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GASLOG LTD. INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
| (Mark One) | ||
o | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
ý | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, | |
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
o | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
| GasLog Ltd. (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter) |
Not Applicable (Translation of Company's name into English) |
Bermuda (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
c/o GasLog (Address of principal executive offices) |
Nicola Lloyd, General Counsel Telephone: (Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company contact person) |
SECURITIES REGISTERED OR TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbols | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Shares, $0.01 par value per share | GLOG | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Series A Preference Shares, $0.01 par value per share | GLOG PR A | New York Stock Exchange |
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:None
SECURITIES FOR WHICH THERE IS A REPORTING OBLIGATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT:None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, there were 80,861,24680,871,670 common shares of the Company's common stock and 4,600,000 Series A Preference Shares issued and outstanding.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ý No o
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes o No ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (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 ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).
Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer ý | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer o | Emerging Growth Company o |
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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. o
† The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing.
| U.S. GAAP o | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ý | Other o |
If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
Item 17 o Item 18 o
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No ý
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ABOUT THIS REPORT | ii | |||||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | iii | |||||
PART I | 1 | |||||
ITEM 1. | IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS | 1 | ||||
ITEM 2. | OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE | 1 | ||||
ITEM 3. | KEY INFORMATION | 1 | ||||
ITEM 4. | INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY | |||||
ITEM 4.A. | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS | |||||
ITEM 5. | OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS | |||||
ITEM 6. | DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES | |||||
ITEM 7. | MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | |||||
ITEM 8. | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | |||||
ITEM 9. | THE OFFER AND LISTING | |||||
ITEM 10. | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | |||||
ITEM 11. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | |||||
ITEM 12. | DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES | |||||
PART II | ||||||
ITEM 13. | DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES | |||||
ITEM 14. | MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS | |||||
ITEM 15. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | |||||
ITEM 16. | [RESERVED] | |||||
ITEM 16.A. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT | |||||
ITEM 16.B. | CODE OF ETHICS | |||||
ITEM 16.C. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES | |||||
ITEM 16.D. | EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES | |||||
ITEM 16.E. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS | |||||
ITEM 16.F. | CHANGE IN COMPANY'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT | |||||
ITEM 16.G. | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | |||||
ITEM 16.H. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE | |||||
PART III | ||||||
ITEM 17. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |||||
ITEM 18. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |||||
ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | F-1 | |||||
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In this annual report, unless otherwise indicated:
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All statements in this annual report that are not statements of historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, particularly in relation to our operations, cash flows, financial position, liquidity and cash available for dividends or distributions, plans, strategies, business prospects and changes and trends in our business and the markets in which we operate. In some cases, predictive, future-tense or forward-looking words such as "believe", "intend", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "forecast", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "could" and "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. In addition, we and our representatives may from time to time make other oral or written statements which are forward-looking statements, including in our periodic reports that we file with the SEC, other information sent to our security holders and other written materials. We caution that these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this annual report or the date on which such oral or written statements are made, as applicable, about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on any forward-looking statements.
Factors that might cause future results and outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:
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geopolitical events, technological advancements and opportunities for the profitable operations of LNG carriers;
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We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this annual report, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in our views or expectations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
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ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
A. Selected Financial Data
The following table presents summary consolidated financial and other data of GasLog for each of the five years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2018.2019. The summary consolidated financial data of GasLog as of December 31, 20172018 and 2018,2019, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018,2019, is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included in "Item 18. Financial Statements". The selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2016,2017, and for the years ended December 31, 20142015 and 2015,2016, is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements which are not included in this annual report. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB.
This information should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by, our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in "Item 18. Financial Statements". You should also read "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects".
| | Year Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data) | (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 328,679 | $ | 415,078 | $ | 466,059 | $ | 525,229 | $ | 618,344 | $ | 415,078 | $ | 466,059 | $ | 525,229 | $ | 618,344 | $ | 668,637 | ||||||||||||
Net pool allocation | — | — | (4,674 | ) | 7,254 | 17,818 | — | (4,674 | ) | 7,254 | 17,818 | (4,264 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Voyage expenses and commissions | (7,738 | ) | (14,290 | ) | (10,510 | ) | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | (14,290 | ) | (10,510 | ) | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | (23,772 | ) | ||||||||||||
Vessel operating and supervision costs | (70,732 | ) | (98,552 | ) | (112,632 | ) | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | (98,552 | ) | (112,632 | ) | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | (139,662 | ) | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | (70,695 | ) | (106,641 | ) | (122,957 | ) | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | (106,641 | ) | (122,957 | ) | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | (168,041 | ) | ||||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | — | (162,149 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (34,154 | ) | (41,282 | ) | (38,642 | ) | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | (41,282 | ) | (38,642 | ) | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | (47,385 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Profit from operations | 145,360 | 154,313 | 176,644 | 217,556 | 292,518 | 154,313 | 176,644 | 217,556 | 292,518 | 123,364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Financial costs | (71,579 | ) | (91,956 | ) | (137,316 | ) | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | (91,956 | ) | (137,316 | ) | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | (190,481 | ) | ||||||||||||
Financial income | 274 | 427 | 720 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 427 | 720 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 5,318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss)/gain on derivatives | (24,787 | ) | (10,332 | ) | (13,419 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (10,332 | ) | (13,419 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (55,441 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Share of profit of associates | 1,497 | 1,216 | 1,422 | 1,159 | 1,800 | 1,216 | 1,422 | 1,159 | 1,800 | 1,627 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total other expenses, net | (94,595 | ) | (100,645 | ) | (148,593 | ) | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (100,645 | ) | (148,593 | ) | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (238,977 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Profit for the year | $ | 50,765 | $ | 53,668 | $ | 28,051 | $ | 84,209 | $ | 126,398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | $ | 53,668 | $ | 28,051 | $ | 84,209 | $ | 126,398 | $ | (115,613 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Profit/(loss) attributable to owners of the Group | $ | 42,161 | $ | 10,829 | $ | (21,486 | ) | $ | 15,506 | $ | 47,683 | $ | 10,829 | $ | (21,486 | ) | $ | 15,506 | $ | 47,683 | $ | (100,661 | ) | |||||||||
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests | $ | 8,604 | $ | 42,839 | $ | 49,537 | $ | 68,703 | $ | 78,715 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings/(loss) per share, basic | $ | 0.54 | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings/(loss) per share, diluted | $ | 0.54 | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interests | $ | 42,839 | $ | 49,537 | $ | 68,703 | $ | 78,715 | $ | (14,952 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings/(loss) per share ("EPS"), basic | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.47 | $ | (1.37 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
EPS, diluted | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.46 | $ | (1.37 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares, basic | 78,633,820 | 80,496,314 | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,496,314 | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,849,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares, diluted | 78,800,192 | 80,610,420 | 80,534,702 | 81,266,130 | 81,637,022 | 80,610,420 | 80,534,702 | 81,266,130 | 81,637,022 | 80,849,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.59 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.59 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||||||
Dividends declared per preference share | $ | — | $ | 1.60 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 1.60 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 2.19 | $ | 2.19 | ||||||||||||
Special dividends declared per common share | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 0.40 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.38 | ||||||||||||
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | (in thousands of U.S. dollars) | (in thousands of U.S. dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 211,974 | $ | 302,988 | $ | 227,024 | $ | 384,092 | $ | 342,594 | $ | 302,988 | $ | 227,024 | $ | 384,092 | $ | 342,594 | $ | 263,747 | ||||||||||||
Short-term investments | 28,103 | 6,000 | 18,000 | — | 25,000 | 6,000 | 18,000 | — | 25,000 | 4,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted cash | 22,826 | 62,718 | 42 | — | — | 62,718 | 42 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment in associates(1) | 6,603 | 6,274 | 6,265 | 20,800 | 20,713 | 6,274 | 6,265 | 20,800 | 20,713 | 21,620 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tangible fixed assets(2) | 2,809,517 | 3,400,270 | 3,889,047 | 3,772,566 | 4,323,582 | 3,400,270 | 3,889,047 | 3,772,566 | 4,323,582 | 4,427,065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vessels under construction | 142,776 | 178,405 | 96,356 | 166,655 | 159,275 | 178,405 | 96,356 | 166,655 | 159,275 | 203,323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vessel held under finance lease | — | — | 222,004 | 214,329 | 206,753 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Right-of-use assets(3) | — | 222,004 | 214,329 | 206,753 | 206,495 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | 3,269,971 | 4,039,621 | 4,515,164 | 4,634,891 | 5,174,807 | 4,039,621 | 4,515,164 | 4,634,891 | 5,174,807 | 5,223,195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings, current portion | 116,431 | 636,987 | 147,448 | 179,367 | 520,550 | 636,987 | 147,448 | 179,367 | 520,550 | 255,422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings, non-current portion | 1,778,845 | 1,737,500 | 2,504,578 | 2,368,189 | 2,307,909 | 1,737,500 | 2,504,578 | 2,368,189 | 2,307,909 | 2,891,973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease liability, current portion | — | — | 5,946 | 6,302 | 6,675 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease liability, non-current portion | — | — | 214,455 | 207,126 | 199,424 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liability, current portion | — | 5,946 | 6,302 | 6,675 | 9,363 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liability, non-current portion | — | 214,455 | 207,126 | 199,424 | 195,567 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share capital | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | 810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Preference Shares | — | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity attributable to owners of the Group | 929,391 | 1,001,674 | 945,643 | 918,029 | 879,742 | 1,001,674 | 945,643 | 918,029 | 879,742 | 688,335 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests | 323,646 | 506,246 | 564,039 | 845,105 | 1,103,380 | 506,246 | 564,039 | 845,105 | 1,103,380 | 961,518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total equity | 1,253,037 | 1,507,920 | 1,509,682 | 1,763,134 | 1,983,122 | 1,507,920 | 1,509,682 | 1,763,134 | 1,983,122 | 1,649,853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 148,288 | $ | 161,579 | $ | 256,532 | $ | 223,630 | $ | 283,710 | $ | 161,579 | $ | 256,532 | $ | 223,630 | $ | 283,710 | $ | 317,423 | ||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,386,656 | ) | (704,052 | ) | (771,242 | ) | (74,599 | ) | (692,999 | ) | (704,052 | ) | (771,242 | ) | (74,599 | ) | (692,999 | ) | (442,978 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,346,762 | 634,317 | 439,766 | 7,265 | 368,120 | 634,317 | 439,766 | 7,265 | 368,120 | 50,066 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FLEET DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of managed ships at end of period | 21 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Average number of managed ships during period | 20.0 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 25.5 | 27.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of owned ships at end of period | 16 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Average number of owned ships during period | 12.4 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 24.5 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 24.5 | 26.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Average age of owned ships (years) | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total calendar days for owned and bareboat fleet | 4,520 | 6,638 | 7,568 | 8,395 | 9,318 | 6,638 | 7,568 | 8,395 | 9,318 | 9,934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating days for owned and bareboat fleet(4) | 4,392 | 6,097 | 7,439 | 8,317 | 9,030 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue operating days for owned and bareboat fleet(5) | 6,097 | 7,439 | 8,317 | 9,030 | 9,518 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA(5) | $ | 217,552 | $ | 262,170 | $ | 301,023 | $ | 355,902 | $ | 447,511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA(5) | 217,172 | 262,969 | 302,386 | 356,048 | 447,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA(6) | 262,969 | 302,386 | 356,048 | 447,747 | 461,226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EPS(6) | $ | 0.07 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for fixed assets | 1,364,283 | 728,446 | 761,513 | 82,352 | 673,823 | 728,446 | 761,513 | 82,352 | 673,823 | 480,553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Common share dividend declared | 39,840 | 45,078 | 45,101 | 45,144 | 80,011 | 45,078 | 45,101 | 45,144 | 80,011 | 79,247 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Preference share dividend declared | — | 7,379 | 10,063 | 10,064 | 10,063 | 7,379 | 10,063 | 10,064 | 10,063 | 10,063 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA is defined as earnings before depreciation, amortization, financial income and costs, gain/loss on derivatives and taxes. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA before foreign exchange gains/losses.losses, impairment loss on vessels and restructuring costs. Adjusted EPS represents earnings attributable to owners of the Group before write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs/premium, foreign exchange gains/losses, unrealized foreign exchange losses on cash and bond, impairment loss on vessels attributable to the owners of the Group, restructuring costs and non-cash gain/loss on derivatives that includes (if any) (a) unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative financial instruments held for trading, (b) recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss and (c) ineffective portion of cash flow hedges, divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAEPS are non-GAAP financial measures that are used as supplemental financial measures by management and external users of financial statements, such as investors, to assess our financial and operating performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures assist our management and investors by increasing the comparability of our performance from period to period. We believe that including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAEPS assists our management and investors in (i) understanding and analyzing
the results of our operating and business performance, (ii) selecting between investing in us and other investment alternatives and (iii) monitoring our ongoing financial and operational strength in assessing whether to continue to hold our common shares. This is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods of, in the case of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, financial costs, gain/loss on derivatives, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, foreign exchange gains/losses, impairment loss on vessels and restructuring costs; and in the case of Adjusted EPS, write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs/premium, foreign exchange gains/losses, unrealized foreign exchange losses on cash and bond, impairment loss on vessels attributable to the owners of the Group, restructuring costs and non-cash gain/loss on derivatives, which items are affected by various and possibly changing financing methods, financial market conditions, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect results of operations between periods.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAEPS have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered as alternatives to, or as substitutes for, or superior to, profit, profit from operations or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with IFRS. Some of these limitations include the fact that they do not reflect (i) our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments, (ii) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs and (iii) the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt. Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAEPS are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows and other companies in our industry may calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.
In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by the excluded items. Therefore, the non-GAAP financial measures as presented below may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies in the shipping or other industries.
Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Profit:
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Profit for the year | $ | 50,765 | $ | 53,668 | $ | 28,051 | $ | 84,209 | $ | 126,398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | $ | 53,668 | $ | 28,051 | $ | 84,209 | $ | 126,398 | $ | (115,613 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation. | 70,695 | 106,641 | 122,957 | 137,187 | 153,193 | 106,641 | 122,957 | 137,187 | 153,193 | 168,041 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial costs | 71,579 | 91,956 | 137,316 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 91,956 | 137,316 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 190,481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial income | (274 | ) | (427 | ) | (720 | ) | (2,650 | ) | (4,784 | ) | (427 | ) | (720 | ) | (2,650 | ) | (4,784 | ) | (5,318 | ) | ||||||||||||
Loss/(gain) on derivatives | 24,787 | 10,332 | 13,419 | (2,025 | ) | 6,077 | 10,332 | 13,419 | (2,025 | ) | 6,077 | 55,441 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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EBITDA | 217,552 | 262,170 | 301,023 | 355,902 | 447,511 | 262,170 | 301,023 | 355,902 | 447,511 | 293,032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange (gains)/losses, net | (380 | ) | 799 | 1,363 | 146 | 236 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign exchange losses, net | 799 | 1,363 | 146 | 236 | 1,343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | — | 162,149 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs | — | — | — | — | 4,702 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 217,172 | $ | 262,969 | $ | 302,386 | $ | 356,048 | $ | 447,747 | $ | 262,969 | $ | 302,386 | $ | 356,048 | $ | 447,747 | $ | 461,226 | ||||||||||||
Reconciliation of EPS to Adjusted EPS:
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Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to owners of the Group | $ | 10,829 | $ | (21,486 | ) | $ | 15,506 | $ | 47,683 | $ | (100,661 | ) | ||||
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Dividend on preference shares | (7,379 | ) | (10,063 | ) | (10,064 | ) | (10,063 | ) | (10,063 | ) | ||||||
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Profit/(loss) for the period available to owners of the Group used in EPS calculation | 3,450 | (31,549 | ) | 5,442 | 37,620 | (110,724 | ) | |||||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,496,314 | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,849,818 | |||||||||||
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EPS | 0.04 | (0.39 | ) | 0.07 | 0.47 | (1.37 | ) | |||||||||
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Profit/(loss) for the period available to owners of the Group used in EPS calculation | 3,450 | (31,549 | ) | 5,442 | 37,620 | (110,724 | ) | |||||||||
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Non-cash loss/(gain) on derivatives | 1,428 | 4,984 | (6,137 | ) | 8,211 | 54,898 | ||||||||||
Write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs/premium | — | 23,097 | 506 | — | 1,276 | |||||||||||
Restructuring costs | — | — | — | — | 4,702 | |||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels attributable to the owners of the Group | — | — | — | — | 67,952 | |||||||||||
Unrealized foreign exchange losses on cash and bond | — | — | — | — | 4,245 | |||||||||||
Foreign exchange losses, net | 799 | 1,363 | 146 | 236 | 1,343 | |||||||||||
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Adjusted profit attributable to owners of the Group | 5,677 | (2,105 | ) | (43 | ) | 46,067 | 23,692 | |||||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,496,314 | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,849,818 | |||||||||||
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Adjusted EPS | $ | 0.07 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.29 | ||||
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B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
The following table sets forth our capitalization as of December 31, 2018:2019:
This information should be read in conjunction with "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects", and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual report.
| | As of December 31, 2018 | |||
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| | (in thousands of U.S. dollars) | |||
Debt:(1) | ||||
Borrowings, current portion(2) | $ | 520,550 | ||
Borrowings, non-current portion(2) | 2,307,909 | |||
Finance lease liability, current portion(2) | 6,675 | |||
Finance lease liability, non-current portion(2) | 199,424 | |||
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Total debt | 3,034,558 | |||
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Equity: | ||||
Preference Shares(3) | 46 | |||
Share capital(3) | 810 | |||
Contributed surplus | 850,576 | |||
Reserves | 18,962 | |||
Treasury shares(3) | (3,266 | ) | ||
Retained earnings | 12,614 | |||
Non-controlling interest | 1,103,380 | |||
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Total equity | 1,983,122 | |||
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Total capitalization | $ | 5,017,680 | ||
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| As of December 31, 2019 | ||||
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| (in thousands of U.S. dollars) | ||||
Debt:(1) | ||||
Borrowings, current portion(2) | 255,422 | |||
Borrowings, non-current portion(2) | 2,891,973 | |||
Lease liability, current portion | 9,363 | |||
Lease liability, non-current portion | 195,567 | |||
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Total debt | 3,352,325 | |||
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Equity: | ||||
Preference Shares(3) | 46 | |||
Share capital(3) | 810 | |||
Contributed surplus | 760,671 | |||
Reserves | 16,799 | |||
Treasury shares(3) | (2,159 | ) | ||
Accumulated deficit | (87,832 | ) | ||
Non-controlling interest | 961,518 | |||
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Total equity | 1,649,853 | |||
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Total capitalization | 5,002,178 | |||
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GasLog Partners, in the case of the Partnership's indebtedness. The NOK 2021 Bonds, the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes (the carrying amountamounts of which, net of unamortized financing costs and premium as of December 31, 2018,2019, are $85.2$48.9 million, $100.5 million and $246.8$322.9 million, respectively) are unsecured. Borrowings presented do not include our scheduled debt payments and our prepayments since December 31, 20182019 totaling $48.6$109.2 million. See "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities" for more information about our credit facilities.
C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
D. Risk Factors
Risks Inherent to Ourin the LNG Carriers Business
As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, our owned and bareboat fleet consists of 2628 LNG carriers (including the 1415 LNG carriers owned by GasLog Partners) and nineseven newbuilds. The majority of our ships currently operate under multi-yearterm time charters with six ships operatingtrading in the spot market but the charters of a further eightseven ships will terminate in 2019 and 2020 including six Steam vessels. An increasesteam vessels and one TFDE vessel. On redelivery, the vessels will trade in the numbershort-term spot market unless we are able to secure new term charters. Furthermore, advances in LNG carrier technology may negatively impact our ability to recharter the Steam vessels at attractive rates and may result in lower levels of ships operatingutilization. Trading vessels in the spot market, or a reduction in demand for spot LNG carriers could have a negative impactbeing unable to recharter the Steam vessels on the levelterm charters with similar or volatilitybetter rates, means our revenues and cash flows from these vessels will decline following expiration of our current charter rates in the LNG shipping spot market whicharrangements. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, financial condition and cash flowsthe value of our assets, and could significantly reduce or eliminate our ability to pay dividends.dividends on our common or Preference shares.
2022 of our owned and bareboat vessels (including 1314 of the 1415 LNG Carriers owned by GasLog Partners) and seven of our newbuild vessels currently operate or will operate under multi-yearterm time charters. Two of our newbuilds are uncommitted and sixSix of our vessels are currently operatingtrading in the spot market (including one vessel owned by GasLog Partners). TheMethane Alison Victoria came off charter in January 2020 and is trading in the spot market. TheMethane Rita Andrea is due to come off charter in April 2020 plus up to 30 days at the charterer's option and, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth is due to come off charter in June 2020 plus 30 days at the charterer's option. TheGasLog Sydney is due to come off charter in June 2020, although the charterer has the option to extend the time charter for two further periods of 180 days each at specified rates. TheMethane Jane Elizabeth is due to come off charter in October 2019November 2020 and the charterer has several options to extend the charter at varying durations between one and four years at specified rates. TheMethane Alison VictoriaHeather Sally is due to come off charter in December 2019, each2020 plus or minus 30 days. Adays at the charterer's option. The charter rate for the one year charter has been secured for eitherof theMethane Jane Elizabeth oris lower than the charter rate which the vessel was earning under her multi-year charter with Shell which expired in November 2019. While trading in the spot market, the spot market time charter equivalent ("TCE") earnings of theMethane Alison Victoria (as nominated by GasLog Partners) commencinghave been lower than the charter rate which the vessel was earning under her multi-year charter with Shell which expired in either November or December 2019 at the Partnership's option.January 2020. In addition, theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Heather Sally, theGasLog Sydney, theGasLog Saratoga, theMethane Lydon Volney and either theMethane Jane Elizabeth or theMethane Alison Victoria areis due to come off charter during 2020. Our Steam vessels are less efficient and have higher emissions than larger, more technologically advanced modern LNG carriers and it may be more challenging to find spot and/or term employment for these vessels. On February 6, 2020, in light of reduced expectations for Steam vessel utilization and earnings, GasLog Partners announced that it will focus its capital allocation on debt repayment, prioritizing balance sheet strength for 2020. As such, the Partnership expects to reduce its quarterly common unit distribution to $0.125 per unit for the first quarter of 2020 from $0.561 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2019.
GasLog Partners and GasLog continue to pursue opportunities for new multi-yearterm time charters with third parties for the vessels without multi-year charters,trading in the spot market but may have difficulty in securing new charters at attractive rates and for multi-year durations. In the interim, we may have increased exposure to the volatile spot market which is highly competitive and subject to significant price fluctuations. Multi-yearIn addition, there may be extended periods of idle time between charters. Moreover, any term charters that we are able to secure for on-the-water vessels may not be as long in duration as the multi-year charters we have enjoyed in the past.past and are likely to be at lower charter rates. In recent years, as a result of more LNG being traded on a short-term basis and greater liquidity in the LNG shipping market, there has been a decrease in the duration of term charters for on-the-water vessels with such charters now generally being anywhere between onesix months and fivethree years in duration.
Our Steam vessels are less efficient than larger and more modern LNG carriers and it may be more challenging to find spot and/or term employment for these vessels. However, we will continue to pursue new multi-year charters for these vessels. If we are unable to secure new multi-year charters,employment for a vessel, we will not receive any revenues from that vessel but we will be required to pay expenses necessary to maintain the Steam vessels may operatevessel in proper operating condition, as well as servicing the short-term spot market anddebt attached to the revenues and cash flows from these vessels are likely to decline following expiration of our current charter arrangements.vessel.
Failure to secure new multi-yearterm charters could adversely affect our future liquidity, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to meet certain of our debt obligations and covenants.
A sustained decline in charter rates and employment opportunities could also adversely affect the market value of our vessels, on which certain of the ratios and financial covenants with which we are required to comply are based. Vessel values may fluctuate substantially, which could resultbased, and caused the Group to recognize a non-cash impairment loss of $162.1 million as of December 31, 2019 for its six Steam vessels built in an impairment charge,2006 and 2007. A significant decline in the market value of our vessels could impact our compliance with the covenants in our loan agreements and, if the values are lower at a time when we are attempting to dispose of vessels, could cause us to incur a loss.
If any of our vessels is unable to generate revenues for any significant period of time for any reason, including unexpected periods of off-hire, early charter termination (which could result from damage to our vessels) or failure to secure employment for any vessels for which we have not secured charters, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be materially and adversely affected. The impact of any limitation in the operation of our vessels or any early charter termination would be magnified by the fact that we would still be expending cash to cover the operating costs of the vessel and the costs of servicing the debt on the vessel, if any. If we are unable to re-deploy a vessel, we will not receive any revenues from that vessel and we would be required to pay expenses necessary to maintain the vessel in proper operating condition as well as to service the debt attached to that vessel.
If the number of vessels available in the short-term or spot LNG carrier charter market continues to expand and results in reduced opportunities to secure multi-year charters for our vessels, our revenues and cash flows may become more volatile and may decline following expiration or early termination of our current charter arrangements.
Most shipping requirements for new LNG projects continue to be providedsecured on a multi-year basis, thoughalthough the level of spot voyages and short-term time charters of less than 12 months in duration has grown in the past fewrecent years. IfAs vessels currently operating under multi-year charters redeliver, the number of vessels available in the short-term or spot charter market continuesis likely to continue to expand and resultswhich may result in reduced opportunities to secure multi-year charters for our vessels. With our vessels we may only be able to enter intotrading in the short-term time chartersor spot market upon expiration or early termination of our current charters. As a result,charters, our revenues and cash flows may become more volatile. In addition, an active short-term or spot charter market may require us to enter into charters based on changingvariable rates depending on market prices at the time, as opposed to contracts based on fixed rates, and may result in extended periods of idle time between charters. We have entered into two multi-year charters with Gunvor for theGasLog Shanghai and theGasLog Salem at rates which are indexed to estimated market rates for TFDE vessels trading in the spot market. While these charters ensure 100% utilization of the vessels during the duration of the contracts, a fall in such estimated market rates would result in a decrease in our revenues. These factors could result in a decrease in our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, especially if we enter into charters during periods when charter rates are depressed.shareholders.
An oversupply of LNG carriers as a result of excessive new ordering may lead to a reduction in the charter hire rates we are able to obtain when seeking charters in the future which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
While we currently believe that the global LNG carrier fleet may experience high levels of utilization over the next twoone to threetwo years, the supply of LNG carriers has been increasing as a result of the deliveryordering and orderingdelivery of new ships. The development of liquefaction projects in the United States for the first time and the anticipation of exports beginning in early 2016 drovecontributed to this significant ordering activity. Whilst we sawFollowing a decline in ordering of newbuildsnewbuildings during 2016 and 2017, ordering of newbuilds increased in 2018 and 2019, driven by cyclically low shipyard prices for newbuild vessels, the then strengthening of charter rates and increasing expectations for long-term LNG supply and demand.
According to Poten, as of February 11, 2019,March 2, 2020, the global trading fleet of conventional LNG carriers (>65,000100,000 cbm) consisted of 493513 vessels, with 105another 118 LNG carriers on order, of which 6676 have long-term charters. This increase in ship orders, theThe large number of ordered newbuildsnewbuildings that areremain uncommitted and any future expansion of the global LNG carrier fleet in excess of the demand for LNG shipping may have a negative impact on charter hire rates, shipvessel utilization and vessel values.
If charter hire rates are lower when we are seeking new time charters, or if we are unable to secure employment for our vessels trading in the spot and short-term markets, as a result of increased competition from modern vessels, our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders, may decline.
In 2020, nine vessels (five GasLog vessels and four GasLog Partners vessels) are scheduled to be dry-docked and, in 2021, five GasLog Partners vessels are scheduled to be dry-docked. The dry-dockings for all of these vessels will be longer and more costly than normal as a result of the need to install ballast water treatment systems ("BWTS") on each vessel in order to comply with regulatory requirements. Any delay or cost overrun of the dry-docking could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and could significantly reduce or eliminate our ability to pay dividends on our common or Preference shares.
Dry-dockings of our vessels require significant expenditures and result in loss of revenue as our vessels are off-hire during such period. Any significant increase in either the number of off-hire days or in the costs of any repairs or investments carried out during the dry-docking period could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and our cash flows. Given the potential for unforeseen issues arising during dry-docking, we may not be able to predict accurately the time required to dry-dock any of our vessels. In 2020 and 2021, the dry-dockings will be longer and more costly than normal as a result of the need to install BWTS on each vessel in order to comply with regulatory requirements. If more than one of our ships is required to be out of service at the same time, or if a ship values.
Tableis dry-docked longer than expected or if the cost of Contentsrepairs is greater than budgeted, our results of operations and our cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be adversely affected. The upcoming dry-dockings of vessels are expected to be carried out in 2020 (9 vessels), 2021 (5 vessels) and 2023 (8 vessels).
Our future capital needs are uncertain and we may need to raise additional funds. We must make substantial capital expenditures to fund the nineseven newbuildings we have on order as of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, and any additional ships we may acquire in the future. In addition, fivethree of our credit facilities are due to mature between 20192020 and 2022. We cannot guarantee that renewal, replacement or new lines of credit will be available or will be available on similar or more favourable terms.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our operating cash flow will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we are obligated to make substantial capital expenditures to fund our commitments for the nineseven newbuildings we have on order. We are scheduled to take delivery of the vessels on various dates between 2019during 2020 and 2021. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the total remaining balance of the contract prices for the nineseven vessels under construction was $1,553.1$1,113.0 million, which amounts are payable under each shipbuilding contract in installments upon the attainment of certain specified milestones. The largest portion of the purchase price for each vessel is payable upon its delivery to us from the shipyard. We intend to fund the commitment relating to Hull No. 2131 with the undrawn $165.8 million under the financing agreement we entered into on October 16, 2015 (the "October 2015 Facility"), and with available cash and cash from operations. We expect to fund a significant proportion of the remaining commitments with new debt facilities.
To the extent that we are unable to draw down the amounts committed under our existing credit facilities, whether due to our failure to comply with the terms of such facilities or the lenders' failure to fund the committed amounts, or to the extent that we are unable to put in place new debt facilities of sufficient quantum and on acceptable terms, we will need to find alternative financing. If we are unable to find alternative financing, we will not be capable of funding all of our commitments for capital expenditures relating to our nineseven contracted newbuildings. If we fail to meet our payment obligations
under a shipbuilding contract, we would be in default under the applicable contract and the shipbuilder would have the option of cancelling the contract and retaining any previously funded installment payments.
Our ability to borrow against the ships in our existing fleet and any ships we may acquire in the future largely depends on the value of the ships, which in turn depends in part on charter hire rates and the ability of our charterers to comply with the terms of their charters. The actual or perceived credit quality of our charterers, and any defaults by them, may materially affect our ability to obtain the additional capital resources that we will require to purchase additional ships and to refinance our existing debt as balloon payments come due, or may significantly increase our costs of obtaining such capital. Our inability to obtain additional financing or committing to financing on unattractive terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
In addition, we may choose to make substantial further capital expenditures to expand the size of our fleet and/or to convert existing LNG carriers to FSRUsFSRUs/FSUs in the future. We expect to finance the cost of any new vessels, including conversion costs through available cash, cash from operations and debt or equity financings. Our ability to obtain bank financing or to access the capital markets may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering, as well as by adverse market conditions resulting from, among other things, general economic conditions, changes in the LNG industry, changes to banking regulations and further contingencies and uncertainties that are beyond our control. The recent significant fall in the value of our common shares may make it difficult or impossible for us to access the equity or equity-linked capital markets. Even if we are successful in obtaining the necessary funds, the terms of any debt financings could limit our ability further to expand our fleet and to pay dividends to our shareholders.
SecuringThe debt of the 13 vessels comprising the credit agreement we entered into on February 18, 2016 to refinance the debt maturities that were scheduled to become due in 2016 and 2017 (the "Five Vessel Refinancing") and the credit agreement we entered into on July 19, 2016 to refinance the existing indebtedness on eight of GasLog's on-the-water vessels of up to $1,050.0 million (the "Legacy Facility Refinancing") will mature in April and July 2021, respectively. The vessels include four Steam vessels and nine TFDE vessels. The age of the vessels, recent declines in their estimated fair market values and the limited charter cover attached to the vessels will make the refinancing of these facilities more challenging. As a result, securing access to additional funds in advance of the maturity of our debt facilities cannot be assured on the same or similar terms. Debt financing, if available, may involve covenants restricting our operations or our ability to incur additional debt or to pay dividends to our shareholders. Any debt or additional equity financing raised may contain unfavorable terms to us or our shareholders. If we are unable to raise adequate funds, we may have to liquidate some or all of our assets, or delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some or all of our fleet expansion plans.
Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Our ability to raise capital to repay or refinance our debt obligations or to fund our maintenance or growth capital expenditures will depend on certain financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. The recent significant fall in the value of our common shares may make it difficult or impossible for us to access the equity or equity-linked capital markets. To the extent that we are unable to finance these obligations and expenditures with cash from operations or incremental bank loans or by issuing debt or equity securities, our ability to make cash dividends may be diminished, or our financial leverage may increase, or our shareholders may be diluted. Our business may be adversely affected if we need to access sources of funding which are more expensive and/or more restrictive.
To fund our existing and future debt obligations and capital expenditures and any future growth, we will be required to use cash from operations, incur borrowings, and/or seek to access other financing sources including the capital markets. Our access to potential funding sources and our future financial and operating performance will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to access the capital markets or raise additional bank financing or generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt, capital expenditure and other business requirements, we may be forced to take actions such as:
Such measures might not be successful, available on acceptable terms or enable us to meet our debt, capital expenditure and other obligations. Some of these measures may adversely affect our business and reputation. In addition, our financing agreements may restrict our ability to implement some of these measures. Use of cash from operations and possible future sale of certain assets will reduce cash available for dividends to shareholders. Our ability to obtain bank financing or to access the capital markets may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering as well as by adverse market conditions. Following the recent significant fall in the value of our common shares, we may not be able to access the equity or equity-linked capital markets. Even if we are successful in obtaining the necessary funds, the terms of such financings could limit our ability to pay cash dividends to shareholders or operate our business as currently conducted. In addition, incurring additional debt may significantly increase our interest expense and financial leverage, and issuing additional equity securities may result in significant shareholder dilution and would increase the aggregate amount of cash required to maintain our quarterly dividends to shareholders.
We may experience operational problems with vessels that reduce revenues and increase costs. In addition, there are risks associated with operating ocean-going ships. Any limitation in the availability or operation of our ships could have a material adverse effect on our business, our reputation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
LNG carriers are complex and their operations are technically challenging. Marine transportation operations are subject to mechanical risks and problems. Operational problems may lead to loss of revenues or higher than anticipated operating expenses or require additional capital expenditures.
Furthermore, the operation of ocean-going ships carries inherent risks. These risks include the possibility of:
An accident involving any of our owned ships could result in any of the following:
If any of our ships are unable to generate revenues for any significant period of time for any reason, including unexpected periods of off-hire or early charter termination (which could result from damage to our ships), our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be materially and adversely affected. The impact of any limitation in the operation of our ships or any early charter termination would be amplified, as a substantial portion of our cash flows and income is dependent on the revenues earned by the chartering of our 2628 LNG carriers in operation. In addition, the costs of ship repairs are unpredictable and can be substantial. In the event of repair costs that are not covered by our insurance policies, we may have to pay for such repair costs, which would decrease our earnings and cash flows. Any of these results could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and our ability to pay cash dividends to our shareholders.
A cyber eventcyber-attack could materially disrupt GasLog's business.
GasLog's business operations could be targeted by individuals or groups seeking to sabotage or disrupt GasLog's information technology systems and networks, or to steal data. A cyber eventcyber-attack could materially disrupt GasLog's operations, including the safety of its operations, or lead to unauthorized release of information or alteration of information on its systems. Any such attack or other breach of GasLog's information technology systems could have a material adverse effect on GasLog's business,
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. While we have insurance policies in place to cover losses in the event of a cyber related event, there can be no assurance that any specific event would be covered by these policies or that the losses would be covered in full.
We are subject to laws, directives, and regulations relating to the collection, use, retention, disclosure, security and transfer of personal data. These laws, directives and regulations, as well as their interpretation and enforcement, continue to evolve and may be inconsistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For example, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which regulates the use of personally identifiable information, went into effect in the European Union ("EU") on May 25, 2018 and applies globally to all of our activities conducted from an establishment in the EU, to related products and services that we offer to EU customers and to non-EU customers which offer services in the EU. The GDPR requires organizations to report on data breaches within 72 hours and be bound by more stringent rules for obtaining the consent of individuals on how their data can be used. Complying with the GDPR and similar emerging and changing privacy and data protection requirements may cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices. Non-compliance with our legal obligations relating to privacy and data protection could result in penalties, fines, legal proceedings by governmental entities or others, loss of reputation, legal claims by individuals and customers and significant legal and financial exposure and could affect our ability to retain and attract customers.
Changes in the nature of cyber threats and/or changes to industry standards and regulations might require us to adopt additional procedures for monitoring cybersecurity, which could require additional expenses and/or capital expenditures. However, the impact of such regulations is hard to predict at this time.
Our future growthsuccess depends on our ability to expandmaintain relationships with existing customers, establish new customer relationships and obtain new time charter contracts for existing vessels and for additional newbuild LNG carriers and/or FSRUs,FSRUs/FSUs, for which we will face substantialconsiderable competition from other established companies with significant resources, as well as recent and potential future new entrants.
One of our principal objectives is to enter into multi-year, fixed-rate charters for our open on-the-water vessels and for potential additional newbuild vessels. We are seeking to enter into time charter contracts for some or all of theGasLog Saratoga, theMethane Lydon Volney, theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Chelsea, and theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Salem, theGasLog Skagen and the GasLog Partners' vessel, theGasLog Shanghai, all of which currently operatetrade in the spot market through the Cool Pool.market. We will also seek to enter into new time charter contracts upon the expiration or early termination of our existing charter arrangements, including in respect of theMethane Rita Andrea, or theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Heather Sally, theMethane Alison Victoria and theGasLog Sydney, all of which are owned by GasLog Partners, and theGasLog Saratoga and theMethane Lydon Volney. In addition, we are seeking to enter into time charter contracts for newbuild LNG carriers and for newbuild or converted FSRUs, including for Hull Nos. 2212 and 2274. The process of obtaining multi-year, fixed rate charters for LNG carriers is highly competitive and generally involves an intensive screening process by potential new customers and the submission of competitive bids, all of which can often extend for several months. We believe thatbids. The process is lengthy and the LNG carrier time charters are awarded based upon a variety of factors relating to the ship and the ship operator, including:
We expect substantial competition from a number of experienced companies.companies and recent and potential future new entrants to the LNG shipping market. Competitors may include other independent ship owners, state-sponsored entities and major energy companies that own
and operate LNG carriers, all of whom may compete with independent owners by using their own fleets to carry LNG for third parties. Some of these competitors have significantly greater financial resources and larger fleets than we have, and some have particular relationships that may provide them with competitive advantages. AIn recent years, a number of marine transportation companies—companies, including companies with strong reputations and extensive resources and experience—experience, have either entered or significantly increased their presence in the LNG transportation market in recent years and theremarket. There are other ship owners, managers and managersinvestors who may also attempt to participate in the LNG market in the future. This increased competition may cause greater price competition for time charters. As a result, we may be unable to expand our relationships with existing customers or to obtain new customers on a profitable basis and we may not be successful in executing any future growth plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.
We derive a substantial majority of our revenues from a limited number of customers, and the loss of any customer, charter or vessel would result in a significant loss of revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We currently derive the majority of our revenues from wholly owned subsidiaries of Shell. We could lose a customer or the benefits of our time charter arrangements for many different reasons. The customer may be unable or unwilling to make charter hire or other payments to us because of a deterioration in its financial condition, commercial disputes with us, long term force majeure events or otherwise. If a customer terminates its charters, chooses not to re-charter our ships or is unable to perform under its charters and we are not able to find replacement charters on similar or more favourable terms, we will suffer a loss of revenues.
Our charterer has the right to terminate a ship's time charter in certain circumstances, such as:
A termination right under one ship's time charter would not automatically give the charterer the right to terminate its other charter contracts with us. However, a charter termination could materially affect our relationship with the customer and our reputation in the LNG shipping industry, and in some circumstances the event giving rise to the termination right could potentially impact multiple charters.
Accordingly, the existence of any right of termination or the loss of any customer, charter or vessel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders. We
Ship values may fluctuate substantially which has, as at December 31, 2019 in relation to our Steam vessels, and could again in future, resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $162.1 million for the six Steam vessels built in 2006 and 2007, including five GasLog Partners vessels and one vessel owned by us. A further decline in ship values could impact our compliance with the covenants in our loan agreements and, if the values are lower at a time when we are attempting to dispose of ships, cause us to incur a loss.
Values for ships can fluctuate substantially over time due to a number of different factors, including:
If the market value of our ships decline, we may be required to record additional impairment charges in our financial statements, in addition to the impairment charge recorded in the year ended December 31, 2019, which could adversely affect our results of operations. See "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Critical Accounting Policies—Impairment of Vessels". Deterioration in the market value of our ships may trigger a breach of some of the covenants contained in our credit facilities. If we do breach such covenants and we are unable to remedy the relevant breach, our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness and seek to foreclose on the ships in our fleet securing those credit facilities. In addition, if a charter contract expires or is terminated by the customer, we may be unable to redeploy the affected ships at attractive rates and, rather than continue to incur costs to maintain and finance them, we may seek to dispose of them. Any foreclosure on our ships, or any disposal by us of a ship at a time when ship values have fallen, could result in a loss and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.
If we cannot meet our charterers' quality and compliance requirements, including regulations or costs associated with the environmental impact of our vessels, we may not be successful in executingable to operate our vessels profitably which could have an adverse effect on our future growth plans,performance, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
Customers, and in particular those in the LNG industry, have a high and increasing focus on quality, emissions and compliance standards with their suppliers across the entire value chain, including the shipping and transportation segment. There is also increasing focus on the environmental footprint of marine transportation. Our continuous compliance with existing and new standards and quality
requirements is vital for our operations. Related risks could materialize in multiple ways, including a sudden and unexpected breach in quality and/or compliance concerning one or more vessels and/or a continuous decrease in the quality concerning one or more LNG carriers occurring over time. Moreover, continuously increasing requirements from LNG industry constituents can further complicate our ability to meet the standards. Any non-compliance by us, either suddenly or over a period of time, on one or more LNG carriers, or an increase in requirements by our charterers above and beyond what we deliver, may have a material adverse effect on our future performance, results of operations, cash flows, financial position and our ability to pay cash dividends to our shareholders.
The LNG shipping industry is subject to substantial environmental and other regulations which may be increased further by the growing global focus on a lower carbon economy, the physical effects of climate change and the increasing demand for environmental, social and governance disclosures by investors, lenders and regulators.
Our operations are materially affected by extensive and changing international, national, state and local environmental laws, regulations, treaties, conventions and standards which are in force in international waters, or in the jurisdictional waters of the countries in which our ships operate and in the countries in which our ships are registered. These requirements include those relating to equipping and operating ships, providing security and minimizing or addressing impacts on the environment from ship operations. We may incur significantsubstantial costs in complying with these requirements, including costs for ship modifications and changes in operating procedures. We also could incur substantial costs, including clean-up costs, civil and criminal penalties and sanctions, the suspension or termination of operations and third party claims as a result of violations of, or liabilities under, such laws and regulations. The higher emissions of our Steam vessels relative to more modern vessels could make it more difficult to secure employment for these vessels and reduce the rates at which we can charter these vessels to our customers.
In addition, these requirements can affect the resale value or useful lives of our ships, require a reduction in cargo capacity, necessitate ship modifications or operational changes or restrictions or lead to decreased availability of insurance coverage for environmental matters. They could further result in the denial of access to certain jurisdictional waters or ports or detention in certain ports. We are required to obtain governmental approvals and permits to operate our ships. Delays in obtaining such governmental approvals may increase our expenses, and lossesthe terms and conditions of such approvals could materially and adversely affect our operations.
Additional laws, regulations, taxes or levies may be adopted that could limit our ability to do business or increase our operating costs, which could materially and adversely affect our business. New or amended legislation relating to ship recycling, sewage systems, emission control (including emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants) as well as ballast water treatment and ballast water handling may be adopted. For example, the United States has enacted legislation, and more recently a convention adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (the "IMO") has become effective, governing ballast water management systems on oceangoing ships. The IMO has also established progressive standards limiting the sulfur content of fuel, which were phased in connectionon January 1, 2020. These and other laws or regulations may require additional capital expenditures or operating expenses (such as increased costs for low sulfur fuel or pollution controls) in order for us to maintain our ships' compliance with international and/or national regulations. We may also become subject to additional laws and regulations if we enter new markets or trades.
We also believe that the heightened environmental, quality and security concerns of insurance underwriters, regulators and charterers will generally lead to additional regulatory requirements and/or contractual requirements, including enhanced risk assessment and security requirements, as well as greater inspection and safety requirements on all LNG carriers in the marine transportation market. These requirements are likely to add incremental costs to our operations, and the failure to comply
with these requirements may affect the ability of our ships to obtain and, possibly, recover from, insurance policies or to obtain the required certificates for entry into the different ports where we operate.
Some environmental laws and regulations, such growth efforts.as the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or "OPA", provide for potentially unlimited joint, several and/or strict liability for owners, operators and demise or bareboat charterers for oil pollution and related damages. OPA applies to discharges of any oil from a ship in U.S. waters, including discharges of fuel and lubricants from an LNG carrier, even if the ships do not carry oil as cargo. In addition, many states in the United States bordering a navigable waterway have enacted legislation providing for potentially unlimited strict liability without regard to fault for the discharge of pollutants within their waters. We also are subject to other laws and conventions outside the United States that provide for an owner or operator of LNG carriers to bear strict liability for pollution, such as the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976, or the "London Convention".
Some of these laws and conventions, including OPA and the London Convention, may include limitations on liability. However, the limitations may not be applicable in certain circumstances, such as where a spill is caused by a ship owner's or operator's intentional or reckless conduct. These limitations are also subject to periodic updates and may otherwise be amended in the future.
Compliance with OPA and other environmental laws and regulations also may result in ship owners and operators incurring increased costs for additional maintenance and inspection requirements, the development of contingency arrangements for potential spills, obtaining mandated insurance coverage and meeting financial responsibility requirements.
Increased concern over climate change could lead to a more negative perception of the oil and gas industry which could impact our ability to attract investors, access financing in the bank and capital markets and attract and retain talent.
Further technological advancements and other innovations affecting LNG carriers could reduce the charter hire rates we are able to obtain when seeking new employment for existing or newbuild vessels and this could adversely impact the value of our assets and our results of operations and cash flows.
The charter rates, asset value and operational life of an LNG carrier are determined by a number of factors, including the ship's efficiency, operational flexibility and physical life. Efficiency is reflected in unit freight costs ("UFC") which are driven by the size of the vessel, its fuel economy and the rate at which LNG in the cargo tanks naturally evaporates ("boil-off ratio" or "BOR"). Flexibility is primarily driven by the size of the ship and includes the ability to enter harbors, utilize related docking facilities and pass through canals and straits. Physical life is related to the original design and construction, the ongoing maintenance and the impact of operational stresses on the asset. Ship, cargo containment and engine designs are continually evolving. At such time as newer designs are developed and accepted in the market, these newer vessels may be more efficient or more flexible or have longer physical lives than our ships. Competition from these more technologically advanced LNG carriers compared to our vessels with older technology could adversely affect our ability to charter or re-charter our ships and the charter hire rates we will be able to secure when we seek to charter or re-charter our ships, and could also reduce the resale value of our ships. This could adversely affect our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to obtain debt financing for ships with older technology whose market values have experienced a significant decline.
Our future performance and ability to secure future time chartersemployment for our vessels depends on continued growth in LNG production and demand for LNG and LNG shipping.
Our future performance, including our ability to strengthen our balance sheet and to profitably employ and expand our fleet, will depend on continued growth in LNG productionsupply and demand, and the demand for LNG and LNG shipping. A complete LNG project includes natural gas production, liquefaction, storage, regasification and distribution facilities, in addition to the marine transportation of LNG. IncreasedGrowth in LNG demand and increased infrastructure investment has led to an expansion of LNG production capacity in recent years, but material delays in the construction or slower than expected ramp-up of new liquefaction facilities could constrain the amount of LNG available for shipping, reducing ship utilization. The rate of growth of the LNG industry has fluctuated due to several factors, including the rate of global economic growth, fluctuations in global commodity prices, including natural gas, oil and coal as well as other sources of energy, and energy and environmental policy in markets which produce and/or consume LNG. Continued growth in LNG production and demand for LNG and LNG shipping could be negatively affected by a number of factors, including:
Tableability of Contentsdevelopers of new LNG infrastructure projects to approve the development of such new projects;
In recent years, global natural gas and crude oil prices werehave been volatile. Any decline in oil prices can depress natural gas prices and lead to a narrowing of the difference in pricing between geographic regions, which can adversely affect the length of voyages in the spot LNG shipping market and the spot rates and medium-term charter rates for charters which commence in the near future.
A continuation of the recent volatilitylow prices in natural gas and volatile oil prices may adversely affect our growth prospects, results of operations and cash flows.
Natural gas prices are volatile and have recently reached their lowest levels since 2009 in certain geographic areas. Natural gas prices are affected by numerous factors beyond our control, including but not limited to the following:
Given the significant global natural gas and crude oil price volatility referenced above, and with eight vessels currently scheduled to come off charter during 20192020 and 2020,2021, a continuation of volatility incurrent low natural gas or oil prices may adversely affect our future business, results of operations and financial condition and our ability to pay cash dividends, as a result of, among other things:
Our insurance may be insufficient to cover losses that may occur to our property or result from our operations which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
The operation of any ship includes risks such as mechanical failure, personal injury, collision, fire, contact with floating objects, property loss or damage, cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to a number of reasons, including political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of a marine disaster, including collision, explosion, spills and other environmental mishaps, and other liabilities arising from owning, operating or managing ships in international trade. Although we carry protection and indemnity, hull and machinery, loss of hire and cyber risk insurance covering our ships consistent with industry standards, we can give no assurance that we are adequately insured against all risks or that our insurers will pay a particular claim. In addition, we may be unable to insure against certain cyber events that may disrupt our information and operational technology systems. We also may be unable to procure adequate insurance coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future. Even if our insurance coverage is adequate to cover our losses, we may not be able to obtain a timely replacement ship in the event of a loss of a ship. Any uninsured or underinsured loss could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.
In addition, some of our insurance coverage is maintained through mutual protection and indemnity associations, and, as a member of such associations, we may be required to make additional payments over and above budgeted premiums if member claims exceed association reserves.
The required dry-docking of our ships could be more expensive and time consuming than we anticipate. In 2019, two GasLog Partners vessels and one GasLog vessel are scheduled to be dry-docked. These dry-dockings will reduce our revenues and increase our costs when they occur. Any overrun of the dry-docking or delay or cost overrun caused by the additional work to the vessels could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and could significantly reduce or eliminate our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders.
Dry-dockings of our owned and bareboat ships require significant expenditures and result in loss of revenue while our ships are off-hire during such period. Any significant increase in either the number of off-hire days due to such dry-dockings or in the costs of any repairs carried out during the dry-docking period could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and our cash flows. Given the potential for unforeseen issues arising during dry-docking, we may not be able to predict accurately the time required to dry-dock any of our vessels. If more than one of our ships is required to be out of service at the same time, or if a ship is dry-docked longer than expected or if the cost of repairs or modifications during the dry-docking is greater than budgeted, our results of operations and our cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be adversely affected.
Changes in global and regional economic conditions and capital markets volatility could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Weak global or regional economic conditions may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders in ways that we cannot predict. Our ability to expand our fleet beyond our contracted newbuildings will be dependent on our ability to obtain financing to fund the acquisition of additional ships. In addition, uncertainty about current and future global economic conditions may cause our customers to defer projects in response to tighter credit, decreased capital availability and declining customer confidence, may negatively impact the demand for our ships and services and could also result in defaults under our current charters. Global financial markets and economic conditions have been volatile in recent years and remain subject to significant vulnerabilities. A further tightening of the credit markets may negatively impact our operations by affecting the solvency of our suppliers or customers, which could lead to disruptions in delivery of supplies such as equipment for conversions, cost increases for supplies, accelerated payments to suppliers, customer bad debts or reduced revenues. Similarly, such market conditions could affect lenders participating in our financing agreements, making them unable to fulfill their commitments and obligations to us. Any reductions in activity owing to such conditions or failure by our customers, suppliers or lenders to meet their contractual obligations to us could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
GasLog LNG Services, our vessels' management company, and a substantial number of its staff, including members of our Senior Management, are located in Greece. A return of economic instability in Greece could disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our business. We have sought to minimize this risk and preserve operational stability by carefully developing staff deployment plans, an information technology recovery site, an alternative ship to shoreship-to-shore communications plan and funding mechanisms outside of Greece. While we believe these plans, combined with the international nature of our operations, will mitigate the impact of any disruption of operations in Greece, we can give no assurancecannot assure you that these plans will be effective in all circumstances.
GasLog has an office in England and our vessels may visit ports within the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is due to exitexited the European Union on March 29, 2019January 31, 2020 and will then enterentered a transition
period from March 30, 2019February 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 during which it will seek to completeagree to the terms of its separation fromfuture relationship with the European Union. Uncertainty regarding the process which the United Kingdom will follow to withdraw from the European Union, the transition period and the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union post 2020 may create economic instability in the United Kingdom which could disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our business. Whilst we will seek to minimize any potential risk by putting appropriate mitigation plans in place, we can give no assurancecannot assure you that these plans will be effective in all circumstances.
Compliance with safety and other requirements imposed by classification societies may be very costly and may adversely affect our business.
The hull and machinery of every commercial LNG carrier must be certified by a classification society. The classification society certifies that the ship has been built and subsequently maintained in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of that classification society. Moreover, every ship must comply with all applicable international conventions and the regulations of the ship's flag state as verified by a classification society. Finally, each ship must successfully undergo periodic surveys, including annual, intermediate and special surveys performed under the classification society's rules.
If any ship does not maintain its class, it will lose its insurance coverage and be unable to trade, and the ship's owner will be in breach of relevant covenants under its financing arrangements and potentially its charter contracts. Failure to maintain the class of one or more of our ships could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
If we cannot meet our charterers' quality and compliance requirements we may not be able to operate our vessels profitably which could have an adverse effect on our future performance, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
Customers, and in particular those in the LNG industry, have a high and increasing focus on quality and compliance standards with their suppliers across the entire value chain, including the shipping and transportation segment. Our continuous compliance with these standards and quality requirements is vital for our operations. Related risks could materialize in multiple ways, including a sudden and unexpected breach in quality and/or compliance concerning one or more vessels and/or a continuous decrease in the quality concerning one or more LNG carriers occurring over time. Moreover, continuously increasing requirements from LNG industry constituents can further challenge our ability to meet the standards. Any noncompliance by us, either suddenly or over a period of time, on one or more LNG carriers, or an increase in requirements by our charterers above and beyond what we deliver, may have a material adverse effect on our future performance, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
The LNG shipping industry is subject to substantial environmental and other regulations, which may significantly limit our operations or increase our expenses.
Our operations are materially affected by extensive and changing international, national, state and local environmental laws, regulations, treaties, conventions and standards which are in force in international waters, or in the jurisdictional waters of the countries in which our ships operate and in the countries in which our ships are registered. These requirements include those relating to equipping and operating ships, providing security and minimizing or addressing impacts on the environment from ship operations. We may incur substantial costs in complying with these requirements, including costs for ship modifications and changes in operating procedures. We also could incur substantial costs, including clean-up costs, civil and criminal penalties and sanctions, the suspension or termination of operations and third-party claims as a result of violations of, or liabilities under, such laws and regulations.
In addition, these requirements can affect the resale value or useful lives of our ships, require a reduction in cargo capacity, necessitate ship modifications or operational changes or restrictions or lead to decreased availability of insurance coverage for environmental matters. They could further result in the denial of access to certain jurisdictional waters or ports or detention in certain ports. We are required to obtain governmental approvals and permits to operate our ships. Delays in obtaining such governmental approvals may increase our expenses, and the terms and conditions of such approvals could materially and adversely affect our operations.
Additional laws and regulations may be adopted that could limit our ability to do business or increase our operating costs, which could materially and adversely affect our business. For example, new or amended legislation relating to ship recycling, sewage systems, emission control (including emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants) as well as ballast water treatment and ballast water handling may be adopted. For example, the United States has enacted legislation, and more recently a convention adopted by the International Maritime Organization ("IMO") has become effective, governing ballast water management systems on ocean-going ships. The IMO has also established progressive standards limiting the sulfur content of fuel, which are being phased in between 2012 and 2020. These and other laws or regulations may require additional capital expenditures or operating expenses (such as increased costs for low-sulfur fuel or pollution controls) in order for us to maintain our ships' compliance with international and/or national regulations. We also may become subject to additional laws and regulations if we enter new markets or trades. We also believe that the heightened environmental, quality and security concerns of insurance underwriters, regulators and charterers will generally lead to additional regulatory requirements, including enhanced risk assessment and security requirements, as well as greater inspection of and safety requirements on all LNG carriers. These requirements are likely to add incremental costs to our operations, and the failure to comply with these requirements may affect the ability of our ships to obtain and, possibly, recover from, insurance or to obtain the required certificates for entry into some of the ports where we operate.
Some environmental laws and regulations, such as the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or "OPA", provide for potentially unlimited joint, several and/or strict liability for owners, operators and demise or bareboat charterers for oil pollution and related damages. OPA applies to discharges of any oil from a ship in U.S. waters, including discharges of fuel and lubricants from an LNG carrier, even if the ships do not carry oil as cargo. In addition, many states in the United States bordering a navigable waterway have enacted legislation providing for potentially unlimited strict liability without regard to fault for the discharge of pollutants within their waters. We also are subject to other laws and conventions outside the United States that provide for an owner or operator of LNG carriers to bear strict liability for pollution, such as the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976, or the "London Convention".
Some of these laws and conventions, including OPA and the London Convention, may include limitations on liability. However, the limitations may not be applicable in certain circumstances, such as where a spill is caused by a ship owner's or operator's intentional or reckless conduct. These limitations are also subject to periodic updates and may otherwise be amended in the future.
Compliance with OPA and other environmental laws and regulations also may result in ship owners and operators incurring increased costs for additional maintenance and inspection requirements, the development of contingency arrangements for potential spills, obtaining mandated insurance coverage and meeting financial responsibility requirements.
Climate change and greenhouse gas restrictions may adversely impact our operations and markets.
Due to concern over the risks of climate change, a number of countries and the IMO, have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, regulatory frameworks to reduce greenhouse gas emission from ships. These regulatory measures may include the adoption of cap and trade regimes, carbon
taxes, increased efficiency standards and incentives or mandates for renewable energy. Although emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping currently are not subject to agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, such as the "Kyoto Protocol" and the "Paris Agreement", a new treaty may be adopted in the future that includes additional restrictions on shipping emissions to those already adopted under the International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships, or the "MARPOL Convention". Compliance with future changes in laws and regulations relating to climate change could increase the costs of operating and maintaining our ships and could require us to install new emission controls, as well as acquire allowances, pay taxes related to our greenhouse gas emissions or administer and manage a greenhouse gas emissions program. Revenue generation and strategic growth opportunities may also be adversely affected.
There is increasing focus on the environmental footprint of the energy and transportation sectors from governments, regulators, shareholders, customers, environmental pressure groups and other stakeholders. This has been manifested recently by Shell's commitment to base executive remuneration in part on the achievement of specific carbon emissions targets, covering all of its activities and products and those of its suppliers. GasLog's vessels on charter to Shell and other energy companies form part of their supply chain and are likely to be captured within these targets. In addition, many large financial institutions are under pressure both to reduce their own environmental footprints and to monitor the environmental footprints of the companies and projects to which they lend. While LNG is among the cleanest marine transportation fuels, and while there are no legally binding obligations on GasLog or its peers to reduce emissions today, the focus and pressure on the environmental footprint of the marine transportation sector is likely to remain high and may increase. Any specific requirements imposed on GasLog by regulators, governments, customers or other stakeholders may impact the useful life of our vessels, increase our operating costs or require us to undertake significant investments in our vessels which may reduce our revenues, profits and cash flows and may impact our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders.
Adverse effects upon the oil and gas industry relating to climate change, including growing public concern about the environmental impact of climate change, may also have an effect on demand for our services. For example, increased regulation of greenhouse gases or other concerns relating to climate change may reduce the demand for oil and natural gas in the future or create greater incentives for use
of alternative energy sources. Any long-term material adverse effect on the oil and gas industry could have significant and unpredictable financial and operational adverse impacts on our business.
We operate our ships worldwide, which could expose us to political, governmental and economic instability that could harm our business.
Because we operate our ships in the geographic areas where our customers do business, our operations may be affected by political, governmental and economic conditions in the countries where our ships operate or where they are registered. Any disruption caused by these factors could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for payment of dividends to shareholders. In particular, our ships frequent LNG terminals in countries including Egypt, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Trinidad, as well as transit through the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Malacca. Economic, political and governmental conditions in these and other regions have from time to time resulted in military conflicts, terrorism, attacks on ships, mining of waterways, piracy and other efforts to disrupt shipping.Hormuz. Future hostilities or other political instability in the geographic regions where we operate or may operate could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for payment of dividends to shareholders. General trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in 2018, with three rounds of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods taking effect in July, August and September 2018 and a further round taking effect in September 2019, each followed by a round of retaliatory Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods. Our business could be harmed by these tariffs, as well as any
trade embargoes or other economic sanctions by the United States or other countries against countries in the Middle East, Asia, Russia or elsewhere as a result of terrorist attacks, hostilities or diplomatic or political pressures that limit trading activities with those countries.
Failure to control the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus is negatively affecting the global economy, energy demand and our business.
The recent COVID-19 virus outbreak has introduced uncertainty in a number of areas of our business, including our operational, commercial and financial activities. It has also negatively impacted, and may continue to impact negatively, global economic activity, demand for energy including LNG, particularly in China, and funds flows and sentiment in the global financial markets. Our share price has recently declined significantly, due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 virus. The ongoing spread of the COVID-19 virus may continue to negatively affect our business, our operations, including our newbuildings under construction in South Korea, and our financial position and prospects. Failure to control the continued spread of the virus could significantly impact economic activity, demand for LNG and LNG shipping which could further negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash available for payment of dividends to shareholders.
Terrorist attacks, international hostilities, political change and piracy could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Terrorist attacks, piracy and the current conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, as well as other current and future conflicts and political change, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. The continuing hostilities in the Middle East may lead to additional acts of terrorism, further regional conflicts, other armed actions around the world and civil disturbance in the United States or elsewhere, which may contribute to further instability in the global financial markets. These uncertainties could also adversely affect our ability to obtain additional financing on terms acceptable to us, or at all.
In the past, political conflicts have also resulted in attacks on ships, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt international shipping, particularly in the Arabian Gulf region. Acts of terrorism and piracy have also affected ships trading in regions such as the South China Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Any terrorist attacks targeted at ships may in the future have a material adverse effectnegative affect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows including cash available for dividends to our shareholders and could directly impact our ships or our customers.
We currently employ armed guards onboard certain vessels operating in areas that may be prone to hijacking or terrorist attacks. The presence of armed guards may increase the risk of damage, injury or loss of life in connection with any attacks on our vessels, in addition to increasing crew costs.
We may not be adequately insured to cover losses from acts of terrorism, piracy, regional conflicts and other armed actions, including losses relating to the employment of armed guards.
LNG facilities, shipyards, ships, pipelines and gas fields could be targets of future terrorist attacks or piracy. Any such attacks could lead to, among other things, bodily injury or loss of life, as well as damage to the ships or other property, increased ship operating costs, including insurance costs, reductions in the supply of LNG and the inability to transport LNG to or from certain locations. Terrorist attacks, war or other events beyond our control that adversely affect the production, storage or transportation of LNG to be shipped by us could entitle our customers to terminate our charter contracts in certain circumstances, which would harm our cash flows and our business.
Terrorist attacks, or the perception that LNG facilities and LNG carriers are potential terrorist targets, could materially and adversely affect expansion of LNG infrastructure and the continued supply of LNG. Concern that LNG facilities may be targeted for attack by terrorists has contributed significantly to local community and environmental group resistance to the construction of a number of LNG facilities, primarily in North America. If a terrorist incident involving an LNG facility or LNG carrier did occur, in addition to the possible effects identified in the previous paragraph, the incident may adversely affect the construction of additional LNG facilities and could lead to the temporary or permanent closing of various LNG facilities currently in operation.
In the future, the ships we own or manage could be required to call at ports located in countries that are subject to restrictions imposed by the United States and other governments.
The United States and other governments and their agencies impose sanctions and embargoes on certain countries and maintain lists of countries they consider to be state sponsors of terrorism. For example, in 2010, the United States enacted the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act, or "CISADA", which expanded the scope of the former Iran Sanctions Act. Among
other things, CISADA expanded the application of the prohibitions imposed by the U.S. government to non-U.S. companies, such as GasLog, and limits the ability of companies and persons to do business or trade with Iran when such activities relate to the investment, supply or export of refined petroleum or petroleum products, as well as LNG.
In 2012, President Obama signed Executive Order 13608, which prohibits foreign persons from violating, or attempting to violate, or causing a violation of, any sanctions in effect against Iran, or facilitating any deceptive transactions for or on behalf of any person subject to U.S. sanctions. The Secretary of the Treasury may prohibit any transactions or dealings, including any U.S. capital markets financing, involving any person found to be in violation of Executive Order 13608. Also in 2012, the U.S. enacted the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or the "ITRA", which created new sanctions and strengthened existing sanctions. Among other things, the ITRA intensifies existing sanctions regarding the provision of goods, services, infrastructure or technology to Iran's petroleum or petrochemical sector. The ITRA also includes a provision requiring the President of the United States to impose five or more sanctions from Section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act, as amended, on a person the President determines is a controlling beneficial owner of, or otherwise owns, operates, or controls or insures a vessel that was used to transport crude oil from Iran to another country and (1) if the person is a controlling beneficial owner of the vessel, the person had actual knowledge the vessel was so used or (2) if the person otherwise owns, operates, or controls, or insures the vessel, the person knew or should have known the vessel was so used. Such a person could be
subject to a variety of sanctions, including exclusion from U.S. capital markets, exclusion from financial transactions subject to U.S. jurisdiction, and exclusion of such person's vessels from U.S. ports for up to two years. The ITRA also includes a requirement that issuers of securities must disclose to the SEC in their annual and quarterly reports filed after February 6, 2013 whether the issuer or "any affiliate" has "knowingly" engaged in certain sanctioned activities involving Iran during the timeframe covered by the report. Finally, in January 2013, the U.S. enacted the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 or the "IFCA", which expanded the scope of U.S. sanctions on any person that is part of Iran's energy, shipping or shipbuilding sector and operators of ports in Iran, and imposes penalties on any person who facilitates or otherwise knowingly provides significant financial, material or other support to these entities.
On January 16, 2016, the United States suspended certain sanctions against Iran applicable to non-U.S. companies, such as us, pursuant to the nuclear agreement reached between Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. To implement these changes, beginning on January 16, 2016, the United States waived enforcement of many of the sanctions against Iran's energy and petrochemical sectors described above, among other things, including certain provisions of CISADA, ITRA, and IFCA. In May 2018, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and almost all the U.S. sanctions waived and lifted in January 2016 were reinstated in August 2018 and November 2018, respectively.
Although the ships we own have not called on ports in countries subject to sanctions or embargoes or in countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism, including Iran, North Korea and Syria, we can give no assurance that these ships will not call on ports in these countries in the future. While we intend to maintain compliance with all sanctions and embargoes applicable to us, U.S. and international sanctions and embargo laws and regulations do not necessarily apply to the same countries or proscribe the same activities, which may make compliance difficult. Additionally, the scope of certain laws may be unclear, and these laws may be subject to changing interpretations and application and may be amended or strengthened from time to time, including by adding or removing countries from the proscribed lists. Violations of sanctions and embargo laws and regulations could result in fines or other penalties and could result in some investors deciding, or being required, to divest their investment, or not to invest, in us.
Failure to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act and other anti-bribery legislation in other jurisdictions could result in fines, criminal penalties, contract terminations and an adverse effect on our business.
We operate our ships worldwide, requiring our ships to trade in countries known to have a reputation for corruption. We are committed to doing business in accordance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics which is consistently applied and in full compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the "FCPA", and the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or the "UK Bribery Act". We are subject, however, to the risk that we, our affiliated entities or our or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents may take actions determined to be in violation of such anti-corruption laws, including the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act. Any such violation could result in substantial fines, sanctions, civil and/or criminal penalties, or curtailment of operations in certain jurisdictions, and might adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, actual or alleged violations could damage our reputation and ability to do business. Furthermore, detecting, investigating, and resolving actual or alleged violations is expensive and can consume significant senior management time and attention.
Changing laws and evolving reporting requirements could have an adverse effect on our business.
Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to reporting requirements including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), may create additional compliance requirements for us. To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, GasLog has invested in, and intends to continue to invest in, reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards.
GDPR broadens the scope of personal privacy laws to protect the rights of European Union citizens and requires organizations to report on data breaches within 72 hours and be bound by more stringent rules for obtaining the consent of individuals on how their data can be used. GDPR came into force on May 25, 2018 and non-compliance may expose entities to significant fines or other regulatory claims which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, results of operations, cash flows and ability to pay dividends.
The European Union Code of Conduct Group has assessed the tax policies of a range of countries including Bermuda, where our vessel owning entities are incorporated. Bermuda was included in a list of jurisdictions which are required to address the European Union Code of Conduct Group's concerns in respect of 'economic substance'. Bermuda, along with the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey and the Isle of Man, has committed to comply with the European Union Code of Conduct Group's requirements on economic substance and has passed legislation in the form of the Economic Substance Act 2018 (the "ESA"). Currently, there is uncertainty surrounding the final forminterpretation of the ESA and the relevant regulations as the Bermuda government, along with the respective governments of the other jurisdictions referenced above, remain in discussions with the European Union Code of Conduct Group.
At present, the impact of these new economic substance requirements is unclear,seems clear, and GasLog has filed the required returns confirming we have appropriate economic substance in Bermuda. However, it is not possible to accurately predict the effectoutcome of these requirements onany review by the authorities as to whether or not GasLog and its business. Thebusiness has accurately interpreted the requirements. Whilst we believe we have taken appropriate advice and counsel from the relevant authorities and external legal advisors, the requirements may increase the complexity and costs of carrying on GasLog's business with entities incorporated in Bermuda.
Our insurance may be insufficient to cover losses that may occur to our property or result from our operations which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
The operation of any ship includes risks such as mechanical failure, personal injury, collision, fire, contact with floating objects, property loss or damage, cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to a number of reasons, including political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of a marine disaster, including collision, explosion, spills and other environmental mishaps, and other liabilities arising from owning, operating or managing ships in international trade. Although we carry protection and indemnity, hull and machinery, loss of hire and cyber risk insurance covering our ships consistent with industry standards, we can give no assurance that we are adequately insured against all risks or that our insurers will pay a particular claim. In addition, we may be unable to insure against certain cyber events that may disrupt our information and operational technology systems. We also may be unable to procure adequate insurance coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future. Even if our insurance coverage is adequate to cover our losses, we may not be able to obtain a timely replacement ship in the event of a loss of a ship. Any uninsured or underinsured loss could also effect GasLog's operations.harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.
In addition, some of our insurance coverage is maintained through mutual protection and indemnity associations, and, as a member of such associations, we may be required to make additional payments over and above budgeted premiums if member claims exceed association reserves.
Reliability of suppliers may limit our ability to obtain supplies and services when needed.
We rely, and will in the future rely, on a significant supply of consumables, spare parts and equipment to operate, maintain, repair and upgrade our fleet of ships. Delays in delivery or unavailability of supplies could result in off-hire days due to consequent delays in the repair and maintenance of our fleet. This would negatively impact our revenues and cash flows. Cost increases
could also negatively impact our future operations, although the impact of significant cost increases may be mitigated to some extent with respect to the vessels that are employed under charter contracts with automatic periodic adjustment provisions or cost review provisions.
Governments could requisition our ships during a period of war or emergency, resulting in loss of earnings.
The government of a jurisdiction where one or more of our ships are registered could requisition for title or seize our ships. Requisition for title occurs when a government takes control of a ship and becomes its owner. Also, a government could requisition our ships for hire. Requisition for hire occurs when a government takes control of a ship and effectively becomes the charterer at dictated charter rates. Generally, requisitions occur during a period of war or emergency, although governments may elect to requisition ships in other circumstances. Although we would expect to be entitled to government compensation in the event of a requisition of one or more of our ships, the amount and timing of payments, if any, would be uncertain. A government requisition of one or more of our ships would result in off-hire days under our time charters, may cause us to breach covenants in certain of our credit facilities and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Maritime claimants could arrest our ships, which could interrupt our cash flows.
Crew members, suppliers of goods and services to a ship, shippers or receivers of cargo and other parties may be entitled to a maritime lien against a ship for unsatisfied debts, claims or damages. In many jurisdictions, a maritime lienholder may enforce its lien by arresting a ship. The arrest or attachment of one or more of our ships which is not timely discharged could cause us to default on a charter or breach covenants in certain of our credit facilities and, to the extent such arrest or attachment is not covered by our protection and indemnity insurance, could require us to pay large sums of money to have the arrest or attachment lifted. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Additionally, in some jurisdictions, such as the Republic of South Africa, under the "sister ship" theory of liability, a claimant may arrest both the ship that is subject to the claimant's maritime lien and any "associated" ship, which is any ship owned or controlled by the same owner. Claimants could try to assert "sister ship" liability against one ship in our fleet for claims relating to another of our ships.
We may be subject to litigation that could have an adverse effect on us.
We may in the future be involved from time to time in litigation matters. These matters may include, among other things, contract disputes, personal injury claims, environmental claims or proceedings, toxic tort claims, employment matters and governmental claims for taxes or duties, as well as other litigation that arises in the ordinary course of our business. We cannot predict with certainty the outcome of any claim or other litigation matter. The ultimate outcome of any litigation matter and the potential costs associated with prosecuting or defending such lawsuits, including the diversion of management's attention to these matters, could have an adverse effect on us and, in the event of litigation that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on us, could lead to an event of default under certain of our credit facilities.
Risks Inherent in an Investment in GasLog
We currently depend upon one customer for the majority of our revenues. By 2021, this customer will remain a key customer but we will also have four ships on charter to Cheniere. The loss of either of these customers would result in a significant loss of revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We have historically derived nearly all of our revenues from subsidiaries of Shell. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Shell accounted for 74.2% of our revenues. Following the delivery of our nine new LNG carriers on order, Shell will continue to be a key customer with nine ships and a further
four ships will be chartered to Cheniere We could lose either Shell or Cheniere as a customer or the benefits of our time charter or ship management arrangements for many different reasons, including if Shell or Cheniere are unable or unwilling to make charter hire or other payments to us because of a deterioration in their financial condition, disagreements with us or otherwise. If Shell, Cheniere or another customer terminates its charters, chooses not to re-charter our ships after the initial charter terms or is unable to perform under its charters and we are not able to find replacement charters on similar terms, we will suffer a loss of revenues that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Any charter termination could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our charterers have the right to terminate a ship's time charter in certain circumstances, such as:
A termination right under one ship's time charter would not automatically give the charterer the right to terminate its other charter contracts with us. However, a charter termination could materially affect our relationship with the customer and our reputation in the LNG shipping industry, and in some circumstances the event giving rise to the termination right could potentially impact multiple charters. Accordingly, the existence of any right of termination could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Due to our lack of diversification, adverse developments in the LNG market and/or in the LNG transportation industry could adversely affect our business, particularly if such developments occur at a time when we are seeking a new charter.charters for our vessels.
We rely exclusively on the cash flow generated from charters for our LNG vessels and management of third party LNG vessels. Due to our lack of diversification, an adverse development in the LNG market and/or the LNG transportation industry could have a significantly greater impact on our business, particularly if such developments occur at a time when our ships are not under charter or nearing the end of their charters, than if we maintained more diverse assets or lines of businesses.
Our contracts for the nineseven newbuildings we have on order as of February 27, 2019March 2, 2020 are subject to risks that could cause delays in the delivery of the ships, which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
Our nineseven contracted newbuildings are scheduled to be delivered to us on various dates between 20192020 and 2021. Significant delays in the delivery of one or more of these ships, which are expected to generate a substantial portion of our contracted revenue in future years, would delay our receipt of revenues under the related time charters. For prolonged delays, the customer may terminate the charter and, in addition to the resulting loss of revenues, we may be responsible for additional substantial liquidated damages, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, the
delivery of any of these ships with substantial defects or unexpected operational problems could have similar consequences.
The completion and delivery of newbuildings or conversions could be delayed because of:
If delivery of a vessel is materially delayed, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
As we take delivery of our newbuildings or any secondhand ships we acquire in the future, we will need to expand our staff and crew. If we cannot recruit and retain employees and provide adequate compensation, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be adversely affected.
Our ability to acquire and retain customers depends on a number of factors, including our ability to staff our vessels with masters, officers and crews of suitable experience in operating LNG carriers. As we take delivery of our newbuildings or any secondhand ships we acquire in the future, we expect to hire a significant number of seafarers qualified to staff and operate our new vessels, as well as additional shoreside personnel. As the global LNG carrier fleet continues to grow, we expect the demand for technically skilled and experienced officers and crew to increase. This could lead to an industry-wide shortfall of qualified personnel, resulting in increased crew costs, which could constrain our ability to recruit suitable employees to operate our LNG carriers within our budget parameters.
Material increases in crew costs could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, if we cannot recruit and retain sufficient numbers of quality on-board seafaring personnel, we may not be able to fully utilize our expanded fleet, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
We must make substantial capital expenditures to acquire the nine newbuildings we have on order as of February 27, 2019, and any additional ships we may acquire in the future.
We are obligated to make substantial capital expenditures to fund our commitments for the nine newbuildings we have on order. We are scheduled to take delivery of the vessels on various dates between 2019 and 2021. As of December 31, 2018, the total remaining balance of the contract prices for the nine vessels under construction was $1.6 billion, which amounts are payable under each shipbuilding contract in installments upon the attainment of certain specified milestones. The largest
portion of the purchase price for each vessel is payable upon its delivery to us from the shipyard. We intend to partially fund these commitments with existing undrawn debt, available cash, cash from operations and other financing we may enter into.
To the extent that we are unable to draw down the amounts committed under our credit facilities, whether due to our failure to comply with the terms of such facilities or the lenders' failure to fund the committed amounts, we will need to find alternative financing. If we are unable to find alternative financing, we will not be capable of funding all of our commitments for capital expenditures relating to our four contracted newbuildings. If we fail to meet our payment obligations under a shipbuilding contract, we would be in default under the applicable contract and the shipbuilder would have the option of cancelling the contract and retaining any previously funded installment payments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
In addition, we may choose to make substantial capital expenditures to expand the size of our fleet and/or to convert existing LNG carriers to FSRUs in the future. We expect to finance the cost of any new vessels through available cash, cash from operations and debt or equity financings. Our ability to obtain bank financing or to access the capital markets may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering, as well as by adverse market conditions resulting from, among other things, general economic conditions, changes in the LNG industry, changes to banking regulations and further contingencies and uncertainties that are beyond our control. Even if we are successful in obtaining necessary funds, the terms of any debt financings could limit our ability further to expand our fleet and to pay dividends to our shareholders.
We may have difficulty further expanding our fleet in the future.
We may expand our fleet beyond our contracted newbuildings by ordering additional newbuildings or by making selective acquisitions of high-quality secondhand vessels to the extent that they are available in the same way that we acquired theGasLog Chelsea and the eight vessels acquired from MSL in 2014 and 2015. Our future growth will depend on numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, including our ability to:
We may not be successful in executing any future growth plans, and we cannot give any assurances that we will not incur significant expenses and losses in connection with such growth efforts.
Our credit facilities are secured by our ships and contain payment obligations and restrictive covenants that may restrict our business and financing activities as well as our ability to pay dividends. A failure by us to meet our obligations under our credit facilities could result in an event of default under such credit facilities and foreclosure on our ships.
Our credit facilities impose, and any future credit facility we enter into will impose, operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries. These restrictions in our credit facilities generally limit our shipowning subsidiaries' ability to, among other things:
Our credit facilities also impose certain restrictions relating to us and our other subsidiaries, including restrictions that limit our ability to make any substantial change in the nature of our business or to engage in transactions that would constitute a change of control, as defined in the relevant credit facility, without repaying all of our indebtedness in part or in full.
Our credit facilities also impose specified financial covenants that apply to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or, in the case of the GasLog Partners' $450.0 million credit facility, or the "GasLog Partners Credit Facility", to GasLog Partners and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or in the case of the credit facility provided under the credit agreement entered into on February 18, 2016 to refinance the existing indebtedness on five of our contracted vessels of up to $576.50 million, or the "Five Vessel Refinancing", to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and to GasLog Partners and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants generally include the following:
Partners financial covenants, being permitted to pay dividends subject to no event of default having occurred or resulting from such payment); and
In addition, our credit facilities contain covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a value of not less than 120.0% (in the case of the October 2015 Facility and the 7xNB Facility, 115.0% for the first two years after each drawdown and 120.0% at any time thereafter) of the then outstanding amount under the applicable facility. If we fail to comply with these covenants and are not able to obtain
covenant waivers or modifications, our lenders could require us to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring us into compliance with such covenants and, if we fail to do so, our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.
Further, GasLog has issued the NOK 20212024 Bonds and the US dollar denominated 8.875% Senior Notes which also impose specified financial covenants that apply to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Under the terms of the NOK 20212024 Bonds, GasLog is required to comply with the following financial covenants:
In addition, the terms of the NOK 20212024 Bonds include a dividend restriction according to which GasLog may not (i) declare or make any dividend payment or distribution, whether in cash or in kind, (ii) re-purchase any of GasLog's shares or undertake other similar transactions (including, but not limited to, total return swaps related to GasLog's shares), or (iii) grant any loans or make other distributions or transactions constituting a transfer of value to GasLog's shareholders (items (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively referred to as the "Distributions") that in aggregate exceed during any calendar year 50%$1.10/share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GasLog may make any amount of GasLog's consolidated net profit after taxes based onDistributions, so long as the audited annual accounts for the previous financial year (any unutilized portion of the permitted Distributions pursuant to the above may not be carried forward). For the purposes of the above, the consolidated net profit after taxes of GasLog shall not include any profits related to the sale of assets (and consequently any such profits related to such profits shall not form the basis for Distributions). Under the terms of the NOK 2021 Bonds, GasLog is permitted to make Distributions up to a maximum amount per share per annum for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020Group's cash and 2021 of $1.10/share, $1.10/share, $1.20/share, $1.20/sharecash equivalents and $1.20/share, respectively,short-term investments exceed $150.0 million, provided that GasLog can demonstrate by delivering a compliance certificate to the bond trustee that no event of default is continuing or would result from such Distributions.
UnderDistributions.Under the terms of the 8.875% Senior Notes, GasLog is required to comply with the following financial covenants:
Certain of our credit facilities also contain vessel employment conditions, pursuant to which we could be required in the event of a charter termination or in certain other circumstances to deposit cash in an account held with the applicable lender until we have obtained a new time charter on terms acceptable to such lender, or under certain of our credit facilities repay the outstanding loan amount.
Our ability to comply with covenants and restrictions contained in our financing arrangements may be affected by events beyond our control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions. A failure to comply with covenants and restrictions or to meet our payment and other obligations could lead to defaults under our credit facilities which could cause our payment obligations to be accelerated. We may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient funds to make these accelerated payments. Because obligations under our financing arrangements are secured by our ships and are guaranteed by our ship-owning subsidiaries, if we are unable to repay debt under our financing arrangements, the lenders could seek to foreclose on those assets, which would materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, a default under one of our credit facilities could result
in the cross-acceleration of our other indebtedness. For more information regarding our credit facilities, please read "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities".
The significant global natural gas and crude oil price volatility, amongst other factors referenced above, have in turn led to a significant shortening of the average duration of spot charters fixed during 2018,2019, as well as a significant decline in average rates for new spot and shorter-term LNG charters commencing promptly. Over the next 18 months, unlessUnless LNG charter market conditions improve, we may have difficulty in securing new charters at attractive rates and durations for the six vessels in the Cool Pool.spot market. As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had a total of 2,4452,611 open vessel days during 2019, including 2,190 days for the six vessels operating in the Cool Pool.2020. A failure to obtain charters at acceptable rates on these vessels could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to meet certain of our debt covenants later in 2019, particularly the required ratio of EBITDA to debt service and the minimum cash requirement.
Ship values may fluctuate substantially, which could result in an impairment charge, impact our compliance with the covenants in our loan agreements and, if the values are lower at a time when we are attempting to dispose of ships, cause us to incur a loss.
Values for ships can fluctuate substantially over time due to a number of different factors, including:
If the market value of our ships declines, we may be required to record an impairment charge in our financial statements, which could adversely affect our results of operations. See "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Critical Accounting Policies—Impairment of Vessels". Deterioration in market value of our ships may trigger a breach of some of the covenants contained in our credit facilities. If we do breach such covenants and we are unable to remedy the relevant breach, our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness and seek to foreclose on the ships in our fleet securing those credit facilities. In addition, if a charter contract expires or is terminated by the customer, we may be unable to re-deploy the affected ships at attractive rates and, rather than continue to incur costs to maintain and finance them, we may seek to dispose of them. Any foreclosure on our ships, or any disposal by us of a ship at a time when ship prices have fallen, could result in a loss and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.
Our debt levels may limit our flexibility in obtaining additional financing, pursuing other business opportunities and paying dividends to our shareholders.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had an aggregate of $2.8$3.1 billion of indebtedness outstanding under our credit agreements, the NOK 2021 Bonds, the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes, of which $520.6$255.4 million was repayable within one year, and a $206.1 million finance lease liability related to the sale and leasebackliabilities of theMethane Julia Louise,$204.9 million, of which $6.7$9.4 million was repayable within one year. As of December 31, 2018,2019, there was an undrawn available capacity of $100.0 million under the revolving facility of the credit agreement we entered into on July 19, 2016 to refinanceLegacy Facility Refinancing and $2.0 million under the existing indebtedness on eight of our on-the-water vessels of up to $1,050.0 million (the "Legacy Facility Refinancing").2019 Partnership Facility. In addition, there is one loan facility with an undrawn amount of $165.8 million$1.1 billion available that will be usedunder the 7xNB Facility to finance a portion of the contract price of one of our seven newbuildings on her delivery.delivering in 2020 and 2021. We may incur additional indebtedness in the future as we grow our fleet. This level of debt could have important consequences to us, including the following:
Our ability to service our debt depends upon, among other things, our future financial and operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. If our operating results are not sufficient to service our current or future indebtedness, we will be forced to take actions such as reducing or delaying our business activities, acquisitions, investments or capital expenditures, selling
assets, restructuring or refinancing our debt or seeking additional equity capital or bankruptcy protection. We may not be able to effect any of these remedies on satisfactory terms, or at all.
Our ability to obtain additional debt financing for future acquisitions of ships or to refinance our existing debt may depend on the creditworthiness of our charterers and the terms of our future charters.
Our ability to borrow against the ships in our existing fleet and any ships we may acquire in the future largely depends on the value of the ships, which in turn depends in part on charter hire rates and the ability of our charterers to comply with the terms of their charters. The actual or perceived credit quality of our charterers, and any defaults by them, may materially affect our ability to obtain the additional capital resources that we will require to purchase additional ships and to refinance our existing debt as balloon payments come due, or may significantly increase our costs of obtaining such capital. Our inability to obtain additional financing or committing to financing on unattractive terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Our ability to pay dividends or to redeem our Preference Shares may be limited by the amount of cash we generate from operations, by restrictions in our credit facilities and by additional factors unrelated to our profitability.
We intend to pay regular quarterly dividends. The declaration and payment of any dividend (including cumulative dividends payable with respect to our Preference Shares) is subject to the discretion of our board of directors and the requirements of Bermuda law. The timing and amount of any dividend or redemption payments will be dependent on our earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, restrictions in our debt agreements, the provisions of Bermuda law and other factors. The amount of cash we generate from operations and the actual amount of cash we will have available for dividends or to redeem our Preference Shares will vary based upon, among other things:
For information regarding the dividend payment restrictions in our financing agreements, see "—Risks Related to Our Business—Inherent in an Investment in GasLog—Our credit facilities are secured by our ships and contain payment obligations and restrictive covenants that may restrict our business and financing activities as well as our ability to pay dividends. A failure by us to meet our obligations under our credit facilities could result in an event of default under such credit facilities and foreclosure on our ships".
The amount of cash we generate from our operations may differ materially from our profit or loss for the period, which will be affected by non-cash items. We may incur other expenses or liabilities that could reduce or eliminate the cash available for dividends.
Under Bermuda law, a company may not declare or pay dividends if there are reasonable grounds for believing that: (i) the company is, or would after the payment be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; or (ii) the realizable value of the company's assets would thereby be less than its liabilities. Under our bye-laws, each common share is entitled to dividends as and when any such dividends are declared by our board of directors. We may not declare a common dividend if the payment of our preference dividends is in arrears.
As a result of these and the other factors mentioned above, we may pay dividends during periods when we record losses and may not pay dividends during periods when we record a profit. We can give no assurance that dividends will be paid in the future.
We are a holding company and we depend on the ability of our subsidiaries, including GasLog Partners, to distribute funds to us in order to satisfy our financial obligations and to make dividend payments.
We are a holding company. Our subsidiaries conduct substantially all of our operations and own all of our operating assets, including our ships. As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, we have no significant assets
other than the equity interests in our subsidiaries, including GasLog Partners, in which we hold a 27.5%35.6%% equity interest (including our 2.0% general partner interest) as well as all of the incentive distribution rights.. As a result, our ability to pay our obligations and to make dividend payments depends entirely on our subsidiaries and their ability to distribute funds to us, including cash distributions and management and administrative services fees received from GasLog Partners. The ability of a subsidiary to make these distributions could be affected by a claim or other action by a third party, including a creditor, or by the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation which regulates the payment of dividends.
On February 6, 2020, in light of reduced expectations for steam vessel utilization and earnings, GasLog Partners announced that it will focus its capital allocation on debt repayment, prioritizing balance sheet strength for 2020. As such, the Partnership expects to reduce its quarterly common unit distribution to $0.125 per unit for the first quarter of 2020 from $0.561 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2019. Other factors which may impact the value of our equity interest in GasLog Partners and its ability to distribute funds to us are described in its public filings with the SEC. If we are unable to obtain funds from our subsidiaries, our board of directors may exercise its discretion not to declare or pay dividends.
Fluctuations in exchange rates and interest rates could result in financial losses for us.
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and interest rates may have an impact on our financial performance. We receive virtually all of our revenues in dollars, while some of our operating expenses, including certain employee costs and crew costs, are denominated in euros and in British pounds. As a result, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk. However, we also maintain cash balances in euros and British pounds, which amounted to approximately $9.3$8.0 million and $2.0$1.2 million as of December 31, 2018.2019. We monitor exchange rate fluctuations on a continuous basis and we also hedge movements in currency exchange rates. However, there is still a risk that currency fluctuations will have a negative
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Increased regulatory oversight, uncertainty relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") calculation processnature and potentialtiming of the phasing out of LIBOR, after 2021and agreement on any new alternative reference rates may adversely impact our ability to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates.rates and borrowing costs.
On July 27, 2017, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), which regulates LIBOR, announced that the continuation of LIBOR on the current basis is not guaranteed after 2021. ItThere is therefore no guarantee the LIBOR reference rate will continue in its current form post 2021. Various alternative reference rates are being considered in the financial community. The Secured Overnight Financing Rate has been proposed by the Alternative Reference Rate Committee, a committee convened by the U.S. Federal Reserve that includes major market participants and on which regulators participate, as an alternative rate to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR. However, it is not possible at this time to predictknow the effect of the FCA announcement, any changes in the methods pursuant to which LIBOR rates are determined and any other reforms to LIBOR that will be enacted in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, or result in the phasing outultimate impact a phase-out of LIBOR as a reference rate for securities.may have. The changes may adversely affect the trading market for LIBOR based agreements, including our credit facilities, and interest rate swaps.swaps and Preference Units.
Further, if a LIBOR rate is not available on a determination date during the floating rate period for any of our LIBOR based agreements, the terms of such agreements will require alternative determination procedures which may result in interest or distribution payments differing from expectations and could affect our profit.profit and the market value of our Preference Units.
In addition, any changes announced by the FCA, including the FCA Announcement, the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (the independent administrator of LIBOR) or any other successor governance or oversight body, or future changes adopted by such body, in the method pursuant to which LIBOR rates are determined may result in a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in reported LIBOR rates. If that were to occur, the level of interest or dividend payments during the floating rate period for our LIBOR based agreements would be affected and could affect our profit.profit or the market value of our Preference Shares.
The derivative contracts used to hedge our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates could result in reductions in our shareholders' equity as well as charges in our statement of profit and loss.
We enter into derivative contracts from time to time for purposes of managing our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates applicable to floating rate indebtedness. As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had
27 18 derivative contracts in place with a notional amount of $1.2$1.17 billion. The changes in the fair value of the 2718 derivative contracts that have not been designated as cash flow hedging instruments are recognized in our statement of profit or loss. Changes in the fair value of any derivative contracts that do not qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes would affect, among other things, our profit, earnings per share and compliance with the market value adjusted net worth covenants in our credit facilities.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had three Cross Currency Swaps, or "CCSs", to exchange interest payments and principal on maturity on the same terms as the NOK 20212024 Bonds, in order to hedge the variability of the functional currency equivalent cash flows on the NOK 20212024 Bonds. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the three CCSs had a notional amount of $90.2$98.6 million and qualified as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of CCSs is recognized in other comprehensive income while the ineffective portion impacts the statement of profit or loss for the period.
We enter into forward foreign exchange contracts from time to time for purposes of managing our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates applicable to payments in foreign currencies (mainly euros, and British Pounds Sterling)Sterling, Singapore dollars and Japanese Yen). As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had 16
43 forward foreign exchange contracts in place with an aggregate notional amount of €45.0€54.0 million, and 12six with an aggregate notional amount of £5.25£3.0 million, nine with a notional amount of S$4.5 million and one with a notional amount of JP¥29.4 million. The changes in the fair value of these 28 contracts that have not been designated as cash flow hedging instruments are recognized in our statement of profit or loss. Changes in the fair value of any derivative contracts that do not qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes would affect, among other things, our profit, earnings per share and compliance with the market value adjusted net worth covenants in our credit facilities.
There is no assurance that our derivative contracts will provide adequate protection against adverse changes in interest rates or that our bank counterparties will be able to perform their obligations. In addition, as a result of the implementation of new regulation of the swaps markets in the United States, the European Union and elsewhere over the next few years, the cost and availability of interest rate and currency hedges may increase or suitable hedges may not be available.
Our earnings and business are subject to the credit risk associated with our contractual counterparties.
We enter into, among other things, time charters and other contracts with our customers, shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees relating to newbuildings, credit facilities and commitment letters with banks, insurance contracts, interest rate swaps and foreign exchange forward contracts. Such agreements subject us to counterparty credit risk. For example, the majority of our vessels are chartered to, and we received the majority of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 from, subsidiaries of Shell. We also have two vessels on charter to Trafigura, one vessel on charter to Cheniere, two vessels on charter to Gunvor and six vessels trading in the spot market. While we believe all our customers to be strong counterparties, their creditworthiness as assessed by independent parties such as credit rating agencies is less strong than that of Shell. In the future, we may enter into new charters with these and other counterparties who are less creditworthy.
The ability and willingness of each of our counterparties to perform its obligations under a contract with us will depend upon a number of factors that are beyond our control and may include, among other things, general economic conditions, the condition of the natural gas and LNG markets and charter hire rates. Should a counterparty fail to honor its obligations under agreements with us, we could sustain significant losses which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.
Our business depends on certain of our senior executives who are subject to increasing demands as a result of our growth and who may not necessarily continue to work for us.
Increasing demands are placed on our management as a result of our growth. As we expand operations, we must monitor our operations, control costs and maintain quality control. In addition, the provision of management services to our publicly traded subsidiary, GasLog Partners, has increased the complexity of our business and placed additional demands on our management. Our success depends to a significant extent upon the abilities and the efforts of our Chairman, Peter G. Livanos, and certain of
our senior executives. Mr. Livanos has substantial experience in the shipping industry and has worked with us for many years. He and certain of our senior executives are important to the execution of our business strategies and to the growth and development of our business. If Mr. Livanos or one or more of our senior executives ceased to be affiliated with us, we may be unable to recruit other employees with equivalent talent and experience, and our business and financial condition could suffer.
Risks Related to Our Securities
The price of our equity securitiescommon shares has recently declined significantly and may continue to be volatile.
The price of our equity securities may be volatile and may fluctuate due to factors including:
Securities markets worldwide are experiencing significant price and volume fluctuations. The market price for our common shares may also be volatile. This market volatility, as well as general economic, market or political conditions, could reduce the market price of our common shares despite our operating performance.
Increases in interest rates may cause the market price of our securities to decline.
An increase in interest rates may cause a corresponding decline in demand for equity investments in general. Any such increase in interest rates may result in a reduction in demand for our securities resulting from other relatively more attractive investment opportunities and may cause the trading price of our securities to decline.
We are a "foreign private issuer" under NYSE rules, and as such we are entitled to exemption from certain NYSE corporate governance standards, and you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.
We are a "foreign private issuer" under the securities laws of the United States and the rules of the NYSE. Under the securities laws of the United States, "foreign private issuers" are subject to different disclosure requirements than U.S. domiciled registrants, as well as different financial reporting requirements. Under the NYSE rules, a "foreign private issuer" is subject to less stringent corporate governance requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the rules of the NYSE permit a "foreign private issuer" to follow its home country practice in lieu of the listing requirements of the NYSE, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that a nominating/corporate governance committee be established, (iii) the requirement that the compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors and have a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (iv) the requirement of an annual performance evaluation of the compensation committee.
As permitted by these exemptions, as well as by our bye-laws and the laws of Bermuda, we have one or more non-independent directors serving as committee members on our compensation committee. As a result, non-independent directors may, among other things, participate in fixing the compensation of our management, making share and option awards and resolving governance issues regarding our Company.
Accordingly, in the future you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.
Substantial future sales of our equity securities could cause the market price of our equity securities to decline.
Sales of a substantial number of our equity securities in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, may depress the market price for our equity securities. These sales could also impair our ability to raise additional capital through the sale of our equity securities.
In the future we may issue additional equity securities which may be pari passu with or senior to our common shares. The issuance by us of additional common shares or other equity securities that are contractually or structurally pari passu with or senior to our common shares would have the following effects:
Our shareholders also may elect to sell large numbers of equity securities held by them from time to time. The number of our equity securities available for sale in the public market will be limited by restrictions applicable under securities laws.
Our Preference Shares are subordinated to our debt obligations and investors' interests could be diluted by the issuance of additional preference shares and by other transactions.
Our Preference Shares are subordinated to all of our existing and future indebtedness. As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had $2.83$3.1 billion of outstanding indebtedness. Our existing indebtedness restricts, and our future indebtedness may include restrictions on, our ability to pay dividends to shareholders. Our memorandum of association and bye-laws currently authorizes the issuance of an
unlimited number of preference shares out of the 500,000,000 shares of share capital in one or more classes or series. The issuance of additional preference shares on a parity with or senior to our Preference Shares would dilute the interests of the holders of our Preference Shares, and any issuance of preference shares senior to or at parity with our Preference Shares or of additional indebtedness could affect our ability to pay dividends on, redeem or pay the liquidation preference on our Preference Shares. No provisions relating to our Preference Shares protect the holders of our Preference Shares in the event of a highly leveraged or other transaction, including the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all our assets or business, which might adversely affect the holders of our Preference Shares.
Our Preference Shares rank pari passu with any other class or series of shares established after the original issue date of the Preference Shares that is not expressly subordinated or senior to the Preference Shares as to the payment of dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation or reorganization. If less than all dividends payable with respect to the Preference Shares and any parity securities are paid, any partial payment shall be made pro rata with respect to shares of Preference Shares and any parity securities entitled to a dividend payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate amounts remaining due in respect of such shares at such time.
Holders of our Preference Shares have extremely limited voting rights.
Our common shares are the only class of our shares carrying full voting rights. Holders of the Preference Shares generally have no voting rights. However, if and whenever dividends payable on the Preference Shares are in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of Preference Shares (voting together as a class with all other classes or series of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to elect one additional director to serve on our board of directors, and the size of our board of directors will be increased as needed to accommodate such change (unless the size of our board of directors already has been increased by reason of the election of a director by holders of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and with which the Preference Shares voted as a class for the election of such director). The right of such holders of Preference Shares to elect a member of our board of directors will continue until all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preference Shares have been paid in full. In addition, holders of Preference Shares are entitled to vote together with holders of common shares on matters related to the approval of an amalgamation or merger.
The Preference Shares represent perpetual equity interests and holders have no right to receive any greater payment than the liquidation preference regardless of the circumstances.
The Preference Shares represent perpetual equity interests in us and, unlike our indebtedness, will not give rise to a claim for payment of a principal amount at a particular date. As a result, holders of the Preference Shares may be required to bear the financial risks of an investment in the Preference Shares for an indefinite period of time. In addition, the Preference Shares rank junior in all our indebtedness and other liabilities, and any other senior securities we may issue in the future with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against us.
The payment due to a holder of Preference Shares upon a liquidation is fixed at the redemption preference of $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of liquidation. If, in the case of our liquidation, there are remaining assets to be distributed after payment of this amount, holders of Preference Shares will have no right to receive or to participate in these amounts. Furthermore, if the market price for Preference Shares is greater than the liquidation preference, holders of Preference Shares will have no right to receive the market price from us upon our liquidation.
Entities controlled by members of the Livanos family are our principal shareholders and can effectively control the outcome of most matters on which our shareholders are entitled to vote; their interests may be different from yours.
Entities controlled by members of the Livanos family, including our Chairman, may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 40.1%40.7% of our issued and outstanding common shares. As a result of his shareholding, Mr. Livanos can effectively control the outcome of most matters on which our shareholders are entitled to vote, including the election of our entire board of directors and other significant corporate actions. The interests of these shareholders may be different to yours.
Provisions in our organizational documents may have anti-takeover effects.
Our bye-laws contain provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors. These provisions require an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares to approve any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transactions. Our bye-laws also provide for restrictions on the time period in which directors may be nominated.
These provisions could make it difficult for our shareholders to replace or remove our current board of directors or could have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing an offer by a third party to acquire us, even if the third party's offer may be considered beneficial by many shareholders. As a result, shareholders may be limited in their ability to obtain a premium for their shares.
Tax Risks
In addition to the following risk factors, you should read "Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations" for a more complete discussion of the material Bermuda and U.S. Federal income tax considerations relating to us and the ownership and disposition of our common shares and Preference Shares.
We may have to pay tax on U.S.-source income, which would reduce our earnings.
Under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the "Code", the U.S. source gross transportation income of a ship-owning or chartering corporation, such as ourselves, is subject to a 4% U.S. Federal income tax without allowance for deduction, unless that corporation qualifies for exemption from tax under a tax treaty or Section 883 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. U.S. source gross transportation income consists of 50% of the gross shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.
GasLog Ltd. has qualified for the statutory tax exemption for the year of 20182019 and intends to continue to qualify for the foreseeable future. However, no assurance can be given that this will be the case. If GasLog Ltd. is not entitled to this exemption under Section 883 for any taxable year, we would be subject to the 4% U.S. Federal income tax described above. The imposition of this taxation could have a negative effect on our business and would result in decreased earnings available for distributiondividends to our shareholders. For a more detailed discussion, see the section entitled "Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—U.S. Taxation of Our Operating Income".
If we were treated as a "passive foreign investment company", certain adverse U.S. Federal income tax consequences could result to U.S. shareholders.
A foreign corporation will be treated as a "passive foreign investment company", or "PFIC", for U.S. Federal income tax purposes if at least 75% of its gross income for any tax year consists of certain
types of "passive income", or at least 50% of the average value of the corporation's assets produce or are held for the production of those types of "passive income". For purposes of these tests, "passive income" includes dividends, interest, gains from the sale or exchange of investment property and rents and royalties other than rents and royalties that are received from unrelated parties in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business. For purposes of these tests, income derived from the performance of services does not constitute "passive income". U.S. shareholders of a PFIC are subject to a disadvantageous U.S. Federal income tax regime with respect to the income derived by the PFIC, the distributions they receive from the PFIC and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their shares in the PFIC. If we are treated as a PFIC for any tax year, we will provide information to U.S. shareholders who request such information to enable them to make certain elections to alleviate certain of the adverse U.S. Federal income tax consequences that would arise as a result of holding an interest in a PFIC.
Based on our proposed method of operation, we do not believe that GasLog Ltd. is a PFIC for this tax year. In this regard, we intend to treat the gross income we derive or are deemed to derive from our time chartering activities as services income, rather than rental income. Accordingly, we believe that our income from our time chartering activities does not constitute "passive income", and the assets that we own and operate to produce that income do not constitute passive assets.
There is, however, no legal authority under the PFIC rules addressing our proposed method of operation. Accordingly, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the "IRS", or a court of law may not accept our position, and there is a risk that the IRS or a court of law could determine that we are a PFIC. Moreover, GasLog Ltd. could constitute a PFIC for a future tax year if there were to be changes in the nature and extent of our operations.
If the IRS were to find that GasLog Ltd. is or has been a PFIC for any tax year, U.S. shareholders would face adverse tax consequences. Under the PFIC rules, unless those shareholders make certain elections available under the Code, such shareholders would be liable to pay U.S. Federal income tax at the then prevailing income tax rates on ordinary income plus interest upon excess distributions and upon any gain from the disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares, as if the excess distribution or gain had been recognized ratably over the shareholder's holding period. Please read "Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders—PFIC Status and Significant Tax Consequences" for a more detailed discussion of the U.S. Federal income tax consequences to U.S. shareholders if GasLog Ltd. is treated as a PFIC.
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
A. History and Development of the Company
GasLog was incorporated in Bermuda on July 16, 2003. GasLog and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and management of vessels in the LNG market, providing maritime services for the transportation of LNG on a worldwide basis and LNG vessel management services. The Group conducts its operations through its vessel-owning subsidiaries and through its vessel management services subsidiary.
Our company and its founders have a long history in shipping and in LNG carriers. Our largest shareholder is Ceres Shipping, whose founding family's shipping activities commenced more than 100 years ago and which is currently controlled by our Chairman, Peter G. Livanos. Ceres Shipping owns its shareholding in GasLog through its wholly owned subsidiary, Blenheim Holdings Ltd. ("Blenheim Holdings"). Ceres Shipping entered the LNG sector in 2001 by undertaking the management of BG Group's owned fleet of LNG carriers through our subsidiary GasLog LNG Services, and in 2003 GasLog Ltd. was incorporated. Until 2010, when we took delivery of theGasLog Savannah and theGasLog Singapore, our business principally consisted of providing technical ship
management services, as well as plan approval and construction supervision services for newbuilding LNG carriers. As a result, we have had a longer presence in LNG shipping than many other independent owners currently operating in the sector. For a description of our historical and current capital expenditures, see "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital Expenditures".
On April 4, 2012, we completed our initial public offering, or "IPO", and our common shares began trading on the NYSE on March 30, 2012 under the ticker symbol "GLOG". On January 22, 2014, GasLog completed a follow-on public offering of 10,925,000 common shares (including 1,425,000 common shares in relation to the over-allotment option exercised in full by the underwriters) and a concurrent private placement of 2,317,460 common shares at the public offering price to certain of its directors and officers and one of its major shareholders. The offering and private placement resulted in net proceeds of $199.0 million which were used to partially finance the acquisition of the first three ships acquired from MSL in 2014. On April 16, 2014, GasLog completed a second follow-on public offering of 4,887,500 common shares (including 637,500 common shares in relation to the over-allotment option exercised in full by the underwriters). The offering resulted in net proceeds of $109.9 million which were used to partially finance the acquisition of the additional three ships acquired from MSL in 2014.
On May 12, 2014, our subsidiary GasLog Partners completed an IPO of 9,660,000 common units (including 1,260,000 units in relation to the over-allotment option exercised in full by the underwriters), resulting in net proceeds of $186.0 million. GasLog Partners is a Marshall Islands master limited partnership formed by us to own and operate LNG carriers under multi-year charters. Its common units representing limited partner interests are traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "GLOP". Concurrently with the initial public offering, GasLog Partners acquired a 100.0% ownership interest in GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd. and GAS-five Ltd., the entities that owned theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago and theGasLog Sydney, from GasLog, in exchange for (i) 162,358 common units and 9,822,358 subordinated units issued to GasLog representing a 49.8% ownership interest and all of the incentive distribution rights that entitleentitled GasLog to increasing percentages of the cash that the Partnership distributesdistributed in excess of $0.43125 per unit per quarter, (ii) 400,913 general partner units issued to GasLog Partners GP LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog, representing a 2.0% general partner interest and (iii) $65.7 million of cash consideration paid directly to us from the offering proceeds. In addition to the cash consideration of $65.7 million paid to us, GasLog Partners used the $186.0 million net proceeds of its IPO to (a) prepay $82.6 million of debt plus accrued interest of $0.4 million and (b) make a payment of $2.3 million (including $0.3 million accrued interest) to settle the mark-to-market loss on termination of one interest rate swap and reduction of a second interest rate swap in connection with the aforementioned debt prepayment. The balance of $35.0 million was retained by GasLog Partners for general partnership purposes.
Since GasLog Partners' IPO, the Partnership has completed follow-on equity offerings as set out below, the proceeds of which have been used for general corporate purposes including partially funding the acquisition of the GasLog subsidiaries that own the vessels listed below:
Date of Equity Offering | Equity Offering | Net Proceeds | Vessels Purchased | Date Acquisition Completed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2014 | Follow-on common equity offering | $133.0 million | Methane Rita Andrea andMethane Jane Elizabeth | September 29, 2014 | ||||
| June 26, 2015 | Follow-on common equity offering | $171.8 million | Methane Alison Victoria, Methane Shirley Elisabeth andMethane Heather Sally | July 1, 2015 | ||||
| August 5, 2016 | Follow-on common equity offering | $52.3 million | GasLog Seattle | November 1, 2016 | ||||
| January 27, 2017 | Follow-on common equity offering | $78.2 million | GasLog Greece | May 3, 2017 | ||||
| May 15, 2017 | Preference equity offering | $138.8 million | GasLog Geneva | July 3, 2017 | ||||
| May 16, 2017 onwards | Common equity offering through an at-the-market common equity offering which commenced in May 2017 (the "ATM Programme") | $123.4 million (through December 31, | Solaris Methane Becki Anne | October 20, 2017 November 14, 2018 | ||||
| January 17, 2018 | Preference equity offering | $111.0 million | GasLog Gibraltar | April 26, 2018 | ||||
| November 15, 2018 | Preference equity offering | $96.3 million |
On April 7, 2015, GasLog completed a public offering of 4,600,000 Preference Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share and priced at $25.00 per share, including 600,000 shares issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Preference Shares. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses were $110.7 million to be used for general corporate purposes. The Preference Shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "GLOG PR A".
As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, GasLog holds a 27.5%35.6% interest in the Partnership and, as a result of its ownership of the general partner and the fact that the general partner elects the majority of the Partnership's directors in accordance with the Partnership's partnership agreement, or the "Partnership Agreement", GasLog has the ability to control the Partnership's affairs and policies. Consequently, GasLog Partners is consolidated in the Group's financial statements. The Group's control of the general partner and consequently of the Partnership could be challenged with a 66.67% vote by other unitholders. However, as the Partnership Agreement limits any single unitholder to a maximum of 4.9% of the vote, it is highly unlikely that a coordinated vote of widely held unitholders will be organized to change the Group's control of the general partner. As a result, the Group continues to assume that control of the general partner is a relevant basis on which to conclude control of the Partnership.
As described elsewhere herein, GasLog Partners holds options to acquire from GasLog an additional two vessels. In general, we would expect the exercise of these options to be beneficial to GasLog, as any external equity capital raised by GasLog Partners to finance the acquisition can be expected to reduce our consolidated indebtedness and, if GasLog Partners increases its per unit distributions, increase the return on our incentive distribution rights (although our common unit interest will be diluted by any GasLog Partners equity issuance). GasLog Partners will determine whether, and when, to exercise any of the options and rights that it holds. The timing of those decisions will depend in part on the price and availability of debt and equity financing to GasLog Partners. See
"Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions—Relationship with GasLog Partners—Omnibus Agreement".
On October 1, 2015, GasLog, Dynagas and Golar established the Cool Pool to market their vessels which are currently operating in the LNG shipping spot market. The Cool Pool allows the participating owners to optimize the operation of the pool vessels through improved scheduling ability, cost efficiencies and common marketing. The objective of the Cool Pool is to serve the transportation requirements of a rapidly growing LNG shipping market by providing customers with reliable, flexible and innovative solutions to meet their increasingly complex shipping requirements. In June and July 2018, Dynagas removed its three vessels from the Cool Pool and renounced its 33% ownership in the Cool Pool.
As of February 27, On June 6, 2019, GasLog entered into a termination agreement with the Cool Pool consistsand Golar, whereby GasLog assumed commercial control of 16 modern high quality and essentially equivalentits six vessels with TFDE propulsion. The two owners' vessels eligible for participationoperating in the LNG carrier spot market through the Cool Pool are as follows: GasLog: sixat that time. Following expiry of their commitments, GasLog vessels were withdrawn from the Cool Pool in June and Golar: ten vessels. Each vessel owner continuesJuly 2019.
On June 24, 2019, the Partnership Agreement was amended, effective June 30, 2019, to be fully responsibleeliminate the IDRs in exchange for the manningissuance by the Partnership to GasLog of 2,532,911 common units and technical management of its respective vessels.2,490,000 Class B units (of which 415,000 are Class B-1 units, 415,000 are Class B-2 units, 415,000 are Class B-3 units, 415,000 are Class B-4 units, 415,000 are Class B-5 units and 415,000 are Class B-6 units), issued on June 30, 2019. The Cool Pool focuses on charters of less than 12 months' duration. The scheduling of employment opportunities in excess of 12 months will remain the mandateClass B units have all of the respective vessel owner. Ifrights and obligations attached to the common units, except for voting rights and participation in distributions until such time as GasLog exercises its right to convert the Class B units to common units. The Class B units will become eligible for conversion on a Cool Pool vesselone-for-one basis into common units at GasLog's option on July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 for the Class B-1 units, Class B-2 units, Class B-3 units, Class B-4 units, Class B-5 units and the Class B-6 units, respectively. Following the IDR elimination, the allocation of GasLog Partners' profit to the non-controlling interests is scheduled by an ownerbased on the revised distribution policy for a charter that exceeds 12 monthsavailable cash stated in duration, such vessel will cease to be partthe Partnership Agreement as amended, effective June 30, 2019, and under which 98% of the Cool Pool.available cash is distributed to the common unitholders and 2% is distributed to the general partner. The updated earnings allocation applies to the total GasLog Partners' profit for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and onwards.
We maintain our principal executive offices at Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco.69 Akti Miaouli, 18537 Piraeus, Greece. Our telephone number at that address is +377 97 97 51 15.+30 210 459 1000. We are registered with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda under registration number 33928. We maintain a registered office in Bermuda at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). In accordance with these requirements, we file reports and other information as a foreign private issuer with the SEC. You may obtain copies of all or any part of such materials from the SEC upon payment of prescribed fees. You may also inspect reports and other information regarding registrants, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC without charge at a website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. These documents and other important information on our governance are posted on our website and may be viewed at http://www.gaslogltd.com.
B. Business Overview
Overview
We are an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers providing support to international energy companies as part of their LNG logistics chain. Our owned and bareboat fleet as of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, consists of 35 LNG carriers, including 2628 ships on the water and nineseven LNG carriers on order at one of the world's leading LNG shipbuilders, Samsung. This includes 1415 LNG carriers in operation that are owned by our NYSE-listed subsidiary GasLog Partners, with which we have entered into certain agreements governing our relationship, including purchase options for certain of our ships. We currently manage and operate 2628 LNG carriers including 1112 of our wholly owned ships in operation, 1314 ships contributed or sold to the Partnership (one is managed by a subsidiary of Shell), one additional LNG carrier in which we have a 25.0% interest and a vessel secured under a long-term bareboat charter from Lepta Shipping, a subsidiary of Mitsui. We are also supervising the construction of our newbuildings. We have secured multi-year contracts foroperate our vessels primarily under term charters of one year or longer with six vessels, of our owned ships, the 13 of the 14 shipswhich one is owned by GasLog Partners, currently trading in the Partnership, seven of our nine newbuildings on orderspot and the one vessel secured under a long-term bareboat charter with Lepta Shipping.short-term market. As of December 31, 2018,2019, these contracts are expected to provide total contracted revenues of $3.6$4.0 billion during their initial terms, which expire between 2020 and 2032. During 2019, 2018 and 2029. During 2018, 2017, and 2016, we generated revenues of $668.6 million, $618.3 million,
$525.2 million and $466.1$525.2 million, respectively. For disaggregation of revenues, see "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Customers".
The LNG carrier in which we have a 25.0% interest is theMethane Nile Eagle, a 2007-built LNG carrier technically managed by us that is currently operating under a 20-year time charter to MSL.
Our current time charters have initial terms of up to ten12 years and include options that permit the charterers to extend the terms for successive periods under hire rate provisions. We will continue to evaluate the attractiveness of longer and shorter-term chartering opportunities as the commercial characteristics of the LNG carrier industry evolve. Our order bookorderbook of new LNG carriers has staggered delivery dates, facilitating a smooth integration of the ships into our fleet as well as significant annual growth through 2021. This has the additional advantage of spreading our exposure to the re-employmentre-delivery of these ships over several years upon expiration of their current charters.
Each of our 2628 owned and bareboat LNG carriers and nineseven LNG carriers under construction is designed with a capacity of between approximately 145,000 cbm and 180,000 cbm. We believe this size range maximizes their operational flexibility as these ships are compatible with most existing LNG terminals around the world. All but one of the LNG carriers in our owned and bareboat fleet are of similar specifications, which allows us to benefit from economies of scale and operating efficiencies in ship construction, crew training, crew rotation and shared spare parts. Upon delivery of the last of our nineseven contracted newbuildings, our owned and bareboat fleet will have an average age of 6.97.0 years, making it one of the youngest in the industry. By comparison, as of December 31, 2018,2019, the average age for the global fleet oftrading LNG carriers,carrier fleet including LNG carriers of all sizes, was 9.8910.0 years.
Our wholly owned subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, exclusively handles the technical management of our fleet, including plan approval for new ship orders, supervision of ship construction and planning and supervision of dry-dockings, as well as technical operations, crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and health, safety, security and environmental, or "HSSE", management and reporting. With over 1819 years of technical management experience, including 15 years as sole technical manager of BG Group's owned fleet of LNG carriers, we have established a track record for the efficient, safe and reliable operation of LNG carriers which is evidenced by our safety performance and the limited off-hire days of the 2528 ships currently operating under our management.
In 2018, GasLog continued the development of an FSRU business, acting on its strategic decision to enter this business segment.
In June 2018, Keppel Shipyard finalized the detailed engineering for the conversion of theGasLog Chelsea, one of our 153,600 cbm TFDE vessels, into an FSRU.
A wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade in 2016. Gastrade is licensed to develop an independent natural gas system offshore Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece utilizing a FSRU along with other fixed infrastructure. A Front End Engineering and Design ("FEED") study in 2017 by Wood Group and GasLog as subcontractor for the FSRU part of the study confirmed the selected offshore concept.
On February 23, 2018, a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog has executed an FSRU Operation and Maintenance Agreement with Gastrade. This agreement is tied to the Terminal Use Agreement and subject to final investment decision ("FID") of the Alexandroupolis Project.
On May 3, 2018, DEPA,January 11, 2019, Gastrade announced that the Greek State Gas Company, and Gastrade signed an agreement regarding the future capacity reservation by DEPA in the Alexandroupolis FSRU. In September, negotiations for the acquisition of 20%first phase of the shares in Gastrade by DEPA was concluded. In December, the Bulgarian parliament approved the acquisition of 20% of the shares in Gastrade by BulgarTransgaz, the Bulgarian State Gas Transport Company. These share acquisitions have not been completed yet.
On September 21, 2018, Gastrade launched the Engineering Procurement and Construction tender processregulatory market test for the construction of the pipeline and offshore installation contract and the acquisition process for the FSRU. The first phase is an expression of interest by interested parties and a shortlisting by Gastrade before the request for proposal is sent to shortlisted companies.
On December 31, 2018, Gastrade's invitation to express interest in taking long termlong-term capacity in the Alexandroupolis FSRU was concluded with responses from 20 companies with an aggregated interest for up to 12.2 billion cubic meters per year of regasification capacity. This is more than double the nominal planned capacity of the terminal.
On July 26, 2019, the Guidelines for the second phase of the market test were released in preparation for the launch of the market test itself in early 2020. In this second phase, participants will be required to sign an advanced reservation capacity agreement with binding commitments to take long-term capacity. The second phase of the market test commenced on January 10, 2020 and is currently expected to conclude in April.
On September 29, 2019, Gastrade released the Engineering Procurement and Construction tender for the construction of the pipeline and offshore installation contract. The FSRU procurement tender to shortlisted companies is expected to be released in the first phasequarter of 2020. Should GasLog be selected as the provider of the FSRU, it is currently expected that we would sell a TFDE vessel converted to a FSRU to Gastrade.
On December 30, 2019, DEPA, the Greek State Gas Company, signed agreements to acquire 20% of the shares in Gastrade. The closing of the acquisition is pending a "no objection" consent from Greek competition authorities. The Bulgarian parliament has approved the acquisition of 20% of the shares in Gastrade by BulgarTransgaz, the Bulgarian State Gas Transport Company. A preliminary agreement has been executed and the completion is expected in early 2020.
Gastrade currently expects to take FID on the project in the third quarter of 2020 with the purchase of the FSRU and start-up of the facility anticipated to occur approximately two years after FID.
In September 2019, GasLog announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog had signed a 10-year time charter with Sinolam for the provision of a processLNG FSU to secure binding commitment for capacitya gas-fired power project being developed on Panama. The time charter is expected to be fulfilled through the conversion of theGasLog Singapore. The FSU will receive, store and send out LNG to a gas-fired power plant currently being developed near Colón, Panama, by Sinolam Smarter energy LNG Power Company, a subsidiary of private Chinese investment group Shanghai Gorgeous Investment Development Company. The power project has signed long-term power purchase agreements with leading Panamanian utility companies as well as a 15-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with Shell.
In November 2019, GasLog announced plans to relocate more of its employees including several members of senior management to the Piraeus, Greece office, home of our operational platform, in order to enhance execution, efficiency and operational excellence and to reduce overheads. As a result, the Monaco office will reduce the already limited number of employees, whilst the London office will focus primarily on chartering activities and company secretarial duties. The offices in Singapore, Korea and the U.S. will be unaffected by the changes. We expect to incur total restructuring costs of approximately $6.0 million. A restructuring charge of $4.7 million was recorded in the FSRU.fourth quarter of 2019 but the cash costs of the restructuring will be primarily incurred in 2020. In 2021 and beyond, we expect like-for-like General and Administrative Expenses to fall by a similar amount of approximately $6.0 million.
On February 6, 2020, GasLog Partners announced a non-cash impairment on its five Steam vessels and guided towards a reduction in its quarterly distribution from the first quarter of 2020 as a result of a number of increasingly strong negative indicators in the LNG shipping market. GasLog Partners is now focusing capital allocation on debt repayment and prioritizing balance sheet strength for 2020, in order to lower cash break-evens and to reposition the Partnership for potential future growth if its cost of capital allows GasLog Partners to access debt and equity capital on acceptable terms.
Our Fleet
Owned Fleet
The following table presents information about our wholly owned vessels and their associated time charters as of February 27, 2019:March 2, 2020:
Vessel Name | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | GasLog Savannah | 2010 | 155,000 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Chelsea | 2010 | 153,600 | Spot Market | TFDE | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | GasLog Singapore | 2010 | 155,000 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Saratoga | 2014 | 155,000 | Spot Market | TFDE | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | GasLog Skagen(4). | 2013 | 155,000 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Salem | 2015 | 155,000 | Gunvor | TFDE | March 2021 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | GasLog Chelsea | 2010 | 153,600 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Savannah | 2010 | 155,000 | Spot Market | TFDE | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | GasLog Saratoga(4) | 2014 | 155,000 | Shell | TFDE | September 2019 | — | GasLog Skagen | 2013 | 155,000 | Spot Market | TFDE | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Methane Lydon Volney | 2006 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | October 2020 | — | Methane Lydon Volney | 2006 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | October 2020 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | GasLog Salem | 2015 | 155,000 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Warsaw | 2019 | 180,000 | Cheniere | X-DF | May 2021 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Endesa | May 2029 | 2035 - 2041 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | GasLog Glasgow | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2026 | 2031 | GasLog Hong Kong | 2018 | 174,000 | Total | X-DF | December 2025 | 2028 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | GasLog Houston | 2018 | 174,000 | Shell | LP-2S | May 2028 | 2031 - 2034 | GasLog Genoa | 2018 | 174,000 | Shell | X-DF | March 2027 | 2030 - 2033 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | GasLog Hong Kong | 2018 | 174,000 | Total(6) | LP-2S | December 2025 | 2028 | GasLog Houston | 2018 | 174,000 | Shell | X-DF | May 2028 | 2031 - 2034 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | GasLog Genoa | 2018 | 174,000 | Shell | LP-2S | April 2027 | 2030 - 2033 | GasLog Gladstone | 2019 | 174,000 | Shell | X-DF | January 2029 | 2032 - 2035 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | GasLog Singapore | 2010 | 155,000 | Spot Market | TFDE | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinolam(3) | October 2030 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table presents information about GasLog Partners' fleet and their associated time charters as of February 27, 2019:March 2, 2020:
Vessel Name | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Methane Rita Andrea | 2006 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | April 2020 | — | Methane Alison Victoria | 2007 | 145,000 | Spot Market | Steam | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Methane Jane Elizabeth | 2006 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | October 2019 | — | Methane Rita Andrea | 2006 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | April 2020 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Methane Alison Victoria | 2007 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | December 2019 | — | Methane Shirley Elisabeth | 2007 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | June 2020 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Methane Jane Elizabeth/Methane Alison Victoria | 2006/2007 | 145,000 | Trafigura | Steam | November/December 2020(5) | 2021 - 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Methane Shirley Elisabeth | 2007 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | June 2020 | — | GasLog Sydney | 2013 | 155,000 | Cheniere | TFDE | June 2020 | 2020 - 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Methane Heather Sally | 2007 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | December 2020 | 2023 - 2025 | Methane Jane Elizabeth | 2006 | 145,000 | Trafigura(4) | Steam | November 2020 | 2021 - 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Methane Becki Anne | 2010 | 170,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2024 | 2027 - 2029 | Methane Heather Sally | 2007 | 145,000 | Shell | Steam | December 2020 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | GasLog Shanghai | 2013 | 155,000 | Spot Market(3) | TFDE | — | — | GasLog Seattle | 2013 | 155,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2021 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | GasLog Santiago | 2013 | 155,000 | Trafigura | TFDE | December 2021 | 2022 - 2028 | Solaris | 2014 | 155,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2021 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | GasLog Sydney | 2013 | 155,000 | Cheniere(6) | TFDE | June 2020 | 2020 - 2021 | GasLog Santiago | 2013 | 155,000 | Trafigura | TFDE | December 2021 | 2022 - 2028 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | GasLog Seattle | 2013 | 155,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2021 | — | GasLog Shanghai | 2013 | 155,000 | Gunvor | TFDE | November 2022 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Solaris | 2014 | 155,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2021 | — | GasLog Geneva | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | September 2023 | 2028 - 2031 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | GasLog Greece | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2026 | 2031 | GasLog Gibraltar | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | October 2023 | 2028 - 2031 | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | GasLog Geneva | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | September 2023 | 2028 - 2031 | Methane Becki Anne | 2010 | 170,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2024 | 2027 - 2029 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | GasLog Gibraltar | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | October 2023 | 2028 - 2031 | GasLog Greece | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2026 | 2031 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | GasLog Glasgow | 2016 | 174,000 | Shell | TFDE | June 2026 | 2031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bareboat Vessel
Vessel Name | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(1) | Optional Period(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Methane Julia Louise(7) | 2010 | 170,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2026 | 2029 - 2031 | Methane Julia Louise(5) | 2010 | 170,000 | Shell | TFDE | March 2026 | 2029 - 2031 | ||||||||||||||||||
Newbuilds
Vessel Name | Vessel Name | Expected Delivery(1) | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(2) | Optional Period(3) | Vessel Name | Expected Delivery(1) | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Charterer | Propulsion | Charter Expiration(2) | Optional Period(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Hull No. 2131 | Q1 2019 | 174,000 | Shell | LP-2S | 2029 | 2032 - 2035 | Hull No. 2213 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | Centrica | X-DF | 2027 | 2029 - 2033 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Hull No. 2212 | Q3 2019 | 180,000 | — | LP-2S | — | — | Hull No. 2274 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | Jera | X-DF | 2032 | 2034 - 2036 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Hull No. 2213 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | Centrica | LP-2S | 2027 | 2029 - 2033 | Hull No. 2262 | Q3 2020 | 180,000 | Centrica | X-DF | 2027 | 2029 - 2033 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Hull No. 2274 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | — | LP-2S | — | — | Hull No. 2300 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | Cheniere | X-DF | 2027 | 2030 - 2034 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Hull No. 2262 | Q3 2020 | 180,000 | Centrica | LP-2S | 2027 | 2029 - 2033 | Hull No. 2301 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | Cheniere | X-DF | 2027 | 2030 - 2034 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Hull No. 2300 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | Cheniere | LP-2S | 2027 | 2030 - 2034 | Hull No. 2311 | Q2 2021 | 180,000 | Cheniere | X-DF | 2028 | 2031 - 2035 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Hull No. 2301 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | Cheniere | LP-2S | 2027 | 2030 - 2034 | Hull No. 2312 | Q3 2021 | 180,000 | Cheniere | X-DF | 2028 | 2031 - 2035 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Hull No. 2311 | Q2 2021 | 180,000 | Cheniere | LP-2S | 2028 | 2031 - 2035 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Hull No. 2312 | Q3 2021 | 180,000 | Cheniere | LP-2S | 2028 | 2031 - 2035 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hull Nos. 2300, 2301, 2311 and 2312 has the right to extend the charters by three consecutive periods of three years, two years and two years, respectively, each at the charterer's option.
Charter Expirations
TheGasLog Saratoga, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Alison Victoria, theMethane Rita Andrea, theGasLog Sydney, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Lydon Volney, theMethane Jane Elizabeth and theMethane Heather Sally are due to come off charter in September 2019, October 2019, December 2019, April 2020, April 2020, June 2020, June 2020, October 2020, November 2020 and December 2020, respectively, each plus or minus 30 days. GasLog Partners has already secured a one-year charter for eitherMethane Jane Elizabeth orMethane Alison Victoria (as nominated by the Partnership), commencing in either November or December 2019 at the Partnership's option. The charter rate for this one-year charter is lower than the current charter rates of either theMethane Jane Elizabeth or theMethane Alison Victoria. In addition, GasLog Partners and GasLog continue to pursue opportunities for new multi-yearterm charters with third parties and, on an interim basis, may consider tradingwill trade the vessels in the spotspot/short-term charter market, pursuing the most advantageous redeployment depending on evolving market conditions.
GasLog Partners Existing Vessel Interests Purchase Options
Under the omnibus agreement entered into with GasLog Partners and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the Partnership's initial public offering, as amended, GasLog Partners has the option to purchase from us theGasLog Glasgow within 36 months after we notify the Partnership's board of directors of the vessel's acceptance by her charterer and theGasLog Houston within 30 days following receipt of notice from GasLog that the vessel has commenced its multi-year charter (being at least five years in length). GasLog Partners' option to purchase is at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
Key Fleet Characteristics
The key characteristics of our current owned and bareboat fleet include the following:
current average age of 9.8910.0 years for the global trading LNG carrier fleet including LNG carriers of all sizes as of December 31, 2018.
In addition to our owned and bareboat fleet, we have a 25.0% ownership interest in Egypt LNG, an entity whose principal asset is theMethane Nile Eagle. TheMethane Nile Eagle is a 145,000 cbm LNG carrier that was built in 2007. It is currently chartered to MSL under a 20-year time charter, which is subject to extension for up to 10 years at the charterer's option.
We continually evaluate short-term and multi-year charter opportunities for our vessels, including the newbuildings for which we do not currently have charters fixed. Our discussions with potential charterers are at various stages of advancement; however, we cannot provide assurance that we will conclude any particular charter or, if concluded, as to the charter rate that will apply.
Managed Fleet
Through GasLog LNG Services, we provide technical ship management services for one LNG carrier owned by a third party in addition to management of the 2527 LNG carriers currently operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (theSolaris is managed by a subsidiary of Shell). We supervised the construction by Samsung or Hyundai of each LNG carrier in our managed fleet, and each ship has operated under our technical management since its delivery from the shipyard with the exception of theSolaris.
The following table provides information about our managed, third party owned ship (not including the bareboat vessel):
Vessel Name | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Propulsion | GasLog Ownership | Ship Owner | Vessel Name | Year Built | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | Propulsion | GasLog Ownership | Ship Owner | Charter Expiration | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Methane Nile Eagle(1) | 2007 | 145,000 | Steam | 25.0 | % | Egypt LNG(1) | Methane Nile Eagle(1) | 2007 | 145,000 | Steam | 25.0% | Egypt LNG(1) | 2027 | |||||||||||||||||
Ship Time Charters
We provide the services of our ships under time charters. A time charter is a contract for the use of the ship for a specified term at a daily hire rate. Under a time charter, the ship owner provides crewing and other services related to the ship's operation, the cost of which is covered by the hire rate, and the customer is responsible for substantially all of the ship voyage costs (including bunker fuel, port charges, canal fees and LNG boil-off).
We entered into master time charters with MSL that established the general terms under which theGasLog Greece, theGasLog Glasgow, theGasLog Geneva, theGasLog Gibraltar, theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Genoa and the newbuilding identified by Hull No. 2131GasLog Gladstone will be chartered to MSL. We enter into separate confirmation memorandums for each ship in order to supplement the master time charter and specify the charter term, extension options (if any), hire rate and other provisions applicable to each ship's charter. For the six vessels acquired from MSL in 2014, the two vessels acquired in 2015 and theGasLog Savannah, we entered into separate time charters for each vessel.
We have entered into time charter agreements with a subsidiary of Shell, establishing the terms under which theGasLog Seattle and theSolaris will be chartered to Shell.
TheGasLog Chelsea, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog SalemGaslog Saratoga, theGasLog Singapore, GasLog Savannah and theMethane Alison Victoria are trading in the spot/short-term charter market and from time to time enter into voyage or short-term time charters.
TheGasLog SavannahSalem and theGasLog Shanghai are operating inunder time charter agreements with Gunvor which are based on a market-related structure where the Cool Poolhire rate is adjusted for each voyage and is subject to agreed minimum and maximum rates of hire. We have entered into a time charter agreement with Cheniere, establishing the terms under which theGasLog Warsaw will be chartered to Cheniere from August 2019 to May 2021. We have entered into a time charter agreement with Endesa, establishing the terms under which theGasLog Warsaw will be chartered to time enter into short-term time charters.Endesa from May 2021.
We have entered into a time charter agreement with a subsidiary of Total, establishing the terms under which theGasLog Hong Kong will be chartered to Total.
We have entered into time charter agreements with Centrica establishing the terms under which Hull Nos. 2213 and 2262 will be chartered to Centrica.
We have entered into time charter agreements with Cheniere establishing the terms under which Hull Nos. 2300, 2301, 2311 and 2312 will be chartered to Cheniere.
We have entered into a time charter agreement with Jera establishing the terms under which Hull No. 2274 will be chartered to Jera.
We have entered into a time charter agreement with Sinolam establishing the terms under which theGasLog Singapore will be chartered to Sinolam.
The following discussion describes the material terms of the time charters for our owned and bareboat ships.
Initial Term, Extensions and Redelivery
The initial term of the time charters for theMethane Lydon Volney, theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Alison Victoria and theMethane Heather Sally began upon delivery to GasLog following their acquisition from MSL in 2014, and will terminate on various dates in 20192020.
The initial term charter for theMethane Becki Anne to MSL began upon delivery of the ship and 2020.will terminate in 2024. MSL has options to extend the terms of the charter for an additional period of either three or five years beyond the initial charter expiration date.
The initial term of the time charter for theGasLog Greece, theGasLog Glasgow, theGasLog Geneva and theGasLog Gibraltar began upon delivery of the ships and will terminate in 2026, 2026, 2023 and 2023, respectively. For theGasLog Greece and theGasLog Glasgow, MSL has options to extend the terms of the charters for up to five years and for theGasLog Geneva and theGasLog Gibraltar, MSL has the option to extend the terms of the charters for up to 8 years.
TheGasLog Houston was delivered from the shipyard in January 2018 and delivered into her time charter with MSL in January 2019. The initial charter term for the ship will terminate in 2028. MSL has options to extend the terms of the charter for two consecutive periods of three years each, all at specified hire rates.
Our time charter to MSL for theGasLog Genoa began when the ship was delivered from the shipyard in March 2018. The initial charter term for the ship will terminate in 2027. The time charter to MSL for Hull No. 2131 will begin shortly aftertheGasLog Gladstone began when the delivery ofship was delivered from the vesselshipyard in March 2019. The initial charter term for Hull No. 2131the ship will terminate in 2029. MSL has options to extend terms of the charters for theGasLog Genoa and Hull No. 2131theGasLog Gladstone for two consecutive periods of three years each, all at specified hire rates.
The initial term of the time charter for theGasLog Seattle and theSolaris began upon delivery of the ships following an initial period during which the ships operated under maiden voyage time charters, the purpose of which was to facilitate completion by Shell of an operational discharge inspection of the ships. The time charters for theGasLog Seattle and theSolaris will terminate in 2020 and 2021, respectively.2021.
The initial term of the time charter for theMethane Julia Louise began upon delivery to GasLog and will terminate in 2026. MSL has the option to extend the long-term bareboat charter of theMethane Julia Louise which is now owned by Lepta Shipping and leased back to GasLog, for an additional period of either three or five years beyond the initial charter expiration date.
Our time charter to Total for theGasLog Hong Kong began when the ship was delivered from the shipyard in March 2018. The initial charter term will terminate in 2025. Total has the option to extend the term of the charter by a three-year period at the charterer's option at a specified hire rate.
The initial time charter for theGasLog Warsaw to Cheniere began when the ship was delivered in August 2019 and will terminate in May 2021. Our time charter to Endesa for theGasLog Warsaw begins in May 2021. The initial charter term will terminate in 2029. Endesa has the option to extend the term of the charter by two six-year periods beyond the initial charter expiration date.
Our time charters to Centrica for Hull No. 2213 and Hull No. 2262 will begin upon delivery of the vessels in 2020. The initial charter terms will terminate in 2027. Centrica has the option to extend the term of the charters by three consecutive periods of two years each at the charterer's option.
Our time charters to Cheniere for Hull Nos. 2300, 2301, 2311 and 2312 will begin upon delivery of the vessels from the shipyard in 2020, 2020, 2021 and 2021, respectively. The initial charter terms will terminate in 2027 (Hull Nos. 2300 and 2301) and 2028 (Hull Nos. 2311 and 2312). Cheniere has the
option to extend the term of each of the charters by three consecutive periods of three years, two years and two years, respectively.
The termsrates and period for the fixtures of theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Chelsea, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog SalemMethane Alison Victoria and theGasLog ShanghaiSaratoga vary from charter to charter, as is the nature of trading in the spotspot/short-term charter market.
Our time charters to Gunvor for theGasLog Salem and theGasLog Shanghai began in June 2019 and the charters will terminate in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Our time charter to Jera for Hull No. 2274 will begin upon delivery of the vessel in 2020. The initial charter terms will terminate in 2032. Jera has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of three years.
Our time charters provide for redelivery of the ship to us at the expiration of the term, as such term may be extended upon the charterer's exercise of its extension options, or upon earlier termination of the charter (as described below) plus or minus 30 days. Under all of our charters, the charterer has the right to extend the term for most periods in which the ship is off-hire. Our charter contracts do not provide the charterers with options to purchase our ships during or upon expiration of the charter term.
Hire Rate Provisions
"Hire rate" refers to the basic payment from the customer for use of the ship. Under all of our time charters, the hire rate is payable to us monthly in advance in U.S. dollars. Depending on the time charter contract, there are threefour methods by which the daily hire rate for our owned ships is determined:
costs of operating the ship and related expenses. In the event of a material increase or decrease in the actual costs we incur in operating the ship, a clause in the charter provides each party the right in certain circumstances to seek a review and potential adjustment of the operating cost component.
The hire rates for each of our ships may be reduced if the ship does not perform to certain of its specifications or if we breach our obligations under the charter. We have had no instances of hire rate reductions since the first two of our owned ships commenced operations in 2010.
Off-Hire
When a ship is "off-hire"—or not available for service—a time charterer generally is not required to pay the hire rate, and we remain responsible for all costs, including the cost of any LNG cargo lost as boil-off during such off-hire periods. OurThe vast majority of our time charters provide an annual allowance period for us to schedule preventative maintenance work on the ship.ships, whilst for some other charters, there are other provisions in place to ensure the same. For the vessels operating in the short-term spot market we take advantage of any stub period to enable us to perform the required maintenance. Our ships are being maintained to the highest standards in accordance with the maker's maintenance schedule. A ship generally will be deemed off-hire under our time charters if there is a specified time outside of the annual allowance period when the ship is not available for the charterer's use due to, among other things, operational deficiencies (including the failure to maintain a certain guaranteed speed), dry-docking for repairs, maintenance or inspection, equipment breakdowns, deficiency of personnel or neglect of duty by the ship's officers or crew, deviation from course, or delays due to accidents, quarantines, ship detentions or similar problems. We have obtained loss of hire insurance to protect us against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire. See "—Risk of Loss, Insurance and Risk Management—Loss of Hire Insurance".
All ships are dry-docked at least once every five years for a special survey as required by the ship's classification society. Our ships are considered to be on a scheduled off-hire under our time charters during such periods.
Termination and Cancellation
Under our existing time charters, each party has certain termination rights which include, among other things, the automatic termination of a charter upon loss of the relevant ship. Either party may elect to terminate a charter upon the occurrence of specified defaults or upon the outbreak of war or hostilities involving two or more major nations, such as the United States or the People's Republic of China, if such war or hostilities materially and adversely affect the trading of the ship for a period of at least 30 days. In addition, our charterers have the option to terminate a charter if the relevant ship is off-hire for any reason other than scheduled dry-docking for a period exceeding 90 consecutive days, or for more than 90 days or 110 days, depending on the charter, in any one-year period. Certain of our charters give the charterer a termination option for shorter periods of off-hire, if such off-hire is due to an uncured breach of our obligations to maintain the applicable ship.
In addition to its termination rights, Shell has the right to convert the time charter with respect to the relevant ship into a bareboat charter upon the occurrence of specified defaults or in the event that Shell's quality assurance review is not successfully completed upon delivery of the ship.
All of the time charters applicable to our newbuildings permit the charterer to cancel the charter in the event of a prolonged delay in the delivery of the ship from the shipyard, and in certain circumstances obligate us to pay liquidated damages to the charterer in the event of a less significant delivery delay. However, the cancellation and liquidated damages provisions in our charters are structured to mirror the provisions of our contracts with the shipyard, giving us the right to receive liquidated damages from the shipyard or cancel the shipbuilding contract in the same circumstances that would trigger the charterer's right to cancel the charter contract or receive liquidated damages because of delivery delays.
The Cool Pool
Six of our vessels are operating as part of the Cool Pool established in October 2015 with Dynagas and Golar. The Cool Pool was established to market certain of each company's vessels which are currently operating in the LNG shipping spot market. The Cool Pool allows the participating owners to optimize the operation of the pool vessels through improved scheduling ability, cost efficiencies and common marketing. The objective of the Cool Pool is to serve the transportation requirements of a rapidly growing LNG shipping market by providing customers with reliable, flexible and innovative solutions to meet their increasingly complex shipping requirements. In June and July 2018, Dynagas removed its three vessels from the Cool Pool and renounced its 33% ownership in the Cool Pool.
As of February 27, 2019, the Cool Pool consists of 16 modern high quality and essentially equivalent vessels powered by fuel efficient TFDE propulsion technology. The two owners' vessels eligible for participation in the Cool Pool are as follows: GasLog: six vessels; and Golar: ten vessels. Each vessel owner continues to be fully responsible for the manning and technical management of its respective vessels.
The Cool Pool focuses on charters of 12 months' duration or less. The scheduling of employment opportunities in excess of 12 months will remain the mandate of the respective vessel owner. If a Cool Pool vessel is scheduled by an owner for a charter that exceeds 12 months in duration, such vessel will cease to be part of the Cool Pool. Gross pool revenues represent time charter revenues earned by GasLog vessels participating in the pool under charter agreements where GasLog contracts directly with charterers. Revenue is recognised on a monthly basis given that, when the vessel is made available and services are provided to the charterer during the period, the amount can be estimated reliably and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured.
Voyage expenses and commissions include the net allocation from the pool which represents GasLog's share of the net revenues earned from the other pool participants' vessels less the other participants' share of the net revenues earned by GasLog's vessels included in the pool. Each participant's share of the net pool revenues is based on the number of pool points attributable to its vessels and the number of days such vessels participated in the pool.
The Bareboat Charter
On February 24, 2016, GasLog's subsidiary, GAS-twenty six Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of theMethane Julia Louise with Lepta Shipping. Lepta Shipping has the right to on-sell and lease back the vessel. The vessel was sold to Lepta Shipping for a total consideration approximately equivalent to its book value at the time of the sale. GasLog has leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Lepta Shipping for a period of up to 20 years. GasLog has the option to re-purchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year ten and no later than the end of year 17 of the bareboat charter. The vessel remains on its 11 year charter with MSL.
Shipbuilding Contracts
We have entered into shipbuilding contracts with Samsung in respect of nineseven newbuildings which have an aggregate contract price of approximately $1.7$1.3 billion. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the aggregate outstanding balance was $1.6$1.1 billion, which will be paid in installments upon steel cutting, keel laying and launching of the ship, with the largest portion of the purchase price for each ship coming due upon its delivery. All of our obligations under the shipbuilding contracts are payable in U.S. dollars.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, our remaining payment obligations under the shipbuilding contracts were as follows:
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The shipbuilding contracts provide for the nineseven newbuildings to be delivered and ready for immediate operation on various dates in 2019 through2020 and 2021. The shipbuilding contracts require
Samsung to pay us liquidated damages in the event of certain delays in the delivery of a ship unless such delays are attributable to a force majeure event and, in the event of a prolonged delay, we would have the right to cancel the contract and receive a refund of any installment payments previously made on the ship.
In the event that we fail to meet our payment obligations under a shipbuilding contract, we would be in default under the applicable contract and would be obligated to pay interest under the contract. If such a default by us were to continue for more than five business days, the delivery date of the applicable ship would be delayed by one day for each day that we remain in default and, if a default by us were to continue for more than 15 business days, Samsung would have the option of cancelling the applicable shipbuilding contract and retaining any installment payments previously funded by us under the contract.
Ship Management Services and Construction Supervision
Except for theSolaris, which is managed by a subsidiary of Shell, management of our owned and bareboat fleet, which includes plan approval for new ship orders, supervision of ship construction and planning and supervision of dry-dockings, as well as technical operations, crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and HSSE management and reporting, is provided in-house by our wholly owned subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, an entity incorporated in Bermuda with an office in Piraeus, Greece. In addition to management of our owned and bareboat fleet, through GasLog LNG Services we provide technical ship management services for theMethane Nile Eagle, a ship in which we have a 25.0% ownership interest. During the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, ship management services provided to external customers accounted for approximately 0.1% of our consolidated revenues.
Construction Supervision
We supervise and manage the construction of our newbuildings through GasLog LNG Services. We have employees on-site in South Korea whose responsibilities include inspecting the ships under construction for non-conformities, attending trials of the ship and its machinery and equipment, consulting with the shipyard in the event of any modifications to the ship's specifications, reviewing the shipyard's choice of suppliers and sub-contractors and keeping our management informed of the progress of the construction. Through GasLog LNG Services, we also supervised the construction of three LNG carriers in Shell's owned fleet and theMethane Nile Eagle, all of which were constructed at Samsung.
Technical and Operational Management
Pursuant to ship management agreements, through GasLog LNG Services we manage the day-to-day aspects of ship operations for our owned and bareboat fleet (with the exception of theSolaris) and for theMethane Nile Eagle owned by Egypt LNG. The services provided include crewing, training, employing armed guards for transport in certain high-risk areas, insurance, maintenance and repair, procurement of supplies and equipment, regulatory and classification compliance and HSSE management and reporting, as well as dry-docking under certain charters. We utilize certain third-party sub-contractors and suppliers in carrying out our technical management responsibilities.
In the case of theMethane Nile Eagle, owned by Egypt LNG the crewing and other operational costs are fully passed-through to the ship owner, and the customers paycustomer pays us a management fee per ship per month for our technical management services. In connection with our ship management services provided to theMethane Nile Eagle, we have entered into a consultant service agreement pursuant to which we provide specialized services relating to the management of the LNG carrier. These services include the development and installation of a ship's ship management system, which includes installing onboard hardware and software systems and providing related training to the ship's personnel. The
terms of theMethane Nile Eagle ship management agreement and related contracts permit the customer to terminate our services for any reason upon a short period of advance notice and both parties have termination rights upon the occurrence of specified defaults. In the event of the loss of a ship, or the owner's sale of a ship to a third party, the ship management agreement in respect of the ship would terminate automatically.
Competition
We operate in markets that are highly competitive and based primarily on supply and demand. Generally, competition for LNG time charters is based primarily on charter party terms including price, ship availability, size, age, technical specifications and condition, LNG shipping experience, quality and efficiency of ship operations, including level of emissions, shipping industry relationships and reputation for customer service, and technical ability and reputation for operation of highly specialized ships. In addition, through theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Chelsea, theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog Saratoga, theGasLog Salem and through theGasLog Shanghai, a GasLog Partners vessel, theMethane Alison Victoria, we operate in the spot /short-term charter market that covers short-term charters of one year or less than one year.or under charters which are based on a variable hire rate.
Although we believe that we are one of a small number of large independent owners who focus primarily on newly-built,modern, technically advanced LNG carriers, a growing number of other independent shipping companies also own and operate, and in some cases manage, LNG carriers and have new ships under construction. Several of these other ship owners and managers have decided to enter, or to expand their presence in, the LNG market with newbuilding vessels over the last year, and potentially others may also attempt to participate in the LNG market in the future. A number of these newbuildings are uncommitted and may also compete in the spot/short-term charter market on delivery. We believe that our strategy of focusing primarily on charter contracts with initial terms of seven to ten years, as well as the scale of our technical ship management operations, differentiates us to some extent from other independent owners.
In addition to independent owners, some of the major oil and gas producers own LNG carriers and, in the recent past, they have contracted for the construction of new LNG carriers. Certain national oil and gas and shipping companies also have large fleets of LNG carriers that have expanded and may continue to expand. Some of these companies, as well as other market participants such as trading companies who have LNG shipping capacity contracted on multi-year charters, may compete with independent owners by using their fleets to carry LNG for third parties.
Seagoing and Shore-Based Employees
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had 160163 full-time employees and contractors based in our offices in Greece, Monaco, London, New York,Stamford Connecticut, Singapore and the newbuildings site in South Korea. In addition to our shore-based employees and contractors, we had approximately 1,5171,654 seafaring staff serving on our owned and managed ships. These seafarers are retained through crewing agencies based in Ukraine, the Philippines and Spain or, in the case of Greek seafarers, through direct hire. As we take delivery of our newbuildings, we expect to recruit a significant number of additional seafarers qualified to staff and operate our new ships, as well as a small number of additional shore-based personnel. We intend to focus our seafarer hiring efforts in the Ukraine, the Philippines and Spain, where we have crewing agency agreements in place, and in Greece.
LNG marine transportation is a specialized area requiring technically skilled officers and personnel with specialized training. Attracting and retaining motivated, well-qualified seagoing and shore-based personnel is a top priority, and we offer our people competitive compensation packages and training and development opportunities. In addition, we provide intensive onboard training for our officers and crews to instill a culture focused on the highest operational and safety standards. As a result, we have historically enjoyed high retention rates. In 2018,2019, our retention rate was 96%97% for senior seagoing officers, 98%93% for other seagoing officers and 94% for shore staff.
Although we have historically experienced high employee retention rates, the demand for technically skilled officers and crews to serve on LNG carriers and FSRU vessels, and for shore-based employees with experience of operating and managing LNG vessels, has been increasing as the global fleet of LNG vessels continues to grow. This increased demand has and may continue to put inflationary cost pressure on ensuring qualified and well-trained crew are available to GasLog. However, we expect that the impact of cost increases would be mitigated to some extent by certain provisions in some of our time charters, including automatic periodic adjustment and cost review provisions.
Classification, Inspection and Maintenance
Every large, commercial seagoing ship must be "classed" by a classification society. The classification society certifies that the ship is "in class", signifying that the ship has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules of the classification society and complies with applicable rules and regulations of the ship's country of registry and the international conventions of which that country is a member. In addition, where surveys are required by international conventions and corresponding laws and ordinances of a flag state, the classification society will undertake them on application or by official order, acting on behalf of the authorities concerned. The classification society also undertakes on request other surveys and checks that are required by regulations and requirements of the flag state. These surveys are subject to agreements made in each individual case and/or to the regulations of the country concerned.
To ensure each ship is maintained in accordance with classification society standards and for maintenance of the class certificate, regular and extraordinary surveys of hull and machinery, including the electrical plant, and any special equipment classes are required to be performed periodically. Surveys are based on a five-year cycle that consists of annual surveys, intermediate surveys that are typically completed between the second and third years of every five-year cycle, and comprehensive special surveys (also known as class renewal surveys) that are completed at each fifth anniversary of the ship's delivery.
All areas subject to surveys as defined by the classification society, are required to be surveyed at least once per five-year class cycle, unless shorter intervals between surveys are mandated. All ships are also required to be dry-docked at least once during every five-year class cycle for inspection of their underwater parts and for repairs related to inspections. If any defects are found, the classification
surveyor will issue a "recommendation" which must be rectified by the ship owner within prescribed time limits. We intend to dry-dock our ships at five-year intervals that coincide with the completion of the ship's special survey.
Most insurance underwriters make it a condition for insurance coverage that a ship be certified as "in class" by a classification society that is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies. All but two of our delivered ships are certified by the American Bureau of Shipping, or "ABS"; the other delivered ships are certified by the Det Norske Veritas. Each ship has been awarded International Safety Management ("ISM") certification and is currently "in class". Under our shipbuilding contracts, all of our contracted newbuildings must be certified prior to delivery to us.
The following table lists the years in which we expect to carry out the next or initial dry-dockings and special surveys for our owned fleet and the bareboat vessel as of February 27, 2019:March 2, 2020:
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GasLog Savannah | 2020 | |
Methane Alison Victoria | 2020 | |
Methane Shirley Elisabeth | 2020 | |
Methane Heather Sally | 2020 | |
Methane Julia Louise | 2020 | |
GasLog Chelsea | 2020 | |
GasLog Singapore | 2020 | |
Methane Becki Anne | 2020 | |
GasLog Salem. | 2020 | |
Methane Rita Andrea | 2021 | |
GasLog Greece | 2021 | |
GasLog Glasgow | 2021 | |
GasLog Geneva | 2021 | |
GasLog Gibraltar | 2021 | |
GasLog Shanghai | 2023 | |
GasLog Houston | 2023 | |
GasLog Hong Kong | 2023 | |
GasLog Genoa | 2023 | |
GasLog Skagen | 2023 | |
GasLog Seattle | 2023 | |
GasLog Santiago | 2023 | |
GasLog Sydney | 2023 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | |
Solaris | 2024 | |
Methane Lydon Volney. | 2024 | |
GasLog Saratoga | 2024 | |
Methane Jane Elizabeth | 2024 | |
Hull No. 2213 | 2025 | |
Hull No. 2262 | 2025 | |
Hull No. 2274 | 2025 | |
Hull No. 2300 | 2025 | |
Hull No. 2301 | 2025 | |
Hull No. 2311 | 2026 | |
Hull No. 2312 | 2026 |
Risk of Loss, Insurance and Risk Management
The operation of any ship has inherent risks. These risks include mechanical failure, personal injury, collision, property loss or damage, ship or cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to a number of reasons, including mechanical failure, a cyber event, political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of marine disaster, including explosion, spills and other environmental mishaps, and the liabilities arising from owning and operating ships in international trade.
We maintain hull and machinery insurance on all our owned and bareboat ships against marine and war risks in amounts that we believe to be prudent to cover such risks, as well as loss of hire insurance against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire or otherwise suffering a loss of operational time for events falling under our hull and machinery insurance. In addition, we maintain protection and indemnity insurance on all our owned and bareboat ships up to the maximum insurable limit available at any given time. We also maintain ship manager insurance in respect of our managed vessel and cyber insurance coverage for all our owned and bareboat ships. While we believe that our insurance coverage will be adequate, not all risks can be insured, and there can be no guarantee that we will always be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage at reasonable rates or at all, or that any specific claim we may make under our insurance coverage will be paid.
Hull & Machinery Marine Risks Insurance and Hull & Machinery War Risks Insurance
We maintain hull and machinery marine risks insurance and hull and machinery war risks insurance on our owned and bareboat ships, which cover loss of or damage to a ship due to marine perils such as collisions, fire or lightning, and loss of or damage to a ship due to war perils such as acts of war, terrorism or piracy. Each of our ships is insured under these policies for a total amount that exceeds what we believe to be its fair market value. We also maintain hull disbursements and increased value insurance policies covering each of our owned ships, which provide additional coverage in the event of the total or constructive loss of a ship. Our marine risks insurance policies contain deductible amounts for which we will be responsible, but there are no deductible amounts under our war risks policies or our total loss policies.
Loss of Hire Insurance/Delay Insurance
We maintain loss of hire insurance to protect us against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire or otherwise suffering a loss of operational time for events falling under the terms of our hull and machinery insurance or hull and machinery/war risks insurance. Under our loss of hire policy, our insurer will pay us the hire rate agreed in respect of each ship for each day, in excess of a certain number of deductible days, for the time that the ship is out of service as a result of damage, up to a maximum of 180 days. The number of deductible days for the ships in our fleet is 14 days per ship. In addition to the loss of hire insurance, we also have in place delay insurance which, like loss of hire, covers all of our owned and bareboat vessels for time lost due to events falling under the terms of our hull and machinery insurance, plus additional protection and indemnity related incidents. The policy has a deductible of two days with a maximum of 12 days (which brings it in line with the loss of hire deductible of 14 days) and a daily rate per vessel of $40,000 for our wholly owned and bareboat vessels or the hire rate agreed as per the loss of hire insurance policy for the Partnership's vessels.
Additionally, we buy piracy, loss of hire and kidnap and ransom insurance when our ships are ordered to sail through the Indian Ocean to insure against potential losses relating to the hijacking of a ship and its crew by pirates.
Protection and Indemnity Insurance
Protection and indemnity insurance is typically provided by a protection and indemnity association, or "P&I association", and covers third-party liability, crew liability and other related expenses resulting from injury to or death of crew, passengers and other third parties, loss of or damage to cargo, third-party claims arising from collisions with other ships (to the extent not recovered by the hull and machinery policies), damage to other third-party property, pollution arising from oil or other substances and salvage, towing and other related costs, including wreck removal.
Our protection and indemnity insurance covering our owned and bareboat ships is provided by P&I associations that are members of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs, or "International Group". The thirteen13 P&I associations that comprise the International Group insure approximately 90% of the world's commercial tonnage and have entered into a pooling agreement to reinsure each association's liabilities. Insurance provided by a P&I association is a form of mutual indemnity insurance.
Our protection and indemnity insurance is currently subject to limits of $3.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability to passengers and seamen, $2.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability to passengers and $1.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability for oil pollution.
As a member of a P&I association, we will be subject to calls, payable to the P&I association based on the International Group's claim records as well as the claim records of all other members of the P&I association of which we are a member.
Cyber Insurance
We have insurance coverage for cyber related risks. The policy covers physical damage to any of our vessels up to $50.0 million per vessel with a fleet aggregate limit of $150 million for each of the GasLog and GasLog Partners fleets.
Safety Performance
We provide intensive onboard training for our officers and crews to instill a culture of the highest operational and safety standards. During 2018,2019, GasLog's fleet experienced threenil recordable injuries and sixeleven first aid cases.
Permits and Authorizations
We are required by various governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to obtain certain permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates with respect to our ships. The kinds of permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates required will depend upon several factors, including the waters in which the ship operates, the nationality of the ship's crew and the age of the ship. We have obtained all permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates currently required to operate our ships. Additional laws and regulations, environmental or otherwise, may be adopted which could limit our ability to do business or increase our cost of doing business.
Environmental and Other Regulation
The carriage, handling, storage and regasification of LNG are subject to extensive laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety and other matters. These laws and regulations include international conventions and national, state and local laws and regulations in the countries where our ships now or in the future will operate, or where our ships are registered. Compliance with these laws and regulations may entail significant expenses and may impact the resale value or useful lives of our ships. Our ships may be subject to both scheduled and unscheduled inspections by a variety of governmental, quasi-governmental and private organizations, including the
local port authorities, national authorities, harbor masters or equivalent, classification societies, flag state administrations (countries of registry) and charterers. Failure to maintain permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations required by some of these entities could require us to incur substantial costs or result in the temporary suspension of the operation of one or more of our ships or lead to the invalidation of our insurance coverage reduction.
We believe that our ships operate in material compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and that our ships in operation have all material permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations necessary for the conduct of our operations. In fact, each of our ships have an ENVIRO, an ENVIRO+ or a CLEAN notation from our classification societies, which denote compliance with their published guidelines concerning stringent criteria for environmental protection related to design characteristics, management and support systems, sea discharges and air emissions. Because environmental laws and regulations are frequently changed and may impose increasingly strict requirements, however, it is difficult to accurately predict the ultimate cost of complying with these requirements or the impact of these requirements on the resale value or useful lives of our ships. Moreover, additional legislation or regulation applicable to the operation of our ships that may be implemented in the future could negatively affect our profitability.
International Maritime Regulations
The IMO, the United Nations agency for maritime safety and the prevention of pollution by ships, has adopted several international conventions that regulate the international shipping industry, including the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ("SOLAS"), the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers ("STCW") and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships ("MARPOL"). Ships that transport gas, including LNG carriers, are also subject to regulations under amendments to SOLAS, including the International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, or the "ISM Code". The ISM Code requires, among other things, that the party with operational control of a ship develop an extensive safety management system, including the adoption of a policy for safety and environmental protection setting forth instructions and procedures for operating its ships safely and also describing procedures for responding to emergencies. We rely on GasLog LNG Services for the development and maintenance of a safety management system for our ships that meets these requirements. The GasLog fleet is also subject to the International Code for Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (the "IGC Code"), which prescribes design and construction standards for ships involved in the transport of gas. Compliance with the IGC Code must be evidenced by a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases of Bulk which is issued per vessel. Non-compliance with the IGC Code or other applicable IMO regulations may subject a ship owner or a bareboat charterer to increased liability, may lead to decreases in available insurance coverage for affected ships and may result in the denial of access to, or detention in, some ports.
SOLAS is an international maritime law which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships. The convention requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with at least these standards. The current version of SOLAS is the 1974 version, known as SOLAS 1974, which came into force on May 25, 1980. As of January 2019, SOLAS 1974 had 164 contracting states, which flag about 99% of merchant ships around the world in terms of gross tonnage. SOLAS in its successive forms is generally regarded as the most important of all international maritime laws concerning the safety of merchant ships.
STCW, 1978 was adopted on July 7, 1978 and entered into force on April 28, 1984. The main purpose of the Convention is to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by establishing in common agreement on international standards of training,
certification and watchkeeping for seafarers. The Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code were adopted on June 25, 2010, marking a major revision of the STCW Convention and Code. The 2010 amendments entered into force on January 1, 2012 under the tacit acceptance procedure and were aimed at bringing the Convention and Code up to date with developments since they were initially adopted and to enable them to address issues that were anticipated to emerge in the foreseeable future.
The MARPOL Convention establishes environmental standards relating to oil leakage or spilling, garbage management, sewage, air emissions, handling and disposal of noxious liquids and the handling of harmful substances in packaged form. In September 1997, the IMO adopted Annex VI to MARPOL to address air pollution from ships. Annex VI came into force on May 19, 2005. It sets limits on sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from ship exhausts and prohibits deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons. Annex VI also includes a global cap on the sulfur content of fuel oil and allows for special areas to be established with more stringent controls on sulfur emissions. Annex VI has been ratified by many, but not all, IMO member states. In October 2008, the Marine Environment Protection Committee, or "MEPC", of the IMO approved amendments to Annex VI regarding particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide emissions standards. These amendments became effective in July 2010. These requirements establish a series of progressive standards to further limit the sulfur content in fuel oil, which are being(which phased in between 2012 and 2020, and by establishing2020), as well as new tiers of nitrogen oxide emission standards for new marine diesel engines, depending on their date of installation. As of January 1, 2020, ships must either use low sulfur fuel oil (potentially including undertaking necessary fuel tank modification) to comply with a global sulfur cap of 0.5 percent m/m or be fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers. Additionally, more stringent emission standards could apply in coastal areas designated as Emission Control Areas, or "ECAs". For example, IMO "Tier III" emission standards for nitrous oxide apply in North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea ECAs to all marine diesel engines installed on a ship constructed on or after January 1, 2016. The European Union Directive 2005/EC/33, which became effective on January 1, 2010, parallels Annex VI and requires ships to use reduced sulfur content fuel for their main and auxiliary engines. Our owned ships currently in operation comply with the relevant legislation and have the relevant certificates including certificates evidencing compliance with Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention.
Although the United States is not a party, many countries have ratified the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, as amended, or the "CLC". Under this convention a ship's registered owner is strictly liable for pollution damage caused in the territorial waters of a contracting state by discharge of persistent oil, subject under certain circumstances to certain defenses and limitations. Ships carrying more than 2,000 gross tons of oil, and trading to states that are parties to this convention, must maintain evidence of insurance in an amount covering the liability of the owner. In jurisdictions where the CLC has not been adopted, various legislative schemes or common law impose liability either on the basis of fault or in a manner similar to the CLC. P&I Clubs in the International Group issue the required Bunker Convention (defined below) "Blue Cards" to provide evidence of insurance meeting the liability requirements. Where applicable, all of our vessels have received "Blue Cards" from their P&I Club and are in possession of a CLC State-issued certificate attesting that the required insurance coverage is in force.
The IMO also has adopted the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, or the "Bunker Convention", which imposes liability on ship owners for pollution damage in jurisdictional waters of ratifying states caused by discharges of bunker fuel and requires registered owners of ships over 1,000 gross tons to maintain insurance for pollution damage in an amount equal to the limits of liability under the applicable national or international limitation regime. We maintain insurance in respect of our owned ships that satisfies these requirements. Non-compliance with the ISM Code or other IMO regulations may subject a shipowner or bareboat charterer to increased liability, may lead to decreases in available insurance coverage for affected ships and may
result in the denial of access to, or detention in, some ports, including ports in the United States and Europe.
The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 94th (Maritime) Session (2006), establishing minimum working and living conditions for seafarers. The convention entered into force August 20, 2013, whilst amendments were approved by the International Labour Conference at its 103rd Session (2014). The convention establishes a single, coherent instrument embodying all up-to-date standards of existing international maritime labour
conventions and recommendations, as well as the fundamental principles to be found in other international labour conventions.
United States
Oil Pollution Act and CERCLA
Our operations are subject to the U.S. Pollution Act of 1990, or "OPA",OPA, which establishes an extensive regulatory and liability regime for environmental protection and cleanup of oil spills, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or "CERCLA", which imposes liability on owners and operators of ships for cleanup and natural resource damage from the release of hazardous substances (other than oil). Under OPA, ship owners, operators and bareboat charterers are responsible parties who are jointly, severally and strictly liable (unless the spill results solely from the act or omission of a third party, an act of God or an act of war) for all containment and clean-up costs and other damages arising from oil spills from their ships. As of November 12, 2019, OPA currently limits the liability of responsible parties with respect to ships over 3,000 gross tons to the greater of $2,200$2,300 per gross ton or $18,796,800$19,943,400 per double hull ship and permits individual states to impose their own liability regimes with regard to oil pollution incidents occurring within their boundaries. Some states have enacted legislation providing for unlimited liability for discharge of pollutants within their waters. Liability under CERCLA is limited to the greater of $300 per gross ton or $5.0 million for ships carrying a hazardous substance as cargo and the greater of $300 per gross ton or $0.5 million for any other ship.
These limits of liability do not apply under certain circumstances, however, such as where the incident is caused by violation of applicable U.S. Federal safety, construction or operating regulations, or by the responsible party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, a marine incident that results in significant damage to the environment could result in amendments to these limitations or other regulatory changes in the future. We maintain the maximum pollution liability coverage amount of $1 billion per incident for our owned ships. We also believe that we will be in substantial compliance with OPA, CERCLA and all applicable state regulations in the ports where our ships will call.
OPA also requires owners and operators of ships over 300 gross tons to establish and maintain with the National Pollution Fund Center of the U.S. Coast Guard evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the limit of their potential strict liability under the act. Such financial responsibility can be demonstrated by providing a guarantee from an appropriate guarantor, who can release the required guarantee to the National Pollution Fund Center against payment of the requested premium. We have purchased such a guarantee in order to provide evidence of financial responsibility and have received the mandatory certificates of financial responsibility from the U.S. Coast Guard in respect of all of our delivered ships and we intend to obtain such certificates in the future for each of our vessels, if they are required to have them.
Clean Water Act
The U.S. Clean Water Act of 1972, or "CWA", prohibits the discharge of oil, hazardous substances and ballast water in U.S. navigable waters unless authorized by a duly-issued permit or exemption, and imposes strict liability in the form of penalties for any unauthorized discharges. The CWA also imposes substantial liability for the costs of removal, remediation and damages and complements the remedies
available under OPA and CERCLA. Furthermore, most U.S. states that border a navigable waterway have enacted environmental pollution laws that impose strict liability on a person for removal costs and damages resulting from a discharge of oil or a release of a hazardous substance. These laws may be more stringent than U.S. Federal law.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or "EPA", has enacted rules requiring ballast water discharges and other discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain ships within United
States waters to be authorized under the Ship General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Ships, or the "VGP". To be covered by the VGP, owners of certain ships must submit a Notice of Intent, or "NOI", at least 30 days before the ship operates in United States waters. Compliance with the VGP could require the installation of equipment on our ships to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other disposal arrangements, and/or otherwise restrict our ships from entering United States waters. In March 2013, the EPA published a new VGP that includes numeric effluent limits for ballast water expressed as the maximum concentration of living organisms in ballast water. The VGP also imposes a variety of changes for non-ballast water discharges including more stringent Best Management Practices for discharges of oil-to-sea interfaces in an effort to reduce the toxicity of oil leaked into U.S. waters. The 2013 VGP was issued with an effective period of December 19, 2013 to December 18, 2018. The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, or "VIDA", enacted on December 4, 2018, requires the EPA and Coast Guard to develop new performance standards and enforcement regulations and extends the 2013 VGP provisions until new regulations are final and enforceable. We have submitted NOIs for our fleet and intend to submit NOIs for our ships in the future, where required, and do not believe that the costs associated with obtaining and complying with the VGP will have a material impact on our operations.
Clean Air Act
The U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 and 1990, or the "CAA", requires the EPA to promulgate standards applicable to emissions of volatile organic compounds and other air contaminants. Our ships may be subject to vapor control and recovery requirements for certain cargoes when loading, unloading, ballasting, cleaning and conducting other operations in regulated port areas and emission standards for so-called "Category 3" marine diesel engines operating in U.S. waters. The marine diesel engine emission standards are currently limited to new engines beginning with the 2004 model year. On April 30, 2010, the EPA adopted final emission standards for Category 3 marine diesel engines equivalent to those adopted in the amendments to Annex VI to MARPOL. However, our TFDE LNG carriers have the ability to burn natural gas as fuel to power the ship, which can significantly reduce relevant emissions compared with steam-powered ships.
The CAA also requires states to adopt State Implementation Plans, or "SIPs", designed to attain national health-based air quality standards in primarily major metropolitan and/or industrial areas. Several SIPs regulate emissions resulting from ship loading and unloading operations by requiring the installation of vapor control equipment. The MEPC has designated as an ECA the area extending 200 miles from the territorial sea baseline adjacent to the Atlantic/Gulf and Pacific coasts and the eight main Hawaiian Islands and the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Caribbean Sea, under the Annex VI amendments. Fuel used by vessels operating in the ECA cannot exceed 0.1% (mass by mass) sulfur. As of January 1, 2016, NOx after-treatment requirements also apply. Our vessels can store and burn low-sulfur fuel oil or alternatively burn natural gas which contains no sulfur. Additionally, burning natural gas will ensure compliance with IMO Tier III NOx emission limitations without the need for after-treatment. Charterers must supply compliant fuel for the vessels before ordering vessels to trade in areas where restrictions apply. As a result, we do not expect such restrictions to have a materially adverse impact on our operations or costs.
Other Environmental Initiatives
U.S. Coast Guard regulations adopted under the U.S. National Invasive Species Act, or "NISA", impose mandatory ballast water management practices for all ships equipped with ballast water tanks entering U.S. waters, which could require the installation of equipment on our ships to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other port facility disposal arrangements or procedures, and/or otherwise restrict our ships from entering U.S. waters. In June 2012, the U.S. Coast
Guard rule establishing standards for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharged in U.S. waters and requiring the phase-in of Coast Guard approved ballast water management systems, or "BWMS", became effective. The rule requires installation of Coast Guard approved BWMS by new vessels constructed on or after December 1, 2013 and existing vessels as of their first dry-docking after January 1, 2016. Several states have adopted legislation and regulations relating to the permitting and management of ballast water discharges.
At the international level, the IMO adopted an International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments in February 2004, or the "BWM Convention". The BWM Convention's implementing regulations call for a phased introduction of mandatory ballast water exchange requirements, to be replaced in time with mandatory concentration limits. The threshold ratification requirements for the convention to enter into force were met in 2016, and the convention became effective on September 8, 2017. All our newly delivered ships from 2016 onwards have compliant equipment installed. We have selected one manufacturer to supply the required equipment to be installed at the first dry-dock of all remaining ships. The programme and required funds have been included in our future planning to ensure the fleet remains compliant at all times.
Our vessels may also become subject to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 as amended by the Protocol to the HNS Convention, adopted in April 2010, or "HNS Convention", if it is entered into force. The HNS Convention creates a regime of liability and compensation for damage from hazardous and noxious substances, or "HNS", including a two-tier system of compensation composed of compulsory insurance taken out by shipowners and an HNS Fund which comes into play when the insurance is insufficient to satisfy a claim or does not cover the incident. To date, the HNS Convention has not been ratified by a sufficient number of countries to enter into force.
Greenhouse Gas Regulations
The MEPC of IMO adopted two new sets of mandatory requirements to address greenhouse gas emissions from ships at its July 2011 meeting. The Energy Efficiency Design Index requires a minimum energy efficiency level per capacity mile and is applicable to new vessels, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan is applicable to currently operating vessels. The requirements, which entered into force in January 2013, were fully implemented by GasLog as of December 31, 2012. The IMO is also considering the development of a market-based mechanism for greenhouse gas emissions from ships, but it is difficult to predict the likelihood that such a standard might be adopted or its potential impact on our operations at this time.
The European Union has indicated in the past that it intends to propose an expansion of the existing European Union emissions trading scheme to include emissions of greenhouse gases from marine ships. The EU MRV Regulation (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification), entered into force on July 1, 2015, requires large vessels entering European Union ports to monitor, report and verify their carbon dioxide emissions as of January 1, 2018. In the United States, the EPA has adopted regulations under the CAA to limit greenhouse gas emissions from certain mobile sources, although these requirements do not currently apply to greenhouse gas emissions from ships. In addition, the International Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016, establishesIMO has established a framework for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions designedfrom shipping by at least 40% by
2030 and pursuing efforts towards 70% by 2050, compared to take effect by 2020,2008 with the goal of holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Although the Paris Agreement does not specifically require controls on shipping or other industries, it is possible that countries or groups of countries will seek to impose such controls as they implementin the Paris Agreement.future. Any passage of climate control legislation or other regulatory initiatives by the IMO, the European Union, the United States or other countries where we operate, or any treaty adopted or amended at the international level that restricts emissions
of greenhouse gases, could require us to make significant expenditures that we cannot predict with certainty at this time.
We believe that LNG carriers, which have the inherent ability to burn natural gas to power the ship, and in particular LNG carriers like certain of our vessels that utilize fuel-efficient diesel electric and low pressure two-stroke propulsion, can be considered among the cleanest of large ships in terms of emissions.
Ship Security Regulations
A number of initiatives have been introduced in recent years intended to enhance ship security. On November 25, 2002, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or "MTSA", was signed into law. To implement certain portions of the MTSA, the U.S. Coast Guard issued regulations in July 2003 requiring the implementation of certain security requirements aboard ships operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Similarly, in December 2002, amendments to SOLAS created a new chapter of the convention dealing specifically with maritime security. This new chapter came into effect in July 2004 and imposes various detailed security obligations on ships and port authorities, most of which are contained in the newly created International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code, or "ISPS Code". Among the various requirements are:
The U.S. Coast Guard regulations, intended to align with international maritime security standards, exempt non-U.S. ships from MTSA ship security measures, provided such ships have on board a valid "International Ship Security Certificate" that attests to the ship's compliance with SOLAS security requirements and the ISPS Code. We have implemented the various security measures required by the IMO, SOLAS and the ISPS Code and have approved ISPS certificates and plans certified by the applicable flag state on board all our ships.
C. Organizational Structure
GasLog is a holding company incorporated in Bermuda. As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, it has 50 subsidiaries which are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Monaco, Bermuda, the Marshall Islands, the United States, Singapore, Cyprus, Greece and England and Wales. Of our subsidiaries, 34 either own vessels in our fleet or are parties to contracts to obtain newbuild vessels. Of our subsidiaries, 3533 are wholly owned by us and 1617 are 27.5%35.6% owned by us. A list of our subsidiaries is set forth in Exhibit 8.1 to this annual report.
D. Property, Plant and Equipment
Other than our ships, we do not own any material property. Our vessels are subject to priority mortgages, which secure our obligations under our various credit facilities. For information on our
vessels, see "Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Our Fleet". For further details regarding our credit facilities, refer to "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities".
We occupy office space at 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco, which is provided pursuant to a lease agreement between our subsidiary, GasLog Monaco S.A.M., and a third-party property owner. We also occupy office space at: (i) 69 Akti Miaouli, Piraeus, GR 185 37,18537, Greece, which we lease through
our subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, from an entity controlled by Ceres Shipping; the lease agreement is disclosed and filed with the Greek authorities, and has been entered into at market rates;rates. We also occupy office space at (i) 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco, which is provided pursuant to a lease agreement between our subsidiary, GasLog Monaco S.A.M., and a third-party property owner; (ii) 81 Kings Road, London SW3 4NX, United Kingdom, which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Services UK Ltd.; (iii) ~24-02B Asia Square Tower 2, Singapore, which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Asia PTE. Ltd.; and (iv) 2187 Atlantic Street, 5th Floor, Stamford CT, 06902, USA which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Services U.S. Inc.
For more information about the contractual arrangements for our office space in Piraeus, see "Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions".
ITEM 4.A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this annual report. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this annual report, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Please see the section "Forward-Looking Statements" at the beginning of this annual report.
We are an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers. As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, our wholly owned fleet consists of 2019 LNG carriers, including 1112 ships in operation and nineseven LNG carriers on order at Samsung. GasLog is also the general and controlling partner in GasLog Partners, which owns 1415 LNG carriers, and GasLog has leased back for a period of up to 20 years one vessel sold to Lepta Shipping in February 2016. We currently manage and operate 2628 LNG carriers including 1112 of our wholly owned vessels in operation, 1314 ships contributed or sold to the Partnership (theSolaris is managed by a subsidiary of Shell), the bareboat vessel and one additional LNG carrier in which we have a 25.0% interest. We are also supervising the construction of our newbuildings. We have secured multi-year time charter contracts for sixeight of our operating ships, 13 of the 1415 ships owned by the Partnership, the bareboat vessel and seven of our nineseven newbuildings on order, while six of our ships, including one of the ships owned by the Partnership, are operatingtrading in the spot market. As of December 31, 2018,2019, our contracts are expected to provide total contracted revenue of $3.6$4.0 billion during their initial terms, which expire between 20192020 and 2029.2032.
The additional LNG carrier in which we also have a 25.0% interest is theMethane Nile Eagle, a 2007-built LNG carrier owned by Egypt LNG and technically managed by us. It is currently operating under a 20-year time charter to a subsidiary of Shell. The information about our owned fleet presented in this report does not include our ownership interest in theMethane Nile Eagle.
We generate revenues by chartering our ships to customers on multi-year time charters and short-term charters and by providing technical ship management services, including crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and HSSE management and reporting through our wholly owned subsidiary GasLog LNG Services. The Group's chief operating decision maker, being
the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the Group's operating results on a consolidated basis as one operating segment.
Industry Overview and Trends
Energy Prices
As referenced in "Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors", oil prices, exhibited significantas measured by the spot price of Brent crude oil, experienced continued volatility during the final months2019, trading within a range of 2018. Oil prices had risen steadily during 2018, pushed higher by an encouraging macroeconomic backdrop and positive supply and demand fundamentals. Oil prices subsequently posted multi-year highs in October 2018. However,approximately $54 per barrel to $75 per barrel. During 2019, oil prices then declined significantly on concerns ofwere supported by a relatively strong global economic slow down and its potential impact on the oil markets,economy as well as perceptionscontinued production curbs from OPEC. These positive factors were balanced by continued supply growth from non-OPEC producing countries. In early 2020, spot oil prices have been under pressure, as financial markets speculate over the potential negative impact of oversupply as a resultthe COVID-19 virus outbreak on demand for oil and oil products. As of growing inventories.March 2, 2020 Brent crude oil was quoted at approximately $51.9 per barrel compared to $66 per barrel at December 31, 2019 and at the same time last year.
After a periodIn contrast with global oil prices, global natural gas prices were under sustained pressure for most of strength during2019. Natural gas prices in the third quarterimport regions of 2018 following strong demand in both Asia and Europe, global gas prices, as measured by the Title Transfer Facility ("TTF") and, averaged $4.3 per million British Thermal Units ("MMBtu") in 2019 while in Asia, the Japan Korea Marker ("JKM") price indices in North West Europe and North Asia respectively, were also weakerthey averaged $6.1 per MMBtu. Both hit multi-year lows during the year. Meanwhile, gas prices in the fourth quarter of 2018United States as a result ofmeasured by the fallHenry Hub ("HH") benchmark, averaged $2.6 per MMBtu and also reached multi-year lows during the summer. Global gas prices were impacted by increasing gas production in oil prices, ample gas inventory levels andexport markets such as the United States, while a warmer than normal temperatures at the start of the winter in both regions. On the contrary, spot U.S. natural gas prices rose sharply towards the end of 2018, reflecting inventory drawdowns during a colder than normal start to theaverage 2018/19 winter in the U.S.Northern Hemisphere, a warmer than average 2019/20 winter so far and the start-up of new LNG export capacity during 2019 has pressured import prices in Europe and Asia.
The concerns over oil market oversupply and deteriorating macroeconomic fundamentals seen in late 2018 have partially reversed inIn early 2019, resulting in a modest recovery in oil prices. However,2020, international gas prices have continued to fall due to weaker than normal winter demand, healthyhigh inventory levels in key demand regions and ample supply of both piped gas and LNG. The recent COVID-19 virus outbreak has also introduced uncertainty regarding demand for LNG over the near-term, particularly in China. As of February 21, 2019, Brent crude oil was quoted at approximately $67.1 per barrel compared to approximately $65.4 per barrel at this time last year, while internationalMarch 2, 2020, natural gas prices were quoted at approximately $5.9$2.6 per million British thermal units ("MMBtu")MMBtu for TTF compared to $5.8$5.1 per MMBtu at the same time last year and at approximately $6.9$3.3 per MMBtu for JKM compared to $8.3$6.6 per MMBtu at the same time last year. In the U.S., spot Henry Hub natural gas price at $2.7prices have fallen to $1.8 per MMBtu as of February 21, 2019 was unchanged year-on-year. WeMarch 2, 2020 compared to $3.2 at the same time last year.
While the majority of LNG volumes are sold under long-term contracts with prices limited to the price of crude oil, we believe that the differential between Asian marketdifference in delivered gas prices between import markets in Asia and those in the Atlantic Basin and export costs from the U.S. markets, where Henry Hub gas pricing averaged (on a volume weighted basis) $3.26 per MMBtu in 2018,, is a significant driver of spot global LNG trade, as the differential incentivizes natural gas marketers and buyers to ship LNG over longer distances, such as between sources of LNG in the Atlantic Basin and markets in Asia.distances. The recent declines in Asian and European gas prices referenced above have resulted in a differential not currently wide enough to incentivize inter-basin trade. However, gas price futures imply that the inter-basin arbitrage opportunity willmay exist periodically in coming years, potentially leading to longer voyages for LNG cargoes and, all else equal, increasing the demand for spot LNG shipping.
LNG Supply
TheAccording to Wood Mackenzie, the global seaborne trade of LNG was 326 mtpa364 million tonnes ("mt") in 2018, with2019, an increase of 12% over 2018. During the year, new production started in the United States (Cameron Train 1, Corpus Christi LNG outputTrain 2 and Freeport LNG Train 1) and Australia (Prelude). Supply from existing liquefaction facilities in Australia, Russia, Nigeria and Abu Dhabi also increased while downtime and/or underperformance at existing facilities in Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia partially offset these gains. LNG supply is projected by Wood Mackenzie to rise 12%7% to approximately 366 mtpa391 mt in 2019.2020, according to Wood Mackenzie. This expected growth is driven by the ramp-up of new supply commissioned in 20182019 and new capacity scheduled onstream in 2019. During the second half of 2018, the Ichthys, Corpus Christi Train 1, Sabine Pass Train 5 and Yamal Train 3 projects were brought onstream with a combined production capacity size of 23.7 mtpa. According to Wood Mackenzie, new supply additions during 2019 will come mainly from the U.S., including Elba Island, Cameron Trains 1 and 2, Freeport Trains 1 and 2 (combined total of 26.5 mtpa), new projects in Australia (Prelude 3.6 mtpa) and Russia (2.2 mtpa).
During 2018, there was renewed momentum in the planning and approval of new LNG production capacity. A total of 21 mtpa of capacity from the LNG Canada, Corpus Christi Train 3 and the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim projects reached FID in 2018. In February 2019, the Golden Pass (16 mtpa) project in the U.S. also reached FID. Based on Wood Mackenzie data and our estimates, approximately 57 mtpa of new capacity is expected to come onstream between 2020 and 2024. This includes the third trains aton stream in 2020.
both Cameron During 2019, six new LNG liquefaction projects with a combined capacity of approximately 71 mtpa reached Final Investment Decision ("FID"), a record year for the sanctioning of new LNG projects and Freeportunderpinning further LNG supply growth during the next decade. Projects which reached FID include Golden Pass (16 mtpa), Calcasieu Pass (10 mtpa) and Sabine Pass Train 6 (4.5 mtpa) in the U.S., firstUnited States, Mozambique LNG production from Mozambique's Coral project, Corpus Christi(12.9 mtpa) in Mozambique, Arctic LNG-2 (19.8 mtpa) in Russia and Nigeria LNG Train 3, LNG Canada, Tangguh Train 3, Greater Tortue Ahmeyim and Golden Pass.7 (8 mtpa including debottlenecking of existing trains) in Nigeria.
LNG Demand
Demand for LNG continued to grow strongly in 2018, primarily as a result of economic growth, energy and environmental policy, energy security considerations and declines in domestic natural gas production in certain countries. In total, LNG demand increased by 9%, from 288 mtpa in 2017 to 313 mtpa in 2018. China's LNG imports registered another year of significant growth, rising by 41% to 54 mtpa in 2018 following 44% growth in 2017. During 2018, China overtook Japan as the largest importer of piped natural gas and LNG globally. Other established markets where LNG demand grew strongly in 2018 included India, South Korea, Pakistan and Turkey. During 2018, Bangladesh, Panama and Russia (Kaliningrad) also began importing LNG, bringing the total number of LNG importing countries to 43.
The increase in the total number of importing nations has been facilitated by the versatility in energy demand, declining domestic natural gas production in certain countries, energy policies resulting in a switch to natural gas from fuels with higher carbon emissions, a desire to enhance energy security through diversification of supply and the versatility and attractive economics of FSRUs. These are either custom-built vessels or LNG carriers that have been converted to operate as FSRUs and offer cheaper and quicker access to LNG markets. FSRUs remain a growing sector of the LNG trade and they increase the number of potential LNG markets and trade routes. In 2018, Bangladesh inaugurated its first FSRU terminal. Several other countries are steadily progressing FSRU projects, including Greece, Hong Kong and Australia.
According to Poten, there are currently 30 FSRUs on the water, with a further ten being delivered over the next two to three years. However, the availability of on-the-water FSRUs without charters and increasingly competitive tenders are putting FSRU charter rates and financial returns under pressure. In addition, newbuild FSRU costs are at historical lows, with a comparable all-in cost to a modern TFDE conversion. While this continues to be the case, the competitive advantage of an FSRU conversion is predominantly 'speed-to-market', targeting projects where permanent land-based LNG regasification terminals cannot be delivered in time to meet import requirements.
During 2018 there was a significant increase in the number of long-term LNG off-take contracts announced, a positive indicator for future LNG demand. According to Wood Mackenzie and company disclosures, 95anticipates at least another 50 mtpa of long-term (defined as greater than 5 years duration) off-take commitments have been agreed since the beginning of 2018, compared to 25 mtpa in 2017. The nature of thenew LNG marketplace continued to evolve in 2018. According to the Financial Times, the top three independent commodity traders increased their delivered LNG volumes by almost 40% to 31 million tonnes in 2018, taking market share from traditional participants such as national oil companies and major integrated oil companies.
The agreements signed in 2018 and early 2019 included Trafigura purchasing 1 mtpa from Cheniere Marketing, LLC for 15 years beginning in 2019. Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. and Centrica LNG Company Limited entered into a Heads of Agreement for a combined 2.6 mtpa over 20 years from the Area 1 Project in Mozambique. Polish Oil and Gas Company has contracted to receive 2.0 mtpa over 20 years from both Venture Global LNG's proposed Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines LNG export facilities and Port Arthur LNG, LLC. Taiwan's state owned oil and gas company, CPC Corporation, has contracted to take 2.0 mtpa over 25 years from Cheniere commencing in 2021. In September 2018, Qatargas announced an agreement to sell approximately 3.4 mtpa of LNG to PetroChina International Company Limited over 22 years. Sumitomo Corporation of the Americas contracted to receive 2.2 mtpa over 20 years from the Freeport project (FLNG Liquefaction 4) in the U.S. The partners in the LNG Canada project (Korea Gas Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Petronas, PetroChina
Company Limited and Shell) are expected to market LNG production from the project either as portfolio volumes or market for onward sale, with Toho Gas Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Gas signing for a combined 0.9 mtpa over 15 and 13 years, respectively, from Mitsubishi Corporation. Vitol Asia Pte. Ltd. recently signed for 0.8 mtpa of LNG supply over 15 years from Petronas LNG Ltd., which is primarily expected to be sourced from the LNG Canada project. Petronas LNG Ltd. announced in December 2018 an agreement to purchase 1.1 mtpa from Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. for a term of 20 years. In late 2018, the Rovuma LNG project offshore Mozambique secured off-take commitments from its joint venture partners, a key milestone ahead of a probablecapacity will reach FID in 2019. In early 2019, the Mozambique Area 1 partners announced long-term offtake agreements with CNOOC (1.5 mtpa over 13 years), Shell (2 mtpa for 13 years), Bharat Petroleum (1 mtpa over 15 years) and Pertamina (1 mtpa over 20 years). Finally, the Golden Pass project in the U.S. reached FID in February 2019, with its partners Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil expected to market LNG production from the project as portfolio volumes.
Several of these projects and others continue to make progress towards taking FID.during 2020. Should any further projects take FID, incremental LNG shipping capacity is likely to be required to transport the LNG produced by these projects. Nonetheless, there can be no assurance that any of these projects will take FID or, if one or more FIDs are taken, that incremental shipping will be contracted or that GasLog will be successful in securing renewed or new charters at attractive rates and durations to meet such LNG shipping requirements.
LNG Demand
According to Wood Mackenzie, LNG demand increased by 11%, to 351 mt in 2019 from 316 mt in 2018. European demand accounted for most of the growth, increasing by over 31 mt (61%) year-over-year. European demand was driven by a combination of declining domestic production, continued coal-to-gas switching for power generation and inventory restocking. In North Asia, demand from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan declined by approximately 8 mt or 6%, while demand from China increased by 7 mt or 13%.
During 2019, a significant number of long-term LNG off-take contracts were announced, a positive indicator for future LNG demand. According to Wood Mackenzie, 85 mtpa of long-term (defined as greater than 5 years duration) off-take commitments have been agreed since the beginning of 2019, second only to the 95 mtpa signed in 2018.
Wood Mackenzie forecasts global LNG demand growth of over 90 mt between 2019 and 2025, a compound annual growth of approximately 4%. This growth is expected to be broad-based, with Southeast Asia (excluding India) accounting for approximately 46% and China, Latin America and India expected to account for 27%, 11% and 10%, respectively.
LNG Shipping Rates and Chartering Activity
AtIn the beginningLNG shipping spot market, TFDE headline rates, as reported by Clarksons, averaged $70,000 per day in 2019, a 23% decrease year-on-year . Low gas prices during much of 2019 limited the arbitrage opportunity for transporting LNG between the Atlantic and Pacific basins. However, the market balance tightened in the fourth quarter of 2019, as evidenced by the sharp increase in TFDE headline rates to an annual peak of $140,000 per day in November, following a marked decrease in spot ship availability. According to Poten, 57 term charters between six months and seven years were reported in 2019, a decrease of 22% over 2018, of which 25 were for TFDE vessels and 12 were for Steam vessels. The term charter market for Steam vessels continues to be significantly less liquid than that for TFDEs.
Headline spot TFDE rates have fallen significantly from the peaks of the fourth quarter of 2019, with Clarksons currently assessing headline spot rates for TFDE and Steam LNG carriers as quoted by Clarksons, stood at $82,000$37,500 per day displayingand $29,000 per day, respectively. Expected continued strength following significant demand for spot LNG cargoes during a colder than anticipated Northern Hemisphere winter and strong demand growth in North Asia, especially China and South Korea. Rates subsequently declined, reaching a low of $38,000 per day in April 2018, as the seasonal fall in Northern Hemisphere gas demand coincided with new LNG carrier capacity entering the market, unexpected supply outages from existing LNG plants and a delay in commissioning new LNG supply capacity. Spot rates increased counter-seasonally in mid-2018 and strengthened furthermay support LNG vessel demand in the second half of 2020 and into early 2021. However, the year. Warmer than anticipated temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer led to increasedvery weak current prices and forward curves for natural gas demand for power generation, driving an increase in LNG imports. In addition, China sought to front load its LNG imports during the third quarter of 2018 to avoid a repeat of the 2017/2018 winter, when a significant number of LNG cargoes were procured at short notice to meet high demand. The combination of these factors, as well as high levels of utilization across the global LNG fleet, saw an unprecedented spike in rates for available spot LNG vessels in the final monthskey markets of 2018, resulting in all-time highs of $190,000 per day for a TFDE carrier. Rates started to moderate late in the yearNorth Asia and continued to fall in early 2019 as prompt shipping availability increased following a weaker than normal winter demand in the later stages of the Northern Hemisphere winter and the delivery of 53 new LNG carriers in 2018. As at February 27, 2019 Clarksons estimates spot rates for TFDEs at $52,000/day.
The number of spot charterers increased during 2018, with Poten estimating that 58 companies chartered at least one ship in 2018, compared to 55 in 2017. However, many charterers fixed vessels on multi-month and/or multi-voyage terms ahead of anticipated tightness in LNG shipping markets during the Northern Hemisphere winter. As a result, average charter durations rose from 32 days in 2017 to 45 days in 2018. Consequently, the total number of spot fixtures declined in 2018, with Poten estimating that 326 spot fixtures (defined as 180 days or less in duration) of LNG vessels in the year, compared with 339 in 2017. However, short and medium term fixtures (defined by Poten as 181 days to seven years in duration) increased from 19 in 2017 to 77 in 2018. Structural medium-term tightness in the LNG carrier market combined with a recent increase in spot vessel availabilityEurope could result in this trend continuing.
Looking ahead, in our view, further LNGshorter average voyage distances and lower shipping requirements. The recent COVID-19 virus outbreak has also introduced uncertainty regarding near term demand growth, new sources of supply coming onstream and a slower pace of LNG carrier fleet growth in 2019 compared to 2018 should combine to create the potential for LNG, shippingparticularly in China. In addition, spot rates may be prone to stage a strong recovery fromfurther periods of seasonality and volatility similar to those seen in recent seasonal falls. However,years. Accordingly, there is no guarantee that LNG shipping spot rates will stay at or
near current levels or return to the levels experienced in the fourth quarterquarters of 2018 and 2019, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. Over the longer term, if construction and commissioning of the new LNG production facilities referenced above in"LNG Supply" proceed as expected by Wood Mackenzie, the incremental supply of LNG will increase the demand for LNG shipping capacity. Although some of the shipping required
Delays to transport this additional volume has been contracted and is currently under construction, encouraging levels of tendering activity are being noted and consensus LNG demand forecasts continue to suggest a potential shortfall of LNG shipping capacity during the middle of the next decade. However, 2018 newbuild order activity has reduced the potential shortfall in shipping capacity we had previously identified for the early next decade.
While there is a broad consensus that the LNG shipping market will be tight over the next two to three years, delays to start-up, or unexpected downtime, of LNG supply projects or significant further orders of new LNG carriers may weaken the supply/demand balance for LNG shipping. Reduced demand for LNG or LNG shipping, or any reduction or limitation in LNG production capacity, or significant increases in LNG shipping capacity, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to secure future time charters at attractive rates and durations for new ships we may order or acquire, or upon expiration or early termination of our current charter arrangements, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to meet certain of our debt covenants. A sustained decline in charter rates could also adversely affect the market value of our ships, on which certain of the ratios and financial covenants with which we are required to comply are based.
Global LNG Fleet
According to Poten, as of February 11, 2019,March 2, 2020, the global fleet of dedicated LNG carriers (>65,000100,000 cbm) consisted of 493513 vessels with 105118 LNG carriers on order, of which 6676 vessels (or 63%) have long-term charters. Poten estimates that a total of 3841 LNG carriers are due to be delivered in 2019,2020, with 2415 of these in the first half of the year.
In 2018, 612019, 48 orders for LNG carriers were placed, as estimated by Poten. Newbuild ordering saw a significant increase in 2018decline relative to previous years, as industry participants reacted to the positive outlook for LNG demand and supply, the increase in long-term chartering activity referenced above, and attractive shipyard prices for newbuild vessels, although these prices have started to increase while still being relatively low by historical standards.2018. We believe that the growing global demand for natural gas, especially in Asia, increasing supply from the U.S. and other regions, and other LNG market trends, including increased trading of LNG leading to transportation inefficiencies with cargoes spending more time on the water, should support the existing order backlog for vessels and should also drive a need for additional LNG carrier newbuildings. Finally, the scrapping of older and less efficient vessels, the conversion of existing vessels to FSRUs or floating storage unitsFSUs and/or employing LNG carriers for short-term storage purposes in order to exploit arbitrage opportunities could reduce the availability of LNG carriers on the water today. However, various factors, including changes in prices of and demand for LNG, can materially affect the competitive dynamics that currently exist and there can be no assurance that this need for additional carriers will materialize or that GasLog will be successful in securing renewed or new charters at attractive rates and durations to meet such LNG shipping requirements.
The statements in this "Industry Overview and Trends" section are forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations and certain material assumptions and, accordingly, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and outcomes
to differ materially from those expressed herein. See "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors" of this annual report.
A. Operating Results
Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
We believe the principal factors that will affect our future results of operations include:
In addition to the general factors discussed above, we believe certain specific factors have impacted, or will impact, our results of operations. These factors include:
See "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors" for a discussion of certain risks inherent in our business.
Principal Components of Revenues and Expenses
Revenues
Our revenues are driven primarily by the number of LNG carriers in our owned fleet, the amount of daily charter hire that they earn under time charters and the number of operating days during which they generate revenues. These factors, in turn, are affected by our decisions relating to ship acquisitions and disposals, the amount of time that our ships spend in dry-dock undergoing repairs, maintenance and upgrade work, the age, condition and technical specifications of our ships as well as the relative levels of supply and demand in the LNG carrier charter market. Under the terms of some of our time charter arrangements, the operating cost component of the daily hire rate is intended to correspond to the costs of operating the ship. Accordingly, we will receive additional revenue under certain of our
time charters through an annual escalation of the operating cost component of the daily hire rate and, in the event of more material increases in a ship's operating costs, we may be entitled to receive additional revenues under those charters. Under some of the other time charter arrangements, most of our operating costs are passed-through to the charterer in the form of an adjustment to the operating cost component of the daily hire rate. We believe these adjustment provisions provide substantial protection against significant operating cost increases. See "Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Ship Time Charters—Hire Rate Provisions" for a more detailed discussion of the hire rate provisions of our charter contracts.
Our LNG carriers are employed through time charter or spot charter contracts. Following the exit from the Cool Pool, management allocates revenues from time charters to two categories: (a) variable rate charters and (b) fixed rate charters. The variable rate charter category contains vessels operating in the LNG carrier spot and short-term market or those which have a variable rate of hire across the charter period. The charter hire revenue is recognized as earned on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant time charter starting from the vessel's delivery to the charterer. Except for the off-hire period, when a charter agreement exists, the vessel is made available and services are provided to the charterer and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. Unearned revenue includes cash received prior to the balance sheet date relating to services to be rendered after the balance sheet date.
The table below provides additional information about our contracted charter revenues based on contracts in effect as of December 31, 20182019 for (a) the six ships in our wholly owned fleet, the 1315 ships in the GasLog Partners' fleet, and the bareboat vessel for which we have secured time charters and (b) seven of our nineseven newbuildings on order. Other than the assumptions reflected in the footnotes to the table, including our assumption that our newbuildings are delivered on schedule, the table does not reflect events, including charter party agreements signed or amended, occurring after December 31, 2018.2019. The table reflects only our contracted charter revenues for the ships in our owned fleet and bareboat fleet for which we have secured time charters, and it does not reflect the costs or expenses we will incur in fulfilling our obligations under the charters, nor does it include other revenues we may earn, such as revenues for technical management of customer-owned ships. In particular, the table does not reflect any revenues from theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Chelsea, theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog Salem and theGasLog Shanghai that are operating in the Cool Pool, our two newbuild vessels without charters, or any additional ships we may acquire in the future; nor does it reflect the options under our time charters that permit our charterers to extend the time charter terms for successive multi-year periods. The entry into new time charter contracts for theGasLog Singapore, ships that are trading in theGasLog Chelsea, theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog Salem, theGasLog Shanghai or one or both of our uncontracted newbuild vessels spot market and any additional ships we may acquire, or the exercise of options extending the terms of our existing charters, would result in an increase in the number of contracted days and the contracted revenue for our fleet in the future. Although the contracted charter revenues are based on contracted charter hire rate provisions, they reflect certain assumptions, including assumptions relating to future ship operating costs. We consider the assumptions to be reasonable as of the date of this report, but if these assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual
time charter revenues could differ from those reflected in the table. Furthermore, any contract is subject to various risks, including performance by the counterparties or an early termination of the contract pursuant to its terms. If the charterers are unable or unwilling to make charter payments to us, or if we agree to renegotiate charter terms at the request of a charterer or if contracts are prematurely terminated for any reason, we would be exposed to prevailing market conditions at the time and our results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Please see "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors". For these reasons, the contracted charter revenue information presented below is not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information. Neither the Company's independent auditors, nor any other independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any procedures with respect to the information presented in the table, nor have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such information or its achievability, and they assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association with, the information in the table.
Contracted Charter Revenues and Days from Time Charters as of December 31, 20182019
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Contracted time charter revenues(1) | $ | 548.1 | $ | 480.9 | $ | 459.6 | $ | 453.7 | $ | 1,681.5 | $ | 3,623.8 | $ | 570.7 | $ | 553.6 | $ | 541.0 | $ | 511.3 | $ | 1,775.6 | $ | 3,952.2 | ||||||||||||||
Total contracted days(1) | 7,429 | 6,565 | 6,029 | 5,840 | 21,967 | 47,830 | 8,109 | 7,581 | 7,269 | 6,692 | 23,762 | 53,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total available days(2) | 9,874 | 10,697 | 12,202 | 12,775 | 88,085 | 133,633 | 10,720 | 12,234 | 12,775 | 12,535 | 113,250 | 161,514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total unfixed days(3) | 2,445 | 4,132 | 6,173 | 6,935 | 66,118 | 85,803 | 2,611 | 4,653 | 5,506 | 5,843 | 89,488 | 108,101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Percentage of total contracted days/total available days | 75.2 | % | 61.4 | % | 49.4 | % | 45.7 | % | 24.9 | % | 35.8 | % | 75.6 | % | 62.0 | % | 56.9 | % | 53.4 | % | 21.0 | % | 33.1 | % | ||||||||||||||
The revenues of GasLog LNG Services, our wholly owned subsidiary, are driven primarily by the number of ships operating under our technical management and the amount of the fees we earn for each of these ships as well as the amount of fees that we may earn for plan approval and construction supervision of newbuilding LNG carriers. In addition to revenues from external customers, GasLog LNG Services receives revenues for technical management, plan approval and construction supervision services provided to our owned fleet, which are eliminated on consolidation.
Revenue from vessel management and vessel construction project supervision contracts is recognized when earned and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and such a benefit can be measured reliably.
Net Pool Allocation
In relation to the vessels participating in the Cool Pool (until July 2019, when GasLog exited the Cool Pool), net pool allocation represents GasLog's share of the net revenues earned from the other pool participants' vessels less the other participants' share of the net revenues earned by GasLog's vessels included in the pool. Each participant's share of the net pool revenues is based on the number of pool points attributable to its vessels and the number of days such vessels participated in the pool.
Voyage Expenses and Commissions
Under our time charter arrangements, charterers bear substantially all voyage expenses, including bunker fuel, port charges and canal tolls, but not commissions, which we have historically paid to unaffiliated ship brokers based on a flat fee per ship. Commissions are recognized as expenses on a pro rata basis over the duration of the period of the time charter.
Vessel operating costs and voyage expenses and commissions are expensed as incurred, with the exception of commissions, which are recognized on a pro-rata basis over the duration of the period of
the time charter. Bunkers consumption represents mainly bunkers consumed during vessels' unemployment and off-hire.
Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs
We are generally responsible for ship operating expenses, which include costs for crewing, insurance, repairs, modifications and maintenance, including dry-docking, lubricants, spare parts and consumable stores and other miscellaneous expenses, as well as the associated cost of providing these items and services. However, as described above, the hire rate provisions of our time charters are intended to reflect the operating costs borne by us. Certain of our charters contain provisions that significantly reduce our exposure to increases in operating costs, including review provisions and cost pass-through provisions. Ship operating expenses are recognized as expenses when incurred.
In addition, we pay fees to GasLog LNG Services in connection with our own newbuildings on order for plan approval and construction supervision services provided by GasLog LNG Services and to cover third-party expenses incurred by GasLog LNG Services in respect of the newbuildings. These fees, other than any intercompany profit, are capitalized as part of the asset value of our ships. The fees paid for technical ship management services, which are considered vessel operating and supervision costs of our owned fleet (and corresponding revenues of GasLog LNG Services), are eliminated on consolidation.
Vessel operating and supervision costs of GasLog LNG Services include staff costs, such as salaries, social security and training for the technical management team and project specialists, and project-related expenses.
Depreciation
The majority of our consolidated depreciation expenses relate to the cost of our ships. We depreciate the cost of our ships on the basis of two components: a vessel component and a dry-docking component. The vessel component is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of each ship, based on the cost of the ship less its estimated residual value. We estimate the useful lives of our ships to be 35 years from the date of delivery from the shipyard. Secondhand vessels are depreciated from the date of their acquisition through their remaining estimated useful life. Management estimates residual value of its vessels to be equal to the product of its lightweight tonnage ("LWT"), and an estimated scrap rate per LWT, which represents our estimate of the market value of the ship at the end of its useful life. We review scrap rates on an annual basis.
We must periodically dry-dock each of our ships for inspection, repairs and maintenance and any modifications to comply with industry certification or governmental requirements. All our ships are required to be dry-docked for these inspections at least once every five years. At the time of delivery of a ship, we estimate the dry-docking component of the cost of the ship, which represents the estimated cost of the ship's first dry-docking based on our historical experience with similar types of ships. The dry-docking component of the ship's cost is depreciated over five years, in case of new ships, and until the next dry-docking for secondhand ships, which is performed within five years from the vessel's last dry-docking unless we determine to dry-dock the ships at an earlier date. In the event a ship is dry-docked at an earlier date, the unamortized dry-docking component is written off immediately.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel costs for administrative and support staff, board of directors fees, expense recognized in connection with share-based compensation, rent, utilities, travel expenses, legal expenses, information and computing equipment and services, other professional services and consultants, training for crew familiarization and other advisor costs.
Impairment Loss on Vessels
All vessels are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Whenever the carrying amount of a vessel exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. The recoverable amount is the higher of a vessel's fair value less cost of disposal and "value in use". The fair value less cost of disposal is the amount obtainable from the sale of a vessel in an arm's length transaction less the costs of disposal, while "value in use" is the present value of estimated future cash flows expected to arise from the continuing use of a vessel and from its disposal at the end of its useful life. Recoverable amounts are estimated for individual vessels. Each vessel is considered to be a single cash-generating unit. The fair value less cost of disposal of the vessels is estimated from market-based evidence by appraisal that is normally undertaken by professionally qualified brokers.
Financial Costs
We incur interest expense on the outstanding indebtedness under our existing credit facilities, bonds and our swap arrangements that qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes, which we include in our financial costs. Financial costs also include amortization of other loan issuance costs incurred in connection with establishing our credit facilities. We will incur additional interest expense and other borrowing costs in the future on our outstanding borrowings and under the undrawn or future borrowings and commitments. For a description of our credit facilities, including our loan agreements, see "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities".
Interest expense and the amortization of loan issuance costs that relate directly to a specific loan to finance an LNG carrier under construction and are incurred during the construction period are capitalized as part of the cost of the ship. Otherwise, interest expense and amortization of loan issuance costs are expensed as incurred.
Financial Income
Financial income consists of interest income, which will depend on the level of our cash deposits, investments and prevailing interest rates. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.
(Loss)/Gain on Derivatives
(Loss)/gain on derivatives consist of the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivatives that meet hedge accounting criteria, net interest on derivative financial instruments held for trading, the movement in the fair value of the derivative financial instruments that have not been designated as hedges and the amortization of the cumulative unrealized loss for the derivative contracts in respect of which hedge accounting was discontinued.
Share of Profit of Associates
The share of profit of associates consists of our share of profits from (a) our 25.0% ownership interest in Egypt LNG, a Bermuda exempted company whose principal asset is the LNG carrierMethane Nile Eagle and (b) our 20.0% ownership in Gastrade, a Greek private limited company licensed to develop an independent natural gas system offshore Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece utilizing a FSRU along with other infrastructure.
Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019
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Revenues | $ | 618,344 | $ | 668,637 | $ | 50,293 | ||||
Net pool allocation | 17,818 | (4,264 | ) | (22,082 | ) | |||||
Voyage expenses and commissions | (20,374 | ) | (23,772 | ) | (3,398 | ) | ||||
Vessel operating and supervision costs | (128,084 | ) | (139,662 | ) | (11,578 | ) | ||||
Depreciation | (153,193 | ) | (168,041 | ) | (14,848 | ) | ||||
General and administrative expenses | (41,993 | ) | (47,385 | ) | (5,392 | ) | ||||
Impairment loss on vessels | — | (162,149 | ) | (162,149 | ) | |||||
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Profit from operations | 292,518 | 123,364 | (169,154 | ) | ||||||
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Financial costs | (166,627 | ) | (190,481 | ) | (23,854 | ) | ||||
Financial income | 4,784 | 5,318 | 534 | |||||||
Loss on derivatives | (6,077 | ) | (55,441 | ) | (49,364 | ) | ||||
Share of profit of associates | 1,800 | 1,627 | (173 | ) | ||||||
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Total other expenses, net | (166,120 | ) | (238,977 | ) | (72,857 | ) | ||||
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Profit/(loss) for the year | 126,398 | (115,613 | ) | (242,011 | ) | |||||
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Non-controlling interests | 78,715 | (14,952 | ) | (93,667 | ) | |||||
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During the year ended December 31, 2019, we had an average of 27.2 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 9,518 revenue operating days and an average of 27.2 ships operating under our technical management (including 27.0 of our owned and bareboat ships). During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had an average of 26.0 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 9,030 revenue operating days and an average of 25.5 ships operating under our technical management (including 25.0 of our owned and bareboat ships).
Revenues: Revenues increased by 8.1%, or $50.3 million, from $618.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $668.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in revenues is mainly attributable to an increase of $63.4 million deriving from the full operation of theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Hong Kong and theGasLog Gladstone which were delivered on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively and the deliveries of theGasLog Gladstone on March 15, 2019 and theGasLog Warsaw on July 31, 2019. These deliveries resulted in an increase in revenue operating days. In addition, there was an increase of $11.0 million from our vessels trading in the spot and short-term market including the impact of the unscheduled dry-dockings of theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Singapore and theGasLog Chelsea and an increase of $2.7 million from the remaining fleet. The above increases were partially offset by a decrease of $26.1 million from the expiration of the initial time charters of theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago, theGasLog Sydney, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog Saratoga and theMethane Jane Elizabeth and a decrease of $0.7 million due to increased off-hire days from the remaining vessels. The average daily hire rate increased from $68,392 for the year ended December 31, 2018 to $70,167 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Net Pool Allocation: Net pool allocation decreased by $22.1 million, from a positive $17.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to a negative $4.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in net pool allocation was attributable to the movement in the
adjustment of the net pool results generated by the GasLog vessels in accordance with the pool distribution formula for the total fleet of the pool, as well as GasLog's vessels exiting the Cool Pool in June and July 2019. GasLog recognized gross revenues and gross voyage expenses and commissions of $45.3 million and $8.1 million, respectively, from the operation of its vessels in the Cool Pool during the year ended December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $102.3 million and $10.2 million, respectively). GasLog's total net pool performance is presented below:
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Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars | |||||||
Pool gross revenues (included in Revenues) | 102,253 | 45,253 | |||||
Pool gross voyage expenses and commissions (included in Voyage expenses and commissions) | (10,154 | ) | (8,086 | ) | |||
GasLog's adjustment for net pool allocation (included in Net pool allocation) | 17,818 | (4,264 | ) | ||||
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GasLog's total net pool performance | 109,917 | 32,903 | |||||
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Voyage Expenses and Commissions: Voyage expenses and commissions increased by 16.7%, or $3.4 million, from $20.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $23.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in voyage expenses and commissions is mainly attributable to an increase of $3.4 million in bunkers and voyage expenses consumed during certain unchartered and off-hire periods for the vessels trading in the spot market.
Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs: Vessel operating and supervision costs increased by 9.1%, or $11.6 million, from $128.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $139.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in vessel operating and supervision costs is primarily attributable to the increase in ownership days due to the deliveries of theGasLog Gladstone and theGasLog Warsaw on March 15, 2019 and July 31, 2019, respectively and the full operation of theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Hong Kong and theGasLog Genoa which were delivered on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively, the increase in scheduled technical and maintenance costs related to engine maintenance and costs related to dry-dockings, including expenses associated with the preparation for compliance with the IMO 2020 regulations and the increase in insurance costs. The above increases were partially offset by the favorable movement of the EUR/USD exchange rate. Daily operating costs per vessel increased from $14,306 per ownership day (as defined below) for the year ended December 31, 2018 to $14,595 per ownership day (as defined below) for the year ended December 31, 2019. Ownership days represent total calendar days for our owned and bareboat fleet.
Depreciation: Depreciation increased by 9.7%, or $14.8 million, from $153.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $168.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in depreciation resulted mainly from the delivery of theGasLog Gladstone on March 15, 2019 and theGasLog Warsaw on July 31, 2019, the full operation in the year ending December 31, 2019 of theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Hong Kong and theGasLog Genoa following their delivery on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively, and the increase from the depreciation of the right-of-use assets deriving from the implementation of IFRS 16Leases.
General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses increased by 12.9%, or $5.4 million, from $42.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $47.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly attributable to restructuring costs of $4.7 million that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2019. Daily general and administrative expenses per vessel excluding the effect of the restructuring costs decreased
from $4,507 per ownership day (as defined above) for the year ended December 31, 2018 to $4,297 per ownership day (as defined above) for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Impairment Loss on Vessels: Impairment loss on vessels was nil for the year ended December 31, 2018 and $162.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The impairment loss was recognized with respect to the Partnership's Steam vessels (theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Alison Victoria, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth and theMethane Heather Sally) and the Steam vessel owned by GasLog (theMethane Lydon Volney), as a result of the impairment assessment performed by the Group for the entire fleet after concluding that events and circumstances triggered the existence of potential impairment of its vessels as of December 31, 2019.
Financial Costs: Financial costs increased by 14.3%, or $23.9 million, from $166.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $190.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in financial costs is attributable to an increase of $15.8 million in interest expense on loans, bonds and cash flow hedges, an increase of $4.4 million in other financial costs mainly due to the unrealized foreign exchange losses on cash and bond, an increase of $2.1 million in loss arising on bond repurchases at premium and an increase of $1.6 million deriving mainly from the write-off of fees relating to the old Partnership facility. During the year ended December 31, 2019, we had an average of $3,072.0 of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 5.1%, while during the year ended December 31, 2018, we had an average of $2,886.3 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.8%. These weighted average interest rates include interest expense on loans and cash flow hedges and interest expense on bonds and CCSs.
Loss on Derivatives: Loss on derivatives increased by $49.3 million, from a loss of $6.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 to a loss of $55.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase is mainly attributable to an increase of $46.1 million in the loss from mark-to-market valuation of our derivative financial instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss, which reflected a loss of $7.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to a loss of $54.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, a decrease of $3.9 million in realized gain on forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading and an increase of $0.7 million in recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss, partially offset by an increase of $1.3 million in realized gain from interest rate swaps held for trading and a decrease of $0.1 million in the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges.
Profit/(Loss) for the Year: Profit for the year decreased by $242.0 million, from a profit of $126.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 to a loss of $115.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 as a result of the aforementioned factors.
Profit/(Loss) Attributable to Owners of the Group: Profit Attributable to Owners of the Group decreased by $148.4 million, from a profit of $47.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 to a loss of $100.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in profit to loss attributable to the owners of GasLog resulted mainly from the respective movements in profit mentioned above.
Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018
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| | 2017 | 2018 | Change | 2017 | 2018 | Change | ||||||||||||||
Amounts are in thousands of U.S. Dollars | ||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 525,229 | $ | 618,344 | $ | 93,115 | $ | 525,229 | $ | 618,344 | $ | 93,115 | ||||||||
Net pool allocation | 7,254 | 17,818 | 10,564 | 7,254 | 17,818 | 10,564 | ||||||||||||||
Voyage expenses and commissions | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | (4,970 | ) | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | (4,970 | ) | ||||||||
Vessel operating and supervision costs | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | (5,598 | ) | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | (5,598 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | (16,006 | ) | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | (16,006 | ) | ||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | (2,143 | ) | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | (2,143 | ) | ||||||||
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Profit from operations | 217,556 | 292,518 | 74,962 | 217,556 | 292,518 | 74,962 | ||||||||||||||
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Financial costs | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | (27,446 | ) | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | (27,446 | ) | ||||||||
Financial income | 2,650 | 4,784 | 2,134 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 2,134 | ||||||||||||||
Gain/(loss) on derivatives | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (8,102 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (8,102 | ) | ||||||||||
Share of profit of associate | 1,159 | 1,800 | 641 | |||||||||||||||||
Share of profit of associates | 1,159 | 1,800 | 641 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total other expenses, net | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (32,773 | ) | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (32,773 | ) | ||||||||
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Profit for the year | 84,209 | 126,398 | 42,189 | 84,209 | 126,398 | 42,189 | ||||||||||||||
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Non-controlling interests | 68,703 | 78,715 | 10,012 | 68,703 | 78,715 | 10,012 | ||||||||||||||
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Profit attributable to owners of the Group | $ | 15,506 | $ | 47,683 | $ | 32,177 | $ | 15,506 | $ | 47,683 | $ | 32,177 | ||||||||
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During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had an average of 26.0 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 9,030 operating days and an average of 25.5 ships operating under our technical management (including 25.0 of our owned and bareboat ships). During the year ended December 31, 2017, we had an average of 23.0 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet having 8,317 operating days and an average of 23.4 ships operating under our technical management (including 22.0 of our owned ships).
Revenues: Revenues increased by 17.7%, or $93.1 million, from $525.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $618.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in revenues is mainly attributable to an increase of $64.2 million in revenues from our vessels operating in the spot market due to the significant increase in LNG shipping spot rates during the year. There was also an increase in revenues of $63.7 million due to the deliveries of theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Hong Kong and theGasLog Genoa (which were delivered on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively). These deliveries resulted in an increase in operating days. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $25.4 million due to the expiration of the initial time charters of theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago and theGasLog Sydney. Following the expiration of their initial charters, theGasLog Shanghai has been trading in the spot market through the Cool Pool, theGasLog Santiago began a new, multi-year charter with Trafigura and theGasLog Sydney began a new 18-month charter with Cheniere. There was also a decrease of $8.4 million due to increased off-hire days for four scheduled dry-dockings in the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to only one scheduled dry-docking in the same period of 2017 and a decrease of $0.7 million due to increased off-hire days from the remaining vessels. The average daily hire rate increased from $63,006 for the year ended December 31, 2017 to $68,392 for the year ended December 31, 2018. Furthermore, there was a decrease of $0.3 million in revenues from technical management services mainly due to the decrease in the average number of the managed vessels owned by third parties.
Net Pool Allocation: Net pool allocation increased by $10.5 million, from $7.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $17.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The
increase in net pool allocation was attributable to the movement in the adjustment of the net pool results earned by the GasLog vessels in accordance with the pool distribution formula. GasLog recognized gross revenues and gross voyage expenses and commissions of $102.3 million and $10.2 million, respectively, from the operation of its vessels in the Cool Pool during the year ended December 31, 2018 (December 31, 2017: $38.0 million and $9.1 million, respectively). The increase in GasLog's total net pool performance was driven by higher spot rates and higher utilization achieved by all vessels trading in the Cool Pool. GasLog's total net pool performance is presented below:
| | For the year ended | ||||||
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| | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars | |||||||
Pool gross revenues (included in Revenues) | 38,046 | 102,253 | |||||
Pool gross voyage expenses and commissions (included in Voyage expenses and commissions) | (9,122 | ) | (10,154 | ) | |||
GasLog's adjustment for net pool allocation (included in Net pool allocation) | 7,254 | 17,818 | |||||
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GasLog's total net pool performance | 36,178 | 109,917 | |||||
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Voyage Expenses and Commissions: Voyage expenses and commissions increased by 32.5%, or $5.0 million, from $15.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $20.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in voyage expenses and commissions is mainly attributable to an increase of $3.6 million in bunkers consumed and voyage expenses during certain unchartered and off-hire periods, an increase of $0.3 million in voyage expenses of the vessels operating in the spot market and an increase of $1.1 million in brokers' commissions.
Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs: Vessel operating and supervision costs increased by 4.6%, or $5.6 million, from $122.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $128.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in vessel operating and supervision costs is primarily attributable to the increase in ownership days due to the deliveries of theGasLog Houston, theGasLog Hong Kong and theGasLog Genoa (which were delivered on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively,respectively), which caused an increase in crew costs, partially offset by a decrease in taxes. The average daily operating cost per vessel decreased from $15,254 per day in 2017 to $14,306 per day in 2018.
Depreciation: Depreciation increased by 11.7%, or $16.0 million, from $137.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $153.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in depreciation resulted mainly from the increase in the average number of vessels in our fleet in the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017.
General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses increased by 5.3%, or $2.1 million, from $39.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $42.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly attributable to an increase of $2.2 million in employee costs mainly due to the unfavorable movement of the United States Dollar ("USD") against the Euro ("EUR") and the British Pound (we have entered into forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge economically part of this exposure and the associated realized gains are recorded in Gain/(loss) on derivatives, which is discussed below). Daily general and administrative expenses per vessel decreased from $4,747 per ownership day (as defined above) for the year ended December 31, 2017 to $4,507 per ownership day (as defined above) for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Financial Costs: Financial costs increased by 19.7%, or $27.4 million, from $139.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $166.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The
increase in financial costs is attributable to an increase of $28.7 million in interest expense on loans,
bonds and cash flow hedges, an increase of $0.3 million in the other financial costs and an increase of $0.2 million in the amortization of deferred loan issuance costs. The above increases were partially offset by a decrease of $1.5 million in losses arising upon the repurchase in 2017 of the NOK denominated bonds at a premium and a decrease of $0.3 million in finance lease charges. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had an average of $2,886.3 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.8%, while during the year ended December 31, 2017, we had an average of $2,688.2 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.1%. These weighted average interest rates include interest expense on loans and cash flow hedges and interest expense on bonds and CCSs.
(Gain)/loss on Derivatives: Gain on derivatives decreased by $8.1 million, from a gain of $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 to a loss of $6.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $18.5 million in the gain from mark-to-market valuation of our derivative financial instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss and an increase of $0.2 million in the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges, partially offset by a decrease of $6.2 million in realized loss from derivative financial instruments held for trading and a decrease of $4.4 million in loss that was reclassified from equity to the statement of profit or loss.
Profit for the Year: Profit increased by 50.1%, or $42.2 million, from $84.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 to $126.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as a result of the aforementioned factors.
Profit/(Loss) Attributable to Owners of the Group: Profit Attributable to Owners of the Group increased by $32.2 million, from a profit of $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 to a profit of $47.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in profit attributable to the owners of GasLog resulted from the increase in profit mentioned above, partially offset by the increase in profit attributable to the non-controlling interests (non-controlling unitholders of GasLog Partners) as a result of the issuances under the GasLog Partners' ATM Programme, the preference unit issuances in January 2018 and November 2018 and the sale of three vessels to GasLog Partners in 2017 and another two vessels in 2018.
Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017
| | Year ended December 31, | |||||||||
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| | 2016 | 2017 | Change | |||||||
Amounts are in thousands of U.S. Dollars | ||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 466,059 | $ | 525,229 | $ | 59,170 | ||||
Net pool allocation | (4,674 | ) | 7,254 | 11,928 | ||||||
Voyage expenses and commissions | (10,510 | ) | (15,404 | ) | (4,894 | ) | ||||
Vessel operating and supervision costs | (112,632 | ) | (122,486 | ) | (9,854 | ) | ||||
Depreciation | (122,957 | ) | (137,187 | ) | (14,230 | ) | ||||
General and administrative expenses | (38,642 | ) | (39,850 | ) | (1,208 | ) | ||||
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Profit from operations | 176,644 | 217,556 | 40,912 | |||||||
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Financial costs | (137,316 | ) | (139,181 | ) | (1,865 | ) | ||||
Financial income | 720 | 2,650 | 1,930 | |||||||
(Loss)/gain on derivatives | (13,419 | ) | 2,025 | 15,444 | ||||||
Share of profit of associates | 1,422 | 1,159 | (263 | ) | ||||||
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Total other expenses, net | (148,593 | ) | (133,347 | ) | 15,246 | |||||
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Profit for the year | 28,051 | 84,209 | 56,158 | |||||||
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Non-controlling interests | 49,537 | 68,703 | 19,166 | |||||||
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(Loss)/profit attributable to owners of the Group | $ | (21,486 | ) | $ | 15,506 | $ | 36,992 | |||
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During For the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, we had an average of 23 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 8,317 operating days and an average of 23.4 ships operating under our technical management (including 22received 70.0% of our owned and bareboat ships). During the year ended December 31, 2016, we had an average of 20.7 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 7,439 operating days and an average of 23.6 ships operating under our technical management (including 19.7revenues from Shell, 15.7% of our owned and bareboat ships).
Revenues: Revenues increased by 12.7%, or $59.1 million, from $466.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $525.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase is attributable to an increase in revenues of $69.3 million from the full operation of theGasLog Greece, theGasLog Glasgow, theGasLog Geneva and theGasLog Gibraltar, which were delivered on March 29, 2016, June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and October 31, 2016, respectively. These deliveries resulted in an increase in operating days. There was also an increase of $14.8 million in revenues from our vessels operatingvarious charterers in the spotspot/short-term market, 14.2% from major LNG producers and an increase0.1% of $1.1 million due to decreased off-hire days for scheduled dry-dockings in the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $24.7 million due to the expiration of two time charter party agreements during 2016 (with the vessels operating in the spot market thereafter) and a decrease of $0.8 million inour revenues from the remaining vessels. The average daily hire rate increased from $62,400 for the year ended December 31, 2016 to $63,004 for the year ended December 31, 2017. Furthermore, there was a decrease of $0.6 million in revenues from technical management services mainly due to the decrease in the average number of the managed vessels owned by third parties.
Net Pool Allocation: Net pool allocation increased by $12.0 million, from a $4.7 million loss during the year ended December 31, 2016 to a $7.3 million gain during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was attributable to the movement in the adjustment of the net pool results earned by the GasLog vessels in accordance with the pool distribution formula. GasLog recognized gross revenues and gross voyage expenses and commissions of $38.0 million and $9.1 million, respectively, from the
operation of its vessels in the Cool Pool during the year ended December 31, 2017 (December 31, 2016: $19.8 million and $3.3 million, respectively). The increase in GasLog's total net pool performance was driven by higher spot rates and higher utilization achieved by all vessels trading in the Cool Pool. GasLog's total net pool performance is presented below:
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| | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars | |||||||
Pool gross revenues (included in Revenues) | 19,789 | 38,046 | |||||
Pool gross voyage expenses and commissions (included in Voyage expenses and commissions) | (3,332 | ) | (9,122 | ) | |||
GasLog's adjustment for net pool allocation (included in Net pool allocation) | (4,674 | ) | 7,254 | ||||
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GasLog's total net pool performance | 11,783 | 36,178 | |||||
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Voyage Expenses and Commissions: Voyage expenses and commissions increased by 46.7%, or $4.9 million, from $10.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $15.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in voyage expenses and commissions is attributable to an increase of $4.0 million in bunkers' consumption of the vessels operating in the spot market and an increase of $0.9 million in brokers' commissions following the increase in revenues.
Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs: Vessel operating and supervision costs increased by 8.8%, or $9.9 million, from $112.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $122.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in vessel operating and supervision costs is primarily attributable to the increase in ownership days due to the full operation of the 2016 deliveries mentioned above. The average daily operating cost per vessel marginally decreased from $15,253 per day in 2016 to $15,254 per day in 2017.
Depreciation: Depreciation increased by 11.5%, or $14.2 million, from $123.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $137.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in depreciation resulted mainly from the increase in the average number of vessels in our fleet in the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016.
General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses increased by 3.4%, or $1.3 million, from $38.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $39.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly attributable to an increase of $1.8 million in employee costs and an increase of $0.7 million in non-cash share-based compensation expense, partially offset by a decrease of $1.2 million in net foreign exchange losses.
Financial Costs: Financial costs increased by 1.4%, or $1.9 million, from $137.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $139.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in financial costs is attributable to an increase of $17.2 million in interest expense on our 8.875% Senior Notes, the increase of $9.3 million in interest expense on loans mainly due to the increased weighted average debt outstanding and the increased weighted average interest rate and an increase of $1.5 million in finance lease charges in 2017. The above increases were partially offset by (a) a decrease of $22.7 million in the amortization of deferred loan issuance costs and premium mainly driven by (i) a write-off of $18.2 million of unamortized loan fees associated with the six legacy facilities that were refinanced by the Legacy Facility Refinancing in July 2016, (ii) a write-off of $2.1 million of unamortized bond fees and premium as a result of the NOK denominated bond repurchases in June 2016 and June 2017 and (iii) a write-off and accelerated amortization of $2.2 million due to the termination or scheduled prepayments of certain facilities, (b) a decrease of
$1.8 million in interest expense on the NOK denominated bonds and realized losses on CCSs (on which we apply hedge accounting), (c) a decrease of $0.9 million in other financial costs and (d) a decrease of $0.7 million in loss arising upon the repurchase of the NOK denominated bonds at a premium. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we had an average of $2,688.2 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.1%, while during the year ended December 31, 2016, we had an average of $2,452.9 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 3.5%. These weighted average interest rates include interest expense on loans and cash flow hedges and interest expense on bonds and CCSs.
(Loss)/gain on Derivatives: Loss on derivatives decreased by 114.9%, or $15.4 million, from a $13.4 million loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 to a $2.0 million gain for the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease in loss on derivatives is mainly attributable to a decrease of $19.1 million in loss that was reclassified from equity to the statement of profit or loss ($17.2 million of which related to the cumulative loss from the period during which the hedges of the interest rate swaps terminated in July 2016 were effective and $1.2 million of which related to the decrease from the CCS agreements terminations/ modification in June 2016 and June 2017) and a decrease of $4.3 million in realized loss from derivative financial instruments held for trading, partially offset by a decrease of $8.0 million in the gain from mark-to-market valuation of our derivative financial instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss.
Profit for the Year: Profit increased by 199.6%, or $56.1 million, from $28.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 to $84.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as a result of the aforementioned factors.
Profit/(Loss) Attributable to Owners of the Group: Profit Attributable to Owners of the Group increased by $37.0 million, from a loss of $21.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 to a profit of $15.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in profit attributable to the owners of GasLog resulted from the increase in profit mentioned above, partially offset by the increase in profit attributable to the non-controlling interests (non-controlling unitholders of GasLog Partners) as a result of GasLog Partners' equity offerings in August 2016, January and May 2017, its ATM Programme implemented in May 2017 and the associated dropdowns of theGasLog Seattle, theGasLog Greece, theGasLog Geneva and theSolaris on November 1, 2016, May 3, 2017, July 3, 2017 and October 20, 2017, respectively.
Customers
Egypt LNG. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we received 74.2% of our revenues from Shell, 16.5% of our revenues from various charterers in the spot/short-term market, 9.2% from major LNG producers and 0.1% of our revenues from Egypt LNG. For the year ended December 31, 2017, we received 92.6% of our revenues from Shell, 7.2% of our revenues from various charterers in the spot/short-term market and 0.2% of our revenues from Egypt LNG.
Seasonality
SinceWhile our owned and bareboat ships are mainly employed under multi-year, fixed-rate charter arrangements, seasonal trends do not materially impact the revenues earned during the year by our vessels under multi-year charters. Seasonality also does not have a significant impact on revenues earned by our management services, as we provide technical ship management and ship construction supervision services under fixed-rate agreements. However, our vessels trading in the spot and short-term market are subject toand under variable rate charters. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the seasonality inof LNG shipping spot rates which has been evident inwith relative strength during the LNG shipping marketmonths of September through January and relative weakness during 2018.the months of March through May.
Additionally, our business is not subject to seasonal borrowing requirements.
B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2018,2019, GasLog has financed its capital requirements with contributions from its pre-IPO shareholders, proceeds from our IPO and the GasLog Partners' IPO, proceeds from the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 follow-on common and preference equity offerings by GasLog and GasLog Partners, the 2017 and 2019 follow-on debt offeringofferings and the private placements, operating cash flows and long-term financings including bank loans and bond offerings. Our primary liquidity needs are to fund our ship-operating and general and administrative expenses, finance the purchase and construction of our newbuildings, purchase secondhand vessels, maintain our on-the-water vessels, service our existing debt and pay dividends. In monitoring our working capital needs, we project our charter hire income and ships' maintenance and running expenses, as well as debt service obligations, and seek to maintain adequate cash reserves in order to address any budget overruns, if any.
We anticipate that our primary sources of funds will be available cash, cash from operations and borrowings under existing and new loan agreements. We may seek to raise additional common or other forms of equity, subject in each case to market conditions. We believe that these sources of funds will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, although there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain future debt and equity financing on terms acceptable to us.
Our funding and treasury activities are intended to provide return of capital while balancing investment returns in order to maintain appropriate liquidity. Cash and cash equivalents are held primarily in U.S. dollars.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had $342.6$263.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $121.9$149.5 million was held in time deposits and $0.6 million was held in ship management client accounts. The funds in the ship management client accounts were held on behalf of customers of GasLog LNG Services in order to cover obligations of third party vessels under management. Moreover, as of December 31, 2018,2019, GasLog had $25.0$4.5 million held in time deposits with an initial duration of more than three months but less than a year that have been classified as short-term investments.
Additionally, there was an undrawn amount of $100.0 million under the revolving credit facility of the Legacy Facility Refinancing and $2.0 million under the 2019 GasLog Partnership Facility.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had an aggregate of $2.8$3.1 billion of indebtedness outstanding under our credit agreements and bonds, of which $520.6$255.4 million was repayable within one year, and a $206.1$204.9 million finance lease liability related to the sale and leaseback of theMethane Julia Louise, of which $6.7$9.4 million was repayable within one year.
We have entered into three CCSs to exchange interest payments and principal on maturity on the same terms as the NOK 20212024 Bonds and designated the CCSs as hedges of the variability of the USD functional currency equivalent cash flows on the NOK 20212024 Bonds. Refer to Note 26 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report for details on our derivative arrangements.
As of December 31, 2018, we had available amounts not yet drawn of $165.8 million under the October 2015 Facility. Additionally, there was an undrawn amount of $100.0 million under the revolving credit facility of the Legacy Facility Refinancing, which is available to be drawn, repaid and redrawn at any time until January 2021 and is to be repaid in July 2021.
The total contract price for our nineseven newbuildings on order as of December 31, 20182019 is approximately $1.7$1.3 billion, of which $141.9$185.1 million was paid as of December 31, 2018.2019. The balance is payable under each shipbuilding contract in installments upon the attainment of certain specified milestones, with the largest portion of the purchase price for each ship coming due upon its delivery. We are scheduled to take delivery of these newbuildings on various dates in 2019, 2020 and 2021. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the total remaining balance of the contract prices for the nineseven newbuildings was $1.6$1.1 billion, of which $430.6$801.8 million is due within 12 months which will be funded with existing undrawn debt including the $1,052.8 million under the 7xNB Facility signed December 12, 2019, available cash, cash from operations and other financings we may enter into.
On May 16, 2017, GasLog Partners commenced its ATM Programme under which the Partnership may, from time to time, raise equity through the issuance and sale of new common units having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million in accordance with the terms of an equity distribution agreement (the "Equity Distribution Agreement") entered into on the same date. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC agreed to act as sales agents. On November 3, 2017, the Partnership entered into the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement to increase the size of the ATM Programme to $144.0 million and to include UBS Securities LLC as a sales agent. On February 26, 2019, the Partnership entered into a Third Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement to further increase the size of the ATM Programme from $144.0 million to $250.0 million.
No issuances of common units were made under the ATM Programme in 2019. From establishment of the ATM Programme through December 31, 2018,2019, GasLog Partners issued and received payment for 5,291,304 common units at a weighted average price of $23.33 per common unit for total gross proceeds of $123.4 million and total net proceeds of $121.2 million, after broker commissions of $1.0 million and other expenses of $1.2 million. In connection with the issuance of common units under the ATM Programme during this period, the Partnership also issued 107,987 general partner units to its general partner in order for GasLog to retain its 2.0% general partner interest. The net proceeds from the issuance of the general partner units were $2.5 million.
On January 5, 2018, GasLog prepaid the remaining $29.8 million of the Five Vessel Refinancing which would have been originally due in April 2018. The prepaid debt was associated with the Junior Tranche of the Five Vessel Facility,Refinancing, which was terminated on January 5, 2018.
On January 17, 2018, the Partnership completed a public offering of 4,600,000 of its 8.200% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnership's Series B Preference Units") (including 600,000 units issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Partnership's Series B Preference Units), liquidation preference $25.00 per unit, at a price to the public of $25.00 per preference unit. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses were $111.2 million. The Partnership's Series B Preference Units are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "GLOP PR B".
On March 23, 2018, the Partnership prepaid and terminated the $45.0 million term loan provided by GasLog under the New Sponsor Facility, which would have been due in March 2022.
On November 15, 2018, the Partnership completed a public offering of its 4,000,000 8.500% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnerships' Series C Preference Units"), liquidation preference $25.00 per unit, at a price to the public of $25.00 per preference unit. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses were $96.3 million. The Partnership's Series C Preference Units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GLOP PR C".On January 29, 2019, the board of directors of GasLog Partners authorized a unit repurchase programme of up to $25.0 million covering the period from January 31, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the repurchase programme, GasLog Partners may repurchase common units from time to time, at its discretion, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. In the year ended December 31, 2019, GasLog Partners repurchased and cancelled 1,171,572 of the Partnership's common units at a weighted average price of $19.52 per common unit for a total amount of $22.9 million, including commissions.
On February 20, 2019, the Partnership entered into a credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge ("Nordea") and Iyo Bank, Ltd., Singapore Branch, each an original lender and Nordea acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, of up to $450.0 million (the "2019 Partnership Facility"), in order to refinance the
existing indebtedness due in November 2019 on five of its vessels. Subsequently, on the same date, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc., entered the facility as lender via a transfer certificate. The agreement provides for an amortizing revolving credit facility which can be repaid and redrawn at any time for a period of five years. The total available facility amount will be reduced on a quarterly basis, with a final balloon amount payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment, if any, in February 2024. The vessels covered by the 2019 Partnership Facility are theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago, theGasLog Sydney, theMethane Rita Andrea and theMethane Jane Elizabeth. Interest on the 2019 Partnership Facility is payable at a rate of U.S. dollar London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a margin.
On March 6, 2019, the Partnership drew down $360.0 million under the 2019 Partnership Facility, out of which $354.4 million was used to refinance the outstanding debt of GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd., which would have been due in November 2019. On April 1, 2019, the Partnership drew down an additional $75.0 million under the 2019 Partnership Facility.
On May 16, 2019, GasLog closed a follow-on issue of $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Notes priced at 102.5% of par with a yield to maturity of 7.89%. The gross proceeds from this offering were $76.9 million, including a $1.9 million premium, while the net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses, were $75.4 million.
On June 25, 2019, GasLog Hellas-1 Special Maritime Enterprise entered into a loan agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, for the financing of theGasLog Warsaw, which was delivered on July 31, 2019 (the "GasLog Warsaw Facility"). The agreement provides for a single tranche of $129.5 million that was drawn on July 25, 2019 and is repayable in 28 equal quarterly installments of $1.6 million each and a final balloon payment of $84.2 million payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment in June 2026. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin.
On November 21, 2019, GasLog completed the issuance of NOK 900.0 million (equivalent to $98.6 million) of NOK 2024 Bonds in the Norwegian bond market. The NOK 2024 Bonds mature in November 2024 and have a coupon of 6.25% over the three-month Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate ("NIBOR"). The proceeds from the issuance were used in part to repurchase and cancel NOK 316.0 million (or $34.6 million) of the outstanding NOK 2021 Bonds at a price of 104.75% of par value. The outstanding balance of the NOK 2021 Bonds, after the partial repurchase, amounted to NOK 434.0 million (equivalent to $49.2 million). On January 31, 2020, GasLog completed the repurchase of the outstanding balance of the NOK 2021 Bonds at a price of 104.0% of par value plus accrued interest, for a total consideration of NOK 451.4 million ($54.4 million). In addition, GasLog paid $10.5 million for the partial exchange of the outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes at a price of 104.75% of par value. The exchange was completed in January 13, 2020.
On December 12, 2019, GAS-twenty eight Ltd., GAS-thirty Ltd., GAS-thirty one Ltd., GAS-thirty two Ltd., GAS-thirty three Ltd., GAS-thirty four Ltd. and GAS-thirty five Ltd. entered into a loan agreement with 13 international banks, with Citibank N.A. London Branch and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch acting as agents on behalf of the other finance parties. The financing is backed by the Export Import Bank of Korea ("KEXIM") and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation ("K-Sure"), who are either directly lending or providing cover for over 60% of the facility. The agreement of up to $1,052.8 million partially finances the delivery of seven newbuilds scheduled to be delivered in 2020 and 2021. The loan bears interest plus a margin.
In December 2019, GasLog achieved improvements to the financial and non-financial covenants across the entirety of its bank debt, most notably decreasing minimum liquidity requirements from 3.0% of total indebtedness, or 4% if dividends are paid, to a flat amount of $75.0 million which will be applicable upon repayment of our U.S. dollar bonds maturing in March 2022, which have a minimum
liquidity requirement of 2.5% of total indebtedness. The covenants are now aligned with the terms of the 7xNB Facility and theGasLog Warsaw facility concluded earlier in 2019.
As our fleet expands, we will evaluate changes to the quarterly dividend consistent with our cash flow and liquidity position. Our policy is to pay dividends in amounts that will allow us to retain sufficient liquidity to fund our obligations as well as to execute our business plan going forward. Our board of directors will determine the timing and amount of all dividend payments, based on various factors, including our earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, restrictions in our credit facilities and the provisions of Bermuda law. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to pay quarterly dividends. See "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors" and "Item 8. Financial Information—A. Consolidated Financial Statements and Other Financial Information—Common Shares Dividend Policy" for a discussion of risks related to our ability to pay dividends.
Working Capital Position
We anticipate that our primary sources of funds will be available cash, cash from operations and borrowings under existing and new loan agreements. We may seek to raise additional common or other forms of equity. We believe that these sources of funds will be sufficient to fund our operations, including our working capital requirements, and to make the required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness during the next 12 months; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain future debt and equity financing on terms acceptable to us.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, our current assets totaled $438.9$315.8 million while current liabilities totaled $669.4$437.5 million, resulting in a negative working capital position of $230.5$121.7 million. Current liabilities include $360.0
Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 2018 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019
The following table summarizes our net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the years indicated:
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Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 283,710 | $ | 317,423 | $ | 33,713 | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (692,999 | ) | (442,978 | ) | 250,021 | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 368,120 | 50,066 | (318,054 | ) | ||||||
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $33.7 million, from $283.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $317.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was attributable to an increase of $57.7 million caused by movements in working capital accounts due primarily to (a) increased cash from related parties of $56.3 million (mainly collection of Cool Pool receivables), (b) an increase of $20.3 million from movements in other payables and accruals, and (c) an increase of $4.6 million from movements in trade and other receivables, partially offset by an increase in cash collateral on swaps of $22.2 million, an increase of $28.2 million in total revenues (revenues and net pool allocation), partially offset by a decrease of $29.9 million in cash paid for interest including the interest paid for finance leases and a net decrease of $22.3 million from the outstanding indebtednessremaining movements.
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Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $250.0 million, from $693.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $443.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease is attributable to a decrease of $203.7 million in net cash used in payments for the construction costs of newbuildings and GAS-seventeen Ltd., dueother fixed assets, a net increase of $45.5 million in Novembercash from short-term investments in the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period of 2018 and an increase of $0.8 million in cash from interest income.
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $318.0 million, from $368.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 to $50.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. In February 2019, we signedThe decrease is mainly attributable to an increase of $316.0 million in bank loan repayments, a debt refinancingdecrease of up to $450.0$208.4 million with certain financial institutions (described under "Borrowing Activities" below), in order to refinance such indebtedness.
Cash Flowsproceeds from the GasLog Partners' issuance of preference units, a decrease of $60.4 million in proceeds from the GasLog Partners' common unit offerings, an increase of $46.7 million in payments for NOK bond repurchase at a premium, an increase of $26.6 million in cash used for purchases of treasury shares or common units of GasLog Partners, an increase of $18.5 million in payments of loan issuance costs, an increase of $15.4 million in dividend payments on common and preference shares, an increase of $3.7 million in payments for cross currency swaps' termination, an increase of $2.6 million in payments for lease liabilities, an increase of $0.8 million in payments for equity-related costs and a decrease of $0.5 million in proceeds from stock option exercise, partially offset by an increase of $381.6 million in proceeds from borrowings.
Year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the year ended December 31, 2018
The following table summarizes our net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the years indicated:
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Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 223,630 | $ | 283,710 | $ | 60,080 | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (74,599 | ) | (692,999 | ) | (618,400 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 7,265 | 368,120 | 360,855 | |||||||
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $60.1 million, from $223.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $283.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase was attributable to an increase in total revenues (revenues and net pool allocation) of $103.7 million, partially offset by a decrease of $23.5 million caused by movements in working capital accounts, an increase of $15.3 million in cash paid for interest including the interest paid for finance leases and a net decrease of $4.8 million from the remaining movements.
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities increased by $618.4 million, from $74.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $693.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase is mainly attributable to an increase of $591.5 million in payments for the construction costs of newbuildings and other fixed assets and a net decrease in cash from short-term investments of $43.0 million in 2018 compared to 2017. The above movements were partially offset by $14.0 million in payments made for the investment in Gastrade made in 2017 and an increase of $2.1 million in cash from interest income.
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $360.8 million, from $7.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 to $368.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase is mainly attributable to an increase of $244.2 million in proceeds from our borrowings, a
decrease in bank loan and bond repayments of $165.3 million, an increase of $69.2 million in proceeds from the issuance of the Partnership's Series B and Series C Preference Units in 2018 as compared to the issuance of 5,750,000 of its 8.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnership's Series A Preference Units") in 2017 and an increase of $20.6 million from payments during 2017 for CCS termination. The above movements were partially offset by a decrease of $81.1 million in proceeds from GasLog Partners' common unit offerings and an increase of $57.0 million in dividend payments.
Year ended December 31, 2016 compared to the year ended December 31, 2017
The following table summarizes our net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the years indicated:
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Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 256,532 | $ | 223,630 | $ | (32,902 | ) | |||
Net cash used in investing activities | (771,242 | ) | (74,599 | ) | 696,643 | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 439,766 | 7,265 | (432,501 | ) | ||||||
Net Cash Provided By OperatingBorrowing Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $32.9 million, from $256.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $223.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease was mainly attributable to an increase of $47.8 million in cash paid for interest including the interest paid for finance leases, a decrease of $43.4 million caused by movements in working capital accounts and a net increase of $7.9 million from the remaining movements, which were partially offset by an increase in revenues of $59.2 million and a decrease in voyage expenses and commissions of $7.0 million.
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $696.6 million, from $771.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $74.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $679.2 million in payments for the construction costs of newbuildings and other fixed assets, a net decrease in short-term investments of $30.0 million in 2017 compared to 2016 and an increase of $1.8 million in cash from interest income. The above movements were partially offset by $14.1 million in payments made for the investment in Gastrade.
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $432.5 million, from $439.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2016 to $7.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $1,994.3 million in proceeds from our borrowings, a decrease of $217.0 million in proceeds from the sale and leaseback of theMethane Julia Louise, a decrease of $62.7 million in restricted cash, an increase of $21.9 million in dividend payments and an increase of $3.6 million in payments for finance lease liabilities. The above movements were partially offset by a decrease in bank loan and bond repayments of $1,586.6 million, an increase of $139.2 million in proceeds from the Partnership's Series A Preference Units issuance, an increase of $88.7 million in proceeds from the Partnership's public common equity offerings, net payments of $4.8 million related to the termination of our interest rate swap agreements and entering into new agreements in 2016, a decrease of $35.3 million in payments of loan issuance costs and a decrease of
$12.0 million in payments for CCS termination/modification and the NOK denominated bond repurchases.
Credit Facilities
The following summarizes certain terms of the foursix outstanding facilities as of December 31, 2018:2019:
Facility Name | Lender(s) | Subsidiary Party (Collateral Ship) | Outstanding Principal Amount | Available Undrawn Amount | Interest Rate | Maturity | Payment of Principals Installments Schedule | |||||||
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October 2015 Facility | Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Nordea Bank AB, London Branch, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Bank of America, National Association, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Suisse AG, HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, KEB HANA Bank, London Branch, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, National Australia Bank Limited, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Société Générale and The Korea Development Bank | GAS-eleven Ltd. (GasLog Greece), GAS-twelve Ltd. (GasLog Glasgow), GAS-thirteen Ltd. (GasLog Geneva), GAS-fourteen Ltd. (GasLog Gibraltar), GAS-twenty two Ltd. (GasLog Genoa), GAS-twenty three Ltd. (GasLog Gladstone), GAS-twenty four Ltd. (GasLog Houston) and GAS-twenty five Ltd. (GasLog Hong Kong) | $ | LIBOR + applicable margin | 2028, 2030 and | |||||||||
Facility Name | Lender(s) | Subsidiary Party (Collateral Ship) | Outstanding Principal Amount | Available Undrawn Amount | Interest Rate | Maturity | Payment of Principals Installments Schedule | |||||||
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Five Vessel Refinancing | ABN AMRO Bank N.V., DNB (UK) Ltd., DVB Bank America N.V., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and National Australia Bank Limited | GAS-eighteen Ltd.(Methane Lydon Volney), GAS- nineteen Ltd.(Methane Alison Victoria), GAS- twenty Ltd.(Methane Shirley Elisabeth), GAS-twenty one Ltd.(Methane Heather Sally and GAS-twenty seven Ltd.(Methane Becki Anne) | Senior Tranche: $289.7 million Junior Tranche: Nil | n/a | LIBOR + applicable margin | 2021 | Senior Tranche: six consecutive quarterly installments of $6.2 million, six consecutive quarterly installments of $1.8 million and a balloon payment of $242.1 million together with the final quarterly installments in April 2021. Junior Tranche: On January 5, 2018, the Junior Tranche was repaid and the loan was terminated. | |||||||
Legacy Facility Refinancing | Citigroup Global Market Limited, Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank AB, London Branch, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Danmarks Skibskredit A/S, The Korea Development Bank and DVB Bank America N.V. | GAS-one Ltd. (GasLog Savannah), GAS-two Ltd. (GasLog Singapore), GAS-six Ltd. (GasLog Skagen), GAS-seven Ltd. (GasLog Seattle), GAS-eight Ltd.(Solaris), GAS-nine Ltd. (GasLog Saratoga), GAS-ten Ltd. (GasLog Salem) and GAS-fifteen Ltd. (GasLog Chelsea) | Term loan facility: $775.0 million, Revolving facility: $0 million | $100.0 million | LIBOR + applicable margin | 2021 | Term loan facility: three semi-annual installments of $29.2 million each and a balloon repayment of $687.5 million in July 2021. Revolving facility: Available for drawing and repayment at any time until January 2021 and July 2021, respectively. Total revolving facility amount of $100.0 million. | |||||||
2019 GasLog Partners Facility | Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, Iyo Bank Ltd., Singapore Branch and Development Bank of Japan, Inc. | GAS-three Ltd. (GasLog Shanghai), GAS-four Ltd. (GasLog Santiago), GAS-five Ltd. (GasLog Sydney), GAS-sixteen Ltd. (Methane Rita Andrea) and GAS-seventeen Ltd. (Methane Jane Elizabeth) | $425.9 million | $2.0 million | LIBOR + applicable margin | 2024 | 17 consecutive quarterly reductions of $7.4 million and a balloon amount of $300.9 million (excluding $2.0 million undrawn), together with the final quarterly reduction. |
Facility Name | Lender(s) | Subsidiary Party (Collateral Ship) | Outstanding Principal Amount | Available Undrawn Amount | Interest Rate | Maturity | Payment of Principals Installments Schedule | |||||||||||||
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Our credit facilities are secured as follows:
Our business is not subject to seasonal borrowing requirements.
Covenants and Events of Default
General
Our credit facilities impose certain operating and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions generally limit our subsidiaries' ability to, among other things:
Our credit facilities (with the exception of the 2019 GasLog Partners Credit Facility) also impose specified financial covenants that apply to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following:
In the case where the Partnership is a guarantor to our Credit Facilities, such facilities also impose specified financial covenants that apply to the Partnership and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following:
Our credit facilities also impose certain restrictions relating to us and our other subsidiaries, including restrictions that limit our ability to make any substantial change in the nature of our business or to engage in transactions that would constitute a change of control, as defined in the relevant credit facility, without repaying all of our indebtedness in full, or to allow our largest shareholders to reduce their shareholding in us below specified thresholds.
Certain of our credit facilities also contain vessel employment conditions, pursuant to which we could be required in the event of a charter termination or in certain other circumstances to deposit cash in an account held with the applicable lender until we have obtained a new time charter on terms acceptable to such lender, or under certain of our credit facilities repay the outstanding loan amount.
Our credit facilities contain customary events of default, including non-payment of principal or interest, breach of covenants or material inaccuracy of representations, default under other material indebtedness and bankruptcy. In addition, our credit facilities contain covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a total value not less than 120.0% of the then outstanding amount under the applicable facility (in the case of each individual vessel in the October 2015 Facility and 7xNB Facility, 115.0% for the first two years after each drawdown and 120.0% at any time thereafter). If we fail to comply with these covenants and are not able to obtain covenant waivers or modifications, our lenders could require us to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring us into compliance with such covenants, and if we fail to do so our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.
Compliance with the financial covenants is required on a semi-annual basis and we were in compliance with the respective financial covenants as of December 31, 2018.
GasLog Partners Credit Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing
The GasLog Partners Credit Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing are subject to specified financial covenants that apply to us and GasLog Partners on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following:
The GasLog Partners Credit Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing contain customary events of default, including non-payment of principal or interest, breach of covenants or material inaccuracy of representations, default under other material indebtedness and bankruptcy as well as an event of default in the event of the cancellation, rescission, frustration or withdrawal of a charter agreement prior to its scheduled expiration. In addition, the GasLog Partners Credit Facility contains covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a total value not less than 120.0% of the then outstanding amount under the applicable facility. If GasLog Partners fails to comply with these covenants and is not able to obtain covenant waivers or modifications, its lenders could require it to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring it into compliance with such covenants, and if it fails to do so its lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.
The GasLog Partners Credit Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing also impose certain restrictions relating to the Partnership, including restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the nature of its business or to the corporate structure without approval from the lenders.
Compliance with the financial covenants is required on a semi-annual basis. GasLog Partners was in compliance with the respective financial covenants as of December 31, 2018.2019.
2019 GasLog Partners Facility
On February 20, 2019, GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd., GAS-seventeen Ltd., GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC entered into a loan agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank ABP, filial i Norge, and Iyo Bank, Ltd. Singapore Branch, each an original lender and Nordea acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, for a credit facility for up to $450.0 million (the "2019 GasLog Partners Facility") for the purpose of refinancing in full the existing Partnership Facility. Subsequently, on the same date, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc. entered the facility as lender via transfer certificate. The vessels covered by the 2019 GasLog Partners Facility are theGasLog Shanghai,theGasLog Santiago,theGasLog Sydney,theMethane Rita Andrea and theMethane Jane Elizabeth.
The agreement provides for an amortizing revolving credit facility which can be repaid and redrawn at any time, subject to the outstanding amount immediately after any drawdown not exceeding (i) 75% of the aggregate of the market values of all vessels under the agreement, or (ii) the total facility amount. The total facility amount reduces in 20 equal quarterly amounts of $7.4 million, with a final balloon amount of $302.9 million reducing concurrently with the last quarterly reduction in February 2024. The credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin. The facility is currently undrawn.
The obligations under the 2019 GasLog Partners Facility are secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessels, a pledge of the share capital of the respective vessel owning companies and a first priority assignment of earnings related to the vessels, (excluding theGasLog Shanghai, which participates in the Cool Pool), including charter revenue, management revenue and any insurance and requisition compensation. The obligations under the facility are guaranteed by the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC.
The 2019 GasLog Partners Credit Facility is subject to specified financial covenants that apply to GasLog Partners on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following:
The 2019 GasLog Partners Facility containsis subject to the Partnership's financial covenants and to our customary restrictions and events of default, including non-payment of principal or interest, breach of covenants or material inaccuracy of representations, default under other material indebtedness and bankruptcy as well as an event of default in the event of the cancellation, rescission, frustration or withdrawal of a charter agreement prior to its scheduled expiration, if certain prepayment and security provisions are not met. In addition, the 2019 GasLog Partners Facility contains covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a total value not less than 120.0% of the then outstanding amount under the facility. If GasLog Partners fails to comply with these covenants and is not able to obtain covenant waivers or modifications, its lenders could require it to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring it into compliance with such covenants, and, if it fails to do so, its lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.default.
TheGasLog Warsaw Facility
On June 25, 2019, GasLog PartnersHellas-1 Special Maritime Enterprise entered into a loan agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, for the financing of theGasLog Warsaw, which was delivered on July 31, 2019 (the "GasLog Warsaw Facility"). The agreement provides for a single tranche of $129.5 million that was drawn on July 25, 2019 and is repayable in 28 equal quarterly installments of $1.6 million each and a final balloon payment of $84.2 million payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment in June 2026. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin.
The obligations under theGasLog Warsaw Facility also imposes certain restrictions relatingare secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessel, a pledge of the share capital of the respective vessel-owning company and a first priority assignment of earnings related to the Partnership, includingvessel. The obligations under the facility are guaranteed by GasLog and GasLog Carriers.
TheGasLog Warsaw Facility is subject to our financial covenants and to our customary restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the natureand events of its business or to the partnership structure without approval from the lenders.default.
Bonds7xNB Facility
On June 27, 2013, we issued NOK 500.0December 12, 2019, GAS-twenty eight Ltd., GAS-thirty Ltd., GAS-thirty one Ltd., GAS-thirty two Ltd., GAS-thirty three Ltd., GAS-thirty four Ltd. and GAS-thirty five Ltd. entered into a loan agreement with 13 international banks, with Citibank N.A. London Branch and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch acting as agents on behalf of the other finance parties. The financing is backed by the Export Import Bank of Korea ("KEXIM") and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation ("K-Sure"), who are either directly lending or providing cover for over 60% of the facility. The agreement of up to $1,052.8 million (or $83.2partially finances the delivery of seven newbuilds scheduled to be delivered in 2020 and 2021. The loan agreement provides for four tranches of $176.5 million based$174.8 million, $356.7 million, and $344.8 million. The facility will be also sub-divided into seven loans, one loan per newbuilding vessel, to be provided for each of the vessels on a pro rata basis under each of the exchange rate on June 27, 2013) of bondsfour tranches. Each drawing under the bond agreement signed on June 25, 2013 betweenfirst three tranches shall combine to be repaid in 24 consecutive semi-annual equal installments commencing six months after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel according to an average 12-year profile. Each drawing under the fourth tranche shall be repaid in a single bullet seven years after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel. The obligations under the 7xNB Facility are secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessel, a pledge of the share capital of the respective vessel-owning company and a first priority assignment of earnings related to the vessel. The obligations under the facility are guaranteed by GasLog and the Bond trustee, as amended, that were dueGasLog Carriers.
The 7xNB Facility is subject to mature on June 27, 2018 (the "NOK 2018 Bonds"). On May 2, 2014, we closed a follow-on issueour financial covenants and to our customary restrictions and events of NOK 500.0 million (or $83.6 million based on the exchange rate on closing date) of the NOK 2018 default.
Bonds at a premium of $4.2 million (based on the exchange rate on closing date). On June 27, 2016, we repurchased and cancelled NOK 588.0 million (or $70.7 million) of the outstanding NOK 2018 Bonds at a price of 103% of par value. On June 27, 2017, we repurchased and cancelled the outstanding NOK 2018 Bonds, at a price of 103.0% of par value for total consideration of NOK 424.4 million ($70.8 million at the swapped rate under the associated CCS).
On June 27, 2016, GasLog completed the issuance of NOK 750750.0 million (equivalent to $90.2 million) of NOK 2021 Bonds in the Norwegian bond market. The NOK 2021 Bonds were due to mature in May 2021. On November 27, 2019, GasLog completed the issuance of NOK 900 million (equivalent to $98.6 million) of NOK 2024 Bonds in the Norwegian bond market. The NOK 2024 Bonds will mature in May 2021November 2024 and bear interest at NIBOR plus margin. Interest payments shall be made in arrears on a quarterly basis. The carrying amount of the NOK 2021 Bonds, net of unamortized financing costs, as of December 31, 2018 was $85.2 million. We may redeem the aforementioned bondsbond in whole or in part as follows: (a) with settlement datefrom May 2024 at any time from June 27, 2019 to but not including June 27, 2020 at 104.0%101% of par plus accrued interests on the redeemed amount, (b) with settlement dateamount. On November 27, 2019, we repurchased and cancelled NOK 316 million of the outstanding NOK 2021 Bonds at any time from June 27, 2020 to but not including December 27, 2020 at 102.5%a price of 104.75% of par plus accrued interestsvalue. Subsequently on redeemed amount,January 31, 2020, we repurchased and (c) with settlement datecancelled the outstanding NOK 2021 Bonds, at any time from December 27, 2020 to but not including the maturity date at 101.0%a price of 104% of par plus accrued interests on redeemed amount.value.
Under the terms of the NOK 2021 Bonds, until their cancellation on January 31, 2020, we arewere required to comply with the financial covenants listed below:
In addition, we arewere not permitted to (i) declare or make any dividend payment or distribution, whether in cash or in kind, (ii) re-purchase any of the Group's shares or undertake other similar transactions (including, but not limited to, total return swaps related to the Group's shares), or (iii) grant any loans or make other distributions or transactions constituting a transfer of value to the Group's shareholders (items (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively referred to as the "Distributions")Distributions that in aggregate exceed during any calendar year, 50% of the Group's consolidated net profit after taxes based on the audited annual accounts for the previous financial year (any unutilized portion of the permitted Distributions pursuant to the above may not be carried forward). For the purposes of the above, the consolidated net profit after taxes of the Group shallcould not include any profits related to the sale of assets (and consequently any such profits shallcould not form the basis for Distributions). Under the terms of the NOK 2021 Bonds, GasLog iswas permitted to make Distributions up to a maximum amount per share per annum for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 of $1.10/share, $1.10/share,
$1.20/share, $1.20/share, provided that GasLog demonstrate, by delivering a compliance certificate to the bond trustee, that no event of default was continuing or would result from such Distributions.
Under the terms of the NOK 2024 Bonds we are required to comply with the financial covenants listed below:
In addition, the terms of the NOK 2024 Bonds include a dividend restriction according to which we may not make Distributions that in aggregate exceed during any calendar year $1.10/share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GasLog may make any amount of Distributions, so long as the Group's cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments exceed $150.0 million, provided that GasLog can demonstrate, by delivering a compliance certificate to the bond trustee, that no event of default is continuing or would result from such Distributions.
On March 22, 2017, GasLog closed a public offering of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Notes at a public offering price of 100% of the principal amount. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses were $245.3 million.
On May 16, 2019, GasLog closed a follow-on issue of $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Notes priced at 102.5% of par with a yield to maturity of 7.89%. The gross proceeds
from this offering were $76.9 million, including a $1.9 million premium, while the net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses, were $75.4 million.
Interest payment shall be made in arrears on a quarterly basis. GasLog may redeem the 8.875% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of such notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption and (b) determined by the quotation agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued and unpaid as of the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a quarterly basis at the adjusted treasury rate, plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
GasLog as issuer of the 8.875% Senior Notes is required to comply with financial covenants which include the following:
Compliance with covenants under the NOK 2021 Bonds was required at all times until their cancellation, compliance with covenants under the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes is required at all times and we were in compliance with the respective financial covenants as of December 31, 2018.2019.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
For information about our exposure to market risks, see "Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk".
Capital Expenditures
We make capital expenditures from time to time in connection with the expansion, operation and operationmaintenance of our owned fleet. In 2010 we took delivery of two LNG carriers, in 2013 we took delivery of six LNG carriers and acquired a secondhand vessel, in 2014 we took delivery of two LNG carriers and acquired six secondhand vessels, in 2015 we acquired two secondhand vessels and took delivery of one LNG carrier, in 2016 we took delivery of four LNG carriers, and in 2018 we took delivery of three LNG carriers and in 2019 we took delivery of two LNG carriers. During the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, 2017 2016 and 2015,2016, we funded $0.5 billion, $0.7 billion, $0.1 billion $0.8��billion and $0.7$0.8 billion, respectively, of acquisition, construction and delivery costs, including installment payments on newbuildings, with funds borrowed under credit facilities and the bonds, capital contributions from our pre-IPO shareholders, proceeds from our IPO and the GasLog Partners' IPO, and proceeds from follow-on equity offerings and private placements.placements and proceeds from the sale of vessels to GasLog Partners.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, our commitments for capital expenditures related primarily to nineseven contracted LNG carriers on order were approximately $1,553.1$1,113.0 million. Amounts are payable under
each shipbuilding contract in installments upon the attainment of certain specified milestones in each
ship's construction, with the largest portion of the purchase price for each ship coming due upon its delivery.
We intend to fund part of these commitments from borrowings under the October 20157xNB Facility which has an undrawn amount of $165.8$1,052.8 million, available cash, new bank loan facilities and cash from operations.
To the extent that we are unable to draw down the amounts committed under our credit facilities, we will need to find alternative financing. If we are unable to find alternative financing, we will not be capable of funding all of our commitments for capital expenditures relating to our contracted newbuildings and secondhand vessels, which could adversely impact our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders and materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses recognized in the consolidated financial statements. GasLog's management evaluates whether estimates should be made on an ongoing basis, utilizing historical experience, consultation with experts and other methods management considers reasonable in the particular circumstances. However, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that could require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the assets or liabilities in the future. Critical accounting policies are those that reflect significant judgments of uncertainties and potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. For a description of all our principalcritical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in applying our accounting policies, see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.
Classification of the Non-Controlling Interests
The non-controlling interests in the Partnership comprise the portion of the Partnership's common units that are not directly or indirectly held by GasLog (33,605,302(32,483,580 units as of December 31, 2018)2019). Under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership is required to distribute 100.0% of available cash (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) with respect to each quarter within 45 days of the end of the quarter to the partners. Available cash can be summarized as cash and cash equivalents less an amount equal to cash reserves established by the Partnership's board of directors to (i) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership) subsequent to such quarter, (ii) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any Partnership group member is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are subject and/or (iii) provide funds for certain distributions relating to future periods.
In reaching a judgment as to whether the non-controlling interests in the Partnership should be classified as liabilities or equity interests, management has considered the wide discretion of the Partnership's board of directors to determine whether any portion of the amount of cash available to the Partnership constitutes available cash and that it is possible that there could be no available cash. In the event that there is no available cash, as determined by the Partnership's board of directors, the Partnership does not have a contractual obligation to make a distribution. Accordingly, management has concluded that the non-controlling interests do not represent a contractual obligation on the Partnership to deliver cash and therefore should be classified as equity within the financial statements.
Impairment of Vessels
We evaluate the carrying amounts of our vessels to determine whether there is any indication that our vessels have suffered an impairment loss by considering both internal and external sources of
information. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of vessels is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Our estimates of recoverable value assume that the vessels are all in seaworthy condition without need for repair and certified in class without notations of any kind. In assessing the fair value less cost to sell of the vessel, we obtain charter free market values for each vessel from independent and internationally recognized ship brokers on a semi-annual basis, which are also commonly used and accepted by our lenders for determining compliance with the relevant covenants in our credit facilities. Vessel values can be highly volatile, so the charter-free market values may not be indicative of the current or future market value of our vessels or prices that could be achieved if we were to sell them. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted. The projection of cash flows related to vessels is complex and requires management to make various estimates including future charter rates, earnings from the vesselsvessel operating expenses and the discount rate. All of these items have been historically volatile. In assessing the fair value less cost to sell of the vessel, we obtain vessel valuations from independent and internationally recognized ship brokers on a semi-annual basis or when there is an indication that an asset or assets may be impaired. If an indication of impairment is identified, the need for recognizing an impairment loss is assessed by comparing the carrying amount of the vessels to the higher of the fair value less cost to sell and the value in use.
Our estimates of basic market value assume that the vessels are all in seaworthy condition without a need for repair and, if inspected, would be certified in class without notations of any kind. Our estimates are based on approximate market values for the vessels that have been received from shipbrokers, which are also commonly used and accepted by our lenders for determining compliance with the relevant covenants in our credit facilities. Vessel values can be highly volatile, so the estimates may not be indicative of the future basic market value of our vessels or prices that could be achieved if we were to sell them.
The table below sets forth in U.S. dollars (i) the historical acquisition cost of our vessels and (ii) the carrying value of each of our vessels as of December 31, 20172018 and December 31, 2018.2019, after giving effect to the aggregate impairment charge of $162.1 million recorded against our six Steam vessels.
Owned Fleet and Vessel Held under Finance Lease
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Vessel | Acquisition Date | Cargo capacity (cbm) | Acquisition cost | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | Acquisition Date | Cargo capacity (cbm) | Acquisition cost | December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Savannah | May 2010 | 155,000 | $ | 229,795 | $ | 183,635 | $ | 176,985 | May 2010 | 155,000 | $ | 229,795 | $ | 176,985 | $ | 171,964 | ||||||||||||||
GasLog Singapore | July 2010 | 155,000 | 227,252 | 182,524 | 175,919 | July 2010 | 155,000 | 227,252 | 175,919 | 169,898 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Shanghai | January 2013 | 155,000 | 189,233 | 165,609 | 160,195 | January 2013 | 155,000 | 189,233 | 160,195 | 154,681 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Santiago | March 2013 | 155,000 | 189,111 | 165,362 | 174,990 | March 2013 | 155,000 | 189,111 | 174,990 | 164,925 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Sydney | May 2013 | 155,000 | 195,429 | 171,827 | 181,243 | May 2013 | 155,000 | 195,429 | 181,243 | 172,548 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Skagen | July 2013 | 155,000 | 195,338 | 172,597 | 182,042 | July 2013 | 155,000 | 195,338 | 182,042 | 173,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Chelsea | October 2013 | 153,600 | 162,338 | 143,777 | 138,678 | October 2013 | 153,600 | 162,338 | 138,678 | 134,927 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Seattle | December 2013 | 155,000 | 201,198 | 178,064 | 175,713 | December 2013 | 155,000 | 201,198 | 175,713 | 170,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Rita Andrea | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 137,928 | 132,135 | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 132,135 | 99,030 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Jane Elizabeth | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 137,733 | 132,066 | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 132,066 | 102,078 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Lydon Volney | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 137,958 | 132,307 | April 2014 | 145,000 | 156,613 | 132,307 | 109,098 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Alison Victoria | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,610 | 139,128 | 133,656 | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,610 | 133,656 | 96,604 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Shirley Elisabeth | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,599 | 139,266 | 133,648 | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,599 | 133,648 | 103,432 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Heather Sally | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,599 | 139,499 | 133,975 | June 2014 | 145,000 | 156,599 | 133,975 | 105,916 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Solaris | June 2014 | 155,000 | 201,849 | 181,739 | 175,948 | June 2014 | 155,000 | 201,849 | 175,948 | 172,078 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Saratoga | December 2014 | 155,000 | 204,146 | 186,917 | 181,049 | December 2014 | 155,000 | 204,146 | 181,049 | 177,256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Julia Louise | March 2015 | 170,000 | 232,334 | 214,329 | 206,753 | March 2015 | 170,000 | 232,334 | 206,753 | 200,032 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Methane Becki Anne | March 2015 | 170,000 | 232,334 | 213,915 | 206,447 | March 2015 | 170,000 | 232,334 | 206,447 | 199,521 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Salem(5) | April 2015 | 155,000 | 204,573 | 188,918 | 182,997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Salem(3)(8) | April 2015 | 155,000 | 204,573 | 182,997 | 177,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Greece | March 2016 | 174,000 | 208,971 | 198,452 | 192,441 | March 2016 | 174,000 | 208,971 | 192,441 | 186,430 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Glasgow | June 2016 | 174,000 | 208,471 | 199,397 | 193,403 | June 2016 | 174,000 | 208,471 | 193,403 | 187,411 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Geneva | September 2016 | 174,000 | 203,867 | 196,204 | 190,352 | September 2016 | 174,000 | 203,867 | 190,352 | 184,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Gibraltar | October 2016 | 174,000 | 203,738 | 196,602 | 190,749 | October 2016 | 174,000 | 203,738 | 190,749 | 184,897 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Houston | January 2018 | 174,000 | 207,784 | — | 202,175 | January 2018 | 174,000 | 207,784 | 202,175 | 196,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Genoa | March 2018 | 174,000 | 219,436 | — | 214,862 | March 2018 | 174,000 | 219,436 | 214,862 | 208,845 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Hong Kong | March 2018 | 174,000 | 214,946 | — | 210,277 | March 2018 | 174,000 | 214,946 | 210,277 | 204,138 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Gladstone(3)(8) | March 2019 | 174,000 | 217,609 | — | 212,737 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Warsaw(3)(4) | July 2019 | 180,000 | 189,261 | — | 186,878 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 5,071,790 | $ | 3,971,380 | $ | 4,511,005 | $ | 5,478,660 | $ | 4,511,005 | $ | 4,607,188 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Except where indicated, the
As of December 31, 2018, for2019, the fourteencarrying amounts of each of the six Steam vessels with carrying amounts(theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Lydon Volney, theMethane Alison Victoria, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth and theMethane Heather Sally), of eight TFDE vessels (theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Seattle, theSolaris, theGasLog Saratoga, theGasLog Salem, theMethane Julia Louise and theMethane Becki Anne) and three X-DF vessels (theGasLog Genoa, theGasLog Gladstone and theGasLog Hong Kong) were higher than the charter free market values estimated charter-free market value, weby ship brokers. We concluded that this, together with certain other events and circumstances triggeredsuch as the lack of liquidity in the market for term employment for Steam vessels and reduced expectations for the estimated rates at which such term employment could be secured, and together with the continued addition of modern, larger and more fuel efficient LNG carriers to the global fleet, indicated the existence of potential impairment of these vessels. As a result, the Groupwe performed thean impairment assessment of the Group'sfor these vessels by comparing their values in use, being the discounted projected net operating cash flows for these vessels to their carrying value.values. The significant factors and assumptions the Groupthat we used in its discounted projected net operating cash flow analysis included, among others, utilization, operating revenues, off-hire revenues,voyage expenses and commissions, dry-docking costs, operating expenses (including management feescosts), residual values and the discount rate. The key assumptions, being those to which the outcome of the impairment assessment is most sensitive, are the estimate of charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate.
Revenue assumptions were based on contracted time charter ratescharters up to the end of life of the current contract offor each vessel, as well as the estimated average time charter rates for the remaining life of the vessel after the completion of its current contract. The revenue assumptions exclude days of scheduled off-hire based on the fleet's historical performance and internal forecasts. The estimated daily time charter rates used for non-contracted revenue days after the completion of the current time charter are based on a combination of (i) recent charter market rates, (ii) conditions existing in the LNG market as of December 31, 2018,2019, (iii) historical average time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services and("maritime research publications"), (iv) estimated future time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research servicespublications that provide such forecasts.forecasts and (v) our internal assessment of long-term charter rates achievable by each class of vessel. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Recognizing that the LNG industry is cyclical and subject to significant volatility based on factors beyond our control, management believes that the use of the revenue estimates based on the combination of factors (i) to (iv)discussed above to be reasonable as of the reporting date. In addition,We have assumed no inflation nor any other revenue escalation or growth factors in determining forecasted time charter rates beyond the Groupcontracted charter period through the end of a vessel's useful life, consistent with long-run historical evidence.
We used an annual operating expenses escalation factor and estimates of scheduled and unscheduled off-hire revenuesequal to 1% based on its historical experience.data and experience, as well as expectations of future inflation and operating and dry-docking costs. Estimates for the remaining useful lives of the current fleet and residual and scrap values are the same as those used for our depreciation policy. All estimates used and assumptions made were in accordance with the Group'sour internal budgets and historical experience of the shipping industry. The value
In our impairment assessment, the rate used to discount future estimated cash flows to their present values was approximately 6.5% to 7.25% as of December 31, 2019 (7.5% as of December 31, 2018). This was based on an estimated weighted average cost of capital calculated using cost of equity and cost of debt components, adjusted also for vessel-specific risks and uncertainties.
As a result of its impairment assessment, the Group recognized a non-cash impairment loss of $162.1 million for its six Steam vessels built in use for the fourteen vessels calculated as per above2006 and 2007 and determined there was higher than the carrying amount of these vessels and, consequently, no impairment loss was recognized.of the remaining vessels.
In connection with the impairment testing of our vessels as of December 31, 2018,2019, for the fourteen17 vessels with carrying amounts higher than the estimated charter-free market value, we performed a
sensitivity analysis on the projected charteraverage re-chartering hire rate used to forecast future cash flows for non-contracted days which is the most sensitive and/difficult, subjective, or subjectivecomplex assumption that has the potential to affect the outcome of the impairment exercise. The following table summarizes the average results of the sensitivity analysis that we performed.performed for the TFDE and X-DF vessels for which no impairment loss was recognized.
Propulsion | Average re-chartering hire rate used(1) | Average break- even re-chartering hire rate(2) | Variance (Amount) | Variance (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TFDE | $ | 64,971 | $ | 58,385 | $ | 6,586 | 11 | % | |||||
X-DF | $ | 75,000 | $ | 47,106 | $ | 27,894 | 59 | % | |||||
| | Average charter hire rate used(1) | Average break- even charter hire rate(2) | Variance (Amount) | Variance (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | 68,089 | $ | 56,763 | $ | 11,326 | 17 | % | ||||||
Measurement of Share-based Compensation
Share-based compensation to executives and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments on the grant date. Details regarding the determination of the fair value of share-based transactions are set out in Note 22 of the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.
The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based compensation is expensed over the vesting period, based on our estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest,
with a corresponding increase in equity. At the end of each reporting period, we revise our estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates, if any, is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to the share-based compensation reserve.
Impairment of Goodwill
We review goodwill for impairment at least annually. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill has been allocated to the cash-generating unit representing our management company, GasLog LNG Services, which was acquired by us in 2005.
Determining whether goodwill has been impaired requires an estimation of the recoverable amount, which is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use, of the cash-generating unit(s) to which goodwill has been allocated. The value in use calculation requires management to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit(s) and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate present value. Details of the assumptions used in the impairment analysis are set out in Note 3 of the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. No impairment loss was recognized for any of the periods presented.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.
We incur fromFrom time to time we incur expenditures relating to inspections for acquiring new vessels. Such expenditures are insignificant and are expensed as they are incurred.
D. Trend Information
See "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Overview—Industry Overview and Trends".
E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we do not have any transactions, obligations or relationships that should be considered off-balance sheet arrangements.
F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
Our contractual obligations as of December 31, 20182019 were:
| | Payments Due by Period | Payments Due by Period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total | Less than 1 year | 1 - 3 years | 3 - 5 years | More than 5 years | Total | Less than 1 year | 1 - 3 years | 3 - 5 years | More than 5 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | (Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars) | (Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowing obligations | $ | 2,875,598 | 531,209 | 1,313,170 | 412,291 | 618,928 | 3,198,311 | 268,090 | 1,557,232 | 638,491 | 734,498 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest on borrowing obligations and swaps(1) | 443,824 | 104,830 | 207,905 | 56,175 | 74,914 | 495,658 | 114,453 | 202,764 | 102,082 | 76,359 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loan arrangement fees and commitments | 1,980 | 1,065 | 915 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease payments | 306,836 | 17,849 | 35,746 | 35,697 | 217,544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loan commitments | 4,814 | 4,076 | 722 | 16 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease obligations(2) | 296,122 | 19,409 | 38,803 | 37,020 | 200,890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shipbuilding contracts | 1,553,065 | 430,600 | 1,122,465 | — | — | 1,113,035 | 801,845 | 311,190 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vessels' enhancement and conversion contracts | 4,174 | 4,174 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating lease obligations | 6,125 | 1,281 | 2,377 | 1,849 | 618 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of depot spares(2) | 7,340 | — | 7,340 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition of long lead items ("LLIs") | 17,625 | 17,625 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of depot spares(3) | 7,340 | 7,340 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 5,198,942 | 1,091,008 | 2,689,918 | 506,012 | 912,004 | 5,132,905 | 1,232,838 | 2,110,711 | 777,609 | 1,011,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
A. Directors and Senior Management
The following table sets forth information regarding our directors and executive officers. The business address of each of our executive officers and directors listed below is Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco.69 Akti Miaouli, 18537 Piraeus, Greece. Our telephone number at that address is +377 97 97 51 15.+30 210 459 1000. Members of our board of directors are elected annually, and each director elected holds office for a one-year term. The following directors have been determined by our board of directors to be independent under the standards of the NYSE and the rules and regulations of the SEC: David P. Conner, William M. Friedrich, Dennis M. Houston, Donald J. Kintzer, and Anthony S. Papadimitriou.Papadimitriou, Bruce L. Blythe and Julian R. Metherell.
Officers are elected from time to time by vote of our board of directors and hold office until a successor is elected.
Name | Age | Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter G. Livanos | Chairman and Director | ||||
Paul A. Wogan | Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||
Bruce L. Blythe | Director | ||||
David P. Conner | |||||
| Director | ||||
Dennis M. Houston | Vice Chairman and Director | ||||
Donald J. Kintzer | Director | ||||
Julian R. Metherell | Director | ||||
Anthony S. Papadimitriou | Director | ||||
Graham Westgarth | Director | ||||
Alastair Maxwell | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||||
Certain biographical information about each of these individuals is set forth below.
Peter G. Livanos is our Chairman and a member of our board of directors. Mr. Livanos founded our subsidiary GasLog LNG Services in 2001 and has been a director of our subsidiary GasLog Partners since the closing of its initial public offering in May 2014. He has served as our Chairman since the Company was incorporated in July 2003 and he held the role of chief executive officer ("CEO") from January 2012 until January 2013. Mr. Livanos is the chairman and sole shareholder of Ceres Shipping, an international shipping group. He also serves as chairman of several of Ceres Shipping's subsidiaries, including DryLog Ltd., a company engaged in dry bulk shipping investments. In 1989 Mr. Livanos formed Seachem Tankers Ltd., which in 2000 combined with Odfjell ASA (later renamed Odfjell SE). He served on the board of directors of Odfjell SE until 2008. Mr. Livanos was appointed to the board of directors of Euronav NV, an independent owner and operator of oil tankers in 2005 and served until December 2015. Between April 2009 and July 2014 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of Euronav NV and from July 2014 to December 2015 he served as its Chairman. Mr. Livanos is a graduate of Columbia University.
Paul A. Wogan has served as our CEO since January 2013 and has been a member of our board of directors since our annual general meeting in May 2015. From 2008 until February 2012, Mr. Wogan served as senior independent director of Clarksons PLC. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Wogan worked for Teekay Corporation, where from November 2003 to March 2008 he served as president of Teekay Tanker Services, with responsibility for the company's fleet of crude and product tankers. Prior to joining Teekay Corporation, Mr. Wogan served as chief executive officer of Seachem Tankers Ltd. Mr. Wogan is also a director of The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Europe) Limited and from 2009 to 2014 was a non-executive director of Sure Wind Marine Ltd., a company that owns and operates vessels that provide services to the offshore wind industry. Mr. Wogan is a graduate of Exeter University and has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.
Bruce L. Blythe has been a member of our board of directors since October 2011. Mr. Blythe has been involved in the shipping industry for over 2025 years, having served as an advisor to the Livanos family since 1994. For over 30 years, Mr. Blythe has served as an advisor on finance and strategy to the chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company and to the Ford family, and prior to his service as an advisor he was employed in various strategic and financial positions at Ford Motor Company. Mr. Blythe serves as a director of Ceres Shipping, our largest shareholder, is a director of DryLog Ltd. and is Vice-Chairman of the Ceres Group. Mr. Blythe holds an M.B.A. in finance and transportation and a B.A. in business administration from Pennsylvania State University.
David P. Conner has been a member of our board of directors since the 2016 AGM. Mr. Conner has a long history in the banking industry, most recently as chief executive officer of OCBC Bank Ltd. in Singapore from 2002 to 2012. Prior to OCBC, Mr. Conner worked for Citibank for 26 years. Until August 2014, Mr. Conner served as a director on the board of OCBC Bank Ltd., where he also sat on the executive committee and risk management committee. He was also a member of the board of directors of GasLog Partners and its audit committee until May 2016. Mr. Conner is also active with the board of trustees of Washington University in St. Louis where he chairs the medical finance committee. On January 1, 2016, Mr. Conner was appointed a director of Standard Chartered Bank plc. where he chairs the risk committee and sits on the audit committee, financial crime risk committee and governance and nominating committee. Mr. Conner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1974 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Business School in 1976.
William M. Friedrich has been a member of our board of directors since October 2011. From 1995 until his retirement in 2008, Mr. Friedrich was employed at BG Group. Mr. Friedrich held several senior executive positions during his 14 year tenure at BG Group, including serving as executive director and deputy chief executive from 2000 until 2008, with primary responsibility for BG Group's overall strategy function as well as oversight of the company's business development activities and various company-wide organizational and human resource matters. Between 2000 and 2005, his position at BG Group also included the role of General Counsel. Prior to joining BG Group, Mr. Friedrich was a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from Union College.
Dennis M. Houston has been a member of our board of directors since June 2013 and has served as our Vice-Chairman and senior independent director since May 2016. At the time he joined our board, Mr. Houston had approximately 40 years of experience in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Mr. Houston retired from Exxon Mobil on May 31, 2010, after over 35 years with Exxon and then Exxon Mobil. His positions at retirement were Executive Vice President Refining & Supply Company, Chairman and President of ExxonMobil Sales & Supply LLC, and Chairman of Standard Tankers Bahamas Limited. Mr. Houston serves as a director of Suncor Energy Inc., Argus Media Limited L.L.C. and ABS Group and is an active member of several other energy related organizations.Group. Mr. Houston also sits on the board of the Onassis Foundation and is Honorary Counsel for Liechtenstein to the U.S. (Texas Region). He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration Degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
Donald J. Kintzer has been a member of our board of directors since November 2014. He is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or "PwC", having retired in 2008 after an association of over 31 years. He was admitted to the partnership in 1988 and served in various roles and locations during his career. Mr. Kintzer is a member of the board of directors of California Bank of Commerce and a member of the board of governors of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. He was also a member of the board of directors of GasLog Partners and its audit committee until March 2015, and served as a member of its conflicts committee until his appointment to our board in November 2014 and as audit committee chairman until March 2015. He is a certified public accountant (inactive) and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of CPAs. Mr. Kintzer received an A.B. from Lafayette College and an M.B.A. from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to graduate school, Mr. Kintzer served as an officer in the United States Air Force. Mr. Kintzer was appointed chairman of our Audit & Risk Committee in March 2015.
Julian R. Metherell has been a member of our board of directors since October 2011. Mr. Metherell was the chief financial officer and a director of Genel Energy plc, a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Genel Energy plc is the successor to Vallares Plc, a publicly listed acquisition company which Mr. Metherell
co-founded in April 2011. From 1999 to 2011, Mr. Metherell was a partner at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he served as chief executive officer of the UK investment banking division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Metherell was a director in the European energy group at Dresdner Kleinwort, a London-based investment bank. Mr. Metherell is a graduate of Manchester University, where he received a B.Sc. degree, and of Cambridge University, where he received an M.B.A.
Anthony S. Papadimitriou has been a member of our board of directors since November 2011, when he was designated by the Onassis Foundation to serve as one of our directors. Mr. Papadimitriou is the managingFounding partner of the law firm A.S. Papadimitriou and Partners, a positionof which he has held since 1990.was the Managing Partner from 1990 to 2018. From 1986 until 2005, Mr. Papadimitriou served as legal counsel for Olympic Shipping & Management S.A, an affiliate of the Onassis Foundation, and since 1995 he has been the coordinator of the Executive Committee of the commercial activities controlled by the Onassis Foundation. In addition, Mr. Papadimitriou has been a member of the board of directors of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation since 1988, serving as the president of the boardBoard since 2005. Mr. Papadimitriou is a graduate of the Athens University Law School and holds a postgraduate degree in maritime and transport law from the University of Aix-en-Provence, a B.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Mr. Papadimitriou was appointed to the Board of GasLog Partners in May 2015 and stepped down on January 31, 2019.
Graham Westgarth served as our chief operating officer ("COO") from June 2013 to May 2017 and COO of our subsidiary, GasLog Partners, from its inception to May 2017. In May 2017, Mr. Westgarth was appointed to our Board of Directors. He previously served as our Executive Vice President, Operations and Strategy, from January 2013 until June 2013. From 1999 through 2012, Mr. Westgarth was a member of the Senior Leadership team of Teekay Shipping, most recently serving as executive vice president of innovation, technology and projects of Teekay Shipping, which included commercial and operational responsibility for a number of floating storage and offloading vessels. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Westgarth served as president of Teekay Marine Services with responsibility for 5,000 sea and shore staff and the technical management of 200 vessels. During this period he also served as chief executive officer of Teekay Petrojarl following its acquisition by Teekay Corporation. Mr. Westgarth was the chairman of INTERTANKO, an industry organization, which represents 80.0% of the world's independent tanker owners and operators between 2009 and 2014. Mr. Westgarth also sits on the boards of V.Group and Seagull Maritime AS, and is the Chairman of the ABS UK Advisory Committee. He is an ex-Master Mariner and graduate of the Columbia University Senior Executive Development Program.
Alastair Maxwell joined GasLog on February 1, 2017 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") on March 9, 2017. He was appointed CFO of GasLog Partners on the same date. Prior to joining GasLog, Mr. Maxwell worked in the investment banking industry for 29 years, most recently with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 2010 to 2016 where he was a Partner and Co-Head of the Global Energy Group with responsibility for relationships with a wide range of corporate and other clients in the energy sector. Previously, from 1998 to 2010, he was with Morgan Stanley, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Energy in the EMEA region based in London, and prior to that as Executive Director and Head of Latin America Utilities based in New York. From 1987 to 1998, he was at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in a series of roles in the Utilities and M&A Groups based in London, Spain and Brazil. Mr. Maxwell studied Modern Languages (Spanish and Portuguese) at Worcester College, Oxford.
Richard Sadler Mr. Maxwell has served as ouran independent director of The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S ("Maersk Drilling") since April 2019.
Paolo Enoizi joined GasLog in August 2019 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer ("COO") sincein September 20, 2017.2019. He was appointed COO of GasLog Partners on the same date. Prior to joining GasLog, Mr. Sadler joined GasLog from the Foresight Group,Enoizi was most recently Managing Director of Stolt Tankers BV Rotterdam, a family company with a strong global presence including Shipping, Offshore Oil Drilling & Engineering,subsidiary of Stolt Nielsen Limited, where he servedwas responsible for the operation of over 100 chemical tankers, 200 people ashore and over 4,000 seafarers. Mr. Enoizi's previous roles also included Director of Technical & Innovation and General Manager of Newbuilding & Technical. Whilst at Stolt Nielsen, Mr. Enoizi led major business transformations, integration of company acquisitions and operational improvement initiatives in areas such as advisorprocess optimisation, cost reductions, digitalisation and business intelligence. Prior to the Chairman, family Board members and the senior management. Previously, from 2007 to 2015,joining Stolt Nielsen in 2008, Mr. Sadler served as CEOEnoizi was Managing Director of Lloyd's Register Group, providing compliance and consultancy services to 60,000 global clients in 78 countries. Prior toa family-owned ship management company. Mr. Enoizi is a director of HiLo Maritime Risk Management
thatLimited, a not for profit joint industry initiative which uses a predictive mathematical model to enhance shipping industry safety. Mr. Sadler worked asEnoizi has a Director of Asset Management for the Royal Bank of ScotlandMasters degree in the Shipping and Offshore Energy Division and held a number of positions at Lloyd's Register including in Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Japan. Mr. Sadler was an Engineering Officer in the Royal Navy prior to studying Naval Architecture at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. Sadler is a Fellow, Trustee and member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the Royal Academy ofMarine Engineering and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Southampton and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is a visiting Professor at Dalian Maritime University and an elder Brethren and Trustee of Trinity House.Genova.
Board Leadership Structure
Our board leadership structure consists of our Chairman, the vice chairman/ senior independent director and the chairmen of our board committees. Our operational management is headed by our CEO. Mr. Wogan, as CEO, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company, which includes decisions relating to the Company's general management and control of its affairs and business and works with our board in developing our business strategy. The board of directors does not have a policy mandating that the roles of CEO and Chairman be held by separate individuals, but believes that the separation of such roles at this time is appropriate and beneficial to shareholders.
Dennis M. Houston, who serves as our senior independent director, acts as a liaison to facilitate communication between independent directors and our Chairman to ensure that the board functions in an effective manner.
B. Compensation of Directors and Senior Management
Our non-executive directors receive:
The aggregate annual fees paid to non-executive directors in 20182019 was $1.55$1.7 million.
The board of directors may determine that a portion of the above fees will be paid in shares rather than cash.
In addition, our directors receive reimbursement for their out-of-pocket expenses including travel costs. We do not have any service contracts with our directors that provide for benefits upon termination of their services.
For 2018,2019, our executive officers were Paul Wogan, Alastair Maxwell, Richard Sadler (COO to September 17, 2019) and Richard Sadler.Paolo Enoizi (COO from September 17, 2019 onwards). Compensation for our executive officers in 20182019 consisted of base salary and employee benefits that are generally provided to employees, including eligibility to receive a cash incentive bonus pursuant to our Management Incentive Plan, or "MIP". The MIP provides all shore-based personnel (which includes our executive officers) an opportunity to earn a cash incentive payment based on a target percentage of the participant's annual base salary, subject to the achievement of pre-established individual and
Company performance objectives, as well as a component based on Company discretion. Each participant's target percentage of annual base salary and the weightings assigned to the individual and Company performance objectives and the Company discretionary component are dependent on the participant's organization (band) level. No amounts will be paid under the MIP to any participant who fails to achieve 50.0% of his or her target individual performance objectives. In 2018,2019, the Company performance objectives were measured against three equally-weighted key business indicators ("KBI"):
The Financial KBI is measured against a Free Cash Flow per Share target and an Absolute Return on Invested Capital target; the Operational KBI is defined by a basket of operational KBIs including Fleet Uptime, Vetting Performance and Terminal Feedback targets; and three-year rolling average Relative Total Shareholder Return performance compared to a peer group. In addition, Company performance is evaluated against a safety factor based on Personal Safety, Significant Incidents and Leading Indicators, in which falling short of the safety target may result in a corresponding reduction of the Company performance payout factor. Under the individual and Company performance objectives, stretch goals are established which determine the level of pay-out. The Board may exercise discretion to increase an individual's payment to no more than 200.0% of his or her target payout. The amounts paid to our executive officers in 20182019 pursuant to the MIP were determined based on the following weightings: individual performance (30.0%), Company performance (50.0%) and Company discretion (20.0%).
The aggregate amount of cash compensation, including cash incentive compensation, paid to our executive officers for the year ended December 31, 20182019 was $2.61$3.16 million.
In addition, our executive officers received equity-based compensation awards in accordance with the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, or the "Plan", and also received awards via the GasLog Partners LP 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan or the "the GasLog Partners LTIP Plan". On April 1, 2018,2019, we granted our executive officers an aggregate of 111,821109,131 stock options and 36,36135,949 restricted stock units under the Plan. Additionally, on August 20, 2019 we granted an extra aggregate of 27,132 stock options and 7,410 shares of restricted stock. Furthermore, on April 1, 2018,2019, we granted our executive officers an aggregate of 5,6126,164 restricted stock units and 5,6126,164 phantom performance common units under the GasLog Partners Plan. The aggregate fair value for all equity compensation granted as of the grant datein 2019 is $1.45$1.75 million. At the time of grant, the stock options had an exercise price per share of $16.30,$17.79 ($12.34 for the August grant) which was subsequently adjusted to $15.90$17.41 ($11.96 for the August grant) on December 17, 201816, 2019 in response to the announcement of an extraordinary dividend of $0.40$0.38 and will vest in three equal annual installments, beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the recipient's continued service. The restricted stock units vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the recipient's continued service. Vesting of the phantom performance common units is also subject to the achievement of certain performance targets. The stock options, the restricted stock units and the phantom performance common units may be settled in cash or common shares, or a combination thereof, at our discretion. We generally determine during the March meeting of the board of the directors each year which individuals, if any, will be eligible to receive equity-based compensation awards under the Plan for such year and the amount of awards each participant will be eligible to receive. In addition, we intend to grant such awards on April 1 of such year (or, should April 1 of such year fall on a weekend or bank holiday, on the first business day thereafter).
We did not set aside or accrue any amounts in the year ended December 31, 20182019 to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits to our directors or executive officers.
C. Board Practices
Our board of directors consists of tennine members. The board of directors may change the number of directors to not less than three, nor more than fifteen. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor is elected or appointed, except in the event of removal, death, disability, disqualification or resignation. A vacancy on the board created by
removal, death, disability, disqualification or resignation of a director, or as a result of an increase in the size of the board, may be filled by the shareholders or by the board of directors.
We are a "foreign private issuer" under the securities laws of the United States and the rules of the NYSE. Under the securities laws of the United States, "foreign private issuers" are subject to different disclosure requirements than U.S. domiciled registrants, as well as different financial reporting
requirements. Under the NYSE rules, a "foreign private issuer" is subject to less stringent corporate governance requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the rules of the NYSE permit a "foreign private issuer" to follow its home country practice in lieu of the listing requirements of the NYSE, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that a nominating/corporate governance committee be established (iii) the requirement that the compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors and have a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities and (iv)(ii) the requirement of an annual performance evaluation of the compensation committee. Five of our ten directors qualify as independent. We do not have one or more non-independent directors serving as committee members on our compensationa separate nominating/corporate governance committee and we complete biennial performance evaluation of the compensation committee. As a result, non-independent directors may, among other things, participate in setting the compensation of our management, making share and option awards and resolving governance issues regarding our Company. Accordingly, in the future you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.
Our board of directors meets regularly throughout the year. In 2018,2019, the board met 1211 times. As part of our board meetings, our independent directors meet without the non-independent directors in attendance. In addition, the board regularly holds sessions without the CEO and executive officers present.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Audit and Risk Committee
Our audit and risk committee consists of Messrs. Conner, Houston and Kintzer with Mr. Kintzer serving as the committee chairman. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of these individuals meets the definition of "independent director" for purposes of serving on an audit committee under applicable SEC and NYSE rules. Mr. Conner and Mr. Kintzer each qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert". The audit and risk committee is responsible for:
Compensation Committee
Our compensation committee consists of Messrs. Blythe, Papadimitriou and Metherell, with Mr. MetherellBlythe serving as the committee chairman. The compensation committee is responsible for:
Safety and Sustainability Committee (formerly the HSSE CommitteeCommittee)
Our HSSE,Safety and Sustainability committee consists of Messrs. Friedrich,Metherell, Livanos and Westgarth, with Mr. FriedrichMetherell serving as the committee chairman. The HSSESafety and Sustainability committee is responsible for:
Senior Independent Director
Mr. Houston, an independent director, currently serves as our senior independent director. Our senior independent director is responsible for:
Corporate Governance
The board of directors and our Company's management engage in an ongoing review of our corporate governance practices in order to oversee our compliance with the applicable corporate governance rules of the NYSE and the SEC.
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company.
This document and other important information on our governance are posted on our website and may be viewed athttp://www.gaslogltd.com. The information contained on or connected to our website is not a part of this annual report. We will also provide a paper copy of any of these documents upon the written request of a shareholder at no cost. Shareholders may direct their requests to the attention of our General Counsel, c/o GasLog Monaco S.A.M.LNG Services Ltd., Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco.69 Akti Miaouli, 18537 Piraeus, Greece.
Exemptions from NYSE Corporate Governance Rules
Because we qualify as a foreign private issuer under SEC rules, we are permitted to follow the corporate governance practices of Bermuda (the jurisdiction in which we are incorporated) in lieu of certain NYSE corporate governance requirements that would otherwise be applicable to us. The NYSE rules do not require a listed company that is a foreign private issuer to have a board of directors that is comprised of a majority of independent directors. Under Bermuda law, we are not required to have a board of directors comprised of a majority of directors meeting the independence standards described in the NYSE rules. Accordingly, our board of directors is not required to be and is not comprised of a majority of independent directors.
The NYSE rules do not require foreign private issuers like us to establish a nominating/corporate governance committee. Similarly, under Bermuda law, we are not required to have a nominating/
corporate governance committee. Accordingly, we do not have a nominating/corporate governance committee.
D. Employees
As of December 31, 2018,2019, we had 160163 full-time employees and contractors based in our offices in Greece, Monaco, London, New York,Stamford Connecticut, Singapore and the newbuildings site in South Korea. In addition to our shore-based employees and contractors, we had approximately 1,5171,654 seafaring staff serving on our owned and managed ships. These seafarers are retained through crewing agencies based in Ukraine, the Philippines and Spain or, in the case of Greek seafarers, through direct hire. As we take delivery of our newbuildings, we expect to retainrecruit a significant number of additional seafarers qualified to staff and operate our new ships, as well as a small number of additional shore-based personnel. We intend to focus our seafarer hiring efforts in the Ukrainian, PhilippineUkraine, the Philippines and Spanish markets,Spain, where we have crewing agency agreements in place, and in Greece.
LNG marine transportation is a specialized area requiring technically skilled officers and personnel with specialized training. We regard attractingAttracting and retaining motivated, well-qualified seagoing and shore-based personnel asis a top priority, and we offer our people competitive compensation packages.packages and training and development opportunities. In addition, we provide intensive onboard and shore-based training for our officers and crew
crews to instill a culture offocused on the highest operational and safety standards. As a result, we have historically enjoyed high retention rates. In 2018,2019, our retention rate was 96%97% for senior seagoing officers, 98%93% for other seagoing officers and 94% for shore staff.
Although we have historically experienced high employee retention rates, the demand for technically skilled officers and crews to serve on LNG carriers and FSRU vessels, and for shore-based employees with experience of operating and managing LNG vessels, has been increasing as the global fleet of LNG vessels continues to grow. This increased demand has and may continue to put inflationary cost pressure on ensuring qualified and well-trained crew are available to us.GasLog. However, we expect that the impact of cost increases would be mitigated to some extent by certain provisions in certainsome of our time charters, including automatic periodic adjustment and cost review provisions.
E. Share Ownership
The common shares beneficially owned by our directors and executive officers and/or entities affiliated with these individuals is disclosed in "Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—A. Major Shareholders" below. For information regarding arrangements for involving the employees in the capital of the Company, see "Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation of Directors and Senior Management".
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
A. Major Shareholders
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our outstanding common shares as of February 27, 2019March 2, 2020 held by:
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with SEC rules. Percentage computations are based on 80,861,24680,547,751 common shares outstanding as of February 27, 2019.March 2, 2020. Each issued and outstanding common share will entitle the shareholder to one vote. Information for certain holders is based on
their latest filings with the SEC or information delivered to us. Except as noted below, the address of
all shareholders, officers and directors identified in the table and the accompanying footnotes below is in care of our principal executive offices.
| | Common Shares Beneficially Owned | Common Shares Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name of Beneficial Owner | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||||
Directors and officers | ||||||||||||||
Peter G. Livanos(1) | 32,415,159 | 40.1 | % | 32,774,566 | 40.7 | % | ||||||||
Paul A. Wogan | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Bruce L. Blythe | 850,000 | 1.1 | % | 940,000 | 1.2 | % | ||||||||
David P. Conner | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
William M. Friedrich | * | * | ||||||||||||
Paolo Enoizi | * | * | ||||||||||||
Dennis M. Houston | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Donald J. Kintzer | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Alastair J.C. Maxwell | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Julian R. Metherell | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Anthony S. Papadimitriou | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Richard Sadler | * | * | ||||||||||||
Graham Westgarth | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
All directors and officers as a group | 33,547,766 | 41.5 | % | 34,037,810 | 42.3 | % | ||||||||
Other 5.0% beneficial owners | ||||||||||||||
Alexander S. Onassis Foundation(2) | 7,099,904 | 8.8 | % | 7,164,904 | 8.9 | % | ||||||||
In March 2012, we completed a registered public offering of our common shares and our common shares began trading on the NYSE. Our major shareholders have the same voting rights as our other shareholders. As of February 27, 2019,24, 2020, we had approximately 11,42010,621 shareholders.
B. Related Party Transactions
Relationship with GasLog Partners
GasLog Partners was formed by us in January 2014 to acquire, own operate and acquireoperate LNG carriers engaged in LNG transportation under long-term charters, which we define as charters of five full years or more. In May 2014, the Partnership completed its initial public offering and its common units began trading on the NYSE. The Partnership conducts its operations through its vessel-owning subsidiaries and as of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, had a fleet of 1415 LNG carriers. As of February 27, 2019,March 2, 2020, we hold a 27.5%35.6% ownership interest in the Partnership and, as a result of our ownership of the general partner and the fact that the general partner elects the majority of the Partnership's directors in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, we have the ability to control the Partnership's affairs and policies.
Quarterly Cash Dividends
We are entitled to distributions on our general and limited partner interests in GasLog Partners. These interests consist of common units incentive distribution rights and general partner interests.
The amount of the minimum quarterly distribution is $0.375 per unit or $1.50 per unit on an annualized basis.
We currently hold all of the incentive distribution rights in GasLog Partners. Incentive distribution rights represent the right to receive an increasing percentage of quarterly distributions of available cash from operating surplus after the minimum quarterly distribution and the target distribution levels have been achieved.
If for any quarter:
then GasLog Partners will distribute any additional available cash from operating surplus for that quarter among the unitholders and the general partner in the following manner:
In each case, the amount of the target distribution set forth above is exclusive of any distributions to common unitholders to eliminate any cumulative arrearages in payment of the minimum quarterly distribution. The percentage interests set forth above assume that the general partner maintains its 2.0% general partner interest and that the Partnership does not issue additional classes of equity securities.
As holder of the 2.0% general partner interest in GasLog Partners, we are entitled to 2.0% of all distributions made by GasLog Partners prior to its liquidation. The general partner, our wholly owned subsidiary, has the right, but not the obligation, to contribute a proportionate amount of capital to GasLog Partners to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest if the Partnership issues additional units.
We received total distributions from GasLog Partners of $30.1$33.8 million in 2018.2019.
Omnibus Agreement
On May 12, 2014, we entered into an omnibus agreement with GasLog Partners and certain of its subsidiaries. The following discussion describes certain provisions of the omnibus agreement.
Noncompetition; Five-Year Vessel Restricted Business Opportunities
Under the omnibus agreement, we have agreed, and have caused our controlled affiliates (other than GasLog Partners, its general partner and its subsidiaries) to agree, not to acquire, own, operate or charter any LNG carrier with a cargo capacity greater than 75,000 cbm engaged in oceangoing LNG
transportation under a charter for five full years or more without, within 30 calendar days after the consummation of the acquisition or the commencement of the operations or charter of such a vessel, notifying and offering GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase such a vessel at fair market value. For purposes of this section, we refer to these vessels, together with any related charters, as "Five-Year Vessels" and to all other LNG carriers, together with any related charters, as "Non-Five-Year Vessels". The restrictions in this paragraph will not prevent us or any of our controlled affiliates (other than GasLog Partners and its subsidiaries) from:
other similar costs that we incur in connection with the acquisition and the transfer of such vessels to GasLog Partners separate from the acquired business; and
If we or any of our controlled affiliates (other than GasLog Partners, its general partner or its subsidiaries) acquires, owns, operates or charters Five-Year Vessels pursuant to any of the exceptions described above, we may not subsequently expand that portion of our business other than pursuant to those exceptions. However, such Five-Year Vessels could eventually compete with GasLog Partners' vessels upon their re-chartering.
In addition, under the omnibus agreement GasLog Partners has agreed, and has caused its subsidiaries to agree, to acquire, own, operate or charter Five-Year Vessels only. The restrictions in this paragraph will not:
must notify us of the proposed acquisition in advance. Not later than 30 days following receipt of such notice, we must notify GasLog Partners if we wish to acquire the Non-Five-Year Vessels in cooperation and simultaneously with GasLog Partners acquiring the Five-Year Vessels. If we do not notify GasLog Partners of our intent to pursue the acquisition within 30 days, the Partnership may proceed with the acquisition and then offer to sell such vessels to us as provided in (a) above;
If GasLog Partners or any of its subsidiaries acquires, owns, operates or charters Non-Five-Year Vessels pursuant to any of the exceptions described above, neither the Partnership nor any subsidiary may subsequently expand that portion of its business other than pursuant to those exceptions.
During the 30-day period after our notice and offer of an opportunity to purchase a Five-Year Vessel, we and GasLog Partners will negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement on the fair market value (and any applicable break-up costs) of the relevant vessel. If we do not reach an agreement within such 30-day period, a mutually-agreed upon investment banking firm, ship broker or other expert advisor will be engaged to determine the fair market value (and any applicable break-up costs) of the relevant vessel and other outstanding terms, and GasLog Partners will have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase the relevant vessel on such terms. GasLog Partners' ability to consummate the acquisition of such Five-Year Vessel from us will be subject to obtaining any consents of governmental authorities and other non-affiliated third parties and to all agreements existing with respect to such
Five-Year Vessel. Under the omnibus agreement, we will indemnify GasLog Partners against losses arising from the failure to obtain any consent or governmental permit necessary to own or operate the fleet in substantially the same manner that the vessels were owned and operated by us immediately prior to the Partnership's acquisition of such vessels. See "—Indemnification".
Upon a change of control of GasLog Partners or its general partner, the noncompetition provisions of the omnibus agreement will terminate immediately. Upon a change of control of GasLog, the noncompetition provisions of the omnibus agreement applicable to us will terminate on the date of the change of control. On the date on which a majority of GasLog Partners' directors ceases to consist of directors that were (1) appointed by the Partnership's general partner prior to its first annual meeting of unitholders and (2) recommended for election by a majority of the Partnership's appointed directors, the noncompetition provisions applicable to us shall terminate immediately.
LNG Carrier Purchase Options
Under the omnibus agreement entered into with GasLog Partners and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the Partnership's initial public offering, GasLog Partners has the option to purchase from us: (i)us any LNG carrier with a cargo capacity greater than 75,000 cbm engaged in oceangoing LNG transportation under a charter for five full years or more, within 30 calendar days after theGasLog Glasgow within 36 months after we notify the Partnership's board of directors consummation of the vessel's acceptance by her charterer, (and (ii)acquisition or theGasLog Houston within 30 days after we notify the Partnership's board of directors commencement of the vessel's acceptance by her charterer. In addition, on April 21, 2015, we signed an agreementoperations or charter of such a vessel.
On January 12, 2018, GasLog entered into a shipbuilding contract with MSLSamsung for newbuilding Hull No. 21312213 that is scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2020. This vessel will now be the vessel to be chartered to MSL upon delivery in 2019,Pioneer Shipping Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica for an initial termperiod of approximately 9seven years, and 10 months.as previously announced on October 20, 2016. Within 30 days of the commencement
On October 20, 2016, we signed an agreement with Centrica for newbuilding Hull No. 2212 to be chartered to Centrica upon delivery in 2019 for an initial term of seven years. However, we have amended the shipbuilding contract for newbuilding Hull No. 2212, such that it becomes a GasLog uncommitted vessel, a 180,000 cbm GTT Mark III Flex Plus, to be delivered on or before July 31, 2019, and which is currently without charter. Newbuilding Hull No. 2213 was ordered in January 2018 and becomes a committed Centrica vessel, a 180,000 cbm GTT Mark III Flex, to be delivered on or before April 1, 2020 for an initial term of seven years. Within 30 days of the commencement of the charter of Hull No. 2213, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
On May 30, 2018, we signed an agreement with Centrica for newbuilding Hull No. 2262 to be chartered to Centrica upon delivery in 2020 for an initial term of seven years. Within 30 days of the commencement of the charter of Hull No. 2262, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement. On August 16, 2018, we signed an agreement with Cheniere for newbuildings Hull Nos. 2300 and 2301 to be chartered to Cheniere upon delivery in 2020 for initial terms of seven years. Furthermore, on December 21, 2018, we signed two additional agreements with Cheniere for newbuildings Hull Nos. 2311 and 2312 to be chartered to Cheniere upon delivery in 2021 for initial terms of seven years. Within 30 days of the commencement of each of the charters, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
On December 21, 2018,March 15, 2019, we signed an agreement with CheniereEndesa for newbuildings Hull Nos. 2311 and 2312theGasLog Warsaw to be chartered to Cheniere upon delivery inEndesa from May 2021 for an initial termsterm of seveneight years. Within 30 days of the commencement of eachthe charter of the charters,GasLog Warsaw, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vesselsvessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
On March 28, 2019, we signed an agreement with JERA for newbuilding Hull No. 2274 to be chartered to JERA upon delivery in 2020 for an initial term of twelve years. Within 30 days of the commencement of the charter of Hull No. 2274, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
Table On August 27, 2019, we signed an agreement with Sinolam for theGasLog Singapore to be chartered to Sinolam from November 2020 for an initial term of Contentsten years. Within 30 days of the commencement of the charter of theGasLog Singapore, we will be required to offer GasLog Partners the opportunity to purchase the vessel at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.
In each case, GasLog Partners' option to purchase is at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement. If we and GasLog Partners are unable to agree upon the fair market value of any of these optional vessels, the respective fair market values will be determined by a mutually acceptable investment banking firm, ship broker or other expert advisor, and GasLog Partners will have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the vessel at such price. GasLog Partners' ability to consummate the acquisition of such vessels from us will be subject to obtaining any consents of governmental authorities and other non-affiliated third parties and to all agreements existing as of the closing date in respect of such vessels.
On the date on which a majority of GasLog Partners' directors ceases to consist of directors that were (1) appointed by the Partnership's general partner prior to its first annual meeting of unitholders and (2) recommended for election by a majority of the Partnership's appointed directors, the LNG carrier purchase options shall terminate immediately.
Rights of First Offer
Under the omnibus agreement, we and our subsidiaries have granted to GasLog Partners a right of first offer on any proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of any Five-Year Vessels or Non-Five-Year Vessels owned by us. Under the omnibus agreement, GasLog Partners and its subsidiaries have agreed to grant a similar right of first offer to us for any Five-Year Vessels they might own. These rights of first offer will not apply to a (i) sale, transfer or other disposition of vessels between any affiliated
subsidiaries or pursuant to the terms of any current or future charter or other agreement with a charter party or (ii) merger with or into, or sale of substantially all of the assets to, an unaffiliated third party.
Prior to engaging in any negotiation regarding any vessel disposition with respect to a Five-Year Vessel with an unaffiliated third party or any Non-Five-Year Vessel, we or GasLog Partners, as the case may be, will deliver a written notice to the other relevant party setting forth the material terms and conditions of the proposed transaction. During the 30-day period after the delivery of such notice, we and GasLog Partners, as the case may be, will negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement on the transaction. If we do not reach an agreement within such 30-day period, we or GasLog Partners, as the case may be, will be able within the next 180 calendar days to sell, transfer, dispose or re-charter the vessel to a third party (or to agree in writing to undertake such transaction with a third party) on terms generally no less favorable to us or GasLog Partners, as the case may be, than those offered pursuant to the written notice. Our ability to consummate the acquisition of such Five-Year Vessel from GasLog Partners will be subject to obtaining any consents of governmental authorities and other non-affiliated third parties and to all agreements existing in respect of such Five-Year Vessel.
Upon a change of control of GasLog Partners or its general partner, the right of first offer provisions of the omnibus agreement will terminate immediately. Upon a change of control of us, the right of first offer provisions applicable to GasLog under the omnibus agreement will terminate on the date of the change of control. On the date on which a majority of GasLog Partners' directors ceases to consist of directors that were (i) appointed by the Partnership's general partner prior to its first annual meeting of unitholders and (ii) recommended for election by a majority of the Partnership's appointed directors, the provisions related to the rights of first offer granted to the Partnership by us shall terminate immediately.
For purposes of the omnibus agreement, a "change of control" means, with respect to any "applicable person", any of the following events: (a) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the applicable person's assets to any other person, unless immediately following such sale, lease, exchange or other transfer such assets are owned, directly or indirectly, by the applicable person; (b) the consolidation or merger of the applicable person with or into another person pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding voting securities of the applicable person are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where (i) the outstanding voting securities of the applicable person are changed into or exchanged for voting securities of the surviving person or its parent and (ii) the holders of the voting securities of the applicable person immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving person or its parent immediately after such transaction; and (c) a "person" or "group" (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the "Exchange Act"), other than us or our affiliates with respect to the general partner, being or becoming the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50.0% of all of the then outstanding voting securities of the applicable person, except in a merger or consolidation which would not constitute a change of control under clause (b) above.
Indemnification
Under the omnibus agreement, we will indemnify GasLog Partners after the closing of its IPO for a period of five years (and we will indemnify the Partnership for a period of at least three years after its purchase of any vessels subject to purchase options, if applicable) against certain environmental and toxic tort liabilities with respect to the vessels that are contributed or sold to the Partnership to the extent arising prior to the time such vessels were contributed or sold to the Partnership. Liabilities resulting from a change in law after the closing of the IPO are excluded from the environmental indemnity. There is an aggregate cap of $5 million on the amount of indemnity coverage provided by us for environmental and toxic tort liabilities. No claim may be made unless the aggregate dollar
amount of all claims exceeds $500,000, in which case we are liable for claims only to the extent such aggregate amount exceeds $500,000.
We will also indemnify GasLog Partners for liabilities related to:
Restrictive Covenant Agreement
On April 4, 2012, Peter G. Livanos and Blenheim Holdings entered into a Restrictive Covenant Agreement with us, pursuant to which Mr. Livanos is prohibited from directly or indirectly owning, operating or managing LNG vessels, other than pursuant to his involvement with us. The restrictions will terminate in the event that Mr. Livanos ceases to beneficially own at least 20.0% of our issued and outstanding share capital.
Notwithstanding these restrictions, Mr. Livanos is permitted to engage in the following activities:
The restrictions described above do not apply to transactions by independent fund managers not acting under the direction or control of Mr. Livanos or Blenheim Holdings.
As noted above, Mr. Livanos and Blenheim Holdings are permitted under the terms of the restrictive covenant agreement to dispose of our common shares in the following circumstances:
For purposes of the restrictive covenant agreement, a "change of control" means Mr. Livanos and Blenheim Holdings cease to beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 38.0% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company. The share transfer restrictions described above will
terminate as to any person that ceases to beneficially own, or does not beneficially own, at least 20.0% of our issued and outstanding share capital.
Registration Rights Agreement
On April 4, 2012, we entered into a registration rights agreement with certain of our shareholders, pursuant to which we granted such shareholders and their transferees the right, under certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, including restrictions included in the lock-up agreements to which they will be a party, to require us to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, our common shares held by those persons. Under the registration rights agreement, certain of our shareholders and their transferees have the right to request us to register the sale of shares held by them on their behalf and may require us to make available shelf registration statements permitting sales of shares into the market from time to time over an extended period. While these demand registration rights are subject to certain timing and other restrictions, there is no limit on the number of times a shareholder may exercise such rights. In addition, those persons have the ability to exercise certain piggyback registration rights in connection with registered offerings initiated by us. In March 2014, in response to a Demand Registration Request (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form Form��F-3 registering the common shares entitled to registration rights in addition to other common shares held by the Company's directors and officers.
Subscription Agreements
On January 16, 2014, we entered into subscription agreements with certain of our directors and officers for a concurrent private placement of 2,317,460 common shares at a price of $15.75 per share.
Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers which provide, among other things, that we will indemnify our directors and officers, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines, settlements and fees that they
may be required to pay in actions or proceedings to which they are or may be made a party by reason of such person's position as a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company, subject to, and to the maximum extent permitted by, applicable law.
Office Space and Related Arrangements
Through our subsidiary GasLog LNG Services, we lease our office space in Piraeus, Greece from an entity controlled by Ceres Shipping, Nea Dimitra Ktimatikh Kai Emporikh S.A. The lease agreement is filed with the Greek authorities, and has been entered into on market rates.
GasLog LNG Services has also entered into an agreement with Seres S.A., an entity controlled by the Livanos family, for the latter to provide catering services to the staff based in our Piraeus office. Amounts paid pursuant to the agreement are generally less than €10 per person per day, but are slightly higher on special occasions. In addition, GasLog LNG Services has entered into an agreement with Seres S.A. for the latter to provide telephone and documentation services for our staff based in Piraeus. Amounts paid pursuant to the agreement are less than €100,000 per year.
Egypt LNG
We have a 25.0% ownership interest in Egypt LNG, whose principal asset is the LNG carrierMethane Nile Eagle, which is currently operating under a 20-year time charter with a subsidiary of Shell. Through our subsidiary GasLog LNG Services, we supervised the construction of theMethane Nile Eagle which was delivered from the shipyard in 2007. Pursuant to a ship management agreement
between GasLog LNG Services and Egypt LNG, the vessel has operated under our technical management since its delivery. From January 1, 20182019 to December 31, 2018,2019, we received a total of approximately $0.7 million in revenues from Egypt LNG in respect of our vessel management services.
Consulting Services Agreements
GasLog entered into a consulting agreement with Unisea Maritime Ltd. ("Unisea"), an entity controlled by the Livanos family, in consideration of the consulting services performed by Unisea in respect of the sale and leaseback transaction for theMethane Julia Louise. Under the terms of the consulting agreement, GasLog agreed to pay a brokerage commission fee equal to 0.25% of the agreed charter rates under the sale and leaseback transaction plus reasonable expenses (in line with the Company's policies). The brokerage commission fee was paid in advance for the full 20-year period of the bareboat charter, discounted to the date of the agreement at an annual discount rate of 7.5%.
GasLog entered into a consulting agreement for the services of an employee of Ceres Monaco S.A.M., an entity controlled by the Livanos family, for consultancy services in connection with the acquisition of GasLog's shareholding in Gastrade and the ongoing work on the development of the Alexandroupolis FSRU project. GasLog agreed to pay a fixed fee for work carried out between May 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017 in the sum of $100,000 and an ongoing consultancy arrangement fee of $12,000 per month for a minimum of 12 days per month, terminable upon notice by GasLog.
Exchange Agreement
On November 27, 2018, we entered into an agreement with GasLog Partners to modify the partnership agreement with respect to the general partner's incentive distribution rights ("IDR"). The modification reduced the distributions of cash upon liquidation and the general partner's IDRs on quarterly distributions above $0.5625 per unit from 48% to 23%. We further agreed to waive IDR payments resulting from any asset or business acquired by GasLog Partners from a third party. In exchange for these modifications, we entered into an agreement among GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners GP LLC under which we received $25.0 million from GasLog Partners.
TableAmendment of Contentsthe Partnership Agreement
On June 24, 2019, we entered into an agreement with GasLog Partners to amend the Partnership Agreement to eliminate the IDRs in exchange for the issuance by the Partnership to GasLog of 2,532,911 common units and 2,490,000 Class B units (of which 415,000 are Class B-1 units, 415,000 are Class B-2 units, 415,000 are Class B-3 units, 415,000 are Class B-4 units, 415,000 are Class B-5 units and 415,000 are Class B-6 units), issued on June 30, 2019. Class B units have all of the rights and obligations attached to the common units, except for voting rights and participation in distributions until such time as GasLog exercises its right to convert the Class B units to common units. The Class B units will become eligible for conversion on a one-for-one basis into common units at GasLog's option on July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 for the Class B-1 units, Class B-2 units, Class B-3 units, Class B-4 units, Class B-5 units and the Class B-6 units, respectively. Following the IDR elimination, the allocation of GasLog's profit to non-controlling interests is based on the revised distribution policy for available cash stated in the Partnership Agreement as amended, effective June 30, 2019, and under which 98.0% of the available cash is distributed to the common unitholders and 2.0% is distributed to the general partner.
Other Related Party Transactions
For a description of additional related party transactions, see Note 21 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.
Procedures for Review and Approval of Related Party Transactions
Related party transactions, which means transactions in which the Company or one of its subsidiaries is a participant and any of the Company's directors, executive officers or significant shareholders, or any members of their immediate families or entities controlled by them, have a direct or indirect interest, will be subject to review and approval or ratification by our audit and risk committee in accordance with the Related Party Transaction Policy adopted by such committee.
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
See "Item 18. Financial Statements" below.
Legal Proceedings
We have not been involved in any legal proceedings that we believe may have a significant effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity, and we are not aware of any proceedings that are pending or threatened that may have a material effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity. From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, principally property damage, and personal injury claims.claims and commercial disputes. We expect that these claims would be covered by insurance, subject to customary deductibles. However, those claims, even if lacking merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources.
Preference Shares Dividend Requirements
Dividends on Preference Shares are payable quarterly on each of January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, or the next succeeding business day, as and if declared by our board of directors out of legally available funds for such purpose. The dividend rate for the Preference Shares is 8.75% per annum per $25.00 of liquidation preference per share (equal to $2.18750 per annum per share). The dividend rates are not subject to adjustment. We paid dividends to holders of our Preference Shares of $0.546875 per share on, January 2, 2018,2019, April 2, 2018,1, 2019, July 2, 2018,1, 2019, October 1, 20182019 and January 2, 2019.2020. Our Preference Shares dividend payment obligations impact our future liquidity needs.
Common Shares Dividend Policy
We paid our first cash dividend since becoming a public company in March 2012 on December 17, 2012 in an amount of $0.11 per share. We have subsequently paid dividends to holders of our common shares as follows:
Date | Dividend per Share | Dividend per Share | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 25, 2013 | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.11 | ||||
June 11, 2013 | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.11 | ||||
September 13, 2013 | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.11 | ||||
December 9, 2013 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
March 25, 2014 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
June 11, 2014 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
September 8, 2014 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
December 5, 2014 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
March 13, 2015 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
May 21, 2015 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
August 20, 2015 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
November 19, 2015 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
March 17, 2016 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
May 26, 2016 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
August 25, 2016 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
November 24, 2016 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
March 16, 2017 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
May 25, 2017 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
August 24, 2017 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
November 22, 2017 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
March 15, 2018 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
May 24, 2018 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | ||||
August 23, 2018 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | ||||
November 21, 2018 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | ||||
December 17, 2018 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.40 | ||||
March 14, 2019 | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
May 23, 2019 | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
August 22, 2019 | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
November 21, 2019 | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
December 31, 2019 | $ | 0.38 | ||||||
As our fleet expands, we will evaluate changes to the quarterly dividend consistent with our cash flow and liquidity position. Our policy is to pay dividends in amounts that will allow us to retain sufficient liquidity to fund our obligations as well as execute our business plan going forward. The declaration and payment of any dividend is subject to the discretion of our board of directors and the requirements of Bermuda law. In addition, certain of our credit facilities impose limitations on our ability to pay dividends. Our board of directors will determine the timing and amount of all dividend payments based on various factors, including our earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, restrictions in our credit facilities and the provisions of Bermuda law. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to pay quarterly dividends. See "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business" for a discussion of risks related to our ability to pay dividends.
Set out below is a table showing the dividends declared on our common shares in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019 and on our Preference Shares in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2018.2019.
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Common share dividend declared | $ | 28.3 | $ | 39.8 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 80.0 | $ | 283.4 | $ | 39.8 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 45.1 | $ | 80.0 | $ | 79.2 | $ | 334.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Preference share dividend declared | — | — | $ | 7.4 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 37.7 | — | $ | 7.4 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 47.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
B. Significant Changes
See "Item 18. Financial Statements—Note 30. Subsequent Events" below.
Trading on the NYSE
Since our IPO in the United States in 2012, our common shares have been listed on the NYSE under the symbol "GLOG".
Our Preference Shares have been trading on the NYSE under the symbol "GLOG PR A" since March 31, 2015.
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A. Share Capital
Our authorized share capital consists of 500,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the share capital consisted of 80,861,24680,993,126 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 131,800121,456 treasury shares and 4,600,000 issued and outstanding Preference Shares.
Pursuant to our bye-laws, subject to any resolution of the shareholders to the contrary, our board of directors is authorized to issue any of our authorized but unissued common shares. There are no limitations on the right of non-Bermudians or non-residents of Bermuda to hold or vote our shares.
B. Memorandum of Association
We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda. We are registered with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda under registration number 33928. We were incorporated on July 16, 2003 under the name Gaslog Ltd. We effected a change of name from "Gaslog Ltd." to "GasLog Ltd." on August 23, 2011 in compliance with the Companies Act. Our registered office is located at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda.
The objects of our business are unrestricted, and the Company has the capacity of a natural person. We can therefore undertake activities without restriction on our capacity.
Common Shares
Holders of our common shares have no pre-emptive, redemption, conversion or sinking fund rights. Holders of our common shares are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of holders of common shares. Unless a different majority is required by law or by our bye-laws, resolutions to be approved by holders of our common shares require approval by a simple majority of votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common shares are entitled to share equally and ratably in our assets, if any, remaining after the payment of all of our debts and liabilities, subject to any liquidation preference on any issued and outstanding preference shares.
Preference Shares
Pursuant to Bermuda law and our bye-laws, our board of directors by resolution may establish one or more series of preference shares having such number of shares, designations, dividend rates, relative voting rights, conversion or exchange rights, redemption rights, liquidation rights and other relative participation, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions as may be fixed by the board without any further shareholder approval. Of the Company's 500 million authorised shares, 4.6 million have been designated 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares.
Dividend Rights
Under Bermuda law, a company may not declare or pay dividends if there are reasonable grounds for believing that: (i) the company is, or would after the payment be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; or (ii) the realizable value of its assets would thereby be less than its liabilities. Under our bye-laws, each common share is entitled to dividends if, as and when dividends are declared by our board of directors.
Any cash dividends payable to holders of our common shares listed on the NYSE will be paid to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, our transfer agent in the United States for disbursement to those holders.
Variation of Rights
If at any time we have more than one class of shares, the rights attaching to any class, unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of the relevant class, may be varied with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of the issued shares of such class. Our bye-laws specify that the creation or issue of shares ranking equally with existing shares will not, unless expressly provided by the terms of issue of existing shares, vary the rights attached to existing shares.
Transfer of Shares
Our board of directors may in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason refuse to register the transfer of a share that is not fully paid. Our board of directors may also refuse to recognize an instrument of transfer of a share unless it is accompanied by the relevant share certificate and such other evidence of the transferor's right to make the transfer as our board of directors shall reasonably require. In addition, our board of directors may refuse to register the transfer of a share unless all applicable consents, authorizations and permissions of any governmental body or agency in Bermuda have been obtained. Subject to these restrictions, a holder of common shares may transfer the title to all or any of his common shares by completing a form of transfer in the form set out in our bye-laws (or as near thereto as circumstances admit) or in such other common form as the board may accept. The instrument of transfer must be signed by the transferor and transferee, although in the case of a fully paid share our board of directors may accept the instrument signed only by the transferor.
Meetings of Shareholders
We are required to convene at least one general meeting of shareholders each calendar year. Bermuda law provides that a special general meeting of shareholders may be called by the board of directors of a company and must be called upon the request of shareholders holding not less than
10.0% of the paid-up capital of the company carrying the right to vote at general meetings. Bermuda law also requires that shareholders be given at least five days' advance notice of a general meeting, but an unintentional failure notice to any person does not invalidate the proceedings at a meeting. Our bye-laws provide that the Chairman or our board of directors may convene an annual general meeting or a special general meeting. Under our bye-laws, at least 10 days' notice of an annual general meeting or a special general meeting must be given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. This notice requirement is subject to the ability to hold such meetings on shorter notice if such notice is agreed: (i) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at such meeting; or (ii) in the case of a special general meeting, by a majority in number of the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting holding not less than 95.0% in nominal value of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting. The quorum required for a general meeting of shareholders is one or more persons present in person throughout the meeting and representing in person or by proxy in excess of 50.0% of all issued and outstanding common shares. General meetings can be convened at a location in or outside of Bermuda. Our bye-laws provide that our board of directors may, but is not required to, make arrangements permitting shareholders to participate in general meetings by such telephonic, electronic or other communications facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously.
Access to Books and Records and Dissemination of Information
Members of the general public have a right to inspect public documents of the Company available at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda. These documents include the Company's memorandum of association, including its objects and powers, and certain alterations to the memorandum of association. Our shareholders have the additional right to inspect the bye-laws of the Company, minutes of general meetings and the Company's audited financial statements, which must be presented to the annual general meeting. The Company's register of members is also open to inspection by shareholders and by members of the general public without charge. The register of members is required under Bermuda law to be open for inspection for not less than two hours in any business day (subject to the ability of a company to close the register of members for not more than thirty days in a year). The Company is required to maintain its share register in Bermuda but may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, establish a branch register outside of Bermuda. The Company is required to keep at its registered office a register of directors and officers that is open for inspection for not less than two hours in any business day by members of the public without charge. Bermuda law does not, however, provide a general right for shareholders to inspect or obtain copies of any other corporate records.
Election and Removal of Directors
Our bye-laws provide that our board shall consist of no less than three directors and no more than fifteen directors, as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Our board of directors consists of tennine directors.
Any shareholder wishing to propose for election as a director someone who is not an existing director or is not proposed by our board must give notice of the intention to propose the person for election. Where a director is to be elected at an annual general meeting, that notice must be given not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days before the anniversary of the last annual general meeting prior to the giving of the notice or, in the event the annual general meeting is called for a date that is not 30 days before or after such anniversary, the notice must be given not later than 10 days following the earlier of the date on which notice of the annual general meeting was posted to shareholders or the date on which public disclosure of the date of the annual general meeting was made. Where a director is to be elected at a special general meeting that notice must be given not later than 10 days following
the earlier of the date on which notice of the special general meeting was posted to shareholders or the date on which public disclosure of the date of the special general meeting was made.
A director may be removed by the shareholders, provided notice of the shareholders' meeting convened to remove the director is given to the director. The notice must contain a statement of the intention to remove the director and must be served on the director not less than 14 days before the meeting. The director is entitled to attend the meeting and be heard on the motion for his or her removal.
Holders of our Preference Shares generally have no voting rights except (i) in respect of amendments to the memorandum of association which would adversely vary the rights of the Preference Shares, (ii) in the event that the Company proposes to issue any parity shares if the cumulative dividends payable on issued and outstanding Preference Shares are in arrears or any senior shares or (iii) in the event of a proposed amalgamation or merger of the Company. However, if and whenever dividends payable on the Preference Shares are in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of Preference Shares (voting together as a class with all other classes or series of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to elect one additional director to serve on our board of directors, and the size of our board of directors will be increased as needed to accommodate such change (unless the size of our board of directors already has been increased by reason of the election of a director by holders of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and with which the Preference Shares voted as a class for the election of such director). The right of such holders of Preference Shares to elect a member of our board of directors will continue until such time as all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preference Shares have been paid in full.
Proceedings of Board of Directors
Our bye-laws provide that our business is to be managed and conducted by our board of directors. There is no requirement in our bye-laws or Bermuda law that directors hold any of our shares. There is also no requirement in our bye-laws or Bermuda law that our directors must retire at a certain age.
The remuneration of our directors is determined by the board of directors, and there is no requirement that a specified number or percentage of "independent" directors must approve any such determination. Our directors may also be paid all travel, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with our business or their duties as directors.
Director Conflicts of Interest
Any conflict of interest question involving one or more of the Company's directors will be resolved by the audit and risk committee of the board of directors.
In the event that a director has a direct or indirect interest in any contract or arrangement with the Company, provided that the director discloses such interest as required by Bermuda law, such director is entitled under our bye-laws to vote in respect of any such contract or arrangement in which he or she is interested unless he or she is disqualified from voting by the Chairman of our board of directors. In the event that the Chairman has disclosed a direct or indirect interest in a contract or arrangement with us, the determination as to whether the Chairman and any other interested director should be disqualified from voting will be made by a majority of the disinterested directors.
Bermuda law prohibits any director (including the spouse or children of the director or any company of which such director, spouse or children own or control more than 20.0% of the capital or loan debt) from borrowing from us (except loans made to directors who are bona fide employees or former employees pursuant to an employees' share scheme) unless shareholders holding 90.0% of the total voting rights have consented to the loan.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 98 of the Companies Act provides generally that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise be imposed on them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, except in cases where such liability arises from fraud or dishonesty of which such director, officer or auditor may be guilty in relation to the company. Section 98 further provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor or in which they are acquitted or granted relief by the Supreme Court of Bermuda pursuant to section 281 of the Companies Act.
We have adopted provisions in our bye-laws that provide that we shall indemnify our officers and directors in respect of their actions and omissions, except in respect of their fraud or dishonesty. Our bye-laws provide that the shareholders waive all claims or rights of action that they might have, individually or in right of the Company, against any of the Company's directors or officers for any act or failure to act in the performance of such director's or officer's duties, except in respect of any fraud or dishonesty of such director or officer. Section 98A of the Companies Act permits us to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any officer or director in respect of any loss or liability attaching to him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, whether or not we may otherwise indemnify such officer or director. We have purchased and maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance for such purpose. We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. See "Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions".
Amendment of Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws
Bermuda law provides that the memorandum of association of a company may be amended by a resolution passed at a general meeting of shareholders. Our bye-laws provide that no bye-law shall be rescinded, altered or amended, and no new bye-law shall be made, unless it shall have been approved by a resolution of our board of directors and by a resolution of our shareholders including the affirmative votes of at least a majority of all issued and outstanding shares.
Under Bermuda law, the holders of an aggregate of not less than 20.0% in par value of a company's issued share capital or any class thereof have the right to apply to the Supreme Court of Bermuda for an annulment of any amendment of the memorandum of association adopted by shareholders at any general meeting, other than an amendment which alters or reduces a company's share capital as provided in the Companies Act. Where such an application is made, the amendment becomes effective only to the extent that it is confirmed by the Bermuda court. An application for an annulment of an amendment of the memorandum of association must be made within twenty-one days after the date on which the resolution altering the company's memorandum of association is passed and may be made on behalf of persons entitled to make the application by one or more of their number as they may appoint in writing for the purpose. No application may be made by shareholders voting in favor of the amendment.
Amalgamations, Mergers and Business Combinations
The amalgamation or merger of a Bermuda company with another company or corporation (other than certain affiliated companies) requires the amalgamation or merger agreement to be approved by the company's board of directors and by its shareholders. Unless the company's bye-laws provide otherwise, the approval of 75.0% of the shareholders voting at such meeting is required to approve the amalgamation or merger agreement, and the quorum for such meeting must be two persons holding or representing more than one-third of the issued shares of the company. Our bye-laws provide that a
merger or an amalgamation must only be approved by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares entitling the shareholder to vote on such resolutions.
Under Bermuda law, in the event of an amalgamation or merger of a Bermuda company with another company or corporation, a shareholder of the Bermuda company who did not vote in favor of the amalgamation or merger and who is not satisfied that fair value has been offered for such shareholder's shares may, within one month of notice of the shareholders' meeting, apply to the Supreme Court of Bermuda to appraise the fair value of those shares.
Shareholder Suits
Class actions and derivative actions are generally not available to shareholders under Bermuda law. The Bermuda courts, however, would ordinarily be expected to permit a shareholder to commence an action in the name of a company to remedy a wrong to the company where the act complained of is alleged to be beyond the corporate power of the company or illegal, or would result in the violation of the company's memorandum of association or bye-laws. Furthermore, consideration would be given by a Bermuda court to acts that are alleged to constitute a fraud against the minority shareholders or, for instance, where an act requires the approval of a greater percentage of the company's shareholders than that which actually approved it.
When the affairs of a company are being conducted in a manner that is oppressive or prejudicial to the interests of some part of the shareholders, one or more shareholders may apply to the Supreme Court of Bermuda, which may make such order as it sees fit, including an order regulating the conduct of the company's affairs in the future or ordering the purchase of the shares of any shareholders by other shareholders or by the company.
Our bye-laws contain a provision which provides that in the event any dispute arises concerning the Companies Act or out of our bye-laws, including whether there has been a breach of the Companies Act or our bye-laws by an officer or director, any such dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Bermuda. In addition, our bye-laws contain a provision by virtue of which our shareholders waive any claim or right of action that they have, both individually and on our behalf, against any director or officer in relation to any action or failure to take action by such director or officer, except in respect of any fraud or dishonesty of such director or officer.
Capitalization of Profits and Reserves
Pursuant to our bye-laws, our board of directors may (i) capitalize any part of the amount of our share premium or other reserve accounts or any amount credited to our profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution by applying such sum in paying up unissued shares to be allotted as fully paid bonus shares pro rata (except in connection with the conversion of shares) to the shareholders; or (ii) capitalize any sum standing to the credit of a reserve account or sums otherwise available for dividend or distribution by paying up in full, partly paid or nil paid shares of those shareholders who would have been entitled to such sums if they were distributed by way of dividend or distribution.
Calls on Shares and Forfeiture
In the event of any issuance by the Company of shares that are not fully paid, our board of directors may make such calls as it thinks fit upon the holders of such partly paid shares in respect of any amounts unpaid on such shares (and not made payable at fixed times by the terms and conditions of issue). If a call on partly paid shares is not paid on or before the day appointed for payment thereof, the holder of such shares may at the discretion of our board of directors be liable to pay the Company interest on the amount of such call and our board of directors may direct the secretary of the Company to forward such shareholder a notice in writing demanding payment. If the requirements of such notice
are not complied with, any such share may at any time thereafter, until the payment of all amounts due, be forfeited by a resolution of our board of directors to that effect, and such share shall thereupon become the property of the Company and may be disposed of as our board of directors shall determine.
Untraced Shareholders
Our bye-laws provide that our board of directors may forfeit any dividend or other monies payable in respect of any shares that remain unclaimed for six years from the date when such monies became due for payment. In addition, we are entitled to cease sending dividend warrants and checks by post or otherwise to a shareholder if such instruments have been returned undelivered to, or left uncashed by, such shareholder on at least two consecutive occasions or, following one such occasion, reasonable enquires have failed to establish the shareholder's new address. This entitlement ceases if the shareholder claims a dividend or cashes a dividend check or a warrant.
Certain Provisions of Bermuda Law
We have been designated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority as a non-resident for Bermuda exchange control purposes. This designation allows us to engage in transactions in currencies other than the Bermuda dollar, and there are no exchange control restrictions on our ability to transfer funds (other than funds denominated in Bermuda dollars) in and out of Bermuda or to pay dividends to U.S. residents who are holders of our common shares or our Preference Shares.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has given its consent for the issue and free transferability of all our common shares to and between non-residents of Bermuda for exchange control purposes, provided that our shares remain listed on an appointed stock exchange, which includes the NYSE. Approvals or permissions given by the Bermuda Monetary Authority do not constitute a guarantee by the Bermuda Monetary Authority as to our performance or our creditworthiness. Accordingly, in giving such consent or permissions, the Bermuda Monetary Authority shall not be liable for the financial soundness, performance or default of our business or for the correctness of any opinions or statements expressed in this annual report. Certain issues and transfers of common shares involving persons deemed resident in Bermuda for exchange control purposes require the specific consent of the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
In accordance with Bermuda law, share certificates are only issued in the names of companies, partnerships or individuals. In the case of a shareholder acting in a special capacity (for example as a trustee), certificates may, at the request of the shareholder, record the capacity in which the shareholder is acting. Notwithstanding such recording of any special capacity, we are not bound to investigate or see to the execution of any such trust. We will take no notice of any trust applicable to any of our shares, whether or not we have been notified of such trust.
C. Material Contracts
The following is a summary of each material contract, other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, to which we or any of our subsidiaries is a party, for the two years immediately preceding the date of this annual report.party. Such summaries are not intended to be complete and reference is made to the contracts themselves, which are exhibits to this annual report.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Danish Ship Finance A/S, ING Bank N.V. and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) as mandated lead arrangers, the financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 thereto as lenders, the financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 thereto as hedging providers and DnB Bank ASA as bookrunner, agent and security agent; please see "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities".
and GasLog LNG Services Ltd.; please see "Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions—Office Space and Related Arrangements".
Bank America N.V. as arranger with Nordea Bank AB, London Branch as agent and security agent; please see "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities".
D. Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders
Under Bermuda law, there are currently no restrictions on the export or import of capital, including foreign exchange controls or restrictions that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our common shares.
We have been designated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority as a non-resident for Bermuda exchange control purposes. This designation allows us to engage in transactions in currencies other than the Bermuda dollar, and there are no exchange control restrictions on our ability to transfer funds (other than funds denominated in Bermuda dollars) in and out of Bermuda or to pay dividends to U.S. residents who are holders of our common shares.
Under Bermuda law, "exempted" companies are companies formed for the purpose of conducting business outside Bermuda from a principal place of business in Bermuda. As an exempted company, we may not, without a license or consent granted by the Minister of Finance, participate in certain business transactions, including transactions involving Bermuda landholding rights and the carrying on of business of any kind, for which we are not licensed in Bermuda.
E. Tax Considerations
Bermuda Tax Considerations
The following discussion summarizes the material Bermuda tax consequences to us of our activities and, subject to the limitations described above, to you as a holder of our shares. At the present time, there is no Bermuda income or profits tax, withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty or inheritance tax payable by us or by our shareholders in respect of our shares. We have obtained an assurance from the Minister of Finance of Bermuda under the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act 1966 of Bermuda, as amended, that, in the event that any legislation is enacted in Bermuda imposing any tax computed on profits or income, or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, such tax shall not, until March 31, 2035, be applicable to us or to any of our operations or to our shares, debentures or other obligations except insofar as such tax applies to persons ordinarily resident in Bermuda or is payable by us in respect of real property owned or leased by us in Bermuda. Given the limited duration of the Bermuda Minister of Finance's assurance, we can give no assurance that we will not be subject to any Bermuda tax after March 31, 2035.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following discussion summarizes the material U.S. Federal income tax consequences to us of our activities and, subject to the limitations described above, to you as a holder of our common shares or Preference Shares. For purposes of this tax discussion, "we" or "our" refer to GasLog Ltd.
The following discussion of U.S. Federal income tax matters is based on the Code, judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion does not address any U.S. state or local taxes. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisor regarding the particular U.S. Federal, state and local and foreign income and other tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our common shares or Preference Shares that may be applicable to you.
U.S. Taxation of Our Operating Income
We have elected to treat a majority of our subsidiaries as disregarded entities for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. The entities that are considered disregarded entities for U.S. Federal income tax purposes should be treated as branches rather than corporations for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
Currently, no election has been filed to treat GasLog LNG Services Ltd., GasLog Services UK Ltd., GasLog Asia Pte. Ltd., GasLog Investments Ltd., GasLog Monaco S.A.M., GasLog Shipping Limited, GasLog Shipping Company Ltd., and Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. as disregarded entities for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. As a result, these entities and GasLog Services U.S. Inc. will continue to be treated as corporations for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
U.S. Taxation of Shipping Income
Subject to the discussion of "effectively connected" income below, unless we are exempt from U.S. Federal income tax under the rules contained in Section 883 of the Code, we will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax under the rules of Section 887 of the Code, which imposes on us a 4% U.S. Federal income tax in respect of our U.S. source gross transportation income (without the allowance for deductions).
For this purpose, U.S. source gross transportation income includes 50% of the shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends (but that does not both begin and end) in the United States. Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non-U.S. ports is generally not subject to any U.S. Federal income tax.
For this purpose, "shipping income" means income that is derived from:
Under Section 883 of the Code and the regulations thereunder, we will be exempt from U.S. Federal income tax on our U.S. source gross transportation income if:
We have qualified for the statutory tax exemption for the year of 20182019 and intend to continue to qualify for the foreseeable future. However, no assurance can be given that this will be the case. If we are not entitled to this exemption under Section 883 for any taxable year we would be subject to the 4% U.S. Federal income (subject to the discussion of "effectively connected income" below).
To the extent the exemption under Section 883 is unavailable, our U.S. source gross transportation income in future years that is considered to be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business is subject to the U.S. corporate income tax currently imposed at rate of up to 21% (net of applicable deductions). In addition, we may be subject to the 30% U.S. "branch profits" tax on earnings effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, as determined after
allowance for certain adjustments, and on certain interest paid or deemed paid attributable to the conduct of our U.S. trade or business.
Our U.S. source gross transportation income would be considered effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business only if:
We believe that we will not meet these conditions because we will not have, or permit circumstances that would result in having, such a fixed place of business in the United States or any ship sailing to or from the United States on a regularly scheduled basis.
In addition, income attributable to transportation that both begins and ends in the United States is not subject to the tax rules described above. Such income is subject to either a 30% gross-basis tax or to U.S. corporate income tax on net income at a rate of up to 21% (and the branch profits tax discussed above). Although there can be no assurance, we do not expect to engage in transportation that produces shipping income of this type.
Taxation of Gain on Sale of Shipping Assets
Regardless of whether we qualify for the exemption under Section 883 of the Code, we will not be subject to U.S. Federal income taxation with respect to gain realized on a sale of a ship, provided the sale is considered to occur outside of the United States (as determined under U.S. tax principles). In general, a sale of a ship will be considered to occur outside of the United States for this purpose if title to the ship (and risk of loss with respect to the ship) passes to the buyer outside of the United States. We expect that any sale of a ship will be so structured that it will be considered to occur outside of the United States.
U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders
You are a "U.S. holder" if you are a beneficial owner of our common shares or Preference Shares that owns (actually or constructively) less than 10% of our equity and you are (i) a U.S. citizen or resident, (ii) a U.S. corporation (or other U.S. entity taxable as a corporation), (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. Federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if (x) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (y) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
If a partnership holds our common shares or Preference Shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding our common shares or Preference Shares, you should consult your tax advisor.
Distributions on Our Common Shares and Preference Shares
Subject to the discussion of "passive foreign investment companies", or "PFICs", below, any distributions with respect to our common shares or Preference Shares that you receive from us generally will constitute dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. tax principles). Distributions in excess of our earnings and profits will be treated
first as a nontaxable return of capital to the extent of your tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares (on a dollar-for-dollar basis) and thereafter as capital gain.
If you are a U.S. corporation (or a U.S. entity taxable as a corporation), you generally will not be entitled to claim a dividends-received deduction with respect to any distributions you receive from us.
Dividends paid with respect to our common shares or Preference Shares will generally be treated as "passive category income" for purposes of computing allowable foreign tax credits for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes.
If you are an individual, trust or estate, dividends you receive from us should be treated as "qualified dividend income" taxed at a maximum preferential rate of 15% or 20%, depending on the income level of the individual, provided that:
Special rules may apply to any "extraordinary dividend". Generally, an extraordinary dividend is a dividend in an amount that is equal to (or in excess of) 10% of your adjusted tax basis (or fair market value in certain circumstances) in a share of our common shares (5% in the case of Preference Shares). If we pay an extraordinary dividend on our common shares or Preference Shares that is treated as "qualified dividend income" and if you are an individual, estate or trust, then any loss derived by you from a subsequent sale or exchange of such common shares or Preference Shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such dividend.
There is no assurance that dividends you receive from us will be eligible for the preferential tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income. Dividends you receive from us that are not eligible for the preferential tax rates will be taxed at the ordinary income rates.
Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Common Shares and Preference Shares
Provided that we are not a PFIC for any tax year, you generally will recognize taxable gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized by you from such sale, exchange or other disposition and your tax basis in such shares. Such gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if your holding period is greater than one year at the time of the sale, exchange or other disposition. Such capital gain or loss will generally be treated as U.S. source income or loss, as applicable, for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Your ability to deduct capital losses against ordinary income is subject to limitations.
Unearned Income Medicare Contribution Tax
Each U.S. holder who is an individual, estate or trust is generally subject to a 3.8% Medicare tax on the lesser of (i) such U.S. holder's "net investment income" for the relevant tax year, and (ii) the
excess of such U.S. holder's modified adjusted gross income for the tax year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000, depending on the individual's circumstances). For this purpose, net investment income generally includes dividends on and capital gains from the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares, subject to certain exceptions. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisor regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to your income and gains from your ownership of our common shares or Preference Shares.
PFIC Status and Significant Tax Consequences
In General
Special U.S. Federal income tax rules apply to you if you hold shares in a non-U.S. corporation that is classified as a PFIC for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. In general, under Section 1297 of the Code, we will be treated as a PFIC in any tax year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either:
Income we earn, or are deemed to earn, in connection with the performance of services will not constitute passive income. By contrast, rental income will generally constitute passive income (unless we are treated under certain special rules as deriving our rental income in the active conduct of a trade or business).
There are legal uncertainties involved in determining whether the income derived from time chartering activities constitutes rental income or income derived from the performance of services. InTidewater Inc. v. United States, 565 F.2d 299 (5th Cir. 2009), the Fifth Circuit held that income derived from certain time chartering activities should be treated as rental income rather than services income for purposes of a provision of the Code relating to foreign sales corporations. In published guidance, however, the IRS stated that it disagreed with the holding inTidewater, and specified that time charters should be treated as service contracts. Since we have chartered all our ships to unrelated charterers on the basis of time charters and since we expect to continue to do so, we believe that we are not a PFIC. We have received an opinion from our counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, that (i) the income we receive from time chartering activitiescharters and the assets engaged in generating such income should not be treated as passive income or assets which produce (or are held for the production of) passive income, respectively, and (ii) for the tax year during which our initial public offering occurred and each tax year thereafter, we should currently not be a PFIC.PFIC and in the future, assuming no material change in the nature of our activities and assets. This opinion is based and its accuracy is conditioned on representations, valuations and projections provided by us regarding the nature of our assets, income and charters to our counsel. While we believe these representations, valuations and projections to be accurate, the shipping market is volatile and no assurance can be given that they will continue to be accurate. Moreover, we have not sought, and we do not expect to seek, an IRS ruling on this matter. As a result, the IRS or a court could disagree with our position. No assurance can be given that this result will not occur. In addition, although we intend to conduct our affairs in a manner to avoid, to the extent possible, being classified as a PFIC with respect to any tax year, we can give no assurance that the nature of our operations will not change in the future, or that we can avoid PFIC status in the future.
If we were to be treated as a PFIC for any tax year, you generally would be subject to one of three different U.S. Federal income tax regimes, as discussed below, depending on whether or not you make
certain elections. Additionally, for each year during which you own our common shares or Preference Shares, we are a PFIC and the total value of all PFIC stock that you directly or indirectly own exceeds certain thresholds, you will be required to file IRS Form 8621 with your U.S. Federal income tax return to report your ownership of our common shares or Preference Shares.
The PFIC rules are complex, and you are encouraged to consult your own tax advisor regarding the PFIC rules, including the annual PFIC reporting requirement.
Taxation of U.S. Holders Making a Timely QEF Election
If we were a PFIC and if you make a timely election to treat us as a "Qualifying Electing Fund" for U.S. tax purposes (a "QEF Election"), you would be required to report each year your pro rata share of our ordinary earnings and our net capital gain for our tax year that ends with or within your tax year, regardless of whether we make any distributions to you. Such income inclusions would not be eligible for the preferential tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income (as discussed above under "U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders—Distributions on Our Common Shares and Preference Shares"). Your adjusted tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares would be increased to reflect such taxed but undistributed earnings and profits. Distributions of earnings and profits that had previously been taxed would result in a corresponding reduction in your adjusted tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares and would not be taxed again once distributed. You generally would recognize capital gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares. Even if you make a QEF Election for one of our tax years, if we were a PFIC for a prior tax year during which you held our common shares or Preference Shares and for which you did not make a timely QEF Election, you would also be subject to a more adverse regime described below under "—Taxation of U.S. Holders That Make No Election".
You would make a QEF Election by completing and filing IRS Form 8621 with your U.S. Federal income tax return for the year for which the election is made in accordance with the relevant instructions. If we were to become aware that we were to be treated as a PFIC for any tax year, we would notify all U.S. holders of such treatment and would provide all necessary information to any U.S. holder who requests such information in order to make the QEF Election described above with respect to us.
Taxation of U.S. Holders Making a Timely "Mark-to-Market" Election
Alternatively, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any tax year and, as we believe, our common shares or Preference Shares are treated as "marketable stock", you would be allowed to make a "mark-to-market" election with respect to our common shares or Preference Shares, provided you complete and file IRS Form 8621 with your U.S. Federal income tax return for the year for which the election is made in accordance with the relevant instructions. If that election is made, you generally would include as ordinary income in each tax year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of our common shares or Preference Shares at the end of the tax year over your adjusted tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares. You also would be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of your adjusted tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares over its fair market value at the end of the tax year (but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election). Your tax basis in our common shares or Preference Shares would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amount. Gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares would be treated as ordinary income, and any loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the common shares or Preference Shares would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent that such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included by you.
Taxation of U.S. Holders That Make No Election
Finally, if we were treated as a PFIC for any tax year and if you did not make either a QEF Election or a "mark-to-market" election for that year, you would be subject to special rules with respect to (i) any excess distribution (that is, the portion of any distributions received by you on our common shares or Preference Shares in a tax year in excess of 125% of the average annual distributions received by you in the three preceding tax years, or, if shorter, your holding period for our
common shares or Preference Shares) and (ii) any gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares. Under these special rules:
U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders
You are a "non-U.S. holder" if you are a beneficial owner of our common shares or Preference Shares (other than a partnership for U.S. tax purposes) and you are not a U.S. holder.
Distributions on Our Common Shares and Preference Shares
You generally will not be subject to U.S. Federal income or withholding taxes on a distribution received from us with respect to our common shares or Preference Shares, unless the income arising from such distribution is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If you are entitled to the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty with respect to that income, that income generally is taxable in the United States only if it is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by you in the United States.
Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Our Common Shares and Preference Shares
You generally will not be subject to U.S. Federal income tax or withholding tax on any gain realized upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares, unless:
Gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States (or so treated) generally will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax (net of certain deductions) at regular U.S. Federal income tax rates. If you are a corporate non-U.S. holder, your earnings and profits that are attributable to the effectively connected income (subject to certain adjustments) may be subject to an additional U.S. branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable tax treaty).
United States Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
In General
In general, if you are a non-corporate U.S. holder, dividend payments (or other taxable distributions) made within the United States will be subject to information reporting requirements and backuprequirements. Backup withholding taxmay apply to such payments if you:
If you are a non-U.S. holder, you may be required to establish your exemption from information reporting and backup withholding by certifying your status on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-8IMY, as applicable.
If you sell our common shares or Preference Shares to or through a U.S. office or broker, the payment of the sales proceeds is subject to both U.S. backup withholding and information reporting unless you certify that you are a non-U.S. person, under penalties of perjury, or you otherwise establish an exemption. If you sell our common shares or Preference Shares through a non-U.S. office of a non-U.S. broker and the sales proceeds are paid to you outside the United States, then information reporting and backup withholding generally will not apply to that payment.
However, U.S. information reporting requirements (but not backup withholding) will apply to a payment of sales proceeds, even if that payment is made outside the United States, if you sell our common shares or Preference Shares through a non-U.S. office of a broker that is a U.S. person or has certain other connections with the United States.
Backup withholding tax is not an additional tax. Rather, you generally may obtain a credit for any amount withheld against its liability for U.S.federal income tax (and obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules that exceed your income tax liabilityin excess of such liability) by accurately completing and timely filing a refund claimcertain required information with the IRS.
Tax Return Disclosure
U.S. individuals who hold certain "specified foreign financial assets" (which include shares in a foreign corporation) with values in excess of certain dollar thresholds are subject to U.S. return disclosure obligations (and related penalties for failure to disclose). Such U.S. individuals are required to file IRS Form 8938 with their U.S. Federal income tax returns. Regulations extend this reporting requirement to certain entities that are treated as formed or availed of to hold direct or indirect interests in specified foreign financial assets based on certain objective criteria. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the filing of IRS Form 8938.
F. Dividends and Paying Agents
Not applicable.
G. Statement by Experts
Not applicable.
H. Documents on Display
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act. In accordance with these requirements, we file reports and other information as a foreign private issuer with the SEC. You may obtain copies of all or any part of such materials from the SEC upon payment of prescribed fees. You
may also inspect reports and other information regarding companies, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC without charge at a web site maintained by the SEC athttp://www.sec.gov.
I. Subsidiary Information
�� Not applicable.
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to various market risks, including interest rate and foreign currency exchange risks. The Group makes use of derivative financial instruments such as derivative contracts to maintain the desired level of exposure arising from these risks.
A discussion of our accounting policies for derivative financial instruments is included in Note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Further information on our exposure to market risk is included in Note 24 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
There has been no material default in the payment of principal, interest, sinking or purchase fund installments or any other material default relating to the Group's debt. There have been no arrears in payment of dividends on, or material delinquency with respect to, any class of preference shares of the Group.
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On November 27, 2018,June 24, 2019, we and the Partnership entered into an agreement to modifyeliminate the partnership agreement with respect to our incentive distribution rights. The modification reduced our incentive distribution rights on quarterly distributions above $0.5625 per unit from 48% to 23%. We further agreed to waiveIDRs in exchange for the incentive distribution payments resulting from any asset or business acquiredissuance by the Partnership fromto GasLog of 2,532,911 common units and 2,490,000 Class B units (of which 415,000 are Class B-1 units, 415,000 are Class B-2 units, 415,000 are Class B-3 units, 415,000 are Class B-4 units, 415,000 are Class B-5 units and 415,000 are Class B-6 units), issued on June 30, 2019. Class B units have all of the rights and obligations attached to the common units, except for voting rights and participation in distributions until such time as GasLog exercises its right to convert the Class B units to common units. The Class B units will become eligible for conversion on a third party. In exchangeone-for-one basis into common units at GasLog's option on July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 for these modifications,the Class B-1 units, Class B-2 units, Class B-3 units, Class B-4 units, Class B-5 units and the Class B-6 units, respectively. Following the IDR elimination, the allocation of GasLog's profit to non-controlling interests is based on the revised distribution policy for available cash stated in the Partnership paid $25.0 millionAgreement as amended, effective June 30, 2019, and under which 98.0% of the available cash is distributed to us.the common unitholders and 2.0% is distributed to the general partner.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
A. Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of December 31, 2018.2019. Based on our evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2018.2019.
B. Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act and for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our internal controls over financial reporting are designed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of our financial statements in accordance with IFRS and that our receipts and expenditures are being made in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of internal controls over financial reporting, misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using criteria issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 framework). Based on the evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2018.2019.
The Company's independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
C. Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
The effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20182019 has been audited by Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears below.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of GasLog Ltd.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of GasLog Ltd and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2018,2019, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018,2019, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, of the Company and our report dated March 5, 2019,6, 2020, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal
control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide 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.
/s/ Deloitte LLP
London, United Kingdom
March 5, 20196, 2020
D. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the period covered by this annual report, we have made no changes to our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 16.A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
David P. Conner and Donald J. Kintzer, whose biographical details are included in "Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—A. Directors and Senior Management", each qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert". Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that Mr. Conner and Mr. Kintzer meet the definition of "independent director" for purposes of serving on an audit committee under applicable SEC and NYSE rules.
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company, a copy of which is posted on our website and may be viewed athttp://www.gaslogltd.com. The information contained on or connected to our website is not a part of this annual report. We will also provide a paper copy of this document upon the written request of a shareholder at no cost. Shareholders may direct their requests to the attention of our General Counsel, c/o GasLog Monaco S.A.M.LNG Services Ltd., Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco.69 Akti Miaouli, 18537 Piraeus, Greece. No waivers of the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics have been granted to any person during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.2019.
We have also adopted a Trading Policy that generally prohibits directors, officers, employees, controlling shareholders and their respective related parties ("Covered Persons") from trading in securities of the Company while in possession of material non-public information regarding the
Company, or in securities of any other company while in possession of material non-public information regarding that company, which knowledge was obtained in the course of service to or employment with GasLog. The Trading Policy also imposes certain pre-clearance requirements and quarterly blackout periods. In addition, among other things, the Trading Policy generally prohibits Covered Persons from (i) trading in equity securities of the Company on a short-term basis, (ii) purchasing securities of the Company on margin, (iii) purchasing or selling derivatives related to securities of the Company (except for certain "permitted hedging derivatives", which the Trading Policy defines as any derivative transaction to (x) hedge a position in Company securities held by the relevant Covered Person for more than 12 months, (y) with respect to the number of Company securities less than or equal to the amount such Covered Person could sell at such time in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (z) otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Trading Policy) and (iv) selling Company securities short (other than short sales effected by an independent financial institution that is party to a permitted hedging derivative, in accordance with its own standard practices and procedures, for the purpose of hedging its own position as a party to, or facilitating the entry by a Covered Person into, such permitted hedging derivative).
ITEM 16.C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our annual financial statements acting as our independent auditor for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20172018 and December 31, 2018.2019.
The chart below sets forth the total amount billed and accrued for Deloitte LLP for services performed in 20172018 and 2018,2019, respectively, and breaks down these amounts by the category of service. The fees paid to our principal accountant were approved in accordance with the pre-approval policies and procedures described below.
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Audit fees | $ | 2.0 | $ | 1.8 | $ | 1.8 | $ | 1.7 | ||||||
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Total fees. | $ | 2.0 | $ | 1.8 | $ | 1.8 | $ | 1.7 | ||||||
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Audit Fees
Audit fees represent compensation for professional services rendered for the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the audit of the financial statements for its individual subsidiary companies, fees for the review of the quarterly financial information, as well as in connection with the review of registration statements and related consents and comfort letters, and any other services required for SEC or other regulatory filings.
Included in the audit fees for 2017 are fees of $0.2 million related to the Partnership's public offerings completed in 2017, $0.1 million related to the Partnership's shelf registration statement filed in September 2017 and $0.1 million related to the issuance of the 8.875% Senior Notes. Included in the audit fees for 2018 are fees of $0.2 million related to the Partnership's public offerings completed in 2018. Included in the audit fees for 2019 are fees of $0.2 million related to equity and bond related transactions.
Tax Fees
No tax fees were billed by our principal accountant in 20172018 and 2018.
Table of Contents2019.
Audit-Related Fees
No audit-related fees were billed by our principal accountant in 20172018 and 2018.2019.
All Other Fees
No other fees were billed by our principal accountant in 20172018 and 2018.2019.
Pre-approval Policies and Procedures
Our audit and risk committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation (subject to any required shareholder approval or authorization), retention and oversight of the work of the independent auditors. The audit and risk committee is also responsible for reviewing and approving in advance the retention of the independent auditors for the performance of all audit and lawfully permitted non-audit services.
ITEM 16.D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
None.
ITEM 16.E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
On November 28, 2018, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a share repurchase programme of up to $50 million of the Company's common shares covering the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the repurchase programme, the Company may repurchase common shares from time to time, at the Company's discretion, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Any repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other considerations. The Company is not obligated under the repurchase programme to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of common shares, and the repurchase programme may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time or never utilized. Any common shares repurchased by the Company under the programme will be held in treasury. As of February 27,December 31, 2019, no212,111 common shares had been repurchased by the Company.
Set forth below are all purchases of our common shares by us and our affiliated purchasers for the period ended December 31, 2019.
Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share ($) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | |||||||||
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March 2019(1) | 212,111 | $ | 17.69 | 212,111 | — | ||||||||
June 2019(2) | 55,123 | $ | 13.56 | — | — | ||||||||
August 2019(3) | 94,012 | $ | 13.12 | — | — | ||||||||
November 2019(4) | 271,070 | $ | 9.62 | — | — | ||||||||
Total | 632,316 | — | — | ||||||||||
ITEM 16.F. CHANGE IN COMPANY'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
Not Applicable
ITEM 16.G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Statement of Significant Differences Between Our Corporate Governance Practices and the NYSE Corporate Governance Standards for U.S. Non-Controlled Issuers
Overview
Pursuant to certain exceptions for foreign private issuers, we are not required to comply with certain of the corporate governance practices followed by U.S. companies under the NYSE listing standards. However, pursuant to Section 303.A.11 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and the requirements of Form 20-F, we are required to state any significant ways in which our corporate governance practices differ from the practices required by the NYSE for U.S. companies. We believe that our established practices in the area of corporate governance are in line with the spirit of the NYSE standards and provide adequate protection to our shareholders. The significant differences between our corporate governance practices and the NYSE standards applicable to listed U.S. companies are set forth below.
Independence of Directors
The NYSE rules do not require a listed company that is a foreign private issuer to have a board of directors that is comprised of a majority of independent directors. Under Bermuda law, we are not required to have a board of directors comprised of a majority of directors meeting the independence standards described in the NYSE rules. Accordingly, our board of directors is not required to be and is not comprised of a majority of independent directors. However, our board of directors has determined that half of our directors, specifically David P. Conner, William M. Friedrich, Dennis M. Houston, Donald J. Kintzer and Anthony S. Papadimitriou satisfy the independence standards established by the NYSE as applicable to us.
Corporate Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Pursuant to NYSE Rules 303A.04 and 303A.05, the NYSE requires that a listed U.S. company have a nominating/corporate governance committee and a compensation committee, each composed entirely of independent directors. The NYSE rules do not require foreign private issuers like us to establish a nominating/corporate governance committee. Similarly, under Bermuda law, we are not required to have a nominating/corporate governance committee. Accordingly, we do not have a nominating/corporate governance committee. In addition, as permitted under Bermuda law, we have one or more non-independent directors serving as committee members on our compensation committee.
NYSE Rules 303A.02 and 303A.05 contain independence requirements for compensation committee directors and compensation committee advisers for U.S. listed companies, as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Bermuda law does not have similar requirements therefore we may not adhere to these new requirements.
ITEM 16.H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Reference is made to pages F-1 through F-73 included herein by reference.
The registrant hereby agrees to furnish to the SEC upon request a copy of any instrument relating to long-term debt that does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
| GASLOG LTD., | ||||||
By | /s/ PAUL A. WOGAN | |||||
| Name: | Paul A. Wogan | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Dated: March 5, 20196, 2020
GASLOG LTD.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm—Deloitte LLP | F-2 | |||
Consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, | ||||
Consolidated statements of profit or loss for the years ended December 31, | ||||
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income or loss for the years ended December 31, | ||||
Consolidated statements of changes in equity for the years ended December 31, | ||||
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, | ||||
Notes to the consolidated financial statements | ||||
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of GasLog Ltd.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of GasLog Ltd. and subsidiaries (the "Company"("the Company") as of December 31, 2018 and 2017,2019, the related consolidated statements of profit or loss, comprehensive income or loss, changes in equity and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018,2019, 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 2017,2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018,2019, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018,2019, based on criteria established inInternal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 5, 2019,6, 2020, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 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, whether due to error or fraud. 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 regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Tangible fixed assets—Impairment of vessels—Refer to Notes 2 and 6 to the financial statements
Critical Audit Matter Description
The carrying value of vessels as of December 31, 2019, was $4,407.2 million, net of impairment losses of $162.1 million recognized in 2019.
The Company's vessels are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. For each vessel for which impairment indicators are identified, management estimates the recoverable amount, which is the higher of fair value less cost to sell and value in use, and compares it to the carrying value. The Company assesses value in use using discounted future cash flows, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions, the most significant of which are charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate. Management identifies these as key assumptions to which the outcome of the impairment assessment is most sensitive.
In its impairment assessment as of December 31, 2019, the Company revised its assumptions for charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and for discount rates. For Steam vessels, management's assumptions for charter rates for non-contracted revenue days decreased from an average of $58 thousand per day to $41 thousand per day, and management's average discount rate assumption increased to 7.25%, resulting in impairment losses of $162.1 million recognized on the Company's six Steam vessels. The estimated recoverable amount of all other non-Steam vessels for which impairment indicators were identified exceeded their carrying value as of December 31, 2019 and, therefore, no impairment was recognized for non-Steam vessels.
We identified impairment of vessels as a critical audit matter because of the significant judgments made by management to estimate the discount rate and the charter rates for non-contracted revenue days, which are particularly subjective as they involve assumptions about the LNG shipping market through the end of the useful lives of the vessels, and due to the sensitivity of the value in use calculations to management's assumptions. Performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management's estimates of charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate required a high degree of auditor judgment.
How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to the charter rate assumptions for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate used by management to estimate the recoverable amount of vessels included the following:
Deloitte LLP
London, United Kingdom
March 5, 20196, 2020
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2014.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Consolidated statements of financial position
As of December 31, 20172018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| | Note | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | Note | December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-current assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill | 3 | 9,511 | 9,511 | 3 | 9,511 | 9,511 | ||||||||||||
Investment in associates | 5 | 20,800 | 20,713 | 5 | 20,713 | 21,620 | ||||||||||||
Deferred financing costs | 17,519 | 4,576 | 4,576 | 11,592 | ||||||||||||||
Other non-current assets | 10 | 428 | 2,543 | 10 | 2,543 | 24,221 | ||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments | 26 | 16,012 | 8,966 | 26 | 8,966 | 3,572 | ||||||||||||
Tangible fixed assets | 6 | 3,772,566 | 4,323,582 | 6 | 4,323,582 | 4,427,065 | ||||||||||||
Vessels under construction | 6 | 166,655 | 159,275 | 6 | 159,275 | 203,323 | ||||||||||||
Vessel held under finance lease | 6 | 214,329 | 206,753 | |||||||||||||||
Right-of-use assets | 7 | 206,753 | 206,495 | |||||||||||||||
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Total non-current assets | 4,217,820 | 4,735,919 | 4,735,919 | 4,907,399 | ||||||||||||||
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Current assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other receivables | 9 | 10,706 | 20,244 | 9 | 20,244 | 24,900 | ||||||||||||
Dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties | 21 | 8,666 | 33,395 | 21 | 33,395 | 573 | ||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments | 26 | 2,199 | 6,222 | 26 | 6,222 | 429 | ||||||||||||
Inventories | 6,839 | 7,753 | 7,753 | 8,172 | ||||||||||||||
Prepayments and other current assets | 4,569 | 3,680 | 3,680 | 13,475 | ||||||||||||||
Short-term investments | — | 25,000 | 25,000 | 4,500 | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 8 | 384,092 | 342,594 | 8 | 342,594 | 263,747 | ||||||||||||
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Total current assets | 417,071 | 438,888 | 438,888 | 315,796 | ||||||||||||||
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Total assets | 4,634,891 | 5,174,807 | 5,174,807 | 5,223,195 | ||||||||||||||
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Equity and liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity | ||||||||||||||||||
Preference shares | 11 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 46 | 46 | ||||||||||||
Share capital | 11 | 810 | 810 | 11 | 810 | 810 | ||||||||||||
Contributed surplus | 11 | 911,766 | 850,576 | 11 | 850,576 | 760,671 | ||||||||||||
Reserves | 12 | 18,347 | 18,962 | 12 | 18,962 | 16,799 | ||||||||||||
Treasury shares | 11 | (6,960 | ) | (3,266 | ) | 11 | (3,266 | ) | (2,159 | ) | ||||||||
(Accumulated deficit)/retained earnings | (5,980 | ) | 12,614 | |||||||||||||||
Retained earnings/(Accumulated deficit) | 12,614 | (87,832 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Equity attributable to owners of the Group | 918,029 | 879,742 | 879,742 | 688,335 | ||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests | 4 | 845,105 | 1,103,380 | 4 | 1,103,380 | 961,518 | ||||||||||||
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Total equity | 1,763,134 | 1,983,122 | 1,983,122 | 1,649,853 | ||||||||||||||
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Current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade accounts payable | 11,526 | 11,890 | 11,890 | 27,615 | ||||||||||||||
Ship management creditors | 8 | 2,394 | 580 | 8 | 580 | 601 | ||||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties | 21 | 35 | 169 | 21 | 169 | 200 | ||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments | 26 | 1,815 | 2,091 | 26 | 2,091 | 8,095 | ||||||||||||
Other payables and accruals | 14 | 93,418 | 127,450 | 14 | 127,450 | 136,242 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings, current portion | 13 | 179,367 | 520,550 | 13 | 520,550 | 255,422 | ||||||||||||
Finance lease liability, current portion | 7 | 6,302 | 6,675 | |||||||||||||||
Lease liability, current portion | 7 | 6,675 | 9,363 | |||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities | 294,857 | 669,405 | 669,405 | 437,538 | ||||||||||||||
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Non-current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments | 26 | — | 10,001 | 26 | 10,001 | 41,837 | ||||||||||||
Borrowings, non-current portion | 13 | 2,368,189 | 2,307,909 | 13 | 2,307,909 | 2,891,973 | ||||||||||||
Finance lease liability, non-current portion | 7 | 207,126 | 199,424 | |||||||||||||||
Lease liability, non-current portion | 7 | 199,424 | 195,567 | |||||||||||||||
Other non-current liabilities | 1,585 | 4,946 | 4,946 | 6,427 | ||||||||||||||
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Total non-current liabilities | 2,576,900 | 2,522,280 | 2,522,280 | 3,135,804 | ||||||||||||||
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Total equity and liabilities | 4,634,891 | 5,174,807 | 5,174,807 | 5,223,195 | ||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Consolidated statements of profit or loss
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per share data)
| | Note | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Note | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | 18 | 466,059 | 525,229 | 618,344 | 18 | 525,229 | 618,344 | 668,637 | ||||||||||||||||
Net pool allocation | 18 | (4,674 | ) | 7,254 | 17,818 | 18 | 7,254 | 17,818 | (4,264 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Voyage expenses and commissions | 16 | (10,510 | ) | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | 16 | (15,404 | ) | (20,374 | ) | (23,772 | ) | ||||||||||
Vessel operating and supervision costs | 15 | (112,632 | ) | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | 15 | (122,486 | ) | (128,084 | ) | (139,662 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation | 6 | (122,957 | ) | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | 6,7 | (137,187 | ) | (153,193 | ) | (168,041 | ) | ||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels | 6 | — | — | (162,149 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 17 | (38,642 | ) | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | 17 | (39,850 | ) | (41,993 | ) | (47,385 | ) | ||||||||||
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Profit from operations | 176,644 | 217,556 | 292,518 | 217,556 | 292,518 | 123,364 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Financial costs | 19 | (137,316 | ) | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | 19 | (139,181 | ) | (166,627 | ) | (190,481 | ) | ||||||||||
Financial income | 19 | 720 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 19 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 5,318 | ||||||||||||||||
(Loss)/gain on derivatives | 26 | (13,419 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Gain/(loss) on derivatives | 26 | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (55,441 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Share of profit of associates | 5 | 1,422 | 1,159 | 1,800 | 5 | 1,159 | 1,800 | 1,627 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total other expenses, net | (148,593 | ) | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (133,347 | ) | (166,120 | ) | (238,977 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Profit for the year | 28,051 | 84,209 | 126,398 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | 84,209 | 126,398 | (115,613 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Owners of the Group | (21,486 | ) | 15,506 | 47,683 | 15,506 | 47,683 | (100,661 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests | 4 | 49,537 | 68,703 | 78,715 | 68,703 | 78,715 | (14,952 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 28,051 | 84,209 | 126,398 | 84,209 | 126,398 | (115,613 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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(Loss)/earnings per share—basic | 29 | (0.39 | ) | 0.07 | 0.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
(Loss)/earnings per share—diluted | 29 | (0.39 | ) | 0.07 | 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||||
Earnings/(loss) per share—basic | 29 | 0.07 | 0.47 | (1.37 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Earnings/(loss) per share—diluted | 29 | 0.07 | 0.46 | (1.37 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income or loss
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| | Note | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Note | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Profit for the year | 28,051 | 84,209 | 126,398 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | 84,209 | 126,398 | (115,613 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income/(loss): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Items that may not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Actuarial loss | (23 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of amounts recycled to profit or loss | 26 | (6,522 | ) | 2,667 | (258 | ) | 26 | 2,667 | (258 | ) | (2,933 | ) | ||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | 26 | 23,514 | 4,368 | — | 26 | 4,368 | — | 697 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | 16,969 | 7,035 | (309 | ) | 7,035 | (309 | ) | (2,236 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Total comprehensive income for the year | 45,020 | 91,244 | 126,089 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | 91,244 | 126,089 | (117,849 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Attributable to: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners of the Group | (4,517 | ) | 22,541 | 47,374 | 22,541 | 47,374 | (102,897 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests | 49,537 | 68,703 | 78,715 | 68,703 | 78,715 | (14,952 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 45,020 | 91,244 | 126,089 | 91,244 | 126,089 | (117,849 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Consolidated statements of changes in equity
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| | Share capital (Note 11) | Preference shares (Note 11) | Contributed surplus (Note 11) | Reserves (Note 12) | Treasury shares (Note 11) | Retained earnings/ (accumulated deficit) | Attributable to owners of the Group | Non- controlling interests (Note 4) | Total | Share capital (Note 11) | Preference shares (Note 11) | Contributed surplus (Note 11) | Reserves (Note 12) | Treasury shares (Note 11) | (Accumulated deficit)/ Retained earnings | Attributable to owners of the Group | Non- controlling interests (Note 4) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2016 | 810 | 46 | 1,020,292 | (8,829 | ) | (12,491 | ) | 1,846 | 1,001,674 | 506,246 | 1,507,920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from GasLog Partners' public offering (Note 4) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52,299 | 52,299 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend paid (common and preference shares) (Note 12) | — | — | (53,318 | ) | — | — | (1,846 | ) | (55,164 | ) | (44,043 | ) | (99,207 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend (Note 22) | — | — | — | 3,597 | — | — | 3,597 | — | 3,597 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | — | (1,577 | ) | 1,630 | — | 53 | — | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year | — | — | — | — | — | (21,486 | ) | (21,486 | ) | 49,537 | 28,051 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income for the year | — | — | — | 16,969 | — | — | 16,969 | — | 16,969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | — | — | — | 16,969 | — | (21,486 | ) | (4,517 | ) | 49,537 | 45,020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2016 | 810 | 46 | 966,974 | 10,160 | (10,861 | ) | (21,486 | ) | 945,643 | 564,039 | 1,509,682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2017 | 810 | 46 | 966,974 | 10,160 | (10,861 | ) | (21,486 | ) | 945,643 | 564,039 | 1,509,682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from GasLog Partners' public offerings (Note 4) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 278,226 | 278,226 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 278,226 | 278,226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend paid (common and preference shares) (Note 4 and 12) | — | — | (55,208 | ) | — | — | — | (55,208 | ) | (65,863 | ) | (121,071 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared (common and preference shares) (Notes 4 and 12) | — | — | (55,208 | ) | — | — | — | (55,208 | ) | (65,863 | ) | (121,071 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend (Note 22) | — | — | — | 4,104 | — | — | 4,104 | — | 4,104 | — | — | — | 4,104 | — | — | 4,104 | — | 4,104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | — | (2,952 | ) | 3,901 | — | 949 | — | 949 | — | — | — | (2,952 | ) | 3,901 | — | 949 | — | 949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year | — | — | — | — | — | 15,506 | 15,506 | 68,703 | 84,209 | — | — | — | — | — | 15,506 | 15,506 | 68,703 | 84,209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income for the year | — | — | — | 7,035 | — | — | 7,035 | — | 7,035 | — | — | — | 7,035 | — | — | 7,035 | — | 7,035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total comprehensive income for the year | — | — | — | 7,035 | — | 15,506 | 22,541 | 68,703 | 91,244 | — | — | — | 7,035 | — | 15,506 | 22,541 | 68,703 | 91,244 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2017 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | 18,347 | (6,960 | ) | (5,980 | ) | 918,029 | 845,105 | 1,763,134 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | 18,347 | (6,960 | ) | (5,980 | ) | 918,029 | 845,105 | 1,763,134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opening adjustment(1) | — | — | — | (436 | ) | — | 190 | (246 | ) | — | (246 | ) | — | — | — | (436 | ) | — | 190 | (246 | ) | — | (246 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2018 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | 17,911 | (6,960 | ) | (5,790 | ) | 917,783 | 845,105 | 1,762,888 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | 17,911 | (6,960 | ) | (5,790 | ) | 917,783 | 845,105 | 1,762,888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net proceeds from GasLog Partners' public offerings (Note 4) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 267,514 | 267,514 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 267,514 | 267,514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other equity related costs | — | — | (395 | ) | — | — | — | (395 | ) | — | (395 | ) | — | — | (395 | ) | — | — | — | (395 | ) | — | (395 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend paid (common and preference shares) (Note 4 and 12) | — | — | (60,795 | ) | — | — | (29,279 | ) | (90,074 | ) | (87,954 | ) | (178,028 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared (common and preference shares) (Notes 4 and 12) | — | — | (60,795 | ) | — | — | (29,279 | ) | (90,074 | ) | (87,954 | ) | (178,028 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend (Note 22) | — | — | — | 4,434 | — | — | 4,434 | — | 4,434 | — | — | — | 4,434 | — | — | 4,434 | — | 4,434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | — | (3,074 | ) | 3,756 | — | 682 | — | 682 | — | — | — | (3,074 | ) | 3,756 | — | 682 | — | 682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares, net | — | — | — | — | (62 | ) | — | (62 | ) | — | (62 | ) | — | — | — | — | (62 | ) | — | (62 | ) | — | (62 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year | — | — | — | — | — | 47,683 | 47,683 | 78,715 | 126,398 | — | — | — | — | — | 47,683 | 47,683 | 78,715 | 126,398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss for the year | — | — | — | (309 | ) | — | — | (309 | ) | — | (309 | ) | — | — | — | (309 | ) | — | — | (309 | ) | — | (309 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the year | — | — | — | (309 | ) | — | 47,683 | 47,374 | 78,715 | 126,089 | — | — | — | (309 | ) | — | 47,683 | 47,374 | 78,715 | 126,089 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2018 | 810 | 46 | 850,576 | 18,962 | (3,266 | ) | 12,614 | 879,742 | 1,103,380 | 1,983,122 | 810 | 46 | 850,576 | 18,962 | (3,266 | ) | 12,614 | 879,742 | 1,103,380 | 1,983,122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opening adjustment(2) | — | — | — | — | — | 215 | 215 | 128 | 343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2019 | 810 | 46 | 850,576 | 18,962 | (3,266 | ) | 12,829 | 879,957 | 1,103,508 | 1,983,465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other equity related costs | — | — | (595 | ) | — | — | — | (595 | ) | (22 | ) | (617 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared (common and preference shares) (Notes 4 and 12) | — | — | (89,310 | ) | — | — | — | (89,310 | ) | (104,126 | ) | (193,436 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend (Note 22) | — | — | — | 4,794 | — | — | 4,794 | — | 4,794 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | — | (4,721 | ) | 4,859 | — | 138 | — | 138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares, net | — | — | — | — | (3,752 | ) | — | (3,752 | ) | (22,890 | ) | (26,642 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss for the year | — | — | — | — | — | (100,661 | ) | (100,661 | ) | (14,952 | ) | (115,613 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss for the year | — | — | — | (2,236 | ) | — | — | (2,236 | ) | — | (2,236 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total comprehensive loss for the year | — | — | — | (2,236 | ) | — | (100,661 | ) | (102,897 | ) | (14,952 | ) | (117,849 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2019 | 810 | 46 | 760,671 | 16,799 | (2,159 | ) | (87,832 | ) | 688,335 | 961,518 | 1,649,853 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Consolidated statements of cash flows
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Notes | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year | 28,051 | 84,209 | 126,398 | |||||||||||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year | 84,209 | 126,398 | (115,613 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments for: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation | 122,957 | 137,187 | 153,193 | 137,187 | 153,193 | 168,041 | ||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels | 6 | — | — | 162,149 | ||||||||||||||||||
Share of profit of associates | (1,422 | ) | (1,159 | ) | (1,800 | ) | 5 | (1,159 | ) | (1,800 | ) | (1,627 | ) | |||||||||
Financial income | (720 | ) | (2,650 | ) | (4,784 | ) | 19 | (2,650 | ) | (4,784 | ) | (5,318 | ) | |||||||||
Financial costs | 137,316 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 19 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 190,481 | |||||||||||||||
Unrealized foreign exchange losses/(gains) on cash and cash equivalents | 1,020 | (772 | ) | 329 | ||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading, including ineffective portion of cash flow hedges (Note 26) | (18,530 | ) | (10,505 | ) | 8,211 | |||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss (Note 26) | 23,514 | 4,368 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized foreign exchange (gains)/losses on cash and cash equivalents | (772 | ) | 329 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Realized foreign exchange losses | — | — | 773 | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading, including ineffective portion of cash flow hedges | 26 | (10,505 | ) | 8,211 | 54,201 | |||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | 26 | 4,368 | — | 697 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-cash defined benefit obligations | (25 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Share-based compensation (Note 22) | 3,869 | 4,565 | 5,216 | |||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 22 | 4,565 | 5,216 | 5,447 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 296,030 | 354,424 | 453,339 | 354,424 | 453,339 | 459,231 | |||||||||||||||||
Movements in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables including related parties, net | 4,872 | (7,601 | ) | (33,286 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables including related parties, net | (7,601 | ) | (33,286 | ) | 27,609 | |||||||||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease in prepayments and other assets | (1,807 | ) | (1,465 | ) | 888 | (1,465 | ) | 888 | 205 | |||||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease in inventories | (1,964 | ) | 1,622 | (915 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Decrease/(increase) in inventories | 1,622 | (915 | ) | (419 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Decrease/(increase) in other non-current assets | 27,133 | 1,396 | (465 | ) | 1,396 | (465 | ) | (21,678 | ) | |||||||||||||
(Decrease)/increase in other non-current liabilities | (419 | ) | 299 | 2,957 | ||||||||||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease in restricted cash | (42 | ) | 42 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Increase in other non-current liabilities | 299 | 2,957 | 864 | |||||||||||||||||||
Decrease in restricted cash | 42 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Increase in accounts payable and other current liabilities | 11,517 | 1,544 | 3,113 | 1,544 | 3,113 | 23,436 | ||||||||||||||||
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Cash provided by operations | 335,320 | 350,261 | 425,631 | 350,261 | 425,631 | 489,248 | ||||||||||||||||
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Interest paid | (78,788 | ) | (126,631 | ) | (141,921 | ) | (126,631 | ) | (141,921 | ) | (171,825 | ) | ||||||||||
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Net cash provided by operating activities | 256,532 | 223,630 | 283,710 | 223,630 | 283,710 | 317,423 | ||||||||||||||||
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Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease | (761,513 | ) | (82,352 | ) | (673,823 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Payments for tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction | (82,352 | ) | (673,787 | ) | (479,618 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Return of capital expenditures | — | — | 10,451 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other investments | (14,125 | ) | (136 | ) | (158 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Payments for right-of-use assets | — | (36 | ) | (935 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Dividends received from associate | 1,413 | 1,315 | 1,263 | 1,315 | 1,263 | 1,313 | ||||||||||||||||
Return of contributed capital from associate (Note 5) | 137 | 59 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Other investments | — | (14,125 | ) | (136 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Return of contributed capital from associate | 5 | 59 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of short-term investments | (19,500 | ) | (37,244 | ) | (71,000 | ) | (37,244 | ) | (71,000 | ) | (82,500 | ) | ||||||||||
Maturity of short-term investments | 7,500 | 55,244 | 46,000 | 55,244 | 46,000 | 103,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Financial income received | 721 | 2,504 | 4,697 | 2,504 | 4,697 | 5,469 | ||||||||||||||||
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Net cash used in investing activities | (771,242 | ) | (74,599 | ) | (692,999 | ) | (74,599 | ) | (692,999 | ) | (442,978 | ) | ||||||||||
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Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from bank loans and bonds | 2,274,318 | 280,000 | 524,165 | 280,000 | 524,165 | 905,730 | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sale and finance leaseback | 217,000 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Bank loan and bond repayments | (1,983,576 | ) | (397,008 | ) | (231,753 | ) | (397,008 | ) | (231,753 | ) | (547,751 | ) | ||||||||||
Payment of loan and bond issuance costs | (44,125 | ) | (8,830 | ) | (7,449 | ) | (8,830 | ) | (7,449 | ) | (25,912 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' common unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | 52,731 | 141,395 | 60,345 | 141,395 | 60,345 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' preference unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | — | 139,222 | 208,394 | 139,222 | 208,394 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Payment of equity raising costs | (442 | ) | (2,032 | ) | (917 | ) | (2,032 | ) | (917 | ) | (1,670 | ) | ||||||||||
Payment for cross currency swaps' termination/modification | (31,986 | ) | (20,603 | ) | — | (20,603 | ) | — | (3,731 | ) | ||||||||||||
Payment for NOK bonds repurchase at a premium | (2,120 | ) | (1,459 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||
Payment for interest rate swaps' termination | (30,296 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from entering into interest rate swaps | 25,465 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of treasury shares | — | — | (62 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Payment for bond repurchases at a premium | (1,459 | ) | — | (46,721 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Purchase of treasury shares or GasLog Partners' common units | — | (62 | ) | (26,642 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from stock options' exercise | — | 1,223 | 754 | 1,223 | 754 | 149 | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends paid | (99,207 | ) | (121,071 | ) | (178,028 | ) | (121,071 | ) | (178,028 | ) | (193,436 | ) | ||||||||||
Decrease in restricted cash | 62,718 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Payments for vessel held under finance lease | (714 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Payments for finance lease liability | — | (3,572 | ) | (7,329 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Payments for lease liability | (3,572 | ) | (7,329 | ) | (9,950 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Net cash provided by financing activities | 439,766 | 7,265 | 368,120 | 7,265 | 368,120 | 50,066 | ||||||||||||||||
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Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (1,020 | ) | 772 | (329 | ) | 772 | (329 | ) | (3,358 | ) | ||||||||||||
(Decrease)/ increase in cash and cash equivalents | (75,964 | ) | 157,068 | (41,498 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 157,068 | (41,498 | ) | (78,847 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year | 302,988 | 227,024 | 384,092 | 227,024 | 384,092 | 342,594 | ||||||||||||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year | 227,024 | 384,092 | 342,594 | 384,092 | 342,594 | 263,747 | ||||||||||||||||
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Non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures included in liabilities at the end of the year (Note 27) | 2,038 | 3,016 | 20,096 | |||||||||||||||||||
Equity raising costs included in liabilities at the end of the year (Note 27) | 5 | 364 | 1,067 | |||||||||||||||||||
Loan issuance costs included in liabilities at the end of the year (Note 27) | — | 1,526 | 407 | |||||||||||||||||||
Receivables from stock options' exercise included in assets at the end of the year | 108 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures included in liabilities at the end of the year | 27 | 3,016 | 19,989 | 18,976 | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures included in liabilities at the end of the year—Right-of-use assets | — | 107 | 173 | |||||||||||||||||||
Equity raising costs included in liabilities at the end of the year | 27 | 364 | 1,067 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loan issuance costs included in liabilities at the end of the year | 27 | 1,526 | 407 | 1,317 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities related to leases at the end of the year | — | 287 | 228 | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
1. Organization and Operations
GasLog Ltd. ("GasLog") was incorporated in Bermuda on July 16, 2003. GasLog and its subsidiaries (the "Group") are primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and management of vessels in the liquefied natural gas ("LNG") market, providing maritime services for the transportation of LNG on a worldwide basis and LNG vessel management services. The Group conducts its operations through its vessel-owning subsidiaries and through its vessel management services subsidiary. The Group's operations are carried out from offices in Piraeus, London, New York, Singapore and Monaco. The registered office of GasLog is Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda. GasLog's chairman, Peter G. Livanos, is GasLog's largest shareholder through his ownership of Ceres Shipping Ltd. ("Ceres Shipping"), which controls Blenheim Holdings Ltd. As of December 31, 2018,2019, entities controlled by members of the Livanos family, including GasLog's chairman, are deemed to beneficially own approximately 40.09%40.5% of GasLog's issued and outstanding common shares. As a result of his ownership of GasLog's common shares, Mr. Livanos can effectively control the outcome of most matters on which GasLog's shareholders are entitled to vote.
On May 12, 2014, GasLog Partners LP ("GasLog Partners" or the "Partnership"), a subsidiary of GasLog, completed its initial public offering (the "GasLog Partners' IPO") with the sale and issuance of 9,660,000 common units (including 1,260,000 units in relation to the overallotment option exercised in full by the underwriters), resulting in net proceeds of $186,029 and representing a 48.2% ownership interest. Concurrently with the GasLog Partners' IPO, the Partnership acquired from GasLog a 100% ownership interest in GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd. and GAS-five Ltd., the entities that own theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago and theGasLog Sydney, in exchange for (i) 162,358 common units and 9,822,358 subordinated units issued to GasLog representing a 49.8% ownership interest and all of the incentive distribution rights that entitle GasLog to increasing percentages of the cash that the Partnership distributes in excess of $0.43125 per unit per quarter, (ii) 400,913 general partner units issued to GasLog Partners GP LLC (the "general partner"), a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog, representing a 2.0% general partner interest and (iii) $65,695 of cash consideration paid directly to GasLog from the GasLog Partners' IPO proceeds.
Since GasLog Partners' IPO, the Partnership acquired 100% of the ownership interests in the following GasLog subsidiaries that own the vessels listed below:
Date Acquisition Completed | Subsidiaries Acquired | Vessels Purchased | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
September 29, 2014 | GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd. | Methane Rita Andrea and Methane Jane Elizabeth | ||
July 1, 2015 | GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd. and GAS-twenty one Ltd. | Methane Alison Victoria, Methane Shirley Elisabeth andMethane Heather Sally | ||
November 1, 2016 | GAS-seven Ltd. | GasLog Seattle | ||
May 3, 2017 | GAS-eleven Ltd. | GasLog Greece | ||
July 3, 2017 | GAS-thirteen Ltd. | GasLog Geneva | ||
October 20, 2017 | GAS-eight Ltd. | Solaris | ||
April 26, 2018 | GAS-fourteen Ltd. | GasLog Gibraltar | ||
November 14, 2018 | GAS-twenty seven Ltd. | Methane Becki Anne | ||
April 1, 2019 | GAS-twelve Ltd. | GasLog Glasgow |
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
1. Organization and Operations (Continued)
As of December 31, 2018,2019, GasLog holds a 27.5%35.5% ownership interest (including the 2% interest through general partner units) in GasLog Partners and, as a result of its ownership of the general partner and the fact that the general partner elects the majority of the Partnership's directors in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, GasLog has the ability to control the Partnership's affairs and policies. Consequently, GasLog Partners is consolidated in the Group's financial statements.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of GasLog and its subsidiaries. Unless indicated otherwise, the subsidiaries listed below were 100% held (either directly or indirectly) by GasLog. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the Group's structure is as follows:
Name | Place of incorporation | Date of incorporation | Principal activities | Cargo capacity (cbm) | Vessel | Delivery date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subsidiaries: | |||||||||||||
GasLog Investments Ltd. | BVI | July 2003 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Carriers Ltd. | Bermuda | February 2008 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Shipping Company Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2006 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Partners GP LLC | Marshall Islands | January 2014 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Cyprus Investments Ltd. | Cyprus | December 2016 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Services UK Ltd. | England and Wales | May 2014 | Service company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Services US Inc. | Delaware | May 2014 | Service company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Asia Pte Ltd. | Singapore | May 2015 | Service company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog LNG Services Ltd. | Bermuda | August 2004 | Vessel management services | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Monaco S.A.M. | Monaco | February 2010 | Service company | — | — | — | |||||||
GAS-one Ltd. | Bermuda | February 2008 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Savannah | May 2010 | |||||||
GAS-two Ltd. | Bermuda | February 2008 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Singapore | July 2010 | |||||||
GAS-six Ltd. | Bermuda | February 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Skagen | July 2013 | |||||||
GAS-nine Ltd. | Bermuda | June 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Saratoga | December 2014 | |||||||
GAS-ten Ltd. | Bermuda | June 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Salem | April 2015 | |||||||
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GAS-fifteen Ltd. | Bermuda | August 2013 | Vessel-owning company | 153,600 | GasLog Chelsea | October 2013 | |||||||
GAS-eighteen Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Lydon Volney | April 2014 | |||||||
GAS-twenty two Ltd. | Bermuda | May 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Genoa | March 2018 | |||||||
GAS-twenty three Ltd. | Bermuda | May 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | |||||||||
GAS-twenty four Ltd. | Bermuda | June 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Houston | January 2018 | |||||||
GAS-twenty five Ltd. | Bermuda | June 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Hong Kong | March 2018 | |||||||
GAS-twenty six Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2015 | 170,000 | Methane Julia Louise | March 2015 | ||||||||
GAS-twenty eight Ltd. | Bermuda | September 2016 | Vessel-owning company | 180,000 | Hull No. 2213 | Q2 2020(1) | |||||||
GAS-twenty nine Ltd. | Bermuda | September 2016 | |||||||||||
GAS-thirty Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2017 | Vessel-owning company | 180,000 | Hull No. 2262 | Q3 2020(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty one Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2017 | Vessel-owning company | 180,000 | Hull No. 2274 | Q2 2020(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty two Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2017 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | Hull No. 2300 | Q4 2020(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty three Ltd. | Bermuda | May 2018 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | Hull No. 2301 | Q4 2020(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty four Ltd. | Bermuda | May 2018 | Vessel-owning company | 180,000 | Hull No. 2311 | Q2 2021(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty five Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2018 | Vessel-owning company | 180,000 | Hull No. 2312 | Q3 2021(1) | |||||||
GAS-thirty six Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2018 | Dormant | — | — | — | |||||||
GAS-thirty seven Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2018 | Dormant | — | — | — | |||||||
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GasLog Partners LP | Marshall Islands | January 2014 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GasLog Partners Holdings LLC | Marshall Islands | April 2014 | Holding company | — | — | — | |||||||
GAS-three Ltd. | Bermuda | April 2010 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Shanghai | January 2013 | |||||||
GAS-four Ltd. | Bermuda | April 2010 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Santiago | March 2013 | |||||||
GAS-five Ltd. | Bermuda | February 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Sydney | May 2013 | |||||||
GAS-seven Ltd. | Bermuda | March 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | GasLog Seattle | December 2013 | |||||||
GAS-eight Ltd. | Bermuda | March 2011 | Vessel-owning company | 155,000 | Solaris | June 2014 | |||||||
GAS-eleven Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2012 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Greece | March 2016 | |||||||
GAS-twelve Ltd. | Bermuda | December 2012 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Glasgow | June 2016 | |||||||
GAS-thirteen Ltd. | Bermuda | July 2013 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Geneva | September 2016 | |||||||
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
1. Organization and Operations (Continued)
Name | Place of incorporation | Date of incorporation | Principal activities | Cargo capacity (cbm) | Vessel | Delivery date | |||||||
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GAS-fourteen Ltd. | Bermuda | July 2013 | Vessel-owning company | 174,000 | GasLog Gibraltar | October 2016 | |||||||
GAS-sixteen Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Rita Andrea | April 2014 | |||||||
GAS-seventeen Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Jane Elizabeth | April 2014 | |||||||
GAS-nineteen Ltd. | Bermuda | April 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Alison Victoria | June 2014 | |||||||
GAS-twenty Ltd. | Bermuda | April 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Shirley Elisabeth | June 2014 | |||||||
GAS-twenty one Ltd. | Bermuda | April 2014 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Heather Sally | June 2014 | |||||||
GAS-twenty seven Ltd. | Bermuda | January 2015 | Vessel-owning company | 170,000 | Methane Becki Anne | March 2015 | |||||||
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Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. | Bermuda | May 2010 | Vessel-owning company | 145,000 | Methane Nile Eagle | December 2007 | |||||||
20% interest associate: | |||||||||||||
Gastrade S.A. ("Gastrade") | Greece | June 2010 | Service company | — | — | — | |||||||
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On October 1, 2015, GasLog Carriers, Dynagas Ltd. ("Dynagas") and Golar LNG LimitedLtd. ("Golar") ("Pool Owners") and The Cool Pool Limited signed an LNG carrier pooling agreement (the "LNG Carrier Pool", or "Pool Agreement" or "Cool Pool") to market their vessels which are currently operating in the LNG shipping spot market. For the operation of the Cool Pool, a Marshall Islands service company named "The Cool Pool Limited" or the "Pool Manager", was incorporated in September 2015 acting as an agent. In June and July 2018, Dynagas removed its three vessels from the Cool Pool and ceased to be a shareholder.
As of December 31, 2018, On June 6, 2019, GasLog entered into a termination agreement with the Cool Pool, consistswhereby GasLog would assume commercial control of 16 modern, high quality and essentially equivalentits six vessels powered by fuel efficient tri-fuel diesel electric ("TFDE") engine propulsion technology. The participation ofoperating in the Pool Owners' vessels inLNG carrier spot market through the Cool Pool is as follows: GasLog: six vessels; and Golar: ten vessels. Each vessel owner continueson June 28, 2019, GasLog transferred to be fully responsible forGolar its 100 shares of the crew and technical managementcommon capital stock of The Cool Pool Limited. Following expiry of their respective vessels. In addition, as of December 31, 2018, thecommitments, GasLog Skagen was substituted for theGasLog Saratoga invessels were withdrawn from the Cool Pool.Pool in June and July 2019.
All entities in the Group have a December 31st year end. During 2018,2019, the Group employed an average of 163 employees (2018: 172 employees (2017: 184 and 2016: 173)2017: 184).
GasLog's common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the ticker symbol "GLOG". GasLog's 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares ("Preference Shares") are traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "GLOG PR A".
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Statement of compliance
The consolidated financial statements of GasLog and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (the "IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the "IASB").
Basis of preparation and approval
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, except for the revaluation of derivative financial instruments that are measured at fair values at the end of each reporting period, as explained in the accounting policies below. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for goods and services.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
reporting period, as explained in the accounting policies below. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for goods and services.
Going concern
In considering going concern management has reviewed the Group's future cash requirements, covenant compliance and earnings projections. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the Group's current assets totaled $438,888,$315,796, while current liabilities totaled $669,405,$437,538, resulting in a negative working capital position of $230,517. Current liabilities include $360,000 of loans due in November 2019. In February 2019, GasLog Partners signed a debt refinancing of up to $450,000 with certain financial institutions (Note 30), in order to refinance such indebtedness.$121,742.
Management anticipates that the Group's primary sources of funds will be available cash, cash from operations and borrowings under existing and new loan agreements. The Group may also seek to raise additional equity. Management believes that these sources of funds will be sufficient for the Group to meet its liquidity needs and comply with its banking covenants for at least twelve months from the end of the reporting period and therefore it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
The financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars ("USD"), which is the functional currency of the Group's subsidiaries because their vessels operate in international shipping markets in which revenues and expenses are primarily settled in USD, and the Group's most significant assets and liabilities are paid for and settled in USD.
On March 5, 2019,6, 2020, the financial statements were authorized on behalf of GasLog's board of directors for issuance and filing.
The principal accounting policies are set out below.
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of GasLog and entities controlled by GasLog (its subsidiaries). Control is achieved where GasLog:
Income and expenses of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date control is obtained and up to the date control ceases. Acquisitions of businesses are accounted for using the acquisition method.
All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated in full on consolidation.
The other investors in subsidiaries in which the Group has less than 100% interest hold a non-controlling interest in the net assets of these subsidiaries. Non-controlling interest is stated at the non-controlling interest's proportion of the net assets of the subsidiaries where the Group has less than 100% interest. Subsequent to initial recognition the carrying amount of non-controlling interest is increased or decreased by the non-controlling interest's share of subsequent changes in the equity of
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
such subsidiaries. Total comprehensive income is attributed to a non-controlling interest even if this results in the non-controlling interest having a deficit balance.
Changes in the Group's ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in the Group losing control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying amounts of the Group's interests and the non-controlling interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Group.
Goodwill
Goodwill arising in a business combination is recognized as an asset at the date that control is acquired (the acquisition date). Goodwill is measured as the excess of the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree, and the fair value of the acquirer's previously held equity interest in the acquiree (if any) over the net of the acquisition-date fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. If, after reassessment, the Group's interest in the fair value of the acquiree's identifiable net assets exceeds the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree and the fair value of the acquirer's previously held equity interest in the acquiree (if any), the excess is recognized immediately in the consolidated statement of profit or loss as a bargain purchase gain.
Goodwill is not amortized but is reviewed for impairment at least annually. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Group's cash-generating units expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit. An impairment loss recognized for goodwill is not reversed in a subsequent period.
On disposal of a subsidiary, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the profit or loss on disposal.
Investment in associates
An associate is an entity over which the Group has significant influence and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in a joint venture. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control over those policies.
The results, assets and liabilities of associates are included in these financial statements using the equity method of accounting, except when the investment is classified as held for sale, in which case it is accounted for under IFRS 5Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. An impairment assessment of investments in associates is performed when there is an indication that the asset has been impaired or the impairment losses recognized in prior years no longer exist.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
When the Group's share of losses exceeds the carrying amount of the investment, the investment is reported at nil value and recognition of losses is discontinued except to the extent of the Group's commitment.
Investment in joint ventures
A joint arrangement is an arrangement where two or more parties have joint control. Joint control is established by a contractual arrangement that requires unanimous agreement on decisions made on relevant activities. Without the presence of joint control, joint arrangements do not exist.
Under IFRS 11Joint Arrangements, investments in joint arrangements are classified as either joint operations or joint ventures. The classification depends on the contractual rights and obligations of each investor, rather than the legal structure of the joint arrangement. The arrangement is a joint operation when the contractual agreement provides rights to assets and obligations for liabilities for those parties sharing joint control. The joint arrangement is a joint venture when the agreement grants rights to the arrangement's net assets. The Cool Pool iswas a joint venture.venture until June 2019 when a termination agreement was entered between GasLog and the Cool Pool. Interests in joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method (see Investment in associates above), after initially being recognized at cost in the consolidated statement of financial position.
Leases
Lease income from operating leases of vessels where the Group is a lessor is recognized in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The respective leased assets are included in the statement of financial position based on their nature under "Tangible fixed assets". The Group did not need to make any adjustments to the accounting for assets held as lessor as a result of adopting the new leasing standard.
LeasesThe Group has changed its accounting policy for leases where the Group is the lessee. The new policy and the impact of the change are discussed below.
Until December 31, 2018, leases of property, plant and equipment (i.e. vessels) where the Group, as lessee, hashad substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership arewere classified as finance leases. Finance leases arewere capitalized at the lease's inception at the fair value of the leased property or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease, if practicable, or else at the Group's incremental borrowing rate. The corresponding rental obligations, net of finance charges, arewere included in current and non-current liabilities as finance lease liabilities. Each lease payment iswas allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost iswas charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases iswas depreciated over the asset's useful life or over the shorter of the asset's useful life and the lease term if there was no reasonable certainty that the Group would obtain ownership at the end of the lease term. In addition, leases in which a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership were not transferred to the Group as lessee were classified as operating leases (i.e. vessels' equipment, properties and other). Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
received from the lessor) were charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
From January 1, 2019 and onwards, each of the above leases is recognized as a right-of-use asset, with a corresponding liability recognized at the date at which the leased asset is available for use by the Group. Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured at the present value of the minimum lease payments, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease, if practicable, or else at the Group's incremental borrowing rate. The corresponding rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included in current and non-current liabilities as lease liabilities. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The lease liability is subsequently measured by increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability (using the effective interest rate method) and by reducing the carrying amount to reflect lease payment made. The right-of-use asset is depreciated over its useful life or over the shorter of its useful life and the lease term if there is no reasonable certainty that the Group will obtain ownership at the end of the lease term.
Leases in which a significant portion of the risks Payments associated with short-term leases and rewards of ownershiplow-value assets are not transferred to the Group as lessee are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessor) are charged to profit or lossrecognized on a straight-line basis over the periodas an expense in profit or loss. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of the lease.12 months or less. Low-value items comprise of low value vessel or office equipment.
Deferral and presentation of government grants
Government grants relating to costs are deferred and recognized in the profit or loss over the period necessary to match them with the costs that they are intended to compensate. Government
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
grants relating to income are included in non-current liabilities as deferred income and are credited to profit or loss on a straight-line basis as costs are incurred over the duration of the specific project.
Accounting for (i) revenues and related operating expenses and (ii) voyage expenses and commissions
The Group's revenues comprise revenues from time charters for the charter hire of its vessels, gross pool revenues, management fees, project supervision income and other income earned during the period in accordance with existing contracts.
A time charter represents a contract entered into for the use of a vessel for a specific period of time and a specified daily charter hire rate. Following the exit from the Cool Pool, management allocates revenues from time charters to two categories: (a) variable rate charters and (b) fixed rate charters. The variable rate charter category contains vessels operating in the LNG carrier spot and short-term market or those which have a variable rate of hire across the charter period. Time charter revenue is recognized as earned on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant time charter starting from the vessel's delivery to the charterer. Except for the off-hire period, when a charter agreement exists, the vessel is made available and services are provided to the charterer and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured. Unearned revenue includes cash received prior to the balance sheet date relating to services to be rendered after the balance sheet date. Accrued revenue represents income recognized in advance as a result of the straight-line revenue recognition in respect of charter agreements that provide for varying charter rates.
Under a time charter arrangement, the hire rate per the charter agreement has two components: the lease component and the service component relating to the vessel operating costs. The revenue in
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
relation to the lease component of the agreements is accounted for under IAS 17IFRS 16Leases. The revenue in relation to the service component relates to vessel operating expenses, which include expenses that are paid by the vessel owner such as management fees, crew wages, provisions and stores, technical maintenance and insurance expenses. These costs are essential to operating a charter and the charterers receive the benefit of these when the vessel is used during the contracted time and, therefore, these costs are accounted for in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 15Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Pool revenues arewere recognized on a gross basis representing time charter revenues earned by GasLog vessels participating in the pool under charter agreements where GasLog contracts directly with charterers. Revenue is recognized on a monthly basis, when the vessel is made available and services are provided to the charterer during the period, the amount can be estimated reliably and collection of the related revenue is reasonably assured.
Revenue from vessel management and vessel construction project supervision contracts is recognized when earned and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and such a benefit can be measured reliably.
Time charter hires received in advance are classified as liabilities until the criteria for recognizing the revenue as earned are met.
Under a time charter arrangement, the vessel operating expenses such as management fees, crew wages, provisions and stores, technical maintenance and insurance expenses and broker's commissions are paid by the vessel owner, whereas voyage expenses such as bunkers, port expenses, agents' fees and extra war risk insurance are paid by the charterer.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Management believes that mobilization of a vessel from a previous port of discharge to a subsequent port of loading does not result in a separate benefit for charterers and that the activity is thus incapable of being distinct. This activity is considered to be a required set-up activity to fulfill the contract. Consequently, positioning and repositioning fees and associated expenses should be recognized over the period of the contract to match the recognition of the respective hire revenues realized, and not at a certain point in time following the adoption of IFRS 15Revenue from Contracts with Customers. All other voyage expenses and vessel operating costs are expensed as incurred, with the exception of commissions, which are also recognized on a pro-rata basis over the duration of the period of the time charter. Bunkers' consumption included in voyage expenses represents mainly bunkers consumed during vessels' unemployment and off-hire.
Net pool allocation
In relation to the vessels' participation in the Cool Pool (until July 2019), net pool allocation represents GasLog's share of the net revenues earned from the other pool participants' vessels less the other participants' share of the net revenues earned by GasLog's vessels included in the pool. Each participant's share of the net pool revenues is based on the number of pool points attributable to its vessels and the number of days such vessels participated in the pool.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Financial income and costs
Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recognized when the right to receive payment is established.
Interest expense, other borrowing costs and realized loss on cross currency swaps ("CCSs") are recognized on an accrual basis.
Foreign currencies
Transactions in currencies other than the USD are recognized at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At the end of each reporting period, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in other currencies are retranslated into USD at the rates prevailing at that date. All resulting exchange differences are recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss in the period in which they arise. The exchange differences from cash and bonds are classified in Financial costs, while all other foreign exchange differences are classified in General and administrative expenses.
Deferred financing costs for undrawn facilities
Commitment, arrangement, structuring, legal and agency fees incurred for obtaining new loans or refinancing existing facilities are recorded as deferred loan issuance costs and classified contra to debt, while the fees incurred for the undrawn facilities are classified under non-current assets in the statement of financial position and are reclassified contra to debt on the drawdown dates.
Deferred financing costs are deferred and amortized to financial costs over the term of the relevant loan, using the effective interest method. When the relevant loan is terminated or extinguished, the unamortized loan fees are written-off in the consolidated statement of profit or loss.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Vessels under construction
Vessels under construction are presented at cost less identified impairment losses, if any. Costs include shipyard installment payments and other vessel costs incurred during the construction period that are directly attributable to the acquisition or construction of the vessels.
Upon completion of the construction, the vessels are presented on the statement of financial position in accordance with the "Tangible fixed assets: Property, plant and equipment" policy as described below.
Tangible fixed assets: Property, plant and equipment
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment loss. The initial cost of an asset comprises its purchase price and any directly attributable costs of bringing the asset to its working condition. The cost of an LNG vessel is split into two components, a "vessel component" and a "dry-docking component". Depreciation for the vessel component is calculated on a straight-line basis, after taking into account the estimated residual values, over the estimated useful life of this major component of the vessels. Residual values are based on management's estimation about the amount that the Group would currently obtain from disposal of its
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
vessels, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the vessels were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of their useful life.
The LNG vessels are required to undergo dry-docking overhaul every five years to restore their service potential and to meet their classification requirements that cannot be performed while the vessels are operating. The dry-docking component is estimated at the time of a vessel's delivery from the shipyard or acquisition from the previous owner and is measured based on the estimated cost of the first dry-docking subsequent to its acquisition, based on the Group's historical experience with similar types of vessels. For subsequent dry-dockings, actual costs are capitalized when incurred. The dry-docking component is depreciated over the period of five years in case of new vessels, and until the next dry-docking for secondhand vessels (which is performed within five years from the vessel's last dry-docking).
Costs that will be capitalized as part of the future dry-dockings will include a variety of costs incurred directly attributable to the dry-dock and costs incurred to meet classification and regulatory requirements, as well as expenses related to the dock preparation and port expenses at the dry-dock shipyard, dry-docking shipyard expenses, expenses related to hull, external surfaces and decks, and expenses related to machinery and engines of the vessel, as well as expenses related to the testing and correction of findings related to safety equipment on board. Dry-docking costs do not include vessel operating expenses such as replacement parts, crew expenses, provisions, lubricants consumption, insurance, management fees or management costs during the dry-docking period. Expenses related to regular maintenance and repairs of vessels are expensed as incurred, even if such maintenance and repair occurs during the same time period as dry-docking.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
The expected useful lives of all long-lived assets are as follows:
Vessel | | |
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LNG vessel component | 35 years | |
Dry-docking component | 5 years | |
Furniture, computer, software and other office equipment | 3 - 5 years | |
Leasehold improvements | 12 years (or remaining term of the lease) |
Management estimates the useful life of its vessels to be 35 years from the date of initial delivery from the shipyard. Secondhand vessels are depreciated from the date of their acquisition through their remaining estimated useful life.
The useful lives of all assets and the depreciation method are reviewed annually to ensure that the method and period of depreciation are consistent with the expected pattern of economic benefits from items of property, plant and equipment. The residual value is also reviewed at each financial period-end. If expectations differ from previous estimates, the changes are accounted for prospectively in profit or loss in the period of the change and future periods.
Management estimates residual value of its vessels to be equal to the product of its lightweight tonnage ("LWT") and an estimated scrap rate per LWT. Effective December 31, 2019, following management's annual reassessment, the estimated scrap rate per LWT was decreased. This change in estimate is expected to increase the future annual depreciation by $644. The estimated residual value of
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
the vessels may not represent the fair market value at any time partly because market prices of scrap values tend to fluctuate. The Partnership might revise the estimate of the residual values of the vessels in the future in response to changing market conditions.
Ordinary maintenance and repairs that do not extend the useful life of the asset are expensed as incurred.
When assets are sold, they are derecognized and any gain or loss resulting from their disposal is included in profit or loss.
Impairment of tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease renamed to right-of-use assets
All assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less cost of disposal and "value in use". The fair value less cost of disposal is the amount obtainable from the sale of an asset in an arm's length transaction less the costs of disposal, while "value in use" is the present value of estimated future cash flows expected to arise from the continuing use of an asset and from its disposal at the end of its useful life. Recoverable amounts are estimated for individual assets or, if it is not possible, for the cash-generating unit. Each vessel is considered to be a separate cash-generating unit. The fair values of the vessels are estimated from market-based evidence by appraisal that is normally undertaken by professionally qualified brokers.
Reimbursable capital expenditures
Costs eligible for capitalization that are contractually reimbursable by our charterers are recognized on a gross basis in the period incurred under "Vessels". Concurrently, an equal amount is deferred as a liability and amortized to profit or loss as income over the remaining tenure of the charter party agreement.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Provisions
Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the Group will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. The amount recognized as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows. When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognized as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Inventories
Inventories represent lubricants on board the vessel and, in the event of a vessel not being employed under a charter, the bunkers on board the vessel. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost calculated on a first in, first out basis, and net realizable value.
Financial instruments
Financial assets and liabilities are recognized when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. All financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition.
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions and other short-term, highly liquid investments which are readily convertible into known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Restricted cash comprises cash held that is not available for use by the Group including cash held in blocked accounts in order to comply with the covenants under the Group's credit facilities.
Short-term investments represent short-term, highly liquid time deposits placed with financial institutions which are readily convertible into known amounts of cash with original maturities of more than three months but less than 12 months at the time of purchase that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Trade receivables are carried at the amount expected to be received from the third party to settle the obligation. At each reporting date, all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed individually for purposes of determining the appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts. Trade receivables are recognized initially at fair valuetheir transaction price and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Trade receivables are written off when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery. See Note 9 for further information about the Group's accounting for trade receivables.
The simplified approach is applied to trade and other receivables and the Group recognizes lifetime expected credit losses ("ECLs") on trade receivables. Under the simplified approach, the loss allowance is always equal to ECLs.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Borrowings are initially recognized at fair value (net of transaction costs). Borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate method. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the settlement of the borrowings is recognized in the statement of profit or loss over the term of the borrowings.
The Group enters into a variety of derivative financial instruments to economically hedge its exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks, including interest rate swaps, CCSs and forward foreign exchange contracts.
Derivative financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value on the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at each reporting date. The resulting changes in fair value are recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in the consolidated statement of profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship. Derivatives are presented as assets when their valuation is favorable to the Group and as liabilities when unfavorable to the Group.
The Group's criteria for classifying a derivative instrument in a hedging relationship include: (1) the existence of an economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument (i.e., the hedging instrument and hedged item must, based on an economic rationale, be expected to move in opposite directions as a result of a change in the hedged risk); (2) the effect of the credit risk should not dominate the value changes of either the hedged item or the hedging instrument (i.e., credit risk can arise on both the hedging instrument and the hedged item in the form of the counterparty's credit risk or the entity's own credit risk); and (3) the hedge ratio (i.e., the ratio between the amount of hedged item and the amount of hedging instrument) of the hedging relationship is the same as that actually used in the economic hedge.
At inception of the hedge relationship, the Group documents the economic relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, including whether changes in the cash flows of the hedging
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
instruments are expected to offset changes in the cash flows of hedged items. The Group documents its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking its hedge transactions.
Cash flow hedges that qualify for hedge accounting
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized in other comprehensive income. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. Amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are reclassified to the consolidated statement of profit or loss in the periods when the hedged item affects profit or loss, in the same line item as the recognized hedged item. Hedge accounting is discontinued when the Group terminates the hedging relationship, when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, or when it no longer qualifies for hedge accounting.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Any gain or loss accumulated in equity at that time remains in equity and is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss when the hedged item affects the consolidated statement of profit or loss. When a forecast transaction designated as the hedged item in a cash flow hedge is no longer expected to occur, the gain or loss accumulated in equity is recycled immediately to the consolidated statement of profit or loss.
Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting
Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting. Changes in the fair value of any derivative instrument that does not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized immediately in the consolidated statement of profit or loss.
Finance leaseLease liabilities are initially measured at the fair value of the leased property or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments—discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease, if practicable, or else at the entity'sGroup's incremental borrowing rate—and subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate method. Finance charges in respect of finance leases are recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss under "Financial costs".
Segment information
The information provided to the Group's chief operating decision maker, being the Chief Executive Officer, to review the Group's operating results and allocate resources is on a consolidated basis for a single reportable segment. Furthermore, when the Group charters a vessel to a charterer, the charterer is free to trade the vessel worldwide and, as a result, the disclosure of geographic information is impracticable.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Share-based compensation
Share-based compensation to employees and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments on the grant date. Details regarding the determination of the fair value of share-based transactions are set out in Note 22.
The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based compensation is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Group's estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest, with a corresponding increase in equity. At the end of each reporting period, the Group revises its estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates, if any, is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with a corresponding adjustment to the share-based compensation reserve.
Termination benefits
Termination benefits are payable when employment is terminated by the Group before the normal retirement date, or when an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
The Group recognizes termination benefits at the earlier of the following dates: (a) when the Group can no longer withdraw the offer of those benefits; and (b) when the Group recognizes costs for a restructuring that is within the scope of IAS 37Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets and involves the payment of termination benefits. In the case of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy, the termination benefits are measured based on the number of employees expected to accept the offer. Benefits falling due more than 12 months after the end of the reporting period are discounted to present value.
Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Group's management evaluates whether estimates should be made on an ongoing basis, utilizing historical experience, consultation with experts and other methods management considers reasonable in the particular circumstances. However, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that could require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the assets or liabilities in the future. Critical accounting judgments are those that reflect significant judgments of uncertainties and potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions.
Critical accounting judgments
In the process of applying GasLog's accounting policies, management has made the following judgments, apart from those involving estimations, that had the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements.
Classification of the non-controlling interests: The non-controlling interests in the Partnership comprise the portion of the Partnership's common units that are not directly or indirectly held by GasLog (33,605,302(32,483,580 units as of December 31, 2018)2019). Under the terms of the partnership agreement, the Partnership is required to distribute 100% of available cash (as defined in the partnership agreement) with respect to each quarter within 45 days of the end of the quarter to the partners. Available cash can be summarized as cash and cash equivalents less an amount equal to cash reserves established by the Partnership's board of directors to (i) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership) subsequent to such quarter, (ii) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any Partnership member is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are subject and/or (iii) provide funds for certain distributions relating to future periods.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
In reaching a judgment as to whether the non-controlling interests in the Partnership should be classified as liabilities or equity interests, management has considered the wide discretion of the board of directors of the Partnership to determine whether any portion of the amount of cash available to the Partnership constitutes available cash and that it is possible that there could be no available cash. In the event that there is no available cash, as determined by the Partnership's board of directors, the Partnership does not have a contractual obligation to make a distribution. Accordingly, management
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
has concluded that the non-controlling interests do not represent a contractual obligation on the Partnership to deliver cash and therefore should be classified as equity within the financial statements.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty are as follows:
Impairment of vessels: The Group evaluates the carrying amounts of each of its vessels to determine whether there is any indication that those vessels have suffered an impairment loss by considering both internal and external sources of information. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of vessels is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any. The total carrying amount of the Group's vessels as of December 31, 2019, was $4,407,156 (December 31, 2018: $4,304,252).
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. The Group's estimates of recoverable value assume that the vessels are all in seaworthy condition without need for repair and certified in class without notations of any kind. In assessing the fair value less cost to sell of the vessel, the Group obtains charter free market values for itseach vessel from independent and internationally recognized ship brokers on a semi-annual basis, which are also commonly used and accepted by the Group's lenders for determining compliance with the relevant covenants in its credit facilities. Vessel values can be highly volatile, so the estimatescharter-free market values may not be indicative of the current or future market value of the Group's vessels or prices that could be achieved if it were to sell them. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted. The projection of cash flows related to vessels is complex and requires management to make various estimates including future charter rates, vessel operating expenses and the discount rate.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, the carrying amounts of each of fourteenthe six steam turbine propulsion ("Steam") vessels (theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Lydon Volney, theMethane Alison Victoria, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth and theMethane Heather Sally), of eight tri-fuel diesel electric ("TFDE") vessels (theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Seattle, theSolaris, theGasLog Saratoga, theGasLog Salem, theMethane Julia Louise and theMethane Becki Anne) and three low pressure dual fuel two-stroke propulsion ("X-DF") vessels (theGasLog Genoa, theGasLog Gladstone and theGasLog Hong Kong) were higher than the charter free market values estimated by shipbrokers and theship brokers. The Group concluded that this, together with certain other events and circumstances triggered(as further described in Note 6) indicated the existence of potential impairment of these vessels. As a result, the Group performed thean impairment assessment offor these vessels by comparing their values in use, being the discounted projected net operating cash flows for these vessels to their carrying values. The assumptions whichthat the Group has used in its discounted projected net operating cash flow analysis included, among others, utilization, operating revenues, utilization,voyage expenses and commissions, dry-docking costs, operating expenses (including management fees)costs), residual values and the discount factor.rate. The key assumptions, being those to which the outcome of the impairment assessment is most sensitive, are the estimate of charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
For those vessels operating under long-term time charters, revenueRevenue assumptions were based on contracted time charter ratescharters up to the end of life of the current contract offor each vessel, as well as the estimated average time charter rates for the remaining life of the vessel after the completion of its current contract. The revenue assumptions exclude days of scheduled off-hire and assume a utilization
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
rate of 99.5% based on the fleet's historical performance and internal forecasts. The estimated daily time charter rates used for non-contracted revenue days after the completion of the current time charter are based on a combination of (i) recent charter market rates, (ii) conditions existing in the LNG market as of December 31, 2018,2019, (iii) historical average time charter rates, based on publications by independent third party maritime research services ("maritime research publications"), and (iv) estimated future time charter rates, also based on maritime research publications that provide such forecasts.forecasts and (v) management's internal assessment of long-term charter rates achievable by each class of vessel.
More specifically, for vessels whose charters have expired or will expire within 2020, the estimated charter rates and utilization for the first year from the reporting date were based on the approved annual budget for the year, which was formed based on the anticipated market conditions for 2020 and the latest available maritime research publications from ship brokers for short-term (less than 12 months) employment of a vessel operating in the spot market on less than 1-year time charter contracts.
For non-contracted periodperiods starting on January 1, 2021 for already expired charters or upon the expiration of the firm charter period of eacha vessel within 2021 and up to December 31, 2023,2024, the Group used the most recent charter market rates for a 5-year time charter agreementrate based on available data from maritime research publications which is $45 per day for steam-powered ("Steam")Steam vessels and $75$65 per day for TFDE vessels. Such rates are lower than currentprevailing spot rates atas of December 31, 2018.2019.
For the remaining period from January 1, 20242025 through the end of each vessel's useful life (for non-contracted periods), the estimated average time charter rates for Steam, TFDE and TFDEX-DF vessels were based on analysis of future supply and demand for LNG, analysis of future LNG shipping supply and demand balances, internally estimated and market-derived costs of building and financing newbuild LNG vessels, the technical characteristics of each vessel and 5-year historical average 5-year time charter rates based on maritime research publications.
In connection with the impairment testing of our vessels as of December 31, 2018, we performed a sensitivity analysis on the most sensitive and/or subjective assumption that has the potential to affect the outcomean assessment of the impairment exercise,appropriate discount for Steam and TFDE vessels compared to modern newbuild LNG carriers, which is the projected charter hire rate used to forecast future cash flows for non-contracted days for the Steam vessels. The average charter rate used in our impairment exercise for the Steam vessels was $58, while the average break-even charter hire rate, being the average of the contracted charter rate and the break-even re-chartering hire rate, was $50. Using an average charter rate of $49, which is 2% lower than the break-even charter hire rate, would result in an aggregate impairment charge of $23,087.
For vessels operating in the spot market and employed through the Cool Pool, the estimated charter ratesdriven largely by unit freight cost differentials and utilization for the first year from the reporting date were based on the latest available maritime research publications from ship brokers for short-term (less than 12 months) employment of a vessel operating in the spot market on less than 1-year time charter contracts (in line with the Cool Pool strategy). The estimated charter rates are also based on existing charter contracts and forecasts generated by the Cool Pool directly, which reflect conditions existing in the current LNG spot shipping market. For the remaining period and through the end of each vessel's useful life, the Group assumes that all vessels are operating under multi-year time charters, as a result of which the revenue assumptions were the same as the forecasted rates used for the remaining vessels of the fleet as discussed above.such vessels.
Recognizing that the LNG industry is cyclical and subject to significant volatility based on factors beyond the Group's control, management believes that the use of the revenue estimates discussed above to be reasonable as of the reporting date. The Group does not take into accounthas assumed no inflation nor any other revenue escalation or growth rate assumptions or inflation factors forin determining forecasted time charter rates beyond the contracted charter rate period through the end of a vessel's useful life. In assessing the factors mentioned above for the purposes of determining estimated revenues, the Group has placed particular reliance on available third-party maritime research publications and analysis of LNG shipping supply and demand data.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)life, consistent with long-run historical evidence.
In addition, theThe Group used an annual operating expenses escalation factor equal to 1% based on its historical data and performance,experience, as well as expectations of future inflation and operating and dry-docking costs. Estimates for the remaining useful lives of the current fleet and residual and scrap values are the same as those used for the Group's depreciation policy.
In the Group's impairment assessment, the weighted average cost of capital used to discount future estimated cash flows to their present values was approximately 7.5% as of December 31, 2018. This was based on the calculated cost of equity and cost of debt components. All estimates used and assumptions made were in accordance with the Group's internal budgets and historical experience of the shipping industry.
In the Group's impairment assessment, the rate used to discount future estimated cash flows to their present values was approximately 6.5% to 7.25% as of December 31, 2019 (7.0% to 7.5% as of
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
December 31, 2018). This was based on an estimated weighted average cost of capital calculated using cost of equity and cost of debt components, adjusted also for vessel-specific risks and uncertainties.
The valuevalues in use for the fourteensix Steam vessels calculated as per above was higherwere lower than the carrying amountamounts of thesethose vessels and, consequently, noan impairment loss was recognized.
Measurement of share-based compensation: Share-based compensation to executives and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments on the grant date. Details regarding the determination of the fair value of share-based transactions are set out in Note 22.
The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based compensation is expensed over the vesting period, based on the Group's estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest, with a corresponding increase in equity. At the end of each reporting period, the Group revises its estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates, if any, is$162,149 was recognized in the consolidated statementyear ended December 31, 2019 (Note 6). The values in use for each of profit or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate,TFDE and X-DF vessels with a corresponding adjustment to the share-based compensation reserve.
Impairment of goodwill: The Group reviews goodwill for impairment at least annually. For the purposeindicators of impairment testing, goodwill has been allocated to the cash-generating unit representing the management company, GasLog LNG Services Ltd., which was acquired by the Group in 2005.
Determining whether goodwill is impaired requires an estimation of the recoverable amount, which is the higher of fair value less costs to sellwere greater than their respective carrying amounts, and value in use, of the cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated. The value in use calculation requires the Group to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit(s) and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate present value. Details of the assumptions used in our impairment analysis are set out in Note 3. Notherefore no impairment loss was recognized for anythese vessels.
In connection with the impairment testing of our vessels as of December 31, 2019, we performed a sensitivity analysis on the most difficult, subjective or complex assumptions that have the potential to affect the outcome of the periods presented.impairment assessment, which are the projected charter hire rates used to forecast future cash flows for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate used, in particular for the Steam vessels (Note 6). It is reasonably possible that changes to these assumptions within the next financial year could require a material adjustment of the carrying amount of the Group's Steam vessels.
Adoption of new and revised IFRS
In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15Revenue from Contracts with Customers which applies to all contracts with customers: the main exceptions are leases, financial instruments and insurance contracts. IFRS 15 specifies how and when an IFRS reporter will recognize revenue and requires such entities to provide users of financial statements with more informative, relevant disclosures. The standard supersedes IAS 18Revenue, IAS 11Construction Contracts and a number of revenue-related interpretations. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 and
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
is applied by the Group using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption of the standard as of January 1, 2018 resulted in an increase of $246 to the Group's Accumulated deficit and an increase of the same amount on the Group's Other payables and accruals under the modified retrospective approach, as a result of the reassessment of the timing of the performance obligations in relation to positioning and repositioning fees and associated expenses.
The Group assessed that under a time charter arrangement, the hire rate per the charter agreement has two components: the lease component and the service component relating to the vessel's operating costs. The revenue in relation to the lease component of the agreements is accounted for under IAS 17Leases. The revenue in relation to the service component relates to vessel operating expenses, which include expenses that are paid by the vessel owner such as management fees, crew wages, provisions and stores, technical maintenance and insurance expenses. These costs are essential to operating a charter and the charterers receive the benefit of these when the vessel is used during the contracted time and, therefore, these costs are accounted for in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 15Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Management believes mobilization of a vessel from a previous port of discharge to a subsequent port of loading does not result in a separate benefit for charterers and that the activity is thus incapable of being distinct. This activity is considered to be a required set-up activity to fulfill the contract. On that basis, it was concluded that positioning and repositioning fees and associated expenses should be recognized over the period of the contract, and not at a certain point in time.
In July 2014, the IASB issued the complete version of IFRS 9Financial Instruments. IFRS 9Financial Instruments specifies how an entity should classify and measure financial assets and financial liabilities. The new standard requires all financial assets to be subsequently measured at amortized cost or fair value depending on the business model of the legal entity in relation to the management of the financial assets and the contractual cash flows of the financial assets. The standard also requires a financial liability to be classified as either at fair value through profit or loss or at amortized cost. In addition, a new hedge accounting model was introduced, that is designed to be more closely aligned with how entities undertake risk management activities when hedging financial and non-financial risk exposures.
When an entity first applies IFRS 9Financial Instruments, it may choose as its accounting policy to continue to apply the hedge accounting requirements of IAS 39Financial Instruments, Recognition and Measurement, instead of the requirements in Chapter 6 of IFRS 9Financial Instruments. An entity shall apply that policy to all of its hedging relationships. The Group has selected to apply hedge accounting under IFRS 9Financial Instruments.
The Group has elected to take the transition relief as provided by IFRS 9.7.2.15, which permits an entity not to restate prior periods on initial application of IFRS 9Financial Instruments and any adjustments to be made in the current year. The adoption of this standard as of January 1, 2018 resulted in a decrease of $436 to the Group's Accumulated deficit and an equal decrease to the Group's Reserves, as a result of the change in the accounting for the currency basis element of the CCSs to flow directly to the statement of profit or loss.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
At the date of authorization of these financial statements, the following standards and amendments relevant to the Group were issued but not yet effective:
In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract, i.e. the customer ("lessee") and the supplier ("lessor"). IFRS 16 eliminates the classification of leases by lessees as either operating leases or finance leases and, instead, introduces a single lessee accounting model. Applying that model, a lessee is required to recognize: (a) assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value; and (b) depreciation of lease assets separately from interest on lease liabilities in the statement of profit or loss. Lessors continue to classify their leases as operating leases or finance leases, and to account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16Leases supersedes the previous leases Standard, IAS 17Leases, and related Interpretations. The standard is effective from January 1, 2019.
The Group is a lessee under a vessel sale and leaseback arrangement and also leases various properties, vessel and office equipment. Rental contracts are typically made for fixed periods but may have extension options. Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain a wide range of different terms and conditions. Following the implementation of IFRS 16, leases are recognized as a right-of-use asset and a corresponding liability at the date at which the leased asset is available for use by the Group. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The right-of-use asset is depreciated over the shorter of the asset's useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis.
Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured on a present value basis. Lease liabilities include the net present value of the following lease payments: (a) fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivable, (b) variable lease payments that are based on an index or a rate (if any), (c) amounts expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees (if any), (d) the exercise price of a purchase option if the lessee is reasonably certain
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
to exercise that option, and (e) payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the lessee exercising that option. The lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease, if that rate can be determined, or the Group's incremental borrowing rate. Right-of-use assets are measured at cost comprising the following: (a) the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability, (b) any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received, (c) any initial direct costs, and (d) restoration costs. Payments associated with short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognized on a straight-line basis as an expense in profit or loss. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less. Low-value assets comprise vessel and office equipment.
For leases where the Group is the lessee, the Group has elected to apply the simplified approach, by which comparative information is not restated and any adjustment is recognized at the date of initial application of IFRS 16Leases. In addition, the Group has elected to apply the exemption for short-term leases or leases of low-value assets where available. The adoption of the standard on January 1, 2019, will resultresulted in an increase in total assets of $7,210,$7,618, an increase in retained earnings of $300$215, an increase in non-controlling interests of $128 and an increase in total liabilities of $6,910,$7,275.
A reconciliation of the operating lease commitments disclosed applying IAS 17Leases from the prior year to the Lease liabilities recognized as of January 1, 2019 is provided below:
Operating lease commitments disclosed as at December 31, 2018 | 6,125 | |||
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Discounted using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate at the date of initial application | 4,858 | |||
Finance lease liabilities recognized as at December 31, 2018 | 206,099 | |||
Communication systems using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate at the date of initial application | 2,397 | |||
Printers using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate at the date of initial application | 20 | |||
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Lease liability as at January 1, 2019 | 213,374 | |||
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Lease liability, current portion | 7,742 | |||
Lease liability, non-current portion | 205,632 | |||
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Total lease liabilities as at January 1, 2019 | 213,374 | |||
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In September 2019, the IASB issued amendments to IFRS 9Financial Instruments, IAS 39Financial Instrument: Recognition and measurement, and IFRS 7Financial Instruments: Disclosures which areprovide certain reliefs in connection with interest rate benchmark reform. The amendments will be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020. The Group has elected to adopt the amendments early. In accordance with the transition provisions, the amendments have been adopted retrospectively to hedging relationships that existed at the start of the reporting period or were designated thereafter. The amendments provide temporary relief from applying specific hedge accounting requirements to hedging relationships directly affected by interbank offered rate ("IBOR") reform. The reliefs have the effect that IBOR reform should not considered significantgenerally cause hedge accounting to terminate. However, any hedge ineffectiveness should continue to be recorded in the income statement. Furthermore, the amendments set out triggers for when the reliefs will end, which include the uncertainty arising from interest rate benchmark reform no longer being present. The Group uses CCSs
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
in order to hedge the Group's exposure to fluctuations deriving from its bonds (Note 26). The amendments permit continuation of hedge accounting even though there is uncertainty about the replacement of the floating interest rates included in its CCSs (Note 24).
At the date of authorization of these consolidated financial statements.
The impact of all otherstatements, there were no IFRS standards and amendments issued but not yet adopted is notwith an expected to be material effect on the Group's consolidated financial statements.
3. Goodwill
Goodwill resulted from the acquisition in 2005 of Ceres LNG Services Ltd., the vessel management company, which represents a cash-generating unit. On September 30, 2011, Ceres LNG Services Ltd. was renamed "GasLog LNG Services Ltd". As of December 31, 2018,2019, the Group assessed the recoverable amount of goodwill and concluded that goodwill associated with the Group's vessel management company was not impaired. The recoverable amount of the vessel management operations is determined based on discounted future cash flows based on the financial budget approved by management for the year-ending December 31, 20192020 and management forecasts until 2022.2023.
The key assumptions used in the value-in-use calculations (2019(2020 and beyond) are as follows:
Growth is based on the number of vessels expected to be under management based on the shipbuilding contracts in place at the end of the year and the long-term strategy of the Group. Management believes that any reasonably possible further change in the key assumptions on which
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
3. Goodwill (Continued)
recoverable amount is based would not cause the carrying amount of the cash-generating unit to exceed its recoverable amount.
4. Equity Transactions
GasLog Partners' offerings
On August 5, 2016, GasLog Partners completed a public offering of 2,750,000 common units at a public offering price of $19.50 per unit. The net proceeds from this offering after deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses, were $52,299.
On January 27, 2017, GasLog Partners completed an equity offering of 3,750,000 common units at a public offering price of $20.50 per unit. In addition, the option to purchase additional units was partially exercised by the underwriter on February 24, 2017, resulting in 120,000 additional units being sold at the same price. The aggregate net proceeds from this offering, including the partial exercise by the underwriter of the option to purchase additional units, after deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses were $78,197.
On May 15, 2017, GasLog Partners completed a public offering of 5,750,000 8.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnership's
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
Series A Preference Units") (including 750,000 units issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Partnership's Series A Preference Units), liquidation preference $25.00 per unit, at a price to the public of $25.00 per preference unit. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses were $138,804. The Partnership's Series A Preference Units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GLOP PR A". The initial distribution on the Partnership's Series A Preference Units was paid on September 15, 2017.
On May 16, 2017, GasLog Partners commenced an "at-the-market" common equity offering programme ("ATM Programme"), under which the Partnership may, from time to time, raise equity through the issuance and sale of new common units having an aggregate offering value of up to $100,000 in accordance with the terms of an equity distribution agreement, entered into on the same date. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC have agreed to act as sales agents. On November 3, 2017, the Partnership entered into the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement to increase the size of the ATM Programme to $144,040 and to include UBS Securities LLC as a sales agent.
From establishment of the ATM Programme through December 31, 2017, GasLog Partners had issued and received payment for 2,737,405 common units at a weighted average price of $22.97 per common unit for total net proceeds, after deducting fees and other expenses, of $61,225.
Additionally, on May 16, 2017, the subordination period on the subordinated units of GasLog Partners held by GasLog expired and consequently all 9,822,358 subordinated units of GasLog Partners converted into common units of GasLog Partners on a one-for-one basis and now participate pro rata with all other outstanding common units in distributions of available cash.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
On January 17, 2018, GasLog Partners completed a public offering of 4,600,000 8.200% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnership's Series B Preference Units"), including 600,000 units issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Partnership's Series B Preference Units, at a price to the public of $25.00 per preference unit. The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses, were $111,194. The Partnership's Series B Preference Units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GLOP PR B".
On April 3, 2018, GasLog Partners issued 33,998 common units in connection with the vesting of 16,999 Restricted Common Units ("RCUs") and 16,999 Performance Common Units ("PCUs") under its 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "GasLog Partners' Plan") at a price of $23.55 per unit. Subsequently, on April 26, 2018, in connection with the acquisition of GAS-fourteen Ltd., the entity that owns and charters theGasLog Gibraltar, GasLog Partners issued 1,858,975 common units to GasLog at a price of $24.21 per unit. On November 15, 2018, GasLog Partners completed a public offering of 4,000,000 8.500% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Preference Units (the "Partnership's Series C Preference Units"), at a price to the public of $25.00 per preference unit. The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses, were $96,307. The Partnership's Series C Preference Units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GLOP PR C".
UnderTable of Contents
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the Partnership's ATM Programme, inconsolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the yearyears ended December 31, 2017, 2018 GasLog Partners has issued and received payment for 2,553,899 common units at a weighted average price2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of $23.72U.S. Dollars, except share and per common unit for total net proceeds, after deducting fees and other expenses, of $60,013.share data)
The balance of non-controlling interests as of December 31, 2017 and 2018 is as follows:4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
Non-controlling interests | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
As of January 1, | 564,039 | 845,105 | |||||
Net proceeds from the Partnership's equity offerings | 278,226 | 267,514 | |||||
Dividend declared and paid to non-controlling interests | (65,863 | ) | (87,954 | ) | |||
Profit allocated to non-controlling interests | 68,703 | 78,715 | |||||
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As of December 31, | 845,105 | 1,103,380 | |||||
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On November 27, 2018, the Partnership Agreement was amended to allow for the substitution of the existing incentive distribution rights (the "Old IDRs") with a new class of incentive distribution rights (the "New IDRs", together with the Old IDRs, the "IDRs") with revised rights to distributions. Pursuant to this amendment, the 48.0% tier of the New IDRs holders was removed, while the definition of the available cash from operating surplus for distribution to the New IDRs holders was revised to exclude any available cash from operating surplus generated from third-party (i.e., non-GasLog) acquisitions, as defined in the agreement. In exchange for the waiving of the aforementioned rights, the Partnership paid $25,000 to GasLog, holder of the Old IDRs.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
The following table illustrates the percentage allocation of the additional available cash from operating surplus after the payment of preference unit distributions, in respect to such rights, until November 27, 2018:
| | Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions | |||||||||||
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Old IDRs | Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount | Common Unitholders | General Partner | Holders of IDRs | ||||||||
Minimum Quarterly Distribution | $0.375 | 98.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 0 | % | |||||
First Target Distribution | $0.375 up to $0.43125 | 98.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 0 | % | |||||
Second Target Distribution | $0.43125 up to $0.46875 | 85.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 13.0 | % | |||||
Third Target Distribution | $0.46875 up to $0.5625 | 75.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 23.0 | % | |||||
Thereafter | Above $0.5625 | 50.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 48.0 | % | |||||
Effective November 27, 2018, the percentage allocation of the additional available cash from operating surplus after the payment of preference unit distributions and excluding available cash from operating surplus derived from non-GasLog acquisitions was amended, in respect to such rights, as follows:
| | Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New IDRs | Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount | Common Unitholders | General Partner | Holders of IDRs | ||||||||
Minimum Quarterly Distribution | $0.375 | 98.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 0 | % | |||||
First Target Distribution | $0.375 up to $0.43125 | 98.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 0 | % | |||||
Second Target Distribution | $0.43125 up to $0.46875 | 85.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 13.0 | % | |||||
Thereafter | Above $0.46875 | 75.0 | % | 2.0 | % | 23.0 | % | |||||
Under the Partnership's ATM Programme, in the year ended December 31, 2018, GasLog Partners has issued and received payment for 2,553,899 common units at a weighted average price of $23.72 per common unit for total net proceeds, after deducting fees and other expenses, of $60,013.
On January 29, 2019, the board of directors of GasLog Partners authorized a unit repurchase programme of up to $25,000 covering the period January 31, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the repurchase programme, GasLog Partners may repurchase common units from time to time, at its discretion, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2019, GasLog Partners repurchased and cancelled 1,171,572 common units at a weighted average price of $19.52 per common unit, for a total cost of $22,890 including commissions.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
On February 26, 2019, the Partnership entered into a Third Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement to further increase the size of the ATM Programme from $144,040 to $250,000. As of December 31, 2019, the unutilized portion of the ATM Programme is $126,556.
On April 1, 2019, GasLog Partners issued 49,850 common units in connection with the vesting of 24,925 RCUs and 24,925 PCUs under the GasLog Partners' Plan at a price of $22.99 per unit.
On June 24, 2019, the Partnership Agreement was amended, effective June 30, 2019, to eliminate the IDRs in exchange for the issuance by the Partnership to GasLog of 2,532,911 common units and 2,490,000 Class B units (of which 415,000 are Class B-1 units, 415,000 are Class B-2 units, 415,000 are Class B-3 units, 415,000 are Class B-4 units, 415,000 are Class B-5 units and 415,000 are Class B-6 units), issued on June 30, 2019. The Class B units have all of the rights and obligations attached to the common units, except for voting rights and participation in distributions until such time as GasLog exercises its right to convert the Class B units to common units. The Class B units will become eligible for conversion on a one-for-one basis into common units at GasLog's option on July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 for the Class B-1 units, Class B-2 units, Class B-3 units, Class B-4 units, Class B-5 units and the Class B-6 units, respectively. Following the IDR elimination, the allocation of GasLog Partners' profit to the non-controlling interests is based on the revised distribution policy for available cash stated in the Partnership Agreement as amended, effective June 30, 2019, and under which 98% of the available cash is distributed to the common unitholders and 2% is distributed to the general partner. The updated earnings allocation applies to the total GasLog Partners' profit for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and onwards.
Allocation of GasLog Partners' profit(*) | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
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Partnership's profit attributable to: | ||||||||||||||
Allocation of GasLog Partners' profit/(loss)(*) | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Partnership's profit/(loss) attributable to: | ||||||||||||||
Common unitholders | 76,347 | 75,879 | 75,879 | (66,268 | ) | |||||||||
Subordinated unitholders | 5,085 | — | ||||||||||||
General partner | 1,728 | 1,602 | 1,602 | (1,479 | ) | |||||||||
IDRs | 3,208 | 2,618 | 2,618 | — | ||||||||||
Paid and accrued preference equity distributions | 7,749 | 22,498 | 22,498 | 30,328 | ||||||||||
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Total | 94,117 | 102,597 | 102,597 | (37,419 | ) | |||||||||
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Partnership's profit allocated to GasLog | 25,414 | 23,882 | ||||||||||||
Partnership's profit allocated to non-controlling interests | 68,703 | 78,715 | ||||||||||||
Partnership's profit/(loss) allocated to GasLog | 23,882 | (22,467 | ) | |||||||||||
Partnership's profit/(loss) allocated to non-controlling interests | 78,715 | (14,952 | ) | |||||||||||
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Total | 94,117 | 102,597 | 102,597 | (37,419 | ) | |||||||||
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Dividends declared attributable to non-controlling interests included in the consolidated statement of changes in equity represent cash distributions to holders of common and preference units.
In the year ended December 31, 2019, the board of directors of the Partnership approved and declared cash distributions of $73,090 and of $31,036 for the common units and preference units, respectively, held by non-controlling interests.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Equity Transactions (Continued)
In the year ended December 31, 2018, the board of directors of the Partnership approved and declared cash distributions of $66,964 and of $20,990 for the common units and preference units, respectively, held by non-controlling interests.
5. Investment in Associates and Joint Venture
The Group participates in the following associates and joint venture:
| | | % of ownership interest | | | | | % of ownership interest | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
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| | Country of incorporation | Nature of relationship | Measurement method | Principal activity | Country of incorporation | Nature of relationship | Measurement method | Principal activity | ||||||||||||||||||||
Name | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd.(1) | Bermuda | 25 | % | 25 | % | Associate | Equity method | Vessel-owning company | Bermuda | 25 | % | 25 | % | Associate | Equity method | Vessel-owning company | ||||||||||||
Gastrade(2) | Greece | 20 | % | 20 | % | Associate | Equity method | Service company | Greece | 20 | % | 20 | % | Associate | Equity method | Service company | ||||||||||||
The Cool Pool Limited(3) | Marshall Islands | 33.33 | % | 50 | % | Joint venture | Equity method | Service company | Marshall Islands | 50 | % | — | Joint venture | Equity method | Service company | |||||||||||||
Investment in associates and joint venture consist of the following:
| | Associates | Associates | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
As of January 1, | 6,265 | 20,800 | 20,800 | 20,713 | ||||||||||
Additions | 14,125 | 136 | 136 | 158 | ||||||||||
Share of profit of associates | 1,159 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,627 | ||||||||||
Return of investment from associate | (59 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Dividend declared | (690 | ) | (2,023 | ) | (2,023 | ) | (878 | ) | ||||||
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As of December 31, | 20,800 | 20,713 | 20,713 | 21,620 | ||||||||||
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The additions of $136$158 relate to the investment in Gastrade (December 31, 2017: $14,125)2018: $136). On February 9, 2017, GasLog acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade, a private limited company licensed to develop an independent natural gas system offshore Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece utilizing an FSRU along with other fixed infrastructure. GasLog, as well as being a shareholder, will provide operations and maintenance ("O&M") services for the FSRU through an O&M agreement which was signed on February 23, 2018.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
5. Investment in Associates and Joint Venture (Continued)
Summarized financial information in respect of the associates and the joint venture is set out below:
| | Associates | Joint Venture | Associates | Joint Venture | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total current assets | 17,691 | 20,836 | 40,661 | 98,448 | 20,836 | 22,749 | 98,448 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | (12,996 | ) | (16,333 | ) | (40,661 | ) | (98,448 | ) | (16,333 | ) | (15,258 | ) | (98,448 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Non-current | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total non-current assets | 122,531 | 114,459 | — | — | 114,459 | 106,421 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Total non-current liabilities | (99,086 | ) | (90,879 | ) | — | — | (90,879 | ) | (82,153 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||
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Net assets | 28,140 | 28,083 | — | — | 28,083 | 31,759 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
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Group's share | 6,963 | 6,939 | — | — | 6,939 | 7,840 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
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Effect from translation | 16 | (47 | ) | — | — | (47 | ) | (41 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Goodwill | 13,821 | 13,821 | — | — | 13,821 | 13,821 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
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Investment in associates and joint venture | 20,800 | 20,713 | — | — | 20,713 | 21,620 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
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| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | 16,636 | 19,627 | 23,513 | 73,348 | 159,460 | 346,170 | 19,627 | 23,513 | 26,294 | 159,460 | 346,170 | 121,434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year | 5,686 | 4,637 | 7,040 | — | — | — | 4,637 | 7,040 | 6,429 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year | 5,686 | 4,637 | 7,040 | — | — | — | 4,637 | 7,040 | 6,429 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Group's share in profit | 1,422 | 1,159 | 1,800 | — | — | — | 1,159 | 1,800 | 1,627 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dividend declared | (4,950 | ) | (2,759 | ) | (8,091 | ) | — | — | — | (2,759 | ) | (8,091 | ) | (3,510 | ) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Group's share in dividend | 1,239 | 690 | 2,023 | — | — | — | 690 | 2,023 | 878 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Vessels Under Construction and Vessel Held Under Finance Lease
The movements in tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease are reported in the following table:
| | Vessels | Office property and other tangible assets | Total tangible fixed assets | Vessels under construction | Vessel held under finance lease | Vessels | Office property and other tangible assets | Total tangible fixed assets | Vessels under construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of January 1, 2017 | 4,212,849 | 14,501 | 4,227,350 | 96,356 | 228,523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions | 7,517 | 5,514 | 13,031 | 70,299 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fully amortized fixed assets | (2,500 | ) | (791 | ) | (3,291 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2017 | 4,217,866 | 19,224 | 4,237,090 | 166,655 | 228,523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of January 1, 2018 | 4,217,866 | 19,224 | 4,237,090 | 166,655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions | 49,036 | 4,678 | 53,714 | 637,046 | 143 | 49,036 | 4,678 | 53,714 | 637,046 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer from vessels under construction | 642,776 | — | 642,776 | (642,776 | ) | — | 642,776 | — | 642,776 | (642,776 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Transfer under "Other non-current assets" | — | — | — | (1,650 | ) | — | — | — | — | (1,650 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Fully amortized fixed assets | (10,000 | ) | (192 | ) | (10,192 | ) | — | — | (10,000 | ) | (192 | ) | (10,192 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2018 | 4,899,678 | 23,710 | 4,923,388 | 159,275 | 228,666 | 4,899,678 | 23,710 | 4,923,388 | 159,275 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Accumulated depreciation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of January 1, 2017 | 334,960 | 3,343 | 338,303 | — | 6,519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation | 128,355 | 1,157 | 129,512 | — | 7,675 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions | 26,233 | 1,454 | 27,687 | 450,918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Return of capital expenditures | (11,224 | ) | — | (11,224 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer from vessels under construction | 406,870 | — | 406,870 | (406,870 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fully amortized fixed assets | (2,500 | ) | (791 | ) | (3,291 | ) | — | — | (7,209 | ) | — | (7,209 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2017 | 460,815 | 3,709 | 464,524 | — | 14,194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2019 | 5,314,348 | 25,164 | 5,339,512 | 203,323 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of January 1, 2018 | 460,815 | 3,709 | 464,524 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation | 144,611 | 863 | 145,474 | — | 7,719 | 144,611 | 863 | 145,474 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fully amortized fixed assets | (10,000 | ) | (192 | ) | (10,192 | ) | — | — | (10,000 | ) | (192 | ) | (10,192 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2018 | 595,426 | 4,380 | 599,806 | — | 21,913 | 595,426 | 4,380 | 599,806 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Depreciation | 156,826 | 875 | 157,701 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on vessels | 162,149 | — | 162,149 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fully amortized fixed assets | (7,209 | ) | — | (7,209 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2019 | 907,192 | 5,255 | 912,447 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2017 | 3,757,051 | 15,515 | 3,772,566 | 166,655 | 214,329 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2018 | 4,304,252 | 19,330 | 4,323,582 | 159,275 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2018 | 4,304,252 | 19,330 | 4,323,582 | 159,275 | 206,753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2019 | 4,407,156 | 19,909 | 4,427,065 | 203,323 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vessels with an aggregate carrying amount of $4,304,252$4,407,156 as of December 31, 20182019 (December 31, 2017: $3,757,051)2018: $4,304,252) have been pledged as collateral under the terms of the Group's loan agreements (Note 13).
As of December 31, 2019, a number of increasingly strong negative indicators such as the difference between ship broker estimates of the fair market values and the carrying values of the Group's Steam vessels, the lack of liquidity in the market for term employment for Steam vessels and reduced expectations for the estimated rates at which such term employment could be secured, together with the continued addition of modern, larger and more fuel efficient LNG carriers to the global fleet, prompted the Group to perform an impairment assessment of its vessels in accordance with the
On February 24, 2016, GAS-twenty sixTable of Contents
GasLog Ltd. completedand its Subsidiaries
Notes to the saleconsolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and leaseback2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Vessels Under Construction (Continued)
Group's accounting policy (Note 2). The recoverable amounts (values in use) for the five Steam vessels owned by the Partnership, i.e. theMethane Julia LouiseRita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth, theMethane Alison Victoria, theMethane Shirley Elisabeth and theMethane Heather Sally and the one Steam vessel owned by GasLog i.e. theMethane Lydon Volney calculated as per above were lower than the respective carrying amounts of these vessels and, consequently, an aggregate impairment loss of $162,149 was recognized in profit or loss in the year ended December 31, 2019, as illustrated below:
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Vessel | Initial carrying amount | Impairment loss | Net book value (recoverable amount) | |||||||
Methane Rita Andrea | 126,330 | (27,300 | ) | 99,030 | ||||||
Methane Jane Elizabeth | 131,554 | (29,476 | ) | 102,078 | ||||||
Methane Lydon Volney | 132,399 | (23,301 | ) | 109,098 | ||||||
Methane Alison Victoria | 128,229 | (31,625 | ) | 96,604 | ||||||
Methane Shirley Elisabeth | 130,141 | (26,709 | ) | 103,432 | ||||||
Methane Heather Sally | 129,654 | (23,738 | ) | 105,916 | ||||||
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Total | 778,307 | (162,149 | ) | 616,158 | ||||||
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The most sensitive and/or subjective assumptions that have the potential to affect the outcome of the impairment assessment for the Steam vessels are the projected charter hire rate used to forecast future cash flows for non-contracted revenue days (the "re-chartering rate") and the discount rate used. The average re-chartering rate over the remaining useful life of the vessels used in our impairment exercise for the Steam vessels was $41 per day (December 31, 2018: $58 per day). Increasing/decreasing the average re-chartering rate used by $5 per day would result in an aggregate decrease/increase in the impairment charge of $111,143. The discount rate used for the Steam vessels was 7.25% as of December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: 7.1% average). Increasing/decreasing the discount rate by 0.5% would increase/(decrease) the impairment loss by $21,969/($23,439), respectively.
In April and May 2017, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into agreements in relation to investments in certain of the Partnership's and GasLog's vessels, with a subsidiarythe aim of Mitsui. Referenhancing their operational performance. On March 7, 2019, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. and one of the suppliers signed an interim agreement regarding the reimbursement of amounts already paid by the Group in respect of the aforementioned enhancements which were not timely delivered or in the correct contractual condition. In accordance with the terms of the interim agreement, $10,451 has been reimbursed to Note 7.the Group with realized foreign exchange losses of $773 recorded in profit or loss.
In May 2014, GAS-twenty two Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. ("Samsung") for the construction of an LNG carrier (174,000 cubic meters ("cbm")). The vessel (theGasLog Genoa) was delivered on March 29, 2018.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6. Tangible Fixed Assets, Vessels Under Construction and Vessel Held Under Finance Lease (Continued)
In June 2014, GAS-twenty four Ltd. and GAS-twenty five Ltd. entered into shipbuilding contracts with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the construction of two LNG carriers (174,000 cbm each). The first vessel, theGasLog Houston, was delivered on January 8, 2018, while the second vessel, theGasLog Hong Kong, was delivered on March 20, 2018.
Vessels under construction
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Vessels Under Construction (Continued)
In May 2014, GAS-twenty three Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of an LNG carrier (174,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be(theGasLog Gladstone) was delivered in the first quarter ofon March 15, 2019.
In September 2016, GAS-twenty nine Ltd.GasLog Carriers entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be(theGasLog Warsaw) was delivered in the third quarter ofon July 31, 2019.
On March 21, 2017, GasLog entered into a Heads of Agreement ("HOA") with Samsung for the engineering in relation to the potential FSRU conversion of an existing vessel of the Group.Vessels under construction
As of December 31, 2018, $3,400 of2019, GasLog has the cost was paid, in accordance withfollowing newbuildings on order at Samsung:
LNG Carrier | Date of agreement | Estimated delivery | Cargo Capacity (cbm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hull No. 2213 | January 2018 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2274 | March 2018 | Q2 2020 | 180,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2262 | May 2018 | Q3 2020 | 180,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2300 | August 2018 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2301 | August 2018 | Q4 2020 | 174,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2311 | December 2018 | Q2 2021 | 180,000 | |||||
Hull No. 2312 | December 2018 | Q3 2021 | 180,000 | |||||
Vessels under construction represent scheduled advance payments to the payment terms.
On July 10, 2017, GasLog entered into an agreement with Keppel Shipyard Limited ("Keppel") for the detailed engineering in relation to an FSRU conversion of one vessel.shipyards as well as certain capitalized expenditures. As of December 31, 2019, the Group has paid to the shipyard $197,637 for the vessels that are under construction and expects to pay the remaining installments as they come due upon each vessel's keel laying, launching and delivery (Note 23(a)).
The vessels under construction costs as of December 31, 2018 $6,539and 2019 are comprised of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
Progress shipyard installments | 152,075 | 197,637 | |||||
Onsite supervision costs | 5,766 | 3,879 | |||||
Critical spare parts, equipment and other vessel delivery expenses | 1,434 | 1,807 | |||||
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Total | 159,275 | 203,323 | |||||
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7. Leases
On adoption of IFRS 16, the Group recognised lease liabilities in relation to leases of various properties, vessel communication equipment and certain printers which had previously been classified as operating leases under IAS 17Leases. As of January 1, 2019, these liabilities were measured at the present value of the cost was paid, in accordance with the payment terms.
In January 2018, GAS-twenty eight Ltd. entered intoremaining lease payments, discounted using a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the constructionweighted average incremental borrowing rate of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm)4.8%. The vessel is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2020.
In March 2018, GAS-thirty one Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2020.
In May 2018, GAS-thirty Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2020.
In August 2018, GAS-thirty two Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (174,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020.
In August 2018, GAS-thirty three Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (174,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020.
In December 2018, GAS-thirty four Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2021.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6. Tangible Fixed Assets, Vessels Under Construction and Vessel Held Under Finance Lease7. Leases (Continued)
In December 2018, GAS-thirty five Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung for the construction of one LNG carrier (180,000 cbm). The vessel is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2021.
Vessels under construction represent scheduled advance payments to the shipyards as well as certain capitalized expenditures. As of December 31, 2018, the Group has paid to the shipyard $152,075 for the vessels that are under construction and expects to pay the remaining installments as they come due upon each vessel's keel laying, launching and delivery (Note 23(b)).
The vessels under construction costs as of December 31, 2017 and 2018 are comprised of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
Progress shipyard installments | 153,116 | 152,075 | |||||
Onsite supervision costs | 10,570 | 5,766 | |||||
Critical spare parts, equipment and other vessel delivery expenses | 2,969 | 1,434 | |||||
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Total | 166,655 | 159,275 | |||||
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7. Sale and Leaseback
On February 24, 2016, GasLog's subsidiary, GAS-twenty six Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of theMethane Julia Louise with a subsidiary of Mitsui. Mitsui has the right to on-sell and lease back the vessel. The vessel was sold to Mitsui for a cash consideration of $217,000. GasLog leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Mitsui for a period of up to 20 years. GasLog has the option to repurchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year ten and no later than the end of year 17 of the bareboat charter. The bareboat hire is fixed and GasLog had a holiday period for the first 210 days, which expired on September 21, 2016. This leaseback meets the definition of a finance lease under IAS 17Leases.
The movements in finance lease liabilitiesright-of use assets are reported in the following table:
Right-of-Use Assets | Vessel | Vessel Equipment | Properties | Other | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
As of January 1, 2019 | 206,753 | (*) | 2,630 | 4,969 | 19 | 214,371 | ||||||||||
Additions | 1,001 | 336 | 1,080 | 47 | 2,464 | |||||||||||
Depreciation expense | (7,722 | ) | (1,109 | ) | (1,499 | ) | (10 | ) | (10,340 | ) | ||||||
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As of December 31, 2019 | 200,032 | 1,857 | 4,550 | 56 | 206,495 | |||||||||||
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| | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
As of January 1, | 220,401 | 213,428 | |||||
Finance lease charge (Note 19) | 10,875 | 10,520 | |||||
Payments | (17,848 | ) | (17,849 | ) | |||
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As of December 31, | 213,428 | 206,099 | |||||
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Finance lease liability, current portion | 6,302 | 6,675 | |||||
Finance lease liability, non-current portion | 207,126 | 199,424 | |||||
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Total | 213,428 | 206,099 | |||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 20172018 represented the vessel held under finance lease and 2018(All amounts expressedwas included in thousandsthe financial statement line "Vessel held under finance lease", which was renamed to "Right-of-use assets" as of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
7. Sale and Leaseback (Continued)
Commitments in relation to finance leases are payableAn analysis of the lease liabilities is as follows:
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Lease liability, current portion | 9,363 | |||
Lease liability, non-current portion | 195,567 | |||
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The presentAn amount of $106 has been recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2019, which represents the lease expense incurred for low value leases not included in the measurement of financethe right-of-use assets and the lease liabilities is as follows:liability.
8. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Current accounts | 191,773 | 220,089 | 220,089 | 113,655 | ||||||||||
Time deposits (with original maturities of three months or less) | 189,925 | 121,925 | 121,925 | 149,491 | ||||||||||
Ship management client accounts | 2,394 | 580 | 580 | 601 | ||||||||||
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Total | 384,092 | 342,594 | 342,594 | 263,747 | ||||||||||
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Ship management client accounts represent amounts provided by the clients of GasLog LNG Services Ltd. in order to enable the Group to cover obligations of vessels under management. A compensating balance is held as a current liability.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
9. Trade and Other Receivables
Trade and other receivables consist of the following:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Trade receivables | 1,129 | 808 | 808 | 9,463 | ||||||||||
VAT receivable | 833 | 1,094 | 1,094 | 637 | ||||||||||
Accrued income | 4,034 | 9,473 | 9,473 | 8,274 | ||||||||||
Insurance claims | 1,452 | 1,282 | 1,282 | 1,400 | ||||||||||
Other receivables | 3,258 | 7,587 | 7,587 | 5,126 | ||||||||||
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Total | 10,706 | 20,244 | 20,244 | 24,900 | ||||||||||
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Trade and other receivables are amounts due from third parties for services performed in the ordinary course of business. They are generally due for settlement immediately and therefore are all classified as current. Trade and other receivables are recognized initially at the amount of consideration that is unconditional unless they contain certain significant financing components, at which point they are recognized at fair value. The Group holds the trade receivables with the objective to collect the contractual cash flows and therefore measures them subsequently at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method.
Accrued income represents net revenues receivable from charterers, which have not yet been invoiced; all other amounts not yet invoiced are included under Other receivables.
As of December 31, 20172018 and 2018, no material receivable balances were past due or impaired, and therefore2019 no allowance for expected credit losses was necessary.
10. Other Non-Current Assets
Other non-current assets consist of the following:
| | As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
Various guarantees | 428 | 451 | |||||
Other long-term assets | — | 2,092 | |||||
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Total | 428 | 2,543 | |||||
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11. Share Capital
GasLog's authorized share capital consists of 500,000,000 shares with a par value $0.01 per share.
As of December 31, 2018, the share capital consisted of 80,861,246 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 131,880 treasury shares issued and held by GasLog and 4,600,000 Preference Shares issued and outstanding (December 31, 2017: 80,717,885 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 275,241 treasury shares issued and held byrecorded.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
10. Other Non-Current Assets
Other non-current assets consist of the following:
| | As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
Various guarantees | 451 | 388 | |||||
Other long-term assets | 2,092 | 1,613 | |||||
Cash collaterals on swaps | — | 22,220 | |||||
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Total | 2,543 | 24,221 | |||||
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Cash collaterals on swaps represent cash deposited for the Group's interest rate swaps being the difference between their fair value and an agreed threshold.
11. Share Capital
GasLog's authorized share capital consists of 500,000,000 shares with a par value $0.01 per share.
As of December 31, 2019, the share capital consisted of 80,871,670 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 121,456 treasury shares issued and held by GasLog and 4,600,000 Preference Shares issued and outstanding (December 31, 2018: 80,861,246 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 131,880 treasury shares issued and held by GasLog and 4,600,000 Preference Shares issued and outstanding). The movements in the number of
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
11. Share Capital (Continued)
GasLog and 4,600,000 Preference Shares issued and outstanding). The movements in the number of shares, the share capital, the Preference Shares, the contributed surplus and the treasury shares are reported in the following table:
| | Number of Shares | Amounts | Number of Shares | Amounts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | Number of common shares | Number of treasury shares | Number of preference shares | Share capital | Preference shares | Contributed surplus | Treasury shares | Number of common shares | Number of treasury shares | Number of preference shares | Share capital | Preference shares | Contributed surplus | Treasury shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding as of January 1, 2016 | 80,496,499 | 496,627 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 1,020,292 | (12,491 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared deducted from contributed surplus due to accumulated deficit | — | — | — | — | — | (53,318 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares distributed for awards vested or exercised in the year | 64,854 | (64,854 | ) | — | — | — | — | 1,630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2016 | 80,561,353 | 431,773 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 966,974 | (10,861 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 80,561,353 | 431,773 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 966,974 | (10,861 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared deducted from contributed surplus due to accumulated deficit | — | — | — | — | — | (55,208 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (55,208 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares distributed for awards vested or exercised in the year | 156,532 | (156,532 | ) | — | — | — | — | 3,901 | 156,532 | (156,532 | ) | — | — | — | — | 3,901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 80,717,885 | 275,241 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | (6,960 | ) | 80,717,885 | 275,241 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 911,766 | (6,960 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Purchase of treasury shares | (2,818 | ) | 2,818 | — | — | — | — | (62 | ) | (2,818 | ) | 2,818 | — | — | — | — | (62 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares distributed for awards vested or exercised in the year | 146,179 | (146,179 | ) | — | — | — | — | 3,756 | 146,179 | (146,179 | ) | — | — | — | — | 3,756 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity raising fees | — | — | — | — | — | (395 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (395 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared deducted from contributed surplus due to accumulated deficit | — | — | — | — | — | (60,795 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (60,795 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 80,861,246 | 131,880 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 850,576 | (3,266 | ) | 80,861,246 | 131,880 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 850,576 | (3,266 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Purchase of treasury shares | (212,111 | ) | 212,111 | — | — | — | — | (3,752 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury shares distributed for awards vested or exercised in the year | 222,535 | (222,535 | ) | — | — | — | — | 4,859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity raising fees | — | — | — | — | — | (595 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared deducted from contributed surplus due to accumulated deficit | — | — | — | — | — | (89,310 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 80,871,670 | 121,456 | 4,600,000 | 810 | 46 | 760,671 | (2,159 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The treasury shares were acquired by GasLog in 2014 and 2018 in relation to the settlement of share-based compensation awards (Note 22).
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
12. Reserves
The movements in reserves are reported in the following table:
| | Hedging | Employee benefits | Share-based compensation reserve | Total reserves | Hedging | Employee benefits | Share-based compensation reserve | Total reserves | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2016 | (24,169 | ) | (82 | ) | 15,422 | (8,829 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges | (6,522 | ) | — | — | (6,522 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | 23,514 | — | — | 23,514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend | — | — | 3,597 | 3,597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | (1,577 | ) | (1,577 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Actuarial loss | — | (23 | ) | — | (23 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2016 | (7,177 | ) | (105 | ) | 17,442 | 10,160 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2017 | (7,177 | ) | (105 | ) | 17,442 | 10,160 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges | 2,667 | — | — | 2,667 | 2,667 | — | — | 2,667 | ||||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | 4,368 | — | — | 4,368 | 4,368 | — | — | 4,368 | ||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend | — | — | 4,104 | 4,104 | — | — | 4,104 | 4,104 | ||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | (2,952 | ) | (2,952 | ) | — | — | (2,952 | ) | (2,952 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2017 | (142 | ) | (105 | ) | 18,594 | 18,347 | (142 | ) | (105 | ) | 18,594 | 18,347 | ||||||||||||||
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Retained earnings adjustment(1) | (436 | ) | — | — | (436 | ) | (436 | ) | — | — | (436 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2018 (restated) | (578 | ) | (105 | ) | 18,594 | 17,911 | (578 | ) | (105 | ) | 18,594 | 17,911 | ||||||||||||||
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Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges | (258 | ) | — | — | (258 | ) | (258 | ) | — | — | (258 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend | — | — | 4,434 | 4,434 | — | — | 4,434 | 4,434 | ||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | (3,074 | ) | (3,074 | ) | — | — | (3,074 | ) | (3,074 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Actuarial loss | — | (51 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | (51 | ) | — | (51 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2018 | (836 | ) | (156 | ) | 19,954 | 18,962 | (836 | ) | (156 | ) | 19,954 | 18,962 | ||||||||||||||
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Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges | (2,933 | ) | — | — | (2,933 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | 697 | — | — | 697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend | — | — | 4,794 | 4,794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement of share-based compensation | — | — | (4,721 | ) | (4,721 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2019 | (3,072 | ) | (156 | ) | 20,027 | 16,799 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
12. Reserves (Continued)
Dividend distributions
GasLog's dividend distributions for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019 are presented in the following table:
| | Declaration date | Type of shares | Dividend per share | Payment date | Amount paid | Declaration date | Type of shares | Dividend per share | Payment date | Amount paid | ||||||||||||||||
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| February 24, 2016 | Common | $ | 0.14 | March 17, 2016 | 11,270 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| March 11, 2016 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 1, 2016 | 2,515 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| May 5, 2016 | Common | $ | 0.14 | May 26, 2016 | 11,277 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| May 5, 2016 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 1, 2016 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| August 3, 2016 | Common | $ | 0.14 | August 25, 2016 | 11,277 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| September 14, 2016 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 3, 2016 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 2, 2016 | Common | $ | 0.14 | November 24, 2016 | 11,277 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 17, 2016 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 3, 2017 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 55,164 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| February 16, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | March 16, 2017 | 11,278 | February 16, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | March 16, 2017 | 11,278 | |||||||||||||||
| March 9, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 3, 2017 | 2,516 | March 9, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 3, 2017 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| May 4, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | May 25, 2017 | 11,287 | May 4, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | May 25, 2017 | 11,287 | |||||||||||||||
| May 4, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 3, 2017 | 2,516 | May 4, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 3, 2017 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| August 2, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | August 24, 2017 | 11,288 | August 2, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | August 24, 2017 | 11,288 | |||||||||||||||
| September 14, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 2, 2017 | 2,516 | September 14, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 2, 2017 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| November 1, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | November 22, 2017 | 11,291 | November 1, 2017 | Common | $ | 0.14 | November 22, 2017 | 11,291 | |||||||||||||||
| November 16, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 2, 2018 | 2,516 | November 16, 2017 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 2, 2018 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 55,208 | 55,208 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| February 15, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.14 | March 15, 2018 | 11,300 | February 15, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.14 | March 15, 2018 | 11,300 | |||||||||||||||
| March 8, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 2, 2018 | 2,516 | March 8, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 2, 2018 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| May 3, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | May 24, 2018 | 12,120 | May 3, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | May 24, 2018 | 12,120 | |||||||||||||||
| May 11, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 2, 2018 | 2,516 | May 11, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 2, 2018 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| August 1, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | August 23, 2018 | 12,122 | August 1, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | August 23, 2018 | 12,122 | |||||||||||||||
| September 13, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 1, 2018 | 2,516 | September 13, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 1, 2018 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| October 31, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | November 21, 2018 | 12,126 | October 31, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.15 | November 21, 2018 | 12,126 | |||||||||||||||
| November 15, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 2, 2019 | 2,516 | November 15, 2018 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 2, 2019 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||
| November 28, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.40 | December 17, 2018 | 32,342 | November 28, 2018 | Common | $ | 0.40 | December 17, 2018 | 32,342 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 90,074 | 90,074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| February 13, 2019 | Common | $ | 0.15 | March 14, 2019 | 12,129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| March 7, 2019 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | April 1, 2019 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| May 2, 2019 | Common | $ | 0.15 | May 23, 2019 | 12,129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| May 10, 2019 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | July 1, 2019 | 2,515 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| July 31, 2019 | Common | $ | 0.15 | August 22, 2019 | 12,129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| September 17, 2019 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | October 1, 2019 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 5, 2019 | Common | $ | 0.15 | November 21, 2019 | 12,129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 14, 2019 | Preference | $ | 0.546875 | January 2, 2020 | 2,516 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 14, 2019 | Common | $ | 0.38 | December 31, 2019 | 30,731 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 89,310 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings
An analysis of the borrowings is as follows:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Amounts due within one year | 188,167 | 531,209 | 531,209 | 268,090 | ||||||||||
Less: unamortized deferred loan/bond issuance costs | (8,800 | ) | (10,659 | ) | (10,659 | ) | (12,668 | ) | ||||||
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Borrowings, current portion | 179,367 | 520,550 | 520,550 | 255,422 | ||||||||||
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Amounts due after one year | 2,399,849 | 2,344,389 | 2,344,389 | 2,930,221 | ||||||||||
Less: unamortized premium | — | 1,457 | ||||||||||||
Less: unamortized deferred loan/bond issuance costs | (31,660 | ) | (36,480 | ) | (36,480 | ) | (39,705 | ) | ||||||
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Borrowings, non-current portion | 2,368,189 | 2,307,909 | 2,307,909 | 2,891,973 | ||||||||||
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Total | 2,547,556 | 2,828,459 | 2,828,459 | 3,147,395 | ||||||||||
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Bank Loans-secured
Terminated Facilities:
In March 2008, GAS-one Ltd. entered into a bank loan facility of up to $174,033 with Danish Ship Finance A/S in order to partially finance the construction of an LNG vessel. On March 9, 2012, GAS-one Ltd. entered into an amending and restating agreement with Danish Ship Finance A/S. The amendment defined that the guarantors were GasLog and GasLog Carriers Ltd.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the credit agreement entered into by GasLog with a number of international banks to refinance the existing indebtedness on eight of its on-the-water vessels of up to $1,050,000 (the "Legacy Facility Refinancing", please refer to (l) below), the outstanding balance under the GAS-one Ltd. credit facility of $115,523 was fully repaid.
On May 17, 2013, GAS-two Ltd. signed a loan agreement with DNB Bank ASA, acting through its London Branch, UBS AG, National Bank of Greece S.A., Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) for a term loan facility of up to $110,000 and a revolving credit facility of up to $50,000 for the purpose of refinancing the facility of GAS-two Ltd. with DnB Nor Bank ASA, National Bank of Greece and UBS AG which was due to mature in March 2014 and for general corporate purposes.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the Legacy Facility Refinancing (please refer to (l) below), the outstanding balance under the GAS-two Ltd. credit facility of $122,175 was fully repaid.
On October 3, 2011, GAS-five Ltd. and GAS-six Ltd. entered into a loan agreement of up to $277,000 with Nordea Bank Finland PLC, ABN Amro Bank N.V. and Citibank International PLC in order to partially finance the acquisition of two LNG vessels. The loan agreement provided for two
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
equal tranches that were drawn on May 24, 2013 and July 19, 2013 for the financing of theGasLog Sydney and theGasLog Skagen, respectively. In connection with the GasLog Partners' IPO on May 12, 2014, the credit facility entered was amended to, among other things, (1) divide the facility into two separate facilities on substantially the same terms as the initial facility, with one of the facilities executed by GAS-five Ltd. for the portion allocated to theGasLog Sydney, (2) permit GasLog's contribution of GAS-five Ltd. to the Partnership and (3) add GasLog Partners Holdings LLC as a guarantor and remove GasLog Carriers Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog, as guarantor in connection with the GAS-five Ltd. facility. In connection with these amendments, the Partnership prepaid $82,634 of the new GAS-five Ltd. facility with proceeds of the initial public offering. On November 19, 2014, the outstanding amount of $48,225 under the GAS-five Ltd. credit facility was fully repaid.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the Legacy Facility Refinancing (please refer to (l) below), the outstanding balance under the GAS-six Ltd. credit facility of $116,096 was fully repaid.
On January 18, 2012, GAS-seven Ltd. entered into a loan agreement of up to $144,000 with Credit Suisse AG, for the purpose of financing one of the newbuilding vessels. The agreement provided for a single tranche that was drawn on December 4, 2013 for the financing of theGasLog Seattle. The loan bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the Legacy Facility Refinancing (please refer to (l) below), the outstanding balance under the GAS-seven Ltd. credit facility of $124,000 was fully repaid.
On December 23, 2011, GAS-eight Ltd., GAS-nine Ltd. and GAS-ten Ltd. entered into a loan agreement (the "Principal Agreement") for a senior secured credit facility of up to $435,000 with DnB Bank ASA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Danish Ship Finance A/S, ING Bank N.V. and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) for the purpose of financing three of the newbuilding vessels. The loan agreement provided for three tranches, to be drawn upon delivery of each newbuilding vessel. On June 24, 2014, GAS-eight Ltd. drew down $143,000 from the loan facility, to partially finance the delivery of theSolaris, on December 10, 2014, GAS-nine Ltd. drew down $146,000 from the loan facility to partially finance the delivery of theGasLog Saratoga and on April 24, 2015, GAS-ten Ltd. drew down $146,000 from the loan facility to partially finance the delivery of theGasLog Salem.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the Legacy Facility Refinancing (please refer to (l) below), the aggregate outstanding balance under the credit facility of GAS-eight Ltd., GAS-nine Ltd. and GAS-ten Ltd. of $398,780 was fully repaid. Also, on July 26, 2016, the bank guarantees issued by BNP Paribas S.A. were terminated.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
On September 25, 2013, GAS-fifteen Ltd. signed a loan agreement with Citibank N.A., London Branch and Citibank International Plc., for a term loan facility of $100,000 to partially finance the acquisition of theGasLog Chelsea drawn on September 26, 2013. In October 2013, Citibank International Plc., the existing lender of the GAS-fifteen Ltd. facility, transferred $50,000 of the outstanding facility to DVB Bank America N.V.
On July 25, 2016, pursuant to the Legacy Facility Refinancing (please refer to (l) below), the outstanding balance under the GAS-fifteen Ltd. credit facility of $83,325 was fully repaid.
On April 1, 2014, in connection with the acquisition of the three LNG carriers from BG Group plc ("BG Group"), GAS-sixteen Ltd., GAS-seventeen Ltd. and GAS-eighteen Ltd. signed a loan agreement of $325,500 with Citibank, N.A. London Branch acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties. The loan had a two year maturity without intermediate payments bearing interest at LIBOR plus a margin and was drawn on April 9, 2014, to partially finance the deliveries of theMethane Rita Andrea, theMethane Jane Elizabeth and theMethane Lydon Volney. In connection with the closing of the Partnership's acquisition of the two entities that own theMethane Rita Andrea and theMethane Jane Elizabeth on September 29, 2014, GasLog entered into a supplemental deed to the facility agreement dated April 1, 2014 that, among other things, permitted the Partnership (or its subsidiary) to acquire GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd. from GasLog and required, as a condition precedent to such acquisition, the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC to guarantee the obligors obligations under the facility. The debt of $217,000 was assumed by the Partnership for the acquisition of GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd. On October 9, 2014, the Partnership prepaid $25,000 from the proceeds of the follow-on equity offering. The assumed balance of $192,000 was fully repaid on November 19, 2014.
On May 14, 2014, in connection with the acquisition of the three additional LNG carriers from BG Group, GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd. and GAS-twenty one Ltd. signed a loan agreement of $325,500 with Citibank N.A. London Branch, acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties. The loan had a two-year maturity without intermediate payments bearing interest at LIBOR plus a margin and $108,500 was drawn on June 3, 2014, on June 10, 2014 and on June 24, 2014 to partially finance the deliveries of theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Heather Sally and theMethane Alison Victoria, respectively. In connection with the closing of the Partnership's acquisition of the three entities that own theMethane Shirley Elisabeth, theMethane Heather Sally and theMethane Alison Victoria on July 1, 2015, GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC were added as corporate guarantors in addition to GasLog, for the respective loan facility, replacing a previous guarantor, GasLog Carriers Ltd. The debt of $325,500 was assumed by the Partnership for the acquisition of GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd. and GAS-twenty one Ltd. Using the proceeds of the equity offering completed in June 2015, GasLog Partners prepaid $10,000 of the GAS-nineteen Ltd. tranche on September 4, 2015, $5,000 of the GAS-twenty Ltd. tranche on December 10, 2015 and $5,000 of the GAS-twenty one Ltd. tranche on December 29, 2015.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
On April 5, 2016, pursuant to the credit agreements entered into by GasLog to refinance the debt maturities that were scheduled to become due in 2016 and 2017 (the "Five Vessel Refinancing", please refer to (k) below), the outstanding balances under the GAS-eighteen Ltd. credit facility and the GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd. and GAS-twenty one Ltd. credit facility of $108,500 and $305,500, respectively, were fully repaid.
On March 25, 2015, GAS-twenty six Ltd. and GAS-twenty seven Ltd. entered into a senior secured term loan facility of up to $325,000 with ABN Amro Bank N.V., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft, DNB Bank ASA, London Branch and ING Bank N.V., London Branch, and a subordinated term loan facility of up to $135,000 with ABN Amro Bank N.V., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG Filiale Deutschlandgeschäft and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch for the purpose of financing the acquisition of theMethane Becki Anne and theMethane Julia Louise (Note 6). The available amounts were fully drawn on March 31, 2015. Both facilities bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin.
On February 24, 2016, following the completion of the sale and leaseback of theMethane Julia Louise (Note 7), $162,500 was prepaid into the senior secured term loan facility and $67,500 was prepaid into the subordinated term loan facility. Finally, on April 5, 2016, pursuant to the Five Vessel Refinancing (please refer to (k) below), the outstanding balances of $162,500 under the senior secured term loan facility and $67,500 under the subordinated term loan facility were fully repaid.
Existing facilities:
On November 12, 2014, GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd., GAS-seventeen Ltd., GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC entered into a loan agreement with Citibank N.A., London Branch, acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, for a credit facility for up to $450,000 (the "GasLog Partners' Credit"Old Partnership Facility") for the purpose of refinancing in full the existing debt facilities. The agreement provides for a single tranche that was drawn on November 18, 2014. The credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin.
On May 8, 2015, the Partnership entered into a supplemental deed relating to its Citibank N.A. loan facility, in which the lenders unanimously approved such changes to the facility agreement as were required to reflect the changes to the charters of three vessels agreed with BG Group on April 21, 2015. The balance outstanding as of December 31, 2018 is $360,000 (December 31, 2017: $382,500) and is repayable in 4 equal quarterly installments of $5,625 each and a final balloon payment of $337,500 payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment in November 2019. In February 2019, the
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Partnership signed a debt refinancing of up to $450,000 with certain financial institutions (Note 30)(refer to (d) below), in order to refinance such indebtedness. On March 6, 2019, the Partnership used $354,375 drawn down under the new facility to prepay the outstanding debt of GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd., which would have been due in November 2019. On March 7, 2019, the Old Partnership Facility was terminated and the respective unamortized loan fees of $988 were written-off to profit or loss.
(j)Existing facilities:
(a) Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Nordea Bank AB, London Branch, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Bank of America, National Association, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Suisse AG, HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, KEB HANA
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Bank, London Branch, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, National Australia Bank Limited, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Société Générale and The Korea Development Bank loan
On October 16, 2015, GAS-eleven Ltd., GAS-twelve Ltd., GAS-thirteen Ltd., GAS-fourteen Ltd., GAS-twenty two Ltd., GAS-twenty three Ltd., GAS-twenty four Ltd. and GAS-twenty five Ltd. entered into a debt financing agreement with 14 international banks for $1,311,356 to partially finance the delivery of the eight newbuildings expected to be delivered in 2016, 2018 and 2019. The financing is backed by the Export Import Bank of Korea ("KEXIM") and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation ("K-Sure"), who are either directly lending or providing cover for over 60% of the facility.
The loan agreement provides for four tranches of $412,458, $201,094, $206,115 and $491,690. The facility is also sub-divided into eight loans, one loan per newbuilding vessel, to be provided for each of the vessels on a pro rata basis under each of the four tranches. Each drawing under the first three tranches shall be repaid in 24 consecutive semi-annual equal installments commencing six months after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel according to a 12-year profile. Each drawing under the fourth tranche shall be repaid in 20 consecutive semi-annual equal installments commencing six months after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel according to a 20-year profile, with a balloon payment together with the final installment. On March 22, 2016 and June 24, 2016, $162,967 was drawn down on each date with respect to the deliveries of theGasLog Greece and theGasLog Glasgow, on September 26, 2016 and October 25, 2016, $160,697 was drawn down on each date with respect to the deliveries of theGasLog Geneva and theGasLog Gibraltar, on January 2, 2018 and March 14, 2018, $166,210 was drawn on each date with respect to the deliveries of theGasLog Houston and theGasLog Hong Kong, while on March 23, 2018 and March 11, 2019, $165,805 was drawn down on each date with respect to the deliverydeliveries of theGasLog Genoa.Genoa and theGasLog Gladstone. The aggregate balance outstanding under the loan facility as of December 31, 20182019 was $1,024,655$1,103,442 (December 31, 2017: $589,930)2018: $1,024,655). Amounts drawn bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin. The seven vessel-owning entities that made the drawdowns are also required to maintain at all times minimum liquidity of $1,500 and are in compliance as of December 31, 2018.2019.
As of December 31, 2018,2019, commitment, arrangement, coordination, agency, bookrunner and legal fees of $4,526 for obtaining the undrawn portion of the financing were netted off debt on the respective drawdown dates (December 31, 2017: $17,519) are2018: $4,526 were classified under Deferred financing costs in the statementstatements of financial position and will be netted off debt on the respective drawdown dates.position).
(k)
On February 18, 2016, GAS-eighteen Ltd., GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd., GAS-twenty one Ltd. and GAS-twenty seven Ltd. entered into the Five Vessel Refinancinga credit agreement to refinance the debt maturities that were scheduled to become due in 2016 and 2017.2017 (the "Five Vessel Refinancing"). The Five Vessel Refinancing
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
comprises a five-year senior tranche facility of up to $396,500 and a two-year bullet junior tranche facility of up to $180,000. The vessels covered by the Five Vessel Refinancing are the GasLog Partners-ownedMethane Alison Victoria,Methane Shirley Elisabeth andMethane Heather Sally and the GasLog-ownedMethane Lydon Volney andMethane Becki Anne.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
On April 5, 2016, $395,450 and $179,750 under the senior and junior tranche, respectively, of the Five Vessel Refinancing were drawn to partially refinance $644,000 of the outstanding debt of GAS-eighteen Ltd., GAS-nineteen Ltd., GAS-twenty Ltd., GAS-twenty one Ltd. and GAS-twenty seven Ltd.Ltd.. The balance of $68,800 was paid from available cash. The aforementioned refinancing was considered an extinguishment of the existing debt facilities. Consequently, the unamortized loan fees of $3,046 were written off to profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2016. Following the decrease in the aggregate available amount by $1,300, the senior tranche facility provides for four advances of $72,288 each and a fifth advance of $106,298. The first four advances shall be repaid in 20 quarterly equal installments commencing three months after the relevant drawdown dates while the fifth advance shall be repaid in 17 quarterly equal installments commencing 12 months after the relevant drawdown date, with a balloon payment together with the final installments. The junior tranche facility provides for four advances of $29,958 each and a fifth advance of $59,918. Each advance under the junior tranche shall be repaid in full 24 months after the relevant drawdown dates.
On April 5, 2017, GasLog prepaid $150,000 under the junior tranche facility agreement. The prepayment was applied to the advances as follows: $29,958 applies to Advance A (GAS-eighteen Ltd.), $20,042 applies to Advance B (GAS-nineteen Ltd.), $20,042 applies to Advance C (GAS-twenty Ltd.), $20,042 applies to Advance D (GAS-twenty one Ltd.) and $59,918 applies to Advance E (GAS-twenty seven Ltd.). The prepayment did not result in substantially different terms and was accounted for as a debt modification. Consequently, the unamortized loan fees of $1,016 were amortized based on the revised effective interest rate over the remaining life of each Advance.
On January 5, 2018, GasLog Partners prepaid the remaining $29,750 under the junior tranche facility agreement, which was subsequently cancelled. The prepayment was applied to the advances as follows: $9,917 applies to Advance B (GAS-nineteen Ltd.), $9,917 applies to Advance C (GAS-twenty Ltd.) and $9,916 applies to Advance D (GAS-twenty one Ltd.). The prepayment resulted in an accelerated amortization as of December 31, 2017 of $213.
The aggregate balance outstanding under the senior tranche as of December 31, 20182019 is $321,439$289,709 (December 31, 2017: $353,170), while under the junior tranche the outstanding balance is $0 (December 31, 2017: $29,750)2018: $321,439). Amounts drawn bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin. The five vessel-owning entities that made the drawdowns are also required to maintain at all times minimum liquidity of $1,500 and are in compliance as of December 31, 2018.2019.
(l)
On July 19, 2016, GAS-one Ltd., GAS-two Ltd., GAS-six Ltd., GAS-seven Ltd., GAS-eight Ltd., GAS-nine Ltd., GAS-ten Ltd. and GAS-fifteen Ltd. entered into the Legacy Facility Refinancing, a credit agreement with a number of international banks (the "Legacy Facility Refinancing") to refinance the existing indebtedness on eight of GasLog's on-the-water vessels of up
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
to $1,050,000, extending the maturities of six existing credit facilities to 2021. The vessels covered by the Legacy Facility Refinancing are theGasLog Savannah, theGasLog Singapore, theGasLog Skagen, theGasLog Seattle, theSolaris, theGasLog Saratoga, theGasLog Salem and theGasLog Chelsea.
The Legacy Facility Refinancing is comprised of a five-year term loan facility of up to $950,000 and a revolving credit facility of up to $100,000. On July 25, 2016, the available amount of $950,000 under the term loan facility and $11,641 under the revolving credit facility were drawn to refinance the aggregate existing indebtedness of $959,899 of GAS-one Ltd., GAS-two Ltd., GAS-six Ltd.,
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
GAS-seven Ltd., GAS-eight Ltd., GAS-nine Ltd., GAS-ten Ltd. and GAS-fifteen Ltd. Amounts drawn bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin. The aforementioned refinancing was considered an extinguishment of the existing debt facilities. Consequently, the unamortized loan fees of $18,215 were written off to profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2016. On January 17, 2017, $30,000 was drawn under the revolving credit facility. On July 3, 2017, the full drawn amount of $41,641 under the revolving credit facility was repaid. On November 13, 2018, $25,940 was drawn under the revolving credit facility, which was repaid on December 12, 2018.
The balance outstanding as of December 31, 20182019 of $833,333$775,000 under the term loan facility shall be repaid in fivethree semi-annual installments of $29,167 each and a balloon repayment of $687,500 five years after drawdown.drawdown (December 31, 2018: $833,333). The outstanding balance under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 20182019 was $0, while the available amount of $100,000 can be drawn and repaid at any time until January 2021 and July 2021, respectively. The aforementioned vessel-owning entities are also required to maintain at all times minimum liquidity of $1,500 and are in compliance as of December 31, 2018.2019.
(d) Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial I Norge and Iyo Bank Ltd., Singapore Branch
On February 20, 2019, GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd., GAS-seventeen Ltd., GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC entered into a loan agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial I Norge and Iyo Bank Ltd., Singapore Branch, each an original lender and Nordea acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, for a credit facility of up to $450,000 (the "2019 Partnership Facility") for the purpose of refinancing in full the Old Partnership Facility described above. Subsequently, on the same date, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc. entered the facility as lender via transfer certificate. The vessels covered by the 2019 Partnership Facility are theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago, theGasLog Sydney, theMethane Rita Andrea and theMethane Jane Elizabeth.
The agreement provides for an amortizing revolving credit facility which can be repaid and redrawn at any time, subject to the outstanding amount immediately after any drawdown not exceeding (i) 75% of the aggregate of the market values of all vessels under the agreement, or (ii) the total facility amount. The total facility amount reduces in 20 equal quarterly amounts of $7,357, with a final balloon amount of up to $302,860, together with the last quarterly reduction in February 2024. The credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin. On March 6, 2019, the Partnership drew down $360,000 under the 2019 Partnership Facility, out of which $354,375 was used to prepay the outstanding debt under the Old Partnership Facility, which would have been due in November 2019. On April 1, 2019, the Partnership drew down an additional $75,000 under the 2019 Partnership Facility. The aggregate balance outstanding as of December 31, 2019 is $425,949.
(e) ABN AMRO BANK N.V. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited ("OCBC")
On June 25, 2019, GasLog Hellas-1 Special Maritime Enterprise entered into a loan agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V. and OCBC, for the financing of theGasLog Warsaw, which was delivered on July 31, 2019 (the "GasLog Warsaw Facility"). The agreement provides for a single tranche of $129,500 that was drawn on July 25, 2019 and is repayable in 28 equal quarterly installments of $1,619 each and a final balloon payment of $84,175 payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment in June 2026. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin. The balance outstanding as of December 31, 2019 is $127,881.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Undrawn facility:
(a) Citibank, N.A., London Branch, DNB (UK) Ltd., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), The Export-Import Bank of Korea, Bank of America, National Association, BNP Paribas, Seoul Branch, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, National Australia Bank Limited, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Société Générale, Standard Chartered Bank, The Korea Development Bank and KB Kookmin Bank
On December 12, 2019, GAS-twenty eight Ltd., GAS-thirty Ltd., GAS-thirty one Ltd., GAS-thirty two Ltd., GAS-thirty three Ltd., GAS-thirty four Ltd. and GAS-thirty five Ltd. entered into a loan agreement (the "7xNB Facility") with 13 international banks, with Citibank N.A. London Branch and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch acting as agents on behalf of the other finance parties. The financing is backed by KEXIM and K-Sure, who are either directly lending or providing cover for over 60% of the facility. The agreement of up to $1,052,791 partially finances the delivery of seven newbuildings scheduled to be delivered in 2020 and 2021. The loan agreement provides for four tranches of $176,547, $174,787, $356,671 and $344,786. The facility will be also sub-divided into seven loans, one loan per newbuilding vessel, to be provided for each of the vessels on a pro rata basis under each of the four tranches. Each drawing under the first three tranches shall combine to be repaid in 24 consecutive semi-annual equal instalments commencing six months after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel according to an average 12-year profile. Each drawing under the fourth tranche shall be repaid in a single bullet seven years after the actual delivery of the relevant vessel.
As of December 31, 2019, commitment, underwriting and legal fees of $11,592 for obtaining the undrawn portion of the financing are classified under Deferred financing costs in the statement of financial position and will be netted off debt on the respective drawdown dates.
Securities covenants and guarantees
The obligations under the aforementioned facilities are secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessels, a pledge or negative pledge of the share capital of the respective vessel owning companies and a first priority assignment of earnings and insurance related to the vessels, (excluding the vessels participating in the Cool Pool), including charter revenue, management revenue and any insurance and requisition compensation. Obligations under the GasLog Partners Credit2019 Partnership Facility are facilities guaranteed by the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC, obligations under the Five Vessel Refinancing are guaranteed by GasLog, by the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC for up to the value of the commitments relating to theMethane Alison Victoria,Methane Shirley Elisabeth,Methane Heather Sally and theMethane Becki Anne and by GasLog Carriers Ltd. for up to the value of the commitments on the remaining vessels, obligations under the Legacy Facility Refinancing are guaranteed by GasLog, by the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC for up to the value of the commitments relating to theGasLog Seattle and theSolaris and by GasLog Carriers Ltd. for up to the value of the commitments on the remaining vessels, while obligations under the fourth facilitydebt agreement entered into in October 2015 are guaranteed by GasLog, the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC for up to the value of the commitments relating to theGasLog Greece, theGasLog Geneva, theGasLog Glasgowand theGasLog Gibraltar and by GasLog Carriers Ltd. for up to the value of the commitments on the remaining vessels.vessels, while obligations under theGasLog Warsaw debt agreement and the 7xNB Facility are guaranteed by GasLog and GasLog
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Carriers Ltd.. The facilities include customary respective covenants, and among other restrictions the facilities include a fair market value covenant pursuant to which the majority lenders may request additional security under the facilities if the aggregate fair market value of the collateral vessels (without taking into account any charter arrangements) were to fall below 120% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance (with respect to each individual vessel
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
in the debt financing agreement entered into in October 2015 and the 7xNB Facility, below 115% of the outstanding principal balance of that vessel for the first two years after each drawdown and below 120% at any time thereafter). The Group was in compliance with the required minimum security coverage as of December 31, 2018.2019.
Bonds
On June 27, 2013, GasLog issued NOK 500,000 (or $83,206 based on the exchange rate on June 27, 2013) of senior unsecured bonds maturing on June 27, 2018 (the "NOK 2018 Bonds"). On May 2, 2014, GasLog closed a follow-on issue of NOK 500,000 (or $83,612 based on the exchange rate on closing date) of the NOK 2018 Bonds at a premium of $4,180 (based on the exchange rate on closing date). On June 27, 2016, GasLog repurchased and cancelled NOK 588,000 (or $70,677) of the outstanding NOK 2018 Bonds at a price of 103.0% of par value, resulting in a loss of $2,120. Additionally, as a result of the repurchase, the unamortized bond fees and premium of $1,836 were written off to profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2016. The total outstanding balance of the NOK 2018 Bonds, after the follow-on issue and the partial repurchase amounted to NOK 412,000 (equivalent to $49,522). On June 27, 2017, GasLog completed the repurchase of the outstanding balance of the NOK 2018 Bonds at a price of 103.0% of par value, resulting in a loss of $1,459, for a total consideration of NOK 424,360 ($70,783 at the swapped rate under the associated CCSs). The aforementioned repurchase was considered an extinguishment of the existing NOK 2018 Bonds, and as a result, the unamortized bond fees and premium of $283 (gain) were written off to profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2017.
On June 27, 2016, GasLog also completed the issuance of NOK 750,000 (equivalent to $90,150) of new senior unsecured bonds (the "NOK 2021 Bonds") in the Norwegian bond market. The NOK 2021 Bonds were due to mature in May 2021 and have a coupon of 6.9% over three-month NIBOR. The proceeds fromNorwegian Interbank Offered Rate ("NIBOR"). On November 27, 2019, GasLog repurchased and cancelled NOK 316,000 of the issuance were used to partly refinance GasLog's existing bonds maturingoutstanding NOK 2021 Bonds at a price of 104.75% of par value, resulting in June 2018, as described above.a loss of $1,644.
The NOK 2021 Bonds bear interest at NIBOR plus margin. Interest payments are made in arrears on a quarterly basis. GasLog may redeem the NOK 2021 Bonds in whole or in part as follows: (a) with settlement date at any time from June 27, 2019 to but not including June 27, 2020 at 104.0% of par plus accrued interest on redeemed amount, (b) with settlement date at any time from June 27, 2020 to but not including December 27, 2020 at 102.50% of par plus accrued interest on redeemed amount, and (c) with settlement date at any time from December 27, 2020 to but not including the maturity date at 101.0% of par plus accrued interests on redeemed amount.
The carrying amount under Subsequently, on January 31, 2020, GasLog repurchased and cancelled the outstanding NOK 2021 Bonds, netat a price of unamortized financing costs and unamortized premium, as104% of December 31, 2018 was $85,231 (carrying amount under the NOK 2021 Bonds as of December 31, 2017: $89,723) while their fair value was $91,664 based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1149 as of December 31, 2018 (December 31, 2017: $97,416, based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1213).par value.
On March 22, 2017, GasLog closed a public offering of $250,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.875% senior unsecured notes due in 2022 (the "8.875% Senior Notes") at a public offering price of 100% of the principal amount. On May 16, 2019, GasLog closed a follow-on issue of $75,000 aggregate principal amount of the 8.875% Senior Notes priced at 102.5% of par with a yield to maturity of 7.89%. The gross proceeds from this offering were $76,875, including a $1,875 premium. The carrying
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
100% of the principal amount. The carrying amount under the 8.875% Senior Notes, net of unamortized financing costs and premium as of December 31, 20182019, was $246,760.$322,938 (December 31, 2018: $246,760). In addition, GasLog paid $10,000 for the partial exchange of the outstanding 8.875% Senior Notes at a price of 104.75% of par value, resulting in a loss of $475. The exchange was completed in January 2020.
Interest payment on the 8.875% Senior Notes is made in arrears on a quarterly basis. GasLog may redeem the 8.875% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of such notes and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to but excluding the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable treasury rate plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
On November 27, 2019, GasLog completed the issuance of NOK 900,000 (equivalent to $98,550) of new senior unsecured bonds (the "NOK 2024 Bonds") in the Norwegian bond market. The NOK 2024 Bonds will mature in November 2024 and bear interest at NIBOR plus margin. Interest payments shall be made in arrears on a quarterly basis. GasLog may redeem the aforementioned bond in whole or in part as from May 2024 at 101% of par plus accrued interests on the redeemed amount.
The carrying amount under the NOK 2021 Bonds and the NOK 2024 Bonds, net of unamortized financing costs and unamortized premium, as of December 31, 2019 was $149,433 (carrying amount under the NOK 2021 Bonds as of December 31, 2018: $85,231) while their fair value was $157,383 based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1134 as of December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $91,664, based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1149).
Corporate guarantor financial covenants
GasLog Partners' financial covenants
GasLog Partners as corporate guarantor for the GasLog Partners Credit2019 Partnership Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing is subject to specified financial covenants on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following as defined in the agreements:
The GasLog Partners Credit2019 Partnership Facility and the Five Vessel Refinancing also impose certain restrictions relating to GasLog Partners, including restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the nature of its business or to change the corporate structure without approval from the lenders.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Compliance with the financial covenants is required on a semi-annual basis. GasLog Partners was in compliance with the respective financial covenants as of December 31, 2018.2019.
GasLog's financial covenants
�� GasLog, as corporate guarantor for the loan facilities (except for the 2019 Partnership Facility) and NOK 2024 Bonds, is subject to specified financial covenants on a consolidated basis.
The financial covenants include the following:
The credit facilities also impose certain restrictions relating to GasLog, including restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the nature of its business or to engage in transactions that would constitute a change of control, as defined in the relevant credit facilities, without repaying all of the Group's indebtedness in full, or to allow the Group's largest shareholders to reduce their shareholding in GasLog below specified thresholds.
In addition, the terms of the NOK 2024 Bonds include a dividend restriction according to which GasLog may not (i) declare or make any dividend payment or distribution, whether in cash or in kind, (ii) re-purchase any of the Group's shares or undertake other similar transactions (including, but not limited to, total return swaps related to the Group's shares), or (iii) grant any loans or make other distributions or transactions constituting a transfer of value to the Group's shareholders (items (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively referred to as the "Distributions") that in aggregate exceed during any calendar year $1.10/share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GasLog may make any amount of Distributions, so long as the Group's cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments exceed $150,000, provided that GasLog can demonstrate, by delivering a compliance certificate to the bond trustee, that no event of default is continuing or would result from such Distributions.
GasLog, as corporate guarantor for the NOK 2021 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes, listed above except for the GasLog Partners Credit Facility, is subject to specified financial covenants on a consolidated basis.
The financial covenants include the following:
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
The credit facilities also impose certain restrictions relating to GasLog, including restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the nature of its business or to engage in transactions that would constitute a change of control, as defined in the relevant credit facilities, without repaying all of the Group's indebtedness in full, or to allow the Group's largest shareholders to reduce their shareholding in GasLog below specified thresholds.
GasLog as issuer of the NOK 2021 Bonds is required to comply with the financial covenants (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) listed above. Also, under the NOK 2021 Bonds GasLog is permitted to make distributionsDistributions up to a maximum amount per share per annum for the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 of $1.10/share, $1.20/share $1.20/share and $1.20/share, respectively, provided that GasLog can demonstrate by delivering a compliance certificate to the trustee of the NOK 2021 Bonds that no event of default is continuing or would result from such distributions.Distributions.
Compliance with the loan financial covenants is required on a semi-annual basis while compliance with the NOK 2021 Bonds, the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes covenants is required at all times. The Group was in compliance with all financial covenants as of December 31, 2018.
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
13. Borrowings (Continued)
Debt Repayment Schedule
The maturity table below reflects the principal repayments of the loans, the NOK 2021 Bonds, the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes outstanding as of December 31, 20182019 based on the repayment schedule of the respective loan facilities (as described above):
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The weighted average interest rate for the outstanding loan facilities for the year ended December 31, 20182019 was 4.84%5.05% (December 31, 2017: 4.14%2018: 4.84%) excluding the fixed interest rate for the interest rate swaps where hedge accounting is not applicable (Note 26).
After excluding the unamortized deferred loan issuance costs the carrying amount of the Group's bank debt recognized in the consolidated financial statements approximates its fair value since the debt bears interest at a variable interest rate.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
14. Other Payables and Accruals
An analysis of other payables and accruals is as follows:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Social contributions | 1,244 | 1,158 | ||||||||||||
Unearned revenue | 34,926 | 38,680 | 38,680 | 48,183 | ||||||||||
Accrued legal and professional fees | 1,567 | 1,321 | ||||||||||||
Accrued board of directors' fees | 577 | 599 | ||||||||||||
Accrued employee costs | 5,494 | 5,617 | ||||||||||||
Accrued off-hire | 5,284 | 7,376 | 7,376 | 6,968 | ||||||||||
Accrued crew costs | 4,027 | 3,729 | ||||||||||||
Accrued purchases | 4,227 | 18,578 | 18,578 | 9,759 | ||||||||||
Accrued financing cost | 1,984 | 849 | ||||||||||||
Accrued interest | 27,851 | 38,107 | 38,107 | 36,746 | ||||||||||
Accrued payable to charterers | 4,179 | 6,481 | ||||||||||||
Other accruals | 2,058 | 4,955 | 24,709 | 34,586 | ||||||||||
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Total | 93,418 | 127,450 | 127,450 | 136,242 | ||||||||||
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The unearned revenue represents charter hires received in advance in December 20182019 relating to the hire period of January 20192020 for 1722 vessels (December 2017: 152018: 17 vessels).
15. Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs
An analysis of vessel operating and supervision costs is as follows:
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| | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
Crew wages and vessel management employee costs | 72,652 | 79,624 | 80,713 | |||||||
Technical maintenance expenses | 28,736 | 28,694 | 37,653 | |||||||
Other vessel operating expenses | 21,098 | 19,766 | 21,296 | |||||||
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Total | 122,486 | 128,084 | 139,662 | |||||||
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16. Voyage Expenses and Commissions
An analysis of voyage expenses and commissions is as follows:
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| | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
Brokers' commissions on revenue | 6,456 | 7,555 | 7,527 | |||||||
Bunkers' consumption and other voyage expenses | 8,948 | 12,819 | 16,245 | |||||||
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Total | 15,404 | 20,374 | 23,772 | |||||||
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Bunkers' consumption and other voyage expenses represents mainly bunkers consumed during vessels' unemployment and off-hire.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
17. General and Administrative Expenses
An analysis of general and administrative expenses is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
Employee costs* | 18,789 | 20,980 | 24,863 | |||||||
Share-based compensation (Note 22) | 4,565 | 5,216 | 5,107 | |||||||
Other expenses | 16,496 | 15,797 | 17,415 | |||||||
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Total | 39,850 | 41,993 | 47,385 | |||||||
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18. Revenues from Contracts with Customers
The Group has recognized the following amounts relating to revenues:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
Revenues from fixed rate time charters | 485,961 | 515,324 | 558,266 | |||||||
Revenues from variable rate time charters | — | — | 64,334 | |||||||
Revenues from The Cool Pool Limited (GasLog vessels) | 38,046 | 102,253 | 45,253 | |||||||
Revenues from vessel management services | 1,222 | 767 | 784 | |||||||
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Total | 525,229 | 618,344 | 668,637 | |||||||
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Revenues from The Cool Pool Limited relate only to the pool revenues received from GasLog's vessels operating in the Cool Pool and do not include the Net pool allocation to GasLog of ($4,264) for the year ended December 31, 2019 ($17,818 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and $7,254 for the year ended December 31, 2017), which is recorded as a separate line item in the Profit or Loss Statement.
Following the exit from the Cool Pool, management allocates revenues from time charters to two categories: (a) variable rate charters and (b) fixed rate charters. The variable rate charter category contains vessels operating in the LNG carrier spot and short-term market or those which have a variable rate of hire across the charter period.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
15. Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs
An analysis of vessel operating and supervision costs is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
Crew wages and vessel management employee costs | 63,605 | 72,652 | 79,624 | |||||||
Technical maintenance expenses | 29,520 | 28,736 | 28,694 | |||||||
Other vessel operating expenses | 19,507 | 21,098 | 19,766 | |||||||
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Total | 112,632 | 122,486 | 128,084 | |||||||
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16. Voyage Expenses and Commissions
An analysis of voyage expenses and commissions is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
Brokers' commissions on revenue | 5,526 | 6,456 | 7,555 | |||||||
Bunkers' consumption and other voyage expenses | 4,984 | 8,948 | 12,819 | |||||||
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Total | 10,510 | 15,404 | 20,374 | |||||||
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As of December 31, 2018, the adjustment for net pool allocation was reclassified in a separate financial statement line "Net pool allocation", due to the materiality and the nature of the account that can be either positive or negative (Note 18). Due to the reclassification, the comparative balances of Voyage expenses and commissions for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017 decreased by $4,674 and increased by $7,254, respectively.
Bunkers' consumption and other voyage expenses represents mainly bunkers consumed during vessels' unemployment and off-hire.
17. General and Administrative Expenses
An analysis of general and administrative expenses is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
Employee costs | 17,037 | 18,789 | 20,980 | |||||||
Share-based compensation (Note 22) | 3,869 | 4,565 | 5,216 | |||||||
Other expenses | 17,736 | 16,496 | 15,797 | |||||||
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Total | 38,642 | 39,850 | 41,993 | |||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
18. Revenues from Contracts with Customers
The Group has recognized the following amounts relating to revenues:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
Revenues from time charters | 444,407 | 485,961 | 515,324 | |||||||
Revenues from The Cool Pool Limited (GasLog vessels) | 19,789 | 38,046 | 102,253 | |||||||
Revenues from vessel management services | 1,863 | 1,222 | 767 | |||||||
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Total | 466,059 | 525,229 | 618,344 | |||||||
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Revenues from The Cool Pool Limited relate to revenues received from GasLog's vessels operating in the Cool Pool and do not include the net pool allocation to GasLog of $17,818 for the year ended December 31, 2018 ($7,254 for the year ended December 31, 2017 and loss of $4,674 for the year ended December 31, 2016), which is recorded as a separate line item in the Profit or Loss Statement.
19. Financial Income and Costs
An analysis of financial income and costs is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Financial Income | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | 720 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 5,318 | ||||||||||||||
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Total financial income | 720 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 2,650 | 4,784 | 5,318 | ||||||||||||||
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Financial Costs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization and write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs and premium | 35,141 | 12,398 | 12,593 | |||||||||||||||||
Amortization and write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs/premium | 12,398 | 12,593 | 14,154 | |||||||||||||||||
Interest expense on loans and realized loss on cash flow hedges | 76,495 | 85,813 | 111,600 | 85,813 | 111,600 | 122,819 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense on bonds and realized loss on CCSs | 11,723 | 27,085 | 30,029 | 27,085 | 30,029 | 34,607 | ||||||||||||||
Finance lease charge | 9,367 | 10,875 | 10,520 | |||||||||||||||||
Loss arising on NOK Bonds repurchase at a premium (Note 13) | 2,120 | 1,459 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Other financial costs | 2,470 | 1,551 | 1,885 | |||||||||||||||||
Lease charge | 10,875 | 10,520 | 10,506 | |||||||||||||||||
Loss arising on bond repurchases at a premium (Note 13) | 1,459 | — | 2,119 | |||||||||||||||||
Other financial costs, including unrealized foreign exchange losses on cash and bonds | 1,551 | 1,885 | 6,276 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total financial costs | 137,316 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 139,181 | 166,627 | 190,481 | ||||||||||||||
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During the year ended December 31, 2016, an amount of $23,097 representing the write-off of the unamortized deferred loan and bond issuance costs in connection with the loan and NOK Bond refinancings described in Note 13 was included in Amortization and write-off of deferred loan/bond issuance costs and premium.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
20. Contingencies
Various claims, suits and complaints, including those involving government regulations, arise in the ordinary course of the shipping business. In addition, losses may arise from disputes with charterers, environmental claims, agents and insurers and from claims with suppliers relating to the operations of the Group's vessels. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities requiring disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
21. Related Party Transactions
The Group had the following balances with related parties which have been included in the consolidated statements of financial position:
Current Assets
Dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Dividends receivable from associate (Note 5) | 125 | 885 | 885 | 450 | ||||||||||
Due from The Cool Pool Limited | 8,186 | 32,397 | 32,397 | — | ||||||||||
Other receivables | 355 | 113 | 113 | 123 | ||||||||||
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Total | 8,666 | 33,395 | 33,395 | 573 | ||||||||||
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The amount due from TheOn June 28, 2019, GasLog transferred to Golar its 100 shares of the common capital stock of the Cool Pool Limited represents outstanding pool distributions.(Note 1). As of December 31, 2019, the receivable balance from the Cool Pool is nil.
Current Liabilities
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Ship management creditors | 993 | 268 | 268 | 328 | ||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties | 35 | 169 | 169 | 200 | ||||||||||
Ship management creditors' liability is comprised of cash collected from Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. to cover the obligations of its vessel under the Group's management.
Amounts due to related parties of $169$200 (December 31, 2017: $35)2018: $169) are expenses paid by a related party on behalf of the Group and payables to other related parties for the office lease and other operating expenses.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
21. Related Party Transactions (Continued)
The Group had the following transactions with related parties which have been included in the consolidated statements of profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2018:2019:
| | Company | Details | Statement of income account | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Company | Details | Statement of income account | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) | Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. | Vessel management services | Revenues | (211 | ) | (752 | ) | (703 | ) | Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. | Vessel management services | Revenues | (752 | ) | (703 | ) | (703 | ) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Nea Dimitra Property | Office rent and utilities | General and administrative expenses | 754 | 842 | 934 | Nea Dimitra Property | Office rent and utilities | General and administrative expenses | 842 | 934 | 411 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(b) | Nea Dimitra Property | Other office services | General and administrative expenses | 3 | 1 | — | Nea Dimitra Property | Office rent | Financial costs/Depreciation | — | — | 642 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(b) | Nea Dimitra Property | Other office services | General and administrative expenses | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Seres S.A. | Catering services | General and administrative expenses | 181 | 281 | 372 | Seres S.A. | Catering services | General and administrative expenses | 281 | 372 | 361 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(c) | Seres S.A. | Consultancy services | General and administrative expenses | 55 | 68 | 56 | Seres S.A. | Consultancy services | General and administrative expenses | 68 | 56 | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(d) | Chartwell Management Inc. | Travel expenses | General and administrative expenses | 323 | 111 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceres Monaco S.A.M. | Professional services | General and administrative expenses | — | 159 | 144 | Chartwell Management Inc. | Travel expenses | General and administrative expenses | 111 | — | 284 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(f) | A.S. Papadimitriou and Partners Law Firm | Professional services | General and administrative expenses | 73 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(e) | Ceres Monaco S.A.M. | Professional services | General and administrative expenses | 159 | 144 | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(e) | Ceres Monaco S.A.M. | Travel expenses | General and administrative expenses | — | — | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A.S. Papadimitriou and Partners Law Firm | Professional services | General and administrative expenses | 15 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(g) | The Cool Pool Limited | Adjustment for net pool allocation | Net pool allocation | 4,674 | (7,254 | ) | (17,818 | ) | The Cool Pool Limited | Pool gross revenues | Revenues | (38,046 | ) | (102,253 | ) | (45,253 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Ceres Shipping Ltd. | Travel expenses | General and administrative expenses | — | — | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(g) | The Cool Pool Limited | Pool gross bunkers | Voyage expenses and commissions | 8,475 | 8,908 | 7,255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(g) | The Cool Pool Limited | Pool other voyage expenses | Voyage expenses and commissions | 647 | 1,246 | 831 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(g) | The Cool Pool Limited | Adjustment for net pool allocation | Net pool allocation | (7,254 | ) | (17,818 | ) | 4,264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(h) | Ceres Shipping Ltd. | Travel expenses | General and administrative expenses | — | 38 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(h) | Ceres Shipping Ltd. | Professional services | General and administrative expenses | — | — | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
21. Related Party Transactions (Continued)
Compensation of key management personnel
The remuneration of directors and key management was as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Remuneration | 6,117 | 7,603 | 7,011 | 7,603 | 7,011 | 7,536 | ||||||||||||||
Short-term benefits | 73 | 106 | 136 | 106 | 136 | 172 | ||||||||||||||
Expense recognized in respect of share-based compensation | 1,454 | 1,821 | 1,992 | 1,821 | 1,992 | 2,044 | ||||||||||||||
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Total | 7,644 | 9,530 | 9,139 | 9,530 | 9,139 | 9,752 | ||||||||||||||
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22. Share-Based Compensation
Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
On May 17, 2013, April 1, 2014, April 1, 2015, April 1, 2016, April 3, 2017 and April 2, 2018, GasLog has granted to executives, managers and certain employees of the Group, Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") and Stock Appreciation Rights or Stock Options (collectively, the "SARs") in accordance with its 2013 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The RSUs vest three years after the grant dates while the SARs vest incrementally with one-third of the SARs vesting on each of the three anniversaries of the grant dates. The compensation cost for the SARs is recognized on an accelerated basis as though each separate vesting portion of the SARs is a separate award. Prior to the exercise date the holders of the awards have no voting rights. In addition, the holders
On April 1, 2019, GasLog granted to executives, managers and certain employees of the awardsGroup 98,613 RSUs and 299,322 SARs in accordance with the Plan. The RSUs will vest on April 1, 2022 while the SARs will vest incrementally with the one-third of the SARs vesting on each of April 1, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
On August 20, 2019, GasLog granted to its executives an additional 7,410 RSUs and 27,132 SARs in 2013accordance with the Plan. The RSUs will vest on August 20, 2022, while the SARs will vest incrementally with one-third of the SARs vesting on each of August 20, 2020, 2021 and 2014 are not entitled2022.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to dividends or other distributions.the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
The details of the aforementionedoutstanding awards as of December 31, 2019 are presented in the following table:
Awards | Number | Grant date | Expiry date | Exercise price* | Fair value at grant date | Number | Grant date | Expiry date | Exercise price* | Fair value at grant date | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RSUs | 64,792 | May 17, 2013 | n/a | n/a | $ | 11.95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SARs | 211,229 | May 17, 2013 | April 29, 2023 | $12.48 | $ | 2.3753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SARs | 265,962 | April 1, 2014 | March 31, 2024 | $23.22 | $ | 6.0035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SARs | 283,192 | April 1, 2015 | March 31, 2025 | $18.70 | $ | 5.6352 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SARs | 325,943 | May 17, 2013 | April 29, 2023 | $12.86 | $ | 2.3753 | 740,963 | April 1, 2016 | March 31, 2026 | $8.50 | $ | 2.3263 | ||||||||||||||||
RSUs | 76,251 | April 1, 2014 | n/a | n/a | $ | 22.58 | 134,537 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | n/a | $ | 15.55 | ||||||||||||||||
SARs | 286,746 | April 1, 2014 | March 31, 2024 | $23.60 | $ | 6.0035 | 420,632 | April 3, 2017 | April 3, 2027 | $14.77 | $ | 5.0021 | ||||||||||||||||
RSUs | 88,492 | April 1, 2015 | n/a | n/a | $ | 19.48 | 134,452 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | n/a | $ | 16.30 | ||||||||||||||||
SARs | 305,859 | April 1, 2015 | March 31, 2025 | $19.08 | $ | 5.6352 | 401,946 | April 2, 2018 | April 2, 2028 | $15.52 | $ | 5.3000 | ||||||||||||||||
RSUs | 212,837 | April 1, 2016 | n/a | n/a | $ | 9.28 | 90,763 | April 1, 2019 | n/a | n/a | $ | 17.79 | ||||||||||||||||
SARs | 848,981 | April 1, 2016 | March 31, 2026 | $8.88 | $ | 2.3263 | 279,117 | April 1, 2019 | April 1, 2029 | $17.41 | $ | 5.8612 | ||||||||||||||||
RSUs | 144,142 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | n/a | $ | 15.55 | 7,410 | August 20, 2019 | n/a | n/a | $ | 12.34 | ||||||||||||||||
SARs | 448,045 | April 3, 2017 | April 3, 2027 | $15.15 | $ | 5.0021 | 27,132 | August 20, 2019 | August 20, 2029 | $11.96 | $ | 3.37 | ||||||||||||||||
RSUs | 149,786 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | n/a | $ | 16.30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SARs | 416,458 | April 2, 2018 | April 2, 2028 | $15.90 | $ | 5.3000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In accordance with the terms of the Plan, there are only service condition requirements. The awards will be settled in cash or in shares at the sole discretion of the compensation committee of the
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
board of directors. These awards have been treated as equity settled because the Group has no present obligation to settle in cash. The amount to be settled for each SAR exercised is computed in each case, as the excess, if any, of the fair market value (the closing price of shares) on the exercise date over the exercise price of the SAR.
Fair value
The fair value of the SARs has been calculated based on the Modified Black-Scholes-Merton method. Expected volatility was based on historical share price volatility for the period since the Group's initial public offering. The expected dividend is based on management's expectations of future payments on the grant date. The significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the SARs are set out below:
Inputs into the model | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grant date share closing price | $ | 13.26 | $ | 24.00 | $ | 19.48 | $ | 9.28 | $ | 15.55 | $ | 16.30 | $ | 13.26 | $ | 24.00 | $ | 19.48 | $ | 9.28 | $ | 15.55 | $ | 16.30 | $ | 17.79 | $ | 12.34 | ||||||||||||||||
Exercise price* | $ | 12.86 | $ | 23.60 | $ | 19.08 | $ | 8.88 | $ | 15.15 | $ | 15.90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price* | $ | 12.48 | $ | 23.22 | $ | 18.70 | $ | 8.50 | $ | 14.77 | $ | 15.52 | $ | 17.41 | $ | 11.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expected volatility | 29.31 | % | 29.42 | % | 39.3 | % | 47.3 | % | 46.0 | % | 44.5 | % | 29.31 | % | 29.42 | % | 39.3 | % | 47.3 | % | 46.0 | % | 44.5 | % | 45.03 | % | 45.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Expected term | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate for the period similar to the expected term | 1.08 | % | 2.03 | % | 1.48 | % | 1.37 | % | 1.99 | % | 2.61 | % | 1.08 | % | 2.03 | % | 1.48 | % | 1.37 | % | 1.99 | % | 2.61 | % | 2.35 | % | 1.47 | % | ||||||||||||||||
In 2013, the fair value of the RSUs in accordance with the Plan was determined by using the grant date closing price of $13.26 per share and adjusting for the effect of the expected dividends to which holders of RSUs are not entitled using a risk-free interest rate of 0.4% for the three years until the expiry of the RSUs, which resulted in a fair value of $11.95 per RSU.
In 2014, the fair value of the RSUs in accordance with the Plan was determined by using the grant date closing price of $24.00 per share and adjusting for the effect of the expected dividends to which holders of RSUs are not entitled using a risk-free interest rate of 0.91% for the three years until the expiry of the RSUs which resulted in a fair value of $22.58 per RSU.
In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, the fair value of the RSUs in accordance with the Plan was determined by using the grant date closing price of $19.48, $9.28, $15.55 and $16.30 per share, respectively, and was not further adjusted since the holders are entitled to dividends.
In 2018, the fair value of the RSUs was determined by using the grant date closing price of $16.30 per share and was not further adjusted since the holders are entitled to dividends.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
The fair value of the RSUs was determined by using the grant date closing price and was not further adjusted since the holders are entitled to dividends.
Movement in RSUs and SARs
The summary of RSUs and SARs is presented below:
| | Number of awards | Weighted average exercise price per share | Weighted average share price at the date of exercise | Weighted average contractual life | Aggregate fair value | Number of awards | Weighted average exercise price per share | Weighted average share price at the date of exercise | Weighted average contractual life | Aggregate fair value | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RSUs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 368,437 | — | — | 1.63 | 5,225 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 144,142 | — | — | — | 2,241 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (72,189 | ) | — | — | — | (1,630 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (14,688 | ) | — | — | — | (200 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 425,702 | — | — | 1.39 | 5,636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 425,702 | — | — | 1.39 | 5,636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 149,786 | — | — | — | 2,441 | 149,786 | — | — | — | 2,441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (86,136 | ) | — | — | — | (1,655 | ) | (86,136 | ) | — | — | — | (1,655 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (1,179 | ) | — | — | — | (14 | ) | (1,179 | ) | — | — | — | (14 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 488,173 | — | — | 1.13 | 6,408 | 488,173 | — | — | 1.13 | 6,408 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Granted during the year | 106,023 | — | — | — | 1,845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (207,819 | ) | — | — | — | (1,943 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (19,215 | ) | — | — | — | (322 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 367,162 | — | — | 1.16 | 5,988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 1,713,702 | 14.11 | — | 8.25 | 6,010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 448,045 | 15.55 | — | — | 2,241 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised during the year | (93,265 | ) | 11.06 | 18.69 | — | (233 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (37,203 | ) | 13.09 | — | — | (144 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 2,031,279 | 14.59 | — | 7.68 | 7,874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 2,031,279 | 14.59 | — | 7.68 | 7,874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 416,458 | 15.90 | — | — | 2,207 | 416,458 | — | — | — | 2,207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised during the year | (60,043 | ) | 11.93 | 20.71 | (158 | ) | (60,043 | ) | 11.93 | 20.71 | — | (158 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (3,333 | ) | 11.46 | — | — | (12 | ) | (3,333 | ) | — | — | — | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Expired during the year | (12,198 | ) | 22.87 | — | — | (72 | ) | (12,198 | ) | — | — | — | (72 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 2,372,163 | 14.51 | — | 7.17 | 9,839 | 2,372,163 | 14.51 | — | 7.17 | 9,839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Granted during the year | 326,454 | — | — | — | 1,845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised during the year | (15,774 | ) | 8.88 | 11.25 | — | (37 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (36,198 | ) | — | — | — | (202 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expired during the year | (16,472 | ) | — | — | — | (78 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 2,630,173 | 14.46 | — | 6.53 | 11,367 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of December 31, 2018, 1,395,6922019, 1,919,089 SARs have vested but not been exercised.
On April 1, 2015, April 1, 2016, April 3, 2017 and April 2, 2018, GasLog Partners has granted to its executives RCUsRestricted Common Units ("RCUs") and PCUsPerformance Common Units ("PCUs") in accordance with the GasLogits 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "GasLog Partners' Plan.Plan"). The RCUs and PCUs will vest three years after the grant dates subject to the recipients' continued service; vesting of the PCUs is also subject to the achievement of certain performance targets in relation to total unitholder return. Specifically, the performance measure is based on the total unitholder return ("TUR") achieