   166,796 

Additional paid-in capital

      8,786,060   8,423,641 

Accumulated comprehensive income

      (7,744)  15,660 

Accumulated profit

      1,008,823   799,487 

Equity attributable to Owners of the Company

      10,115,015   9,405,584 

Non-controlling interests

      98,758   - 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

     $13,064,529  $9,898,839 

  

Note

  

As of December 31, 2018

  

As of December 31, 2017

 

ASSETS

            

Current Assets

            

Cash and cash equivalents

     $661,010  $1,150,999 

Accounts receivable, net

  4, 7   4,779,432   4,508,885 

Claims receivable, net

  7   547,600   - 

Inventories

      417,135   171,500 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

      1,765,276   1,043,624 

Total current assets

      8,170,453   6,875,008 

Non-Current Assets

            

Goodwill

  6   900,000   900,000 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

  3   4,450,906   5,281,949 

Deferred charges, net

      26,750   - 

Security deposit

      10,638   7,573 

Total non-current assets

      5,388,294   6,189,522 

Total Assets

     $13,558,747  $13,064,530 
             

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

            

Current Liabilities

            

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  9  $1,265,452  $1,299,965 

Due to related party

  6   1,176,863   1,243,753 

Loan facility from related party

  8   148,900   297,400 

Accrued Interest

      8,744   9,639 

Total current liabilities

      2,599,959   2,850,757 

Total liabilities

      2,599,959   2,850,757 
             

Commitments and Contingencies

            
             

Shareholders' equity:

            

Series A Preferred shares, $100 par value, 100 shares authorized, 100 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively

  5   10,000   10,000 

Preferred shares, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 100 shares and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively

  5   -   - 

Shares of Common stock, $0.001 par value, 19,000,000 shares authorized, 3,828,412 and 3,178,452 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively

  5   3,829   3,098 

Additional paid-in capital

      9,535,161   9,100,838 

Accumulated comprehensive loss

      (10,231)  (7,744)

Retained earnings

      1,315,870   1,008,823 

Equity attributable to Owners of the Company

      10,854,629   10,115,015 

Non-controlling interests

      104,159   98,758 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

     $13,558,747  $13,064,530 

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

PETROGRESS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

      

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

Note

  

2017

  

2016 (Restated)

 

Revenues

     $9,163,356  $18,075,327 

Costs of goods sold

      (5,619,978)  (14,957,417)
             

Gross profit

      3,543,378   3,117,910 
             

Operating expenses:

            

Corporate expenses

      (465,274)  (518,764)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

      (1,162,930)  (1,373,698)

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

      (395,413)  - 

Write offs of accounts receivable

      (326,724)  (373,271)

Depreciation expense

  4   (918,166)  (841,248)

Total operating expenses

      (3,268,507)  (3,106,981)
             

Operating income before other expenses

      274,871   10,929 
             

Other income/ (expense), net:

            

Interest and finance expenses

      (14,919)  - 

Amortization of note discount

      -   (48,974)

Other expense, net

      33,475   - 

Change in fair market value of derivative liabilities

   -   152,169 

Total other income, net

      18,556   103,195 
             

Income before income taxes

      293,427   114,124 
             

Income tax expense

      -   (55,900)
             

Net income

     $293,427  $58,224 
             

Net income attributable to:

            

Owners of the company

      294,669   58,224 

Non-controlling interests

      (1,242)  - 
      $293,427  $58,224 
             

Other comprehensive loss

            
             

Cancellation of marketable securities

      (15,660)  - 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      (7,744)  - 

Comprehensive income

     $270,023  $58,224 
             

Comprehensive income attributable to:

            

Owners of the company

      271,265   58,224 

Non-controlling interests

      (1,242)  - 
      $270,023  $58,224 
             

Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock:

         

Basic

  14   172,962,382   161,016,555 

Diluted

  14   172,988,791   161,016,555 
             

Basic earnings per share

  14  $0.0017  $0.0004 

Diluted earnings per share

  14  $0.0017  $0.0004 

  

Note

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2018

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

Revenues

     $9,026,962  $9,163,356 

Costs of goods sold

      (5,068,717)  (5,619,978)
             

Gross profit

      3,958,245   3,543,378 
             

Operating expenses:

            

Corporate expenses

      (254,289)  (465,274)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

      (2,095,839)  (1,162,930)

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

      (344,466)  (395,413)

Write offs of accounts receivable

      -   (326,724)

Amortization of Dry Docking

      (6,687)  - 

Depreciation expense

  3   (927,596)  (918,166)

Total operating expenses

      (3,628,877)  (3,268,507)
             

Operating income before other expenses

      329,368   274,871 
             

Other income/ (expense), net:

            

Interest and finance expenses

      (16,551)  (14,919)

Other income, net

      11,881   33,475 

Total other income, net

      (4,670)  18,556 
             

Income before income taxes

      324,698   293,427 
             

Income tax expense

      -   - 
             

Net income

     $324,698  $293,427 
             

Net income attributable to:

            

Shareholders of the company

      307,047   294,669 

Non-controlling interests

      17,651   (1,242)
      $324,698  $293,427 
             

Other comprehensive loss

            
             

Cancellation of marketable securities

      -   (15,660)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      (2,487)  (7,744)

Comprehensive income

     $322,211  $270,023 
             

Comprehensive income attributable to:

            

Owners of the company

      304,560   271,265 

Non-controlling interests

      17,651   (1,242)
      $322,211  $270,023 
             

Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock:

         

Basic

  10   3,436,387   1,729,624 

Diluted

  10   3,522,331   1,729,888 
             

Basic earnings per share

  10  $0.0894  $0.1696 

Diluted earnings per share

  10  $0.0896  $0.1696 

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

PETROGRESS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

     

 

      

Number of

  

 

  

 

  

 

          

Non

  

Total

      

Number of

              

Additional

  

Accumulated

          Non-  

Total

 
     

Number of

Preferred

  

Preferred

  

Shares of

Common

  

Shares of

Common

  

Additional

Paid-in

  

Accumulated

Comprehensive

  

Accumulated

      

controlling

  

Shareholders’

      

Preferred

  

Preferred

  

Common Stock

  

Paid-in

  

Comprehensive

  

Accumulated

      

controlling

  

Shareholders’

 
 

Note

  

Shares

  

Shares

  

Stock

  

Stock

  

Capital

  

Income/ (loss)

  

Profit

  

Total

  

interest

  

Equity

  

Note

  

Shares

  

Shares

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Loss

  

Profit/(Deficit)

  

Total

  

interest

  

Equity/(Deficit)

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

      -  $-   136,000,000  $136,000  $8,666,838  $-  $2,274,125  $11,076,963  $-  $11,076,963 

Prior period adjustment on depreciation expense

      -   -   -   -   -   -   267,138   267,138   -   267,138 

Balance at December 31, 2015 as restated

      -  $-   136,000,000  $136,000  $8,666,838  $-  $2,541,263  $11,344,101  $-  $11,344,101 

Net income

      -   -   -   -   -   -   58,224   58,224   -   58,224 

Reorganization due to recapitalization

      -   -   23,000,000   23,000   (343,784)  -   -   (320,784)  -   (320,784)

Reclassification of derivative liability upon conversion of convertible note

  7   -   -   -   -   82,651   -   -   82,651   -   82,651 

Unrealized gain on marketable securities

      -   -   -   -   -   15,660   -   15,660   -   15,660 

Shares of common stock cancelled

      -   -   (4,193)  (4)  4   -   -   -   -   - 

Reclassification of note discount upon conversion of convertible note

      -   -   -   -   2,700   -   -   2,700   -   2,700 

Common stock issued for convertible notes

  9   -   -   7,800,000   7,800   15,232   -   -   23,032   -   23,032 

Dividend paid

  9   -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,800,000)  (1,800,000)  -   (1,800,000)

Balances at December 31, 2016

      -  $-   166,795,807  $166,796  $8,423,641  $15,660  $799,487  $9,405,584  $-  $9,405,584 

Net income

      -   -   -   -   -   -   294,669   294,669   (1,242)  293,427 

Balances at December 31, 2016 (pre-split)

      -  $-   166,795,807  $166,796  $8,423,641  $15,660  $799,487  $9,405,584  $-  $9,405,584 

Reverse split of common shares 100 to 1

              (165,128,355)  (165,209)  165,209   -   -   -   -   - 

Balances at December 31, 2016 (post-split)

      -  $-   1,667,452  $1,587  $8,588,850  $15,660  $799,487  $9,405,584  $-  $9,405,584 

Issuance of Series A Preferred Shares

  9   100   10,000   -   -   -   -   -   10,000   -   10,000   5   100   10,000   -   -   -   -   -   10,000   -   10,000 

Reclassification of derivative liability upon conversion of convertible note

  7   -   -   -   -   65,499   -   -   65,499   -   65,499       -   -   -   -   65,499   -   -   65,499   -   65,499 

Common stock issued for convertible notes

  9   -   -   141,080,000   141,080   16,920   -   -   158,000   -   158,000   5   -   -   1,410,000   1,411   156,589   -   -   158,000   -   158,000 

Common stock issued for consulting services

  5   -   -   100,000   100   299,900   -   -   300,000   -   300,000 

Cancellation of marketable securities

  5   -   -   -   -   -   (15,660)  -   (15,660)  -   (15,660)

Amounts due from related party classified under APIC

  5   -   -   -   -   (10,000)  -   -   (10,000)  -   (10,000)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      -   -   -   -   -   (7,744)  -   (7,744)  -   (7,744)

Beginning deficit balance of Petrogress (Hellas) Co. consolidated as of January 1, 2017

  1   -   -   -   -   -   -   (85,333)  (85,333)  -   (85,333)

Acquisition of Petrogres Africa Ltd.

  6   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   100,000   100,000 

Net income

      -   -   -   -   -   -   294,669   294,669   (1,242)  293,427 

Balances at December 31, 2017

      100  $10,000   3, 177,452  $3,098  $9,100,838  $(7,744) $1,008,823  $10,115,015  $98,758  $10,213,773 

Common stock issued for payment of accrued wages

  5   -   -   76,614   77   209,923   -       210,000   -   210,000 

Common stock issued to settle liabilities

  9   -   -   10,000,000   10,000   290,000   -   -   300,000   -   300,000   5   -   -   190,705   191   457,501   -   -   457,692   -   457,692 

Cancellation of marketable securities

      -   -   -   -   -   (15,660)  -   (15,660)  -   (15,660)

Cancellation of common stock issued for services

  5   -   -   -   -   (146,767)  -   -   (146,767)  -   (146,767)

Common stock issued for board advisory services

  5   -   -   800   80   1,416   -   -   1,496   -   1,496 

Common stock issued for accrued interest of LOC

  5   -   -   382,841   383   -   -   -   383   -   383 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      -   -   -   -   -   (7,744)  -   (7,744)  -   (7,744)      -   -   -   -   -   (2,487)  -   (2,487)  -   (2,487)

Amounts due from related party classified under APIC

  10   -   -   -   -   (10,000)  -   -   (10,000)  -   (10,000)

Consolidation of Petroggres (Hellas) Co.

  1   -   -   -   -   -   -   (85,333)  (85,333)  -   (85,333)

Acquisition of subsidiary

  10   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   100,000   100,000 

Balances at December 31, 2017

      100.00  $10,000   317,875,807  $317,876  $8,786,060  $(7,744) $1,008,823  $10,115,015  $98,758  $10,213,773 

Elimination of Petrogress Africa Ltd apic/due from shareholders

  6   -   -   -   -   (87,750)  -   -   (87,750)  (12,250)  (100,000)

Net income

      -   -   -   -   -   -   307,047   307,047   17,651   324,698 

Balances at December 31, 2018

      100  $10,000   3,828,412  $3,829  $9,535,161  $(10,231) $1, 315,870  $10,854,629  $104,159  $10,958,788 

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

PETROGRESS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

  

Note

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2016 (restated)

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

            

Net income

     $293,427  $58,224 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash

            

provided by (used in) operating activities:

            

Depreciation

  4   918,166   841,248 

Provision for doubtful receivables

  11   395,413   - 

Write off of other receivables

      326,724   373,271 

Amortization of discount on convertible note

      -   35,006 

Net cash acquired in recapitalization

      -   517 

Cash transferred uppon acquisition under common control

  10   33,553   - 

Cancellation of marketable securities

      5,280   - 

Change in fair value of shares prepaid for services

      (80,000)  - 

Change in fair value of derivative liabilities

      -   (152,169)

Gain on convertible promissory notes settlement

      (1,390)  - 

Shares of common stock issued for services

  9   300,000   - 

Changes in working capital:

            

- Increase in Accounts receivable, net

      (2,803,354)  (150,190)

- Increase in Inventories

      (171,500)  - 

- Decrease in Prepaid expenses and other current assets

      114,464   151,872 

- Decrease/(Increase) in Security deposits

      1,202   (8,775)

Increase/(decrease) in:

            

- Increase/ (Decrease) in Accounts payable and accrued expenses

      1,100,419   (667,203)

- Increase in Amounts due to related party

      266,153   234,600 

- Increase in Accrued Interest

      16,364   13,968 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      714,921   730,369 
             

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

            

Purchase of Vessels and other equipment, net

  4   (179,313)  (450,591)

Net cash used in investing activities

      (179,313)  (450,591)
             

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

            

Proceeds from loan facility from related party

      275,000   - 

Repayment of convertible note payable

      (26,767)  - 

Dividends paid

      -   (1,800,000)

Net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities

      248,233   (1,800,000)
             

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

      5,075��  - 
             

Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

      788,916   (1,520,222)
             

Cash and cash equivalents, Beginning of Period

      362,083   1,882,305 
             

Cash and cash equivalents, End of Period

     $1,150,999  $362,083 


  

Note

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2018

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

            

Net income

     $324,698  $293,427 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash

            

provided by (used in) operating activities:

            

Depreciation

  3   927,597   918,166 

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

  7   344,466   395,413 

Write offs on accounts receivable

  7   -   326,724 

Write off of marketable securities

      -   5,280 

Share-based compensation expense

      1,496   - 

Gain on convertible promissory notes settlement

      (12,835)  (1,390)

Loss on settlement of loan facility from related party

      160,192   - 

Shares of common stock issued for services

  5   -   300,000 

Changes in working capital:

            

- Increase in Accounts receivable, net

      (615,014)  (2,803,354)

- Increase in Claims receivable, net

      (547,600)  - 

- Increase in Inventories

      (245,635)  (171,500)

- Decrease / (increase) in Prepaid expenses and other current assets

      (968,420)  34,464 

- Decrease in Security deposits

      -   1,202 

Increase / (decrease) in:

            

- Increase / (decrease) in Accounts payable and accrued expenses

      (34,513)  1,100,419 

- Increase in Amounts due to related party

      165,611   266,153 

- Increase in Accrued Interest

      12,323   16,364 

- Decrease in security deposit

      (3,065)  - 

- Decrease in deferred charges, net

      (26,750)  - 

Net cash provided by operating activities

      (517,449)  681,368 
             

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

            

Purchase of Vessels and other equipment

  3   (96,553)  (179,313)

Cash transferred upon acquisition under common control

      -   33,553 

Net cash used in investing activities

      (96,553)  (145,760)
             

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

            

Proceeds from loan facility from related party

      126,500   275,000 

Repayment of convertible note payable

      -   (26,767)

Net cash provided by financing activities

      126,500   248,233 
             

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

      (2,487)  5,075 
             

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

      (489,989)  788,916 
             

Cash and cash equivalents, Beginning of the Year

      1,150,999   362,083 
             

Cash and cash equivalents, End of the Year

     $661,010  $1,150,999 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWINFORMATION

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 $55,900  $-      $-  $55,900 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

                    

Reclassification of derivative liability upon repayment of convertible debt

 $65,499  $48,523      $-  $65,499 

Series A Preference Shares issued to related party

 $10,000  $-      $-  $10,000 

Common stock issued for settlement of notes and interest payable

 $158,000  $24,732      $297,500  $158,000 

Change in fair value for available for sale marketable securities

 $-  $(1,860)

Common stock issued for settlement of accrued wages

     $210,000  $- 

Common stock issued for payment of accrued interest

     $383  $- 

Cancellation sale marketable securities

 $(15,660) $-      $-  $15,660 

Acquisition under common control

 $900,000  $-      $-  $900,000 

 

The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


 

PETROGRESS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

NOTE 1: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Petrogress, Inc. was incorporated on February 10, 2010 under the laws of the State of Florida as 800 Commerce, Inc. (("800 Commerce” Commerce") and was formed for the purpose of marketing credit card processing services on behalf of merchant payment processing service providers.

On February 19,29, 2016, 800 Commerce entered into an Agreement Concerningconcerning the Exchange of Securities (“SEA”("SEA") with Petrogres Co. Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation, and its sole shareholder, Christos Traios, a Greek citizen. Under the terms of the SEA, 800 Commerce issued 136,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, representing approximately 85% of the post- transactionpost-transaction issued and outstanding shares, to Mr. Traios in exchange for 100% of the shares of Petrogres Co. Limited. In connection with the transaction, Mr. Traios was appointed as a director of 800 Commerce, and it amended its constituent documents to increase its authorized capital to 490,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001, and 10,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001.

 

800 Commerce’s Commerce's acquisition of Petrogres Co. Limited effected a change in control and was accounted for as a “reverse acquisition”"reverse acquisition" whereby Petrogres Co. Limited was the acquirer for financial statement purposes. Accordingly, the historical financial statements of 800 Commerce are those of Petrogres Co. Limited and its subsidiaries from their respective inception and those of the consolidated entity subsequent to the March 15,February 29, 2016 transaction date.

 

On March 9, 2016, 800 Commerce’s Board of Directors approved an amendment to 800 Commerce’s Articles of Incorporation to change 800 Commerce’s name to Petrogress, Inc. On March 15, 2016, Mr. Traios was appointed Chief Executive Officer. On November 16, 2016, Petrogress, Inc. filed Articles of Merger and Plan of Merger in Florida and Delaware to change Petrogress, Inc.’s domicile by merging with and into a Delaware corporation formed solely for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation. Petrogress, Inc.’s name and capitalization remained the same, and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Delaware corporation are the constituent documents of the surviving corporation.

 

The Company operates as a fully integrated international merchant of petroleum products, focused on the supply and trade of light petroleum fuel oil (LPFO), refined oil products and other petrochemical products to local refineries in West Africa and Mediterranean countries. The Company operates primarily as a holding company and provides its services primarily through its four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Petrogres Co. Limited, which provides management of crude oil and gas oil purchases and sales; Petronav Carriers LLC, which manages day-to-day operations of its beneficially-owned affiliated tanker fleet, currently consisting of four vessels; Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC, which is a holding company for subsidiaries currently conducting business in Cyprus and Ghana; and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., which is primarily focused on purchasing interests in oil fields in Texas and exporting liquefied natural gas.

 

The Company’sCompany’s management team operates from its principal offices located in Piraeus, Greece.

In June 2017, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with F & T Investments, Ltd., a Cyprus company. The parties have agreed to open a due diligence channel in furtherance of a future partnership or other combination to assist in a significant renovation of the F & T Shipyard in Limassol, Cyprus, and a joint facilities management and marketing agreement. In line with the Memorandum of Understanding the Company provided $20,000 finance to F&T. Significant discrepancies were identified during the foregoing due diligence process in relation to the financial status of F&T and the Company decided to cancel the negotiations and withdraw its interest. The Company has a pending claim against F&T for the advanced $20,000


 

Overview of subsidiaries

 

Petrogres Co. Limited, is a Marshall Islands corporation, incorporated in 2009 with the purpose of supplying crude oil and other oil products in West Africa. Since its inception, Petrogres Co. Limited has evolved its business from focusing solely on fleet and tanker ship operations to expand into the oil and gas industry as a trader and merchant of oil. Over the last five years, Petrogres Co. Limited has strengthened its position in the oil and gas industry by combining its regional market knowledge with over 25 years of experience to successfully establish both its midstream and downstream operations to serve markets primarily located in West Africa and the Mediterranean.

 

In 2014,On February 28, 2018 Petrogres Co. Limited entered into a Joint VenturePartnership Agreement (the “JV Agreement”"Platon Partnership Agreement") withcreating an equal partnership between Petrogres Co. Limited and Platon Gas Oil Ghana Limited ("PGO"), which owns an oil refinery and serves as an importer of various petroleum products based in Ghana (“Platon”). Pursuant to the terms of the JV Agreement,Ghana. The Platon would process crude oil and other products while Petrogres Co. Limited would sell those products and other raw materials directly to local refineries in Ghana. Due to management changes in Platon on August 2016, we decided to suspend operations conducted under the terms of the JV Agreement.

OnMarch 20, 2018 Petrogres Co. Limited entered into a new Partnership Agreement with Platon, that is intended to be renewed on an annual basis and pursuant to which Petrogres Co. Limitedits terms, PGL will supply crude oil for storage, refinement, marketing and distribution in Ghana by Platon.jointly with PGO. Under the Platon Partnership Agreement, all expenses of the partnership operations are shared by both Petrogres Co. Limited is expected to deliver 3,000-5,000 metric tons of crude oil on a monthly basis for storage and processing by Platon into various petroleum products, including crude oil, blend stocks, cutter stock and other feedstock. Platon will also be expected to market and distributePGO. After deducting the refined petroleum products.  Netoperating expenses, the net profits from the sale of the petroleum products will beare split evenly between Petrogres Co. Limited and Platon.. As of the execution of the Partnership Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited appointed its local commercial manager and its accountant to perform the daily supervision and monitoring of the storage, processing and of the sales of the refined products to local buyers, including the marketing and distribution.PGO.


 

In November 2016, Petrogres Co. Limited entered into an alliance agreement with Prometheus Maritime Ltd., a Nigerian corporation (“PML”), a crude oil and gas trading company (the “Alliance Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Alliance Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited and PML agreed to cooperate on a petroleum project in Nigeria, with Petrogres Co. Limited acting as the lead party, which would facilitate the supply of oil commodities and the attending-servicing of our tanker fleet while they are trading and navigating in Nigeria territory.

In addition to the long term arrangements described above, Petrogres Co Limited also makes sales to individual buyers by supplying them crude oil, gas oil and other feedstock products on spot sales, either on Ship-to-Ship (STS) or Cost & Freight (C&F) terms.

Currently Petrogres Co. Limited operates as an international merchant of petroleum products specializing in crude oil and refined products trade within West African and Mediterranean countries, with a focus on the supply and trade of light petroleum fuel oil (“LPFO”), refined oil products and other petrochemical commodities to refineries in West Africa and Mediterranean. Such products are shipped and delivered to these refineries by its four beneficially-owned affiliated vessels. We are focused on increasing our sales and expanding our sales base by attempting to register Petrogres Co. Limited with large crude oil suppliers, as SOMO Iraq, NNPC Nigeria and NOC Libya, while we have obtained letters of interest from oil refineries for their supply with our products.

Petronav Carriers LLC, is awas formed in Delaware limited liability company, incorporated in Marchon April 2016 for the purpose of managing the day-to-day operations of four vessels, which are used to transport the Company’s petroleum products withinto various countries in West Africa.

 

In December 2016, Effective as of July 13, 2018, Petronav Carriers LLC, executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with West Africa Fenders Ltd., a Nigerian company that provides ship-to-ship serviceschanged its domicile from Delaware to the oil and shipping industries. The memorandum contemplates thatRepublic of the Marshall Islands for tax purposes. Petronav may purchase a 25% interest in the capital of West Africa Fenders Ltd., subject to execution of definitive agreements and customary closing conditions. Although we consider this transaction a priority forCarriers manages our plans offleet from its business expansion, it has yet to be consummated.office at Piraeus, Greece.

 

Petronav CarriersPetrogress Int’l LLC, is actively exploring opportunities to expand its operations by identifying and acquiring additional vessels to expand its fleet. On these grounds, Petronav Carriers LLC is currently in negotiations with certain owners/sellers based in Dubai to purchase two Aframax oil tanker vessels, subject to establishing the necessary financing.

Petrogress Int’l LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, acquired by the Company in September 2017, with the purpose of actingserves as a holding company for conducting business across the world, including Cyprus, Middle East, and West Africa as an oil energy corporation.

 

In September 2017, Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC acquired 90% of the shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited from Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director. Petrogres Africa Company Limited holds a current Ghanaian business permit, and is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’s Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Through Petrogres Africa Company Limited, we strengthen our presence and position in a huge and promising market in West Africa and sub-Saharan countries with a population of more than 1.3 billion people designated as the next developing region.

 

In October 2017, through Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC, the Company formed PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd., to obtain a long termlong-term lease from Cyprus Port Authorities (“CPA”), a shipyard located at Limassol(CPA) for Vassiliko energy port. PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd. is also expected to improve the leased area by providing facilities and services to offshore platforms that will be operating in the exploration and production of natural gas in Cyprus economy zone. The project is ongoing and we are in close negotiations with CPA.


On December 2017, Petrogress Int’l LLC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with EDT Agency Services, Ltd. to combine the companies’ operations at the Port of Limassol and in additional port facilities in Cyprus.  The memorandum covers shore-base and offshore support services from the Port of Limassol, as well as future developments at Vassiliko Energy Port, where the CPA has announced its plans for a $300 million investment for the creation of an industrial and energy harbor. The foregoing joint operations will be conducted under PG Cypyard& Offshore Service Terminal Ltd.

 

On February 2018, the Company through Petrogress Int’l LLC entered in a Partnership and Memorandum of Understanding agreements with A&E Petroleum Co. Limited, a Nigerian company who owns its own farm with oil storage tanks and private jetty for loading and unloading petroleum products. A&E Petroleum Co. Limited operates in sales and distribution of gas oil in the local market with available storage capacity for approximately 90,000 cubic meters and is established for the last 8years as an oil wholesale company. The Partnership agreement anticipates that Petrogress Int’l LLC and A&E Petroleum Co. Limited will contribute to the capital and own, 55% and 45% respectively, a new entity to be named P&A Nigeria Oil. Co. Ltd. (“PANOC”). This Partnership agreement anticipates among others that Petrogress Int’l LLC or any of its affiliated companies will supply PANOC with about 5-6,000 tons gas oil on a monthly basis PANOC will then store and distribute and/ or sell the oil to local end-buyers.

On February 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC executed a Representation/Agency agreement with Mr. Louizos George, with the aim of establishing its representation in Erbil, Iraq. Mr. Louizos is handling on behalf of Petrogress Int’l LLC the negotiations with SOMO (the Iraqi National Oil Company) to register the company as a buyer and obtain an allocation of Basrah Light Crude Oil for 1,000,000 barrels per month under a long term contract. The registration process is ongoing and we hope to finalize it within the second quarter 2018.

On In March 2018, the company appointed Mr. Osy Adah as its representative in Nigeria. Mr. Adah is a Nigerian Citizen who has previously worked as a manager in major Nigerian oil companies. Through our representative, we have commenced the procedures for the registration of Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC with Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for an allocation for supplying half million barrels of Bonny light on monthly terms.

 

On March 23,November 28, 2018, Petrogress Int’lInt’l LLC, executed another Partnership agreement with a NigeriaGhanaian filling stations company Deliman Oil storing company Gonzena Hydrocarbons and Energy Co. Ltd (“Gonzena”)Ltd., which is locatedwho operates 45 gas stations in Koko TownGhana. Both companies will cooperate in reconstruction of Delta River and operates in the store and distributiona number of oil products into local Nigerian market. A new entity will be formed which is to be named P&G Nigeria Oil Company Ltd(“PEGNOC)” to which Petrogress Int’l LLC and Gonzena will participate in 55% and 45%, respectively. PEGNOC will be assigned from Gonzena two oil tanks each with a capacity of 15,000 liters.gas stations as equally partners.

Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy IncInc., iswas a Texas corporation, incorporated in December 2015 and is focused onfor the purpose of identifying and acquiring suitable interests in oil fields in Texas to allow forTexas. On December 2018 the Company’s expansion of its operations to include oil refinery production based within the United Statescompany was dissolved and to export liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) to Mediterranean markets.terminated.

 

On Petrogres Africa Co. Ltd, is a Ghanaian entity. As noted above, effective September 30, 2017, Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. through its affiliated companyInt'l LLC purchased from Christos Traios, 90% of the issued and outstanding shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited commenced negotiations with Ghana National Petroleum Company (“GNPC”("PGAF"), a Ghanaian limited Company. The acquisition is accounted as an acquisition under common control and the net assets acquired were recorder at the transferor’s historical cost basis. PGAF was incorporated in the summer of 2017 and holds a current Ghanaian business permit. PGAF is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the explorationCompany tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of theTema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana's Tano Basin offshore oil fields in Saltpond basin and the repairsGulf of the oil rig-platform “APG-1” where a survey on the of the platform is carried-out by a US specialist, for the assessment of the repairs cost of the platform and the improvement of the oil production.Guinea.

 

The Saltpond oil fields, including the APG-1 platform, were operated by the Texas corporation Lushann International Energy, Inc. (“Lushann”), under a Petroleum Agreement with GNPC since 2004 (the “Petroleum Agreement”). Due to financial and technical issues the Petroleum Agreement was suspended by GNPC on August 2017 and the operations in Saltpond ceased.

Based on our interest on re-commencing the operations and to continue the oil production, we conducted negotiations with Lushann, which were concluded on February 16 2018, with the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. and Lushann. Under the terms if this memorandum, Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. elected to play the role of a farm-in-partner in the crude oil and the associated gas production in the developing area of 12 km² of the Saltpond oil field. The parties have agreed to form a Ghanaian limited liability company to be named PG – Saltpond Offshore Oil Production & Development Co., Limited (“SODCO”). Subject to the removal of the suspension of the Petroleum Agreement, and the assignment of 65% of SODCO to Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., the latter intends to undertake the necessary repairs and improvements of the APG-1 platform, and arrange a cash investment of $3.5 million and arrange for a credit line of $15.0 million. The agreement is expected to be finalized in May 2018.

Our business structure affords us with full control of the logistics involved in oil sourcing and the transportation of our products by our affiliated vessels, which we believe to be a competitive advantage in West African markets. By directly controlling all aspects of our operations, as opposed to engaging the services of third-parties at potentially higher costs, we are able to keep costs low and thus generate revenue from a number of different sources.


 

Basis of PrePreparationparation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the consolidated accounts of the Company and itsits’ wholly owned subsidiaries listed below. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Petrogres Co. Limited (Marshall Islands)

Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy, Inc. (Texas)

Petronav Carriers LLC (Delaware)(Marshall Islands)

Petrogress Int’lInt'l LLC (Delaware)

Petrogres Africa Co. Limited (Ghanaian) (Ghana; 90%-owned)

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company consolidated the Financial Statements of Petrogres (Hellas) Co. Petrogres (Hellas) Co. is the branch of Petrogres Co. Limited, situated in Piraeus Greece. It was established in March 2015 and has since then minimumhad minimal operations in relation to Petrogress Inc. group of companies. It occupies employs 8 full time employees and the only source of income is thean agency fee it charges to Petrogres CoCo. limited. The Company decided not to amend its previously filed Financial Statements in regards to the consolidation of previous periods financial statements of Petrogres (Hellas) Co. due to the immaterial volume of operations of the latter in comparison to Company’s operations. Petrogres (Hellas) Co hasuses euro as its operational and functional currency and the Company has decided to use the current rate method to translate Petrogres (Hellas) Co financial statements, in line with the provisions of ASC 830. The recording of this consolidation was immaterial to the January 1, 2017 retained earnings balance and there was not any material impact to any prior periods.


Below are the Statements of Balance Sheets of Petrogres (Hellas) Co.

  As of December 31, 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $1,988  $77 

Due from affiliated companies

  45,231   - 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  12,692   4,086 

Total current assets

  59,911   4,164 

Security deposit

  2,998   2,635 

Total Assets

 $62,909  $6,799 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

        

Liabilities

        

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 $7,979  $1,001 

Due to affiliated companies

  -   86,525 

Total current liabilities

  7,979   87,527 

Total liabilities

  7,979   87,527 

Commitments and Contingencies

  -   - 

Shareholders' equity:

        

Currency translation reserve

  1,503   4,104 

Accumulated profit/ (loss)

  53,427   (84,832)

Equity attributable to Owners of the Company

  54,930   (80,728)

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 $62,909  $6,799 

Accumulated loss of Petrogres (Hellas) Co as of December 31, 2016 equal to $84,832 is included in line Other changes in ownership interests of the Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity. The amount of $501 is also included in the line of Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity, and it is not related to Petrogres (Hellas) Co.

The Translation reserve of $(7,744) in the Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity is also related to Petrogres (Hellas) Co.

Reclassifications

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, we adjusted the classification of Company’sCompany’s expenses in order to improve the presentation of the Financial Statements and the level of information users obtain. We included in our Cost of Goods Sold the following categories of expenses: Oil purchase costs, Shipping and handling costs and Direct vessels operating expenses.

 

Oil purchase costs include the costs for purchasing the gas and crude oil that the Company then resells through its subsidiary Petrogres CoCo. limited.

 

Shipping and handling costs include all the costs necessary to bring the commodityship/transport our commodities to the possession of the final customer. Most significant items in this category of expenses are crew wages, bunkers and port expenses.

 

Direct vessels operating expenses include all the expenses necessary to maintain the Company’s vesselsfleet in a proper condition in order to be able to serve the Company and its final customers. These expenses mainly consist of maintenance &and repairs expenses, provisions and management expenses.

 

In order to better reflect the operations of the Company and also improve the presentation of specific material transactions, we established the following categories of expenses that are depicted in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income: Corporate expenses, Provisions for losses on accounts receivable, and Write offs of accounts receivable.


 

Corporate expenses mainly include the expenses suffered fromincurred by Petrogress, Inc. which is the listed company of our group in order to comply with all the regulatory requirements of a public company. These include Compensationcompensation of Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, Consultants and professional services namely legal and audit fees, transfer agent and travel expenses of Mr. Traios to the New York office of the Company.


 

The nature of expenses included in Provisions for losses on accounts receivable, and Write offs of accounts receivable is readily determinable.

 

Finally, we renamed General and administrative expenses to Selling, general and administrative expenses to better reflect the items included therein, mainly being Consultantsconsulting & Professionalprofessional fees & Personnelpersonnel related expenses of Petrogres CoCo. Limited, insurance expenses of the vessels, office expenses and office rents.

For the year ended December 31, 2016 we reclassified specific amounts of expenses in order to present our results of operations in accordance with the foregoing categories of expenses. See Note 2 below for further information on the reclassifications performed.

NOTE 2: RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

During the year ended December 31, 2017, as mentioned above, we adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations. Previous periods financial statements that were filed in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 were restated accordingly. The effect of this adjustment to the respective figures is presented below:

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 has increased by $267,138. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $2,274,125 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $2,541,263 as restated.

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $697,269 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $799,487 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect the Restatement had in the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit for the same period.

Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was increased by $164,920. Depreciation expense as stated in prior Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $676,328 and as a result of the Restatement increased to $841,248, leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit of this period;

Net income of the year ended December 31, 2017 was decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the same period.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net increased from a balance of $5,919,067 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $6,021,285 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect of the Restatement on the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net equal to $102,218 as of December 31, 2016 as of December 31, 2016.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2017 has decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the period;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2016 were decreased by $0.001;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2017 were decreased by $0.0013 and $0.0012 respectively;


 

Reclassifications

For the year ended December 31, 2016 we reclassified specific amounts of expenses in order to present our results of operations in accordance with the foregoing categories of expenses.

Specifically we performed the following reclassifications in expenses of the year ended December 31, 2016 as filed:

-

Costs of goods sold were increased by $2,460,203 as a result of the following reclassifications: a) an amount of $1,531,400 previously classified in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Shipping and handling expenses; b) an amount of $906,303 previously classified in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Direct vessels operating expenses; c) an amount of $22,500 was reclassified from Selling, general and administrative expenses to Direct vessels operating expenses.

-

Selling, general and administrative expenses were decreased by $636,403 as a result of the following reclassifications: a) an amount of $177,970 previously included in Operating Costs, was reclassified to Selling, general and administrative expenses; b) an amount of $373,271 previously included in Selling, general and administrative expenses, was reclassified to the designated caption on the Statements of Comprehensive Income, namely Write offs of accounts receivable; c) an amount of $418,604 previously included in Selling, general and administrative expenses, was reclassified to Corporate expenses.

-

Corporate expenses amount to $518,764 and resulted from two reclassifications: a) an amount of $418,604 previously included in Selling, general and administrative expenses, was reclassified to Corporate expenses; b) an amount of $100,160 previously included in Operating costs, was reclassified to Corporate expenses.

-

As a result of the foregoing reclassifications, all the expenses previously included in Operating expenses were reclassified in other categories of expenses in order to improve the presentation of our results of operations to the stakeholders of the Company.


Following are the restated Consolidated Balance Sheets:

December 31, 2016

Restatement

December 31, 2016

As filed

adjustments

Reclassification

As restated

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$362,083$-$-$362,083

Accounts receivable, net

2,427,668--2,427,668

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,058,088--1,058,088

Marketable securities

20,940--20,940

Total current assets

3,868,779--3,868,779

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

5,919,067102,218-6,021,285

Security deposit

8,775--8,775

Total Assets

$9,796,621$102,218$-$9,898,839

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$148,269$-$-$148,269

Due to related party

234,600--234,600

Convertible promissory notes

44,887--44,887

Derivative liabilities

65,499--65,499

Total current liabilities

493,255--493,255

Total liabilities

493,255--493,255

Commitments and Contingencies

Shareholders' equity:

Common stock

166,796--166,796

Additional paid-in capital

8,423,641--8,423,641

Accumulated comprehensive loss

15,660--15,660

Accumulated profit

697,269102,218-799,487

Equity attributable to Owners of the Company

9,303,366102,218-9,405,584

Non-controlling interests

----

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$9,796,621$102,218$-$9,898,839


Following are the restated Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income:

  

Year ended

 
  

December 31, 2016

  

Restatement

      

December 31, 2016

 
  

As filed

  

adjustments

  

Reclassification

  

As restated

 

Revenues

 $18,075,327  $-  $-   18,075,327 

Costs of goods sold

  (12,497,214)  -   (2,460,203)  (14,957,417)
                 

Gross profit

  5,578,113   -   (2,460,203)  3,117,910 
                 

Operating expenses:

                

Operating expenses

  (2,715,835)  -   2,715,835   - 

Corporate expenses

  -   -   (518,764)  (518,764)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  (2,010,101)  -   636,403   (1,373,698)

Write offs of accounts receivable

  -   -   (373,271)  (373,271)

Depreciation expense

  (676,328)  (164,920)  -   (841,248)

Total operating expenses

  (5,402,264)  (164,920)  2,460,203   (3,106,981)
                 

Operating income before other expenses and income taxes

  175,849   (164,920)  -   10,929 
                 

Other (expense)/ income, net:

                

Amortization of note discount

  (48,974)  -   -   (48,974)

Change in fair market value of derivative liabilities

  152,169   -   -   152,169 

Total other income, net

  103,195   -   -   103,195 
                 

Income before income taxes

  279,044   (164,920)  -   114,124 
                 

Income tax expense

  (55,900)  -   -   (55,900)
                 

Net income

  223,144   (164,920)  -   58,224 
                 

Net income attributable to:

                

Owners of the company

  223,144   (164,920)  -   58,224 

Basic and dilutive earnings per share

                

Numerator:

                

Net income

 $223,144   -   -  $223,144 

Less:

                

Effect of correction in depreciation expense for the period

 $-   (164,920)  -  $(164,920)

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $223,144   (164,920)  -  $58,224 

Denominator:

                

Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average shares

  161,016,555   -   -  $161,016,555 

Denominator for diluted net income per share - adjusted weighted average shares

  161,016,555   -   -  $161,016,555 

Basic net earnings per share

  0.002   -   -   0.0004 

Diluted net earnings per share

  0.002   -   -   0.0004 

 

NOTE 32: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the consolidated accounts of the Company and itsits’ wholly owned subsidiaries listed below. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Petrogres Co. Limited (Marshall Islands)


Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy, Inc. (Texas)

Petronav Carriers LLC (Delaware)(Marshall Islands)

Petrogress Int’lInt'l LLC (Delaware)

Petrogres Africa Co. Limited (Ghanaian) (Ghana; 90%-owned)

Emerging Growth Company

 

The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, JOBS known as the “JOBS Act. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As an emerging growth company, the Company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. The Company has elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original term of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2018, approximately $456,000 of the Company’s cash balances were in excess of deposit coverages provided in each of the countries in which its cash is maintained.

 

Accounts Receivable,, net

 

The amount shown as accounts receivables, net at each balance sheet date includes estimated recoveries from customers and charterers for sales of oil products, hires, freight and demurrage billings, net of allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable involve risk, including the credit risk of non-payment by the customer. Accounts receivable are considered past due based on contractual and invoice terms. An estimate is made of the allowance for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts at each period, and an allowance is made for any accounts which management believes are not recoverable. The determination of bad debt allowances constitutes a significant estimate.

 


For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, an allowance of $395,413 waswe recorded for doubtful accounts while noan allowance for doubtful accounts was recorded as of December 31, 2016. $344,466 and $395,413 respectively. This allowance was charged against trade receivables from specific customers as management estimated there is a probability that these balances would not be recovered by the Company in their entirety. This allowance is presented in the designated line on the Statements of Comprehensive Income.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, no other receivable balances were written off, while for the year ended December 31, 2017, we wrote off balances of other receivables equal to $326,724,$326,724, as management estimated there was a very remote probability these balances could be recovered. The amount of write-off is presented in the designated line on the Statements of Comprehensive Income.

For the year ended December 31, 2016, we wrote off Accounts receivables balances of $373,371. This amount was included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the filed Financial Statements for the year then ended, and has been reclassified to its designated line in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income In order to conform with the current year presentation. See Note 2 below for further information on reclassifications performed.


 

InventorInventoriesies

The Company's inventoriesinventories consist primarily of purchased crude oil for re-sale and gas oil in transit on a marine vessel at the respective balance sheet date, isand both are valued at the lower ofpurchased cost or market using the mark-to-market method of valuation.

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2018

  

2017

 

Crude oil

  279,196   49,676 

Gas oil

  137,939   121,824 

Totals

  417,135   171,500 

 

Marketable Securities

 

We classify marketable securities as available-for-sale securities, which are carried at their fair value based on the quoted market prices of the securities with unrealized gains and losses, net of deferred income taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/ (loss), a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in net earnings in the period earned or incurred.

 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, as mentioned above, we adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations. Previous periods financial statements that were filed in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 were restated accordingly. The effect of this adjustment to the respective figures is presented below:

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 has increased by $267,138. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $2,274,125 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $2,541,263 as restated.

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $697,269 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $799,487 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect the Restatement had in the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit for the same period.

Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was increased by $164,920. Depreciation expense as stated in prior Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $676,328 and as a result of the Restatement increased to $841,248, leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit of this period;

Net income of the year ended December 31, 2017 was decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the same period.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net increased from a balance of $5,919,067 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $6,021,285 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect of the Restatement on the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net equal to $102,218 as of December 31, 2016 as of December 31, 2016.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2017 has decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the period;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2016 were decreased by $0.001;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2017 were decreased by $0.0013 and $0.0012 respectively;


The following table presents the adjustments performed to the figures affected from our adjustment on accumulated depreciations:

  

Vessels

  

Furniture & equipment

  

Total

 

Cost

            

Balance at December 31, 2015

 $9,550,000  $85,000  $9,635,000 

Additions

  449,380   2,015   451,395 

Disposals

  -   -   - 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $9,999,380  $87,015  $10,086,395 

Additions

  172,550   6,763   179,313 

Disposals

  -   (483)  (483)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $10,171,930  $93,295  $10,265,225 

Accumulated depreciation

            

Balance at December 31, 2015 as originally reported

 $(3,440,000) $(51,000) $(3,491,000)

Prior period adjustment

 $267,138  $-  $267,138 

Balance at December 31, 2015 as restated

 $(3,172,862) $(51,000) $(3,223,862)

Depreciation for the period as originally reported

  (667,508)  (8,820)  (676,328)

Depreciation due to adjustment

  (164,920)  -   (164,920)

Depreciation for the period as restated

  (832,428)  (8,820)  (841,248)

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $(4,005,290) $(59,820) $(4,065,110)

Depreciation for the period

  (902,903)  (15,263)  (918,166)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $(4,908,193) $(75,083) $(4,983,276)

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2016

 $5,994,090  $27,195  $6,021,285 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2017

 $5,263,737  $18,212  $5,281,949 

The Company depreciates vessels on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life which is 10 years from the date of their transfer to the Company. Depreciation is calculated based on a vessel’s cost less the estimated residual value. The estimated useful lives of vessels and equipment are as follows:

 

Vessels

10 years

Office equipment and furniture

10 years

Computer hardware

5 years

 

Organization costs

 

The Company has adopted the provisions required by the Start-Up Activities topic of the FASB ASC whereby all costs incurred with the incorporation and reorganization of the Company were charged to operations as incurred.


Income taxes

 

The Company files income tax returns in various jurisdictions, as appropriate and required. The Company was not subject to U.S. federal, state and local, as applicable, income tax examinations by regulatory taxing authorities for any period prior to January 1, 2012.

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10,740-10, Income Taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the estimated future tax effects, calculated at the tax rate expected to be in effect at the time of realization. The Company records a valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of the changes in tax laws and rates of the date of enactment.


 

ASC 740-10740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements and provides guidance on recognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition issues. We classify interest and penalties as a component of interest and other expenses. To date, we have not incurred any liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including assessments of penalties and/or interest.

The company had U.S. federal and state Net Operating Loss Carryforwards of $1,379,119 and $718,616 for periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively. The company had deferred tax assets primarily related to these Net Operating Losses of $434,639 and $344,936 as of the periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively. Company management does not expect to realize the Deferred Tax Assets and has provided a full valuation allowance of $434,639 and $344,936 for the periods ending December 31, 2018 and December31, 2017, resulting in fully valued deferred tax assets for the periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 respectively. The deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances primarily relate to these net operating loss carryforwards and no other transactions or events contributed significantly to the creation of the Net operating Losses and deferred tax assets that, in the judgment of management, are not more-likely-than-not to be realized. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

The Company measures and records uncertain tax positions by establishing a threshold for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Only tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-notmore-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date may be recognized or continue to be recognized. The tax years subsequent to 2011 remain subject to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions.

Earnings

/Earnings/ (Loss) Per Share

 

The Company reports earnings/ (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing Net income (loss), after deducting preferred stock dividends accumulated during the period, by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing Net income by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock, common stock equivalents and other potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period.

 

As of December 31, 2017,2018, the basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company is 172,962,3823,436,387 and 172,988,7913,522,331 respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has 26,409basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company was 1,729,624 and 1,729,888 respectively.

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company has 85,944 and 264 shares of Common Stock respectively, which could be deemed to be dilutive and are included in the calculation of dilutive earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2017.share.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company was 161,016,555.

Potentially dilutive securities for the year ended December 31, 2016 including outstanding convertible debt that is convertible into approximately 2,380,266 shares of Common Stock were not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their impact was anti-dilutive.


 

Accounting for Equity-based Equity-based Payments

The Company accounts for stock awards issued to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50,505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The measurement date is the earlier of (1)(1) the date at which a commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached, or (2)(2) the date at which the counterparty's performance is complete. Stock awards granted to non-employees are valued at their respective measurement dates based on the trading price of our common stock and recognized as expense during the period in which services are provided.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

The Company adopted ASC Topic 220, "Comprehensive Income." This statement establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in a financial statement. Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity (net assets) during a period from non-owner sources. Items included in Comprehensive loss consist of cancellation of available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments.


 

Revenue Recognition

 

TheIn May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt these ASUs. On January 1, 2018, the Company recognizesadopted ASU 2014-09, using the full retrospective method, which requires reporting entities to apply the standard as of the earliest period presented in their financial statements. The Company completed its review of its material revenue in accordance with FASB ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. ASC 605 requiresstreams and determined that four basic criteria are met (1) persuasive evidencethe adoption of an arrangement exists, (2) deliveryTopic 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of productsoperations and services has occurred, (3)consolidated balance sheets.

Net sales for the fee is fixed or determinableyears ended December 31, 2018 and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.2017 were comprised of the following:

 

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2018

  

2017

 

Crude oil net sales

  7,558,462   6,539,346 

Gas oil net sales

  1,424,000   1,997,660 

Other

  44,500   626,350 

Totals

  9,026,962   9,163,356 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, marketable securities, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and convertible debt.

 

The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and convertible debt, as applicable, approximates fair value due to the short termshort-term nature of these items and/or the current interest rates payable in relation to current market conditions.

 

Marketable securities are adjusted to fair value each balance sheet date, based on quoted prices; which are considered level 1 inputs. Our derivative liability is valued using the level 3 inputs. The estimated fair value is not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company would realize in a current market exchange or from future earnings or cash flows.


 

Interest rate risk is the risk that our earnings are subject to fluctuations in interest rates on either investments or on debt and is fully dependent upon the volatility of these rates. We do not use derivative instruments to moderate its exposure to interest rate risk, if any.

 

Financial risk is the risk that our earnings are subject to fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates and are fully dependent upon the volatility of these rates. We do not use derivative instruments to moderate its exposure to financial risk, if any.

 

Fair value measurements are determined under a three-levelthree-level hierarchy for fair value measurements that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value, distinguishing between market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (“observable inputs”) and the reporting entity’sentity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (“unobservable inputs”). Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, we primarily use prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets (“market approach”). We also consider the impact of a significant decrease in volume and level of activity for an asset or liability when compared with normal activity to identify transactions that are not orderly.

 

The highest priority is given to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Securities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 


The three hierarchy levels are defined as follows:

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets that is unadjusted and accessible at the measure mentmeasurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - Quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 

Level 3 - Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Credit risk adjustments are applied to reflect the Company’sCompany’s own credit risk when valuing all liabilities measured at fair value. The methodology is consistent with that applied in developing counterparty credit risk adjustments, but incorporates the Company’s own credit risk as observed in the credit default swap market.

The following table represents the Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, for each fair value hierarchy level:

  

Total

  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

 

December 31, 2017

                

Loan facility from related party

 $297,400  $297,400  $-  $- 

December 31, 2016

                

Derivative liabilities

 $65,499  $-  $-  $65,499 

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the fair value of our Derivative Liability consideration Level 3 financial liabilities:

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Balance, January 1,

 $65,499  $- 

Additions to Level 3

  -   65,499 

Transfers into Level 3

  -   - 

Transfers out of Level 3

  -   - 

Change in fair value

  -     

Payments

  (65,499)    

Balance, December 31,

 $-  $65,499 

 

Effects of Recent Accounting Pronouncementsnot yet adopted

 

We have reviewed the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) accounting pronouncements and interpretations thereof that have effective dates during the periods reported and in future periods. The Company has carefully considered the new pronouncements that alter previous generally accepted accounting principles and does not believe that any new or modified principles will have a material impact on the Company’s reported financial position or operations in the near term. The applicability of any standard is subject to the formal review of our financial management and certain standards are under consideration.


The FASB issued several updates on Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, including:

ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)”

ASU 2016-08 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net).”

ASU 2016-10, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing.”

ASU 2016-11, “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates 2014-09 and 2014-16 Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the March 3, 2016 EITF (Emerging Issue Task Force) Meeting.”

ASU 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients.”

ASU 2016-20, “Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”

ASU 2017-13, “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Leases (Topic 840) and Leases (Topic 842).  Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to the Staff Announcement at the July 20, 2017 EITF Meeting and Rescission of Prior SEC Staff Announcements and Observer Comments.”

The standards provide companies with a single model for use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers that supersedes current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific revenue guidance. The core principle of the model is to recognize revenue when control of the goods or services transfers to the customer, as opposed to recognizing revenue when the risks and rewards transfer to the customer under the existing revenue guidance. The guidance permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented, or apply the requirements in the year of adoption, through a cumulative adjustment. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. We plan to adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2019, as required. We do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on how it recognizes revenue and related expenses. We are evaluating the impact of this update on its consolidated financial statement disclosures. We expect to complete its assessments prior to adoption of the guidance.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-01, 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”2016-01”). This standard affects the accounting for equity instruments, financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements of financial instruments. In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-03,2018-03, “Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments (Subtopic 825-10)825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. This update was issued to clarify certain narrow aspects of guidance concerning the recognition of financial assets and liabilities established in ASU No.2016-01, 2016-01, “Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10)825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. This includes an amendment to clarify that an entity measuring an equity security using the measurement alternative may change its measurement approach to a fair valuation method in accordance with Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, through an irrevocable election that would apply to that security and all identical or similar investments of the same issued. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2019. We plan to adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2019, as required. We do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on how it measures financial instruments. We are evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-012016-01 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.


 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-02, 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”2016-02”). In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-01,2018-01, which provides additional implementation guidance on the previously issued ASU 2016-02.2016-02. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date: (1)(1) a lease liability, which is a lessee's obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and (2)(2) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee's right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. We do not intend to apply this guidance earlier than January 1, 2020 which is the effective date for nonpublic business entities. In addition, we do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on consolidated financial statements.


 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, “Business2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805)805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business.” These amendments clarify the definition of a business. The amendments affect all companies and other reporting organizations that must determine whether they have acquired or sold a business. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The amendments are intended to help companies and other organizations evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018.2018. The amendments should be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the period of adoption. We do did not consider early adoption and is alsoare currently assessing the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Date of Management's Review

Management has evaluated subsequent events through March 26, 2018, the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued.

 

 

NOTE 43: VESSELS AND OTHER FIXED ASSETS, NET

 

DuringFixed assets consisted of the year ended following as of December 31, 2017, as mentioned above, we adjusted the accumulated depreciation of our vessels to correct for errors in the respective calculations. Previous periods financial statements that were filed in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 were restated accordingly. The effect of this adjustment to the respective figures is presented below:2018 and 2017:

 

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 has increased by $267,138. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $2,274,125 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $2,541,263 as restated.

Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically Accumulated profit increased from a balance of $697,269 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $799,487 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect the Restatement had in the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit for the same period.

Depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was increased by $164,920. Depreciation expense as stated in prior Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $676,328 and as a result of the Restatement increased to $841,248, leading to an equal decrease in Net income and Accumulated profit of this period;

Net income of the year ended December 31, 2017 was decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the same period.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2016 has increased by $102,218. Specifically net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net increased from a balance of $5,919,067 as stated in prior Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 to a balance of $6,021,285 as restated. This variance is the cumulative effect of: the increase in Accumulated profit as of December 31, 2015 $267,138, and the effect of the Restatement on the depreciation expense for the fiscal year 2016, which was an increase by $164,920 leading to an equal decrease in Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net equal to $102,218 as of December 31, 2016 as of December 31, 2016.

Net book value of Vessels and other fixed assets, net as of December 31, 2017 has decreased by $216,731 due to the increased depreciation expense for the period;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2016 were decreased by $0.001;

Earnings per share, Basic and Dilutive, for the year ended December 31, 2017 were decreased by $0.0013 and $0.0012 respectively;

  

Vessels

  

Furniture &

equipment

  

Total

 

Cost

            

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $9,999,380  $87,015  $10,086,395 

Additions

  172,550   6,763   179,313 

Disposals

  -   (483)  (483)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $10,171,930  $93,295  $10,265,225 

Additions

  -   96,553   96,553 

Disposals

  -   -   - 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 $10,171,930  $189,848  $10,361,778 

Accumulated depreciation

            

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $(4,005,290) $(59,820) $(4,065,110)

Depreciation for the period

  (902,903)  (15,263)  (918,166)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $(4,908,193) $(75,083) $(4,983,276)

Depreciation for the period

  (909,590)  (18,006)  (927,596)

Balance at December 31, 2018

 $(5,817,783) $(93,089) $(5,910,872)

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2017

 $5,263,737  $18,212  $5,281,949 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2018

 $4,354,147  $96,759  $4,450,906 

 


 

The following table presentsDepreciation expense of $927,596 and $918,166 was recorded for the adjustments performed to the figures affected from our adjustment on accumulated depreciations:years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

  

Vessels

  

Furniture & equipment

  

Total

 

Cost

            

Balance at December 31, 2015

 $9,550,000  $85,000  $9,635,000 

Additions

  449,380   2,015   451,395 

Disposals

  -   -   - 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $9,999,380  $87,015  $10,086,395 

Additions

  172,550   6,763   179,313 

Disposals

  -   (483)  (483)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $10,171,930  $93,295  $10,265,225 

Accumulated depreciation

            

Balance at December 31, 2015 as originally reported

 $(3,440,000) $(51,000) $(3,491,000)

Prior period adjustment

 $267,138  $-  $267,138 

Balance at December 31, 2015 as restated

 $(3,172,862) $(51,000) $(3,223,862)

Depreciation for the period as originally reported

  (667,508)  (8,820)  (676,328)

Depreciation due to adjustment

  (164,920)  -   (164,920)

Depreciation for the period as restated

  (832,428)  (8,820)  (841,248)

Balance at December 31, 2016

 $(4,005,290) $(59,820) $(4,065,110)

Depreciation for the period

  (902,903)  (15,263)  (918,166)

Balance at December 31, 2017

 $(4,908,193) $(75,083) $(4,983,276)

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2016

 $5,994,090  $27,195  $6,021,285 

Vessels and other fixed assets, net - December 31, 2017

 $5,263,737  $18,212  $5,281,949 

 

We depreciate our vessels on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life which is 10 years from the date of their transfer to the Company. Depreciation is calculated based on a vessel’s cost less the estimated residual value. The estimated useful lives of vessels and equipment are as follows:

Vessels

10 years

Office equipment and furniture

10 years

Computer hardware

5 years


 

NOTE 54: CONCENTRATION OF SALES AND CREDIT RISK

 

Sales and Accounts Receivable

The following is a summary of customers who accounted for more than ten percent (10%(10%) of the Company’sCompany’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017 2018 and 20162017 and the accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2017:2018:

 

Accounts receivable balance as of

Customer

% Sales 2017

% Sales 2016

December 31, 2017

A

44%0%1,989,051

B

16%20%743,916

C

13%25%595,375

D

4%14%200,000

E

0%22%-
          

Accounts receivable

balance as of

 

Customer

 

% Sales 2018

  

% Sales 2017

  

December 31, 2018

 

A

  87%   *   2,991,220 

B

  9%   *   780,000 

C

  *   66%   300,081 

D

  *   11%   262,500 

 

None of the balances listed in the table above has become overdue as of March 15, 2018.April 12, 2019. Amounts indicated with an * denote amounts less than 10%.

 

 

NOTE6: INCOME TAXES

The components of income tax/(benefit) expense for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Federal:

        

Domestic – current

  -   - 

Foreign – current

  -   55,900 

Deferred

  -   - 

Total federal taxes

  -   55,900 

State:

        

Current

  -     

Deferred

  -     

Total state taxes

  -   - 

Total taxes

 $-  $55,900 

NOTE 7: CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES

On May 1, 2015, the Company entered into a Convertible Promissory Note with LG Capital Funding LLC in the amount of $21,500 and on May 26, 2015, entered into a Convertible Promissory Note with Crown Bridge Partners LLC in the amount of $24,000. On December 9, 2015, both of these Notes were acquired by Mammoth Corporation and restructured to the principal amount of $31,259 and $38,280, respectively (the “Mammoth notes”). Mammoth notes had a scheduled maturity of September 9, 2016.

Each note was non-interest bearing and contained a conversion feature, at the option of the holder, whereby the principal amount and any accrued interest, if any, could be converted to common stock of the Company at a conversion price of 54% of the lowest closing price for the Company’s common stock during the 20 trading days preceding the date of the conversion notice.

The Company determined that the conversion feature of the Mammoth notes represented an embedded derivative since they are convertible into a variable number of shares upon conversion. Accordingly, the Mammoth Notes were not considered to be conventional debt under EITF 00-19 and the embedded conversion feature was bifurcated from the debt host and accounted for as a derivative liability. Accordingly, the fair value of these derivative instruments was recorded as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet with the corresponding amount recorded as a discount to each Note. Such discount is being amortized from the date of issuance to the maturity dates of the Notes. The change in the fair value of the liability for derivative contracts is recorded in Other expense, net in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, with the offset to the derivative liability on the balance sheet. The embedded feature included in the Mammoth Notes resulted in a debt discount of $48,975 on the date the Mammoth Notes were assumed and a derivative liability of $300,321.


The Company tendered a cash payment of approximately $44,887 as payment in full on the outstanding principal and accrued interest, if any, on July 3, 2017. Mammoth Corporation initially rejected the tender, but later accepted a settlement of 1.2 million shares and payment of $26,767.

A summary of the derivative liability of the Mammoth Notes as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, is as follows:

December 31, 2015

  - 

Balance assumed

 $300,321 

Reduction for conversion in prior periods

  (82,652)

Fair value changes over time

  (152,170)

December 31, 2016

 $65,499 

Cancellation due to debt repayment

  (65,499)

December 31, 2017

 $- 

The fair value at the assumption and re-measurement dates for the Company’s derivative liabilities were based upon the following management assumptions as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively:

Assumption date

Remeasurement date

December 31, 2017

Expected dividends

$-0-$-0-

Expected volatility

363%366%

Expected term in months

63

Risk yield

0.49%0.28%

December 31, 2016

Expected dividends

$-0-$-0-

Expected volatility

363%366%

Expected term in months

63

Risk yield

0.49%0.28%


A summary of the convertible notes payable balance as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 is as follows:

December 31, 2015

  - 

Balance assumed February 29, 2016

 $69,619 

Conversion of debt in March and April 2016

  (24,732)

December 31, 2016

 $44,887 

Settlement of note

  (44,887)

December 31, 2017

 $- 

NOTE 8: PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

  Year ended December 31, 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Prepayment in shares

  299,945(1)  - 

Prepayments to Company's staff

  -   245,000 

Prepayments to Company's representatives

  61,875   355,154 

Prepayments for Saltpond project

  460,000   380,000 

Prepayments related to MoU with F&T

  20,000   - 

Other current assets

  201,803   77,934 

Totals

 $1,043,623  $1,058,088 

(1) Effective July 31, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Charles Stidham. Under the terms of this agreement the Company prepaid Charles Stidham with the issuance of 10,000,000 shares of its Common Stock on October 20, 2017. The Company recognized a prepaid asset on the date of issuance and remeasures the value of this asset quarterly. Changes in the value of this prepaid asset are recognized in the Statements of Comprehensive Income. For the year ended December 31, 2017 a gain of $80,000 was recognized and included in Corporate expenses line of the Statements of Comprehensive Income presented herein.

NOTE 95: SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Common stock

 

Upon completion of the SEA on March 15, 2016 between the Company and Petrogres Co Limited,On September 12, 2017, the Company issued to Christos Traios, the sole shareholder of Petrogres Co Limited, 136,000,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding share capital of Petrogres Co Limited.

Effective March 15, 2016, the Company issued 1,101,642 shares of the Company’s common stock to Agritek Holdings, Inc. pursuant to a Debt Settlement Agreement in full settlement of the amount owed to Agritek of $283,547. The issuance was effected by the old management and without the knowledge of the new CEO.

On March 7, 2016, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock to Mammoth upon the conversion of $2,700 of principal at a conversion price of $0.0027 per share.[A1] The issuance was effected by the old management and without the knowledge of the new CEO.


On April 11, 2016, the Company issued 6,800,00012,000 shares of Common Stock to Mammoth upon the conversion of $22,032 of principal at a conversion price of $0.00324 per share. The issuance was effected by the old management and without the knowledge of the new CEO.

On November 16, 2016, the Company filed Articles of Merger and Plan of Merger with the State of Florida and the State of Delaware to change the Company’s domicile from Florida to Delaware by means of a merger with and into a Delaware corporation formed solely for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation. The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Delaware corporation are the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the surviving corporation. Such Articles of Incorporation maintained the Company’s corporate name of Petrogress, Inc. and modified the Company’s capital structure to allow for the issuance of up to 490,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock and up to 10,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value preferred stock. The effect of this action is reflected in the accompanying financial statements as of the first day of the first period presented.

On September 12, 2017, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock to Mammoth upon the conversion of $18,120 of principal at a conversion price of $0.06623 per share.$18,120. This transaction and a cash payment of $26,767$26,767 on August 30, 2017, settled in full the Mammoth debt.

 

On October 20, 2017, the Company issued 10,000,000 (10,000 post-split) shares of Common Stock to Charles L. Stidham as compensation for past and future services under the terms of the agreement described in Note 85 above. The share consideration and the agreement with Mr. Stidham were disclosed in a Form S-8S-8 registration statement effective September 22, 2017.

 

On December 21, 2017, the Company issued 139,880,000139,880 shares of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director as settlement of the 8% Convertible Promissory Note signed on May 12, 2017 for a capital of $134,600$134,600 along with the respective interest accrued as of this date.

On June 18, 2018, the Company terminated its agreement with Mr. Stidham for non-performance and Mr. Stidham agreed to return 5,000,000 shares (which amount was reduced to 50,000 to reflect the reverse stock split that took effect on July 18, 2018) of Common Stock issued to him for cancellation by the Company in connection with the early termination.

On January 12, 2018, the Company issued 2,903,225 shares (29,032 post-split) of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director for the settlement of wages due equal to $90,000 that had been accrued by parent company Petrogress, Inc. as of December 31, 2017.

On February 23, 2018 the Company issued 4,758,128 shares (47,582 post-split) of Common Stock to Mr. Traios for the settlement of wages due equal to $120,000 that had been incurred by the parent company Petrogress, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2016.

On February 23, 2018 the Company issued 19,070,512 shares (190,705 post-split) of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director in settlement of loans equal to $297,500 he had provided to the Company as of that date. Specifically, the Company settled $275,000 of loans that Mr. Traios had provided to Petrogress, Inc., and $15,000 and $7,500 that Mr. Traios had advanced to Petrogress Int'l LLC and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., respectively. The Company recognized a loss of $160,192 upon settlement of these loans.


The Company entered into two separate Advisory Board Member Agreements each dated October 1, 2017 with Dr. Demetrios Z Pierides, PhD. and Dr. Christine Warnke, PhD. Pursuant to the terms of the Pierides and Warnke Advisory Board Member Agreements, the Company is obligated to issue to Dr. Pierides and Dr.Warnke shares of Common Stock, as compensation for services rendered thereunder. Accordingly, on June 7, 2018 the Company issued 20,000 and 60,000 shares (200 and 600 post-split) of Common Stock, respectively, to Dr. Pierides and Dr. Warnke, as compensation under the Pierides and Warnke Advisory Board Member Agreements, which shares of Common Stock were deemed upon issuance, fully paid and non-assessable.

On July 9, 2018, the Company filed an amendment (the "Amendment") to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State to, among other things, effect a reverse stock split of the Company's Common Stock at a ratio of one-for-100 and reduce the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 490,000,000 to 19,000,000. The Amendment took effect on July 18, 2018. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the Amendment. In lieu of issuing additional shares, all stockholders who would be entitled to receive fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock split were entitled to receive cash payment for their fractional shares. There was no change in the par value of the Company's Common Stock.

The Amendment and reverse stock split have been recognized retroactively as of January 1, 2017. Shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2017 has been adjusted from 317,875,807 to 3,178,452. Common Stock as of December 31, 2017 has been adjusted from $317,876 to $3,098. Additional Paid-In Capital as of December 31, 2017 has been adjusted from $8,786,060 to $9,100,838.

On December 5, 2018, the Company issued 382,841 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Traios for the payment of accrued interest of $383.

 

Preferred stock

 

On July 14, 2017, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director approved a resolution authorizing the establishment of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock consists of 100 shares in total with a re-designated par value of $100$100 per share; The holder(s) of the Series A shares has/have rights as a class to a number of votes equal to two (2) (2) times the sum of: (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock which are issued and outstanding at the time of any election or vote by the shareholders; plus (ii) the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding of any other class that has voting rights, if any. These voting rights may be exercised for any matter requiring shareholder approval by vote or consent, and may, if required, permit a number of votes in excess of the total number of shares authorized. The holder(s) of the Series A shares is/are not entitled to convert the Series A shares to shares of Common Stock or any other class of the Corporation’s stock. The Series A shares shall not be entitled to dividends, but, in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary, the holder(s) of the Series A shares will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation, prior to and in preference to any distribution of the assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to the holders of any other class of preferred stock or the Common Stock, the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100)($100) per share, and will not be entitled to receive any portion of the remaining assets of the Company except by reason of ownership of shares of any other class of the Company’s stock. The Series A shares are not subject to redemption by the Company.

 

On October 6, 2017, the Company issued the above 100 Series A shares of Preferred stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director as provided in his employment agreement.

 

Dividends

DuringOn July 9, 2018, the year ended December 31, 2016 and priorCompany filed the Amendment to the SEA, Petrogres Co Limited paid a dividendCompany's Certificate of $1,800,000Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State to, its sole shareholder Christos Traios.among other things, reduce the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock from 10,000,000 to 1,000,000. The Amendment took effect on July 18, 2018. There was no change in the par value of the Company's Preferred Stock.

 


 

 

NOTE 106: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Officer’sOfficer’s compensation

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, 2018, Petrogress, Inc. and Petrogres CoCo. Limited accrued wages to Mr. Traios equal to $120,000$80,000 and 150,000$120,000 respectively. The total amount accrued is $270,000$200,000 and is classified to Corporate expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Of these wages, Mr. Traios was repaid $21,695$44,867 in relation to the wages due to him by Petrogres CoCo. Limited.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016 the Company accrued $100,000 of officer’s compensation, in recognition of agreeing to compensate the Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director $10,000 per month effective April 1, 2016 for his services to parent company Petrogress, Inc. The amount of $100,000 has been included in Corporate expenses line2018, $90,000 of the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

During the year ended December 31,accrued wages amount for 2016 the Company accrued $240,000 for Mr. Traios services to Petrogres, Co. Limited which is included in Selling, general and administrative line$120,000 of the Consolidated Statementsaccrued wages amount for 2017 was converted into shares of Comprehensive Income.the Company’s Common Stock.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Company adjusted the amount duePetrogress, Inc. and Petrogres Co. Limited accrued wages to Mr. Traios relatedequal to wages$120,000 and 150,000 respectively. The total amount accrued is $270,000 and is classified to Corporate expenses in the Consolidated Statements of 2016. This adjustment decreased the amount due to Mr. Traios by $10,000.

The table below presents the amounts recorded by the Company in relation to wages of Mr. Traios, for the year ended December 31, 2017 & December 31, 2016:

  

Years ended December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director

 $270,000  $330,000 

Officer’s advances

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director advanced the Company $52,500 in order to finance the Company’s working capital needs. As of December 31, 2017 there were no formal agreements for these specific financings.Comprehensive Income. Of these advances,wages, Mr. Traios was repaid $24,652.$21,695 in relation to the wages due to him by Petrogres Co. Limited.

 

Revolving Line of Credit

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017 2018, Christos Traios provided finance to the Company of $275,000,$126,500, under the terms of the Revolving Line of Credit facility,LOC Note, signed by and between Mr. Traios and Petrogress, Inc. on July 13, 2017.See Note 12 of

During the Notes ofyear ended December 31, 2017, the consolidated financial statements for further information. Duerespective finance provided by Christos Traios to the factCompany was $275,000. The Agreement terminated by Mr. Traios on October 31st, 2018. As such, no further advances will be made under the Credit Agreement and existing advances in principal under the Line of Credit Note will become due upon the current maturity date, July 13, 2019.

On February 23, 2018, the Company issued 190,705 shares of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director in settlement of loans equal to $297,500 he had provided to the Company as of that there was no formal agreement ondate. Specifically, the amountsCompany settled $275,000 of loans that Mr. Traios had provided to parent company Petrogress, Inc., and $15,000 and $7,500 that Mr. Traios had advanced to Petrogress Int'l LLC and Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., respectively. The Company recognized a loss of $160,192 upon settlement of these loans.

On October 31, 2018, Christos P. Traios, notified the Company asthat he was terminating the Revolving Line of the day of the RevolvingCredit Agreement dated July 13, 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Traios provided a revolving line of credit agreement, these amounts were included in line Duethe principal amount of up to related party$1,000,000 to the Company. As such, no further advances have been made under the Credit Agreement and existing advances in principal amount of $148,900 under the Consolidated Balance Sheets forLine of Credit Note will become due upon the year ended December 31, 2016. The foregoing amounts were equal to $157,000 as of December 31, 2016 and as a result of the Revolving line of credit agreement coming into effect, they were reclassified to line Loan facility from related party of the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the year ended December 31, 2017.current maturity date, July 13, 2019.


 

The table below presents the movement of the Loan facility from related party during the year ended December 31, 2017.2018:

 

Balance February 29, 2016

 $- 

February 29, 2016

 $- 

Advances made by Christos Traios

  157,000   157,000 

Balance December 31, 2016

 $157,000  $157,000 

New amounts lended to the Company by Christos Traios

  275,000 

Amout converted to 8% Convertible Promissory Note signed May 12, 2017

  (134,600)

New amounts lent to the Company by Christos Traios

  275,000 

Amount converted to 8% Convertible Promissory Note signed May 12, 2017

  (134,600)

Balance December 31, 2017

 $297,400  $297,400 

New amounts lent to the Company by Christos Traios

  126,500 

Amount converted to common shares signed February 23, 2018

  (275,000)

Balance December 31, 2018

 $148,900 

 

Convertible promissory note

On May 12, 2017, the Company executed a Convertible Promissory Note in favor of Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director, in the principal amount of $134,600 reflecting advances made by Mr. Traios to the Company as of that date. The note bore interest at a rate of 8%. The principal of the note, along with interest accrued were settled by the conversion of a total amount of $139,880 of obligations thereunder into 139,880,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock on December 21, 2017.


 

Capital transactions

 

Effective September 30, 2017, Petrogress Int’lInt'l LLC purchased from Mr.Christos Traios 1,080,000 shares of Petrogres Africa Company Limited (“PGAF”("PGAF"), a Ghanaian limited company. The shares of PGAF acquired comprise 90% of its issued and outstanding shares. The acquisition is vital for the Company’sCompany's strategic objective to expand operations and its presence in West Africa. The initial consideration for the forgoing shares was $1,080,000$1,080,000 and Mr. Traios forgave an amount of $180,000$180,000 leading to a final consideration of $900,000$900,000 included in Amounts due to related party in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2017.

 

Petrogres Africa Company LimitedPGAF was incorporated in the summer of 2017 and holds a current Ghanaian business permit and is authorized to conduct local sales of oil products and shipping business from the Port of Tema in Greater Accra. Port facilities in Tema will provide a service and operations hub for the Company tankers currently involved in West Africa and Nigerian oil trading and transport.  The Port of Tema also serves as a secondary hub for repair, supply and transport ship operators servicing Ghana’s Tano Basin offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. Through Petrogres Africa Company Limited, the Company will strengthen its presence and position a promising market in West Africa and sub-Saharan countries with a population of more than 1.3 billion people designated as the next developing region. 

 

Since the date common control was established, Petrogres Africa Company Limited has already contributed $725,500Mr. Traios initially acquired 90% of revenue to the Company.

PGAF shares at their par value for a consideration of $900,000, on August 17,2017. The Company has accounted for the purchase of shares of PGAF as a business acquisition under common control and as such, the assets have been transferred at carrying costs as of the date of acquisition, and the activity of the acquired entity has been combined as of the date common control as established in line with the provisions of ASC 805-50-25-2,805-50-25-2, on August 17,August17, 2017.  The difference betweenCompany has evaluated the consideration paid by Mr. Traios,in excess of net assets and the net assets of PGAF on August 17, 2017, entire difference has been allocated to goodwill.

Partnership Agreement with Platon Gas Oil Ghana Ltd

On February 28, 2018, Petrogres Co. Limited entered into the Platon Partnership Agreement (PPA) creating an equal partnership between PGL and Platon Gas Oil Ghana Limited, which owns an oil refinery and serves as an oil refinery of crude oil and various petroleum products based in Ghana. The Company has one yearPPA is intended to be renewed by both PGL & PGO on an annual basis and pursuant its terms, PGL will feed and supply the crude oil for storage, refinement, marketing and distribution in Ghana jointly with PGO. The storage capacity is 24,000 tons and the monthly processing capacity of the refinery is 10,000 tons. PGL and PGO both are planning to invest additional funds to upgrade the processing monthly capacity into refined products of Gas Oil, Naphtha, and fuel in view of the high local demand. Under the Platon Partnership Agreement, all expenses of the partnership operations are shared by both PGL and PGO. After deducting the operating expenses, the net profits from the sale of the petroleum products are split evenly between PGL and PGO. As of the date of acquisitionthe PPA execution, PGL has cease any other sales of crude to finalize the valuation analysisthird customers in West Africa.

The Company accounts for this agreement under ASC 808-10, Collaborative Agreements, and has engaged a third-party valuation specialist for this assessment. The business combination is not material for disclosurerecognized the portion of pro-forma accounts.  The Company has recognized Non-controlling interests equalrevenues and expenses attributed to $100,000 as of the date common control was established.


Company. During the year ended December 31, 2017 2018, the Company issuedrecognized revenues totaling $7,877,962 from sales of crude oil to Mr. Traios 100 SeriesPGO, identified as customer A Preference shares with a par valuein Note 4. These revenues are not subject to the collaborative arrangement and are those solely of $100 each. As of December 31, 2017 this amount is duethe Company. No other costs related to the collaborative arrangement have been incurred directly by the Company and was classified under Additional paid-in capital.a formal accounting to determine profit or loss has not yet occurred.

Other Non-Interest Bearing Advances

 

The table below presents the movement of the amounts due to Christos Traios during the year ended December31,2017. 2018:

 

Balance December 31, 2016

 $234,600 

Reclassification of amount due to Christos Traios as of December 31, 2016 related to advances made to the Company

  (157,000)

Advances from Christos Traios

  52,500 

Advances to Christos Traios

  (24,652)

Wages accrued to Christos Traios

  270,000 

Wages paid to Christos Traios

  (21,695)

Correction of wages accrued for 2016

  (10,000)

Value of shares of Petrogres Africa owed to Christos Traios from Petrogres Int'l LLC

  900,000 

Balance December 31, 2017

 $1,243,753 

Amounts due to related party December 31, 2017

 $1,243,753 

Wages paid to Christos Traios in shares of Common Stock of Petrogress Inc.

 $(210,000)

Wages accrued to Christos Traios

 $200,000 

Amount due to Christos Traios from Petrogress Int'l LLC and Petrogress Oil & Gas Inc. converted into Shares of Common Stock of Petrogress Inc.

 $(22,500)

Wages paid to Christos Traios in cash

 $(34,390)

Amounts due to related party December 31, 2018

 $1,176,863 

 

Intercompany transactions

All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation, including:

$971,294 that Petrogres Co. Limited owes to Petronav Carriers LLC. for vessel hires, freights reduced by the amount of operating expenses of Petronav that were paid from Petrogress Co Limited;

$984,000 that Petrogres Africa Company Limited, owes to Petrogres Co. Limited for gas oil purchased;

$122,500 of unrealized profit on the inventory of Petrogres Africa Company Limited as of December 31, 2017;

$5,000 that Petronav Carriers Llc. owes to Petrogress, Inc.;

$17,250 that Petrogress Inc. owes to Petrogress Oil & Gas for corporate expenses paid the latter;

$100,000 that Petrogres, Co. Limited advanced to Petrogres Oil & Gas.


 

 

NOTE 11:7: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

The table below sets forth Accounts Receivable, net of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2017 2018 and December 31, 2016.2017:

 

  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016

 

Trade receivables

 $4,904,298  $1,970,771 

Less: Provision for doubtful accounts

  (395,413)  - 

Trade receivables, net

  4,508,885   1,970,771 

Other receivables

  -   456,897 

Accounts receivable, net

 $4,508,885  $2,427,668 


  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2018

  

2017

 

Trade receivables

  5,092,860   4,904,298 

Less: Provision for doubtful accounts

  (344,466)  (395,413)

Trade receivables, net

  4,748,394   4,508,885 

Other receivables

  31,038   - 

Accounts receivable, net

  4,779,432   4,508,885 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company reclassified balances of $547,600 from Accounts receivable, net to Claims receivable, net.

During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized a provision forfor doubtful accounts of $395,413$344,466 and $395,413 respectively, for trade receivables from specific customers that were deemed doubtful as to their recoverability. This provision is presented in its designated line in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income depicted herein.No such provision was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company wrote off Accounts receivables balances of $326,724$326,724 as management estimated they were not recoverable. The foregoing expense is presented in its designated line in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income depicted herein. DuringNo Accounts receivable balances were written off for the year ended December 31, 2016 the Company wrote off Accounts receivables balances of $373,371.2018. This amount was included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the filed Financial Statements for the period thenyear ended. The Company reclassified this amount and is now included in its designated line in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income in order to comply with current year presentations. See Note 2 above for further information on reclassifications performed.

 

 

NOTE 128: LOAN FACILITY FROM RELATED PARTY

 

In conjunction with the aforementioned change-in-control transaction on March 15, 2016, the Company and its current controlling stockholder, Christos Traios, recognized that sufficient working capital would be required for the foreseeable future to support the operations of the parent holding company, including the maintenance of the corporate entity and compliance with the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

For the period March 15, 2016 through July 13, 2017, this arrangement was undocumented and informal. On July 13, 2017, the Company entered into a Revolving Line of Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director. In accordance with the Agreement the Company also issued a $1,000,000$1,000,000 Line of Credit Convertible Promissory Note (the “LOC Note”) to Christos Traios. As previously mentioned, Mr. Traios has agreed to provide the Company with additional working capital as required from time-to-time to support its operations, and the LOC Note formalizes that commitment and confirms amounts previously advanced under an informal agreement between Mr. Traios and the Company, however due to significant issues, likely Mr. Traios will be unable to continue the financial support of the Company.

 


The LOC Note bears interest payable on the outstanding principal at eight percent (8%(8%) per annum. The principal and any accrued but unpaid interest on the LOC Note is due and payable on or before July 13, 2018. At the maturity date, provided that the Company is not in default, the Company, at the Company’sCompany’s option may extend and renew the LOC Note for additional terms of twelve (12) (12) months, with a new effective and maturity date assigned for each successive extension and renewal.

 

Interest is due and payable every six (6) (6) months and on the Maturity Date, and each successive iteration of such dates upon extension and renewal thereafter. The principal amount of the LOC Note may be prepaid by the Company, in whole or in part, without penalty, at any time.

 

Upon the interest due date or maturity date, or any of them, regardless of any event of default, the LOC Note holder may demand payment of any or all of the interest due on the principal amount by delivery of a number of common shares converted at a rate of $0.001$0.001 per share. There is no provision for any of the principal to be repaid in common stock of the Company. Except in the event of a default, in no instance may the LOC Note holder convert amounts due for accrued interest to the extent that said repayment in common stock will cause the Company to issue a number of shares constituting ten percent (10%(10%) or more of the Company’sCompany’s then issued and outstanding common shares.

 

In consideration of Lender's extending the Credit Line to the Company, the Company agreed to issue to Mr. Traios a Warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 15,000,000 shares of the Company’sCompany’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.05$0.05 for a period of five years. The Warrant will provide for cashless exercise privileges, and be transferrable or assignable at the Holder’s option, with the Company’s approval. The Warrant has warrant was not been issued as of December 31, 2017.2017 and was subsequently cancelled, and therefore has not been given any accounting treatment.

 


On October 31, 2018, Christos P. Traios, notified the Company that he was terminating the Revolving Line of Credit Agreement dated July 13, 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Traios provided a revolving line of credit in the principal amount of up to $1,000,000 to the Company. As such, no further advances were made under the Credit Agreement and existing advances in principal amount of $148,900 under the Line of Credit Note will become due upon the current Maturity Date, July 13, 2019.

 

Advances from Christos Traios from inception, including activity on the LOC Note, are as follows:

 

Balance February 29, 2016

 $- 

February 29, 2016

 $- 

Advances made by Christos Traios

  157,000   157,000 

Balance December 31, 2016

 $157,000  $157,000 

New amounts lended to the Company by Christos Traios

  275,000 

Amout converted to 8% Convertible Promissory Note signed May 12, 2017

  (134,600)

New amounts lent to the Company by Christos Traios

  275,000 

Amount converted to 8% Convertible Promissory Note signed May 12, 2017

  (134,600)

Balance December 31, 2017

 $297,400  $297,400 

New amounts lent to the Company by Christos Traios

  126,500 

Amount converted to common shares signed February 23, 2018

  (275,000)

Balance December 31, 2018

 $148,900 

 

 

NOTE 139: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following items for the years ended December 31, 2017 2018 and 2016:2017:

 

 

Year ended December 31,

  

Year ended December 31,

 
 

2017

  

2016

  

2018

  

2017

 

Service providers

  113,333   21,547   664,344   113,333 

Wages & salaries payable

  62,867   41,770   60,351   62,868 

Oil providers

  1,068,714   71,702   501,536   1,068,714 

Providers of lubricants

  55,050   13,250   39,221   55,050 

Totals

 $1,299,964  $148,269  $1,265,452  $1,299,965 

 

The increase in the accounts payable balance on December 31, 2017 compared to the one of December 31, 2016 is mainly due to the increase of the amounts due to oil providers. This increase is caused exclusively because of the oil purchases performed near the end of the year ended December 31, 2017.


 

 

NOTE 1410: EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

We report earnings/ (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing Net income (loss), after deducting preferred stock dividends accumulated during the period, by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing Net income by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock, common stock equivalents and other potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period.

 

As of The table below presents the Earnings per Share calculations for the years ended December 31, 2017, the basic2018 and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company is 172,962,382 and 172,988,791 respectively.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has 26,409 shares of Common Stock which could be deemed to be dilutive and are included in the calculation of dilutive earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2017.

As of December 31, 2016, the basic and dilutive weighted average number of shares of Common Stock of the Company was 161,016,555.2017:

 


  

Year ended December 31,

 
  

2018

  

2017

 

Net income attributable to common shareholders

 $307,047  $294,669 

Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average shares

  3,436,387   1,729,624 

Conversion of accrued interest on debt held by related party

  85,944   264 

Denominator for diluted net income per share

  3,522,331   1,729,888 

Basic net earnings per share

 $0.0894  $0.1696 

Diluted net earnings per share

 $0.0896  $0.1696 

Potentially dilutive securities for the year ended December 31, 2016 including outstanding convertible debt that is convertible into approximately 2,380,266 shares of Common Stock were not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because their impact was anti-dilutive.

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2016 was adjusted to reflect the effect of the correction in depreciation expense calculation, as presented in Note 3 above.

  

Year ended

  

Year ended

  

Year ended

 
  

December 31,

  

December 31,

  

December 31,

 
  

2017

  

2016 (Restated)

  

2016 (Published)

 

Numerator:

            

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $294,669  $223,144  $223,144 

Less:

            

Effect of correction in depreciation expense for the period

  -   (164,920)  - 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $294,669  $58,224  $223,144 

Denominator:

            

Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted average shares

  172,962,382   161,016,555   161,016,555 

Conversion of accrued interest on debt held by related party

  26,409   -   - 

Denominator for diluted net income per share - adjusted weighted average shares

  172,988,791   161,016,555   161,016,555 

Basic net earnings per share

 $0.0017  $0.0004  $0.002 

Diluted net earnings per share

 $0.0017  $0.0004  $0.002 

 

 

NOTE1511: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

TheThe Company is not a party to any litigation and, to its knowledge, no action, suit or proceeding has been threatened against the Company.

Lease Agreements

The Company leases office space in Piraeus, Greece for monthly rent of €2,500€2,500 (approximately USD$2,998$2,863 at December 31, 2017)2018). This lease expires on MayJanuary 31, 2018. 2020. This office space is deemed adequate for Company’sCompany’s current operations.

The Company leases office space in Tema, Ghana for monthly rent of GHS1,350 (approximately $300 at December 31, 2018). This lease expired on January 31, 2019. The Company leased a new office space in Tema, Ghana for a monthly rent of $600. This lease expires on February 2, 2021.

 

The Company leases a corporate apartment in New York City, to be used by Christos Traios, the Company’sCompany’s President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director. Mr. Traios conductsspends approximately 35% of the time he devotes to the conduct of business approximately 35% of his time in New York. The monthly lease is for $4,100$3,200 and expires on July 12, 2018.31, 2019.

 

The Company leasesleased a New York office space which is utilized for administrative purposes. The monthly lease iswas for $2,800$2,800 and expireswas terminated on October 1,August 31, 2018.


 

The following rent payments will be undertaken if the Company decides to renew the leases depicted above, for an aggregate period of 5 years from the end of the reporting period:

 

Twelve months ending December 31,

 

Amount

 

2018

  118,104 

2019

  118,104 

2020

  118,104 

2021

  118,104 

2022

  118,104 

Total

 $590,520 


Twelve months ending December 31,

 

Amount

 

2019

  79,356 

2020

  79,956 

2021

  79,956 

2022

  79,956 

2023

  79,956 

Total

 $399,180 

 

 

NOTE 1612: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through March 15, 2018, which is the date the financial statements were available for issuance.

Management has evaluated subsequent events through March 15, 2018, April 12, 2019, which is the date the financial statements were available for issuance.

 

On January 12, 2018 March 6, 2019, the Company issued 2,903,225 shares of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director for the settlement of wages due equal to $90,000 that had been accrued by parent company Petrogress, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2016.

On February 23, 2018 the Company issued 4,758,128 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Traios for the settlement of wages due equal to $120,000 that had been accrued by parent company Petrogress, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2016.

On February 23, 2018 the Company issued 19,070,512 shares of Common Stock to Christos Traios, our President, Chief Executive Officer and sole Director as a settlement of loans equal to $297,500 he had provided to the Company as of that date.

OnMarch 20, 2018 Petrogres Co. Limited entered into a new Partnershipan Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Platon that is intended to be renewed on an annual basis, pursuant to which Petrogres Co. Limited will supply crudeDana Lubricants Factory LLC (“Dana Lubes”), a United Arab Emirates based lubricant oil for storage, refinement, marketing and distribution in Ghana by Platon. Under the Partnership Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited is expected to deliver 3,000-5,000 metric tons of crude oil on a monthly basis for storage and processing by Platon into various petroleum products, including crude oil, blend stocks, cutter stock and other feedstock. Platon will also be expected to market and distribute the refined petroleum products.  Net profits from the sale of the petroleum products will be split evenly between Petrogres Co. Limited and Platon. As of the execution of the Partnership Agreement, Petrogres Co. Limited appointed its local commercial manager and its accountant to perform the daily supervision and monitoring of the storage, processing and of the sales of the refined products to local buyers, including the marketing and distribution.

On February 2018, the Company through Petrogress Int’l LLC entered in a Partnership and Memorandum of Understanding agreements with A&E Petroleum Co. Limited, a Nigerian company who owns its own farm with oil storage tanks and private jetty for loading and unloading petroleum products. A&E Petroleum Co. Limited operates in sales and distribution of gas oil in the local market with available storage capacity for approximately 90,000 cubic meters, and is established for the last 8years as an oil wholesale company. The Partnership agreement anticipates that Petrogress Int’l LLC and A&E Petroleum Co. Limited will contribute to the capital and own 55% and 45% respectively, a new entity to be named P&A Nigeria Oil. Co. Ltd. (“PANOC”). This Partnership agreement anticipates among others that Petrogress Int’l LLC or any of its affiliated companies will supply PANOC with about 5-6,000 tons gas oil on a monthly basis; PANOX will then store and distribute and/ or sell the oil to local end-buyers.

On February 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC executed a Representation/Agency agreement with Mr. Louizos George, with the aim of establishing its representation in Erbil, Iraq. Mr. Louizos is handling on behalf of Petrogress Int’l LLC the negotiations with SOMO (the Iraqi National Oil Company) to register the company as a buyer and obtain an allocation of Basrah Light Crude Oil for 1,000,000 barrels per month under a long term contract. The registration process is ongoing and we hope to finalize it within the second quarter 2018.

On March 2018, the company appointed Mr. Osy Adah as its representative in Nigeria. Mr. Adah is a Nigerian Citizen who has previously worked as a manager in major Nigerian oil companies. Through our representative, we have commenced the procedures for the registration of Petrogress Int’l LLC with Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for an allocation for supplying half million barrels of Bonny light on monthly terms.

On March 23, 2018, Petrogress Int’l LLC, executed another Partnership agreement with a Nigeria Oil storing company Gonzena Hydrocarbons and Energy Co. Ltd (“Gonzena”), which is located in Koko Town of Delta River and operates in the store and distribution of oil products into local Nigerian market. A new entity will be formed which is to be named P&GNigeira Oil Company Ltd (“PEGNOC)”manufacturer, according to which, Petrogress Int’l LLC is designated as the exclusive agent for distribution of products manufactured and Gonzena will participate in 55% and 45% respectively. PEGNOC will be assigned from Gonzena two oil tanks each with a capacity of 15,000 liters.

On February 16 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding was executed between Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. and Lushann. Under the terms of this memorandum, Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc. elected to play the role of a farm-in-partner in the crude oil and the associated gas production in the developing area of 12 km² of the Saltpond oil field. The parties have agreed to form a Ghanaian limited liability company to be named PG – Saltpond Offshore Oil Production & Development Co., Limited (“SODCO”). Subject to the removal of the suspension of the Petroleum Agreement, and the assignment of 65% of SODCO to Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., the latter intends to undertake the necessary repairs and improvements of the APG-1 platform, and arrange a cash investment of $3.5 million plus a credit line of $15.0 million. The agreement is expected to be finalized in May 2018.branded by Dana Lubes throughout western Africa.

 

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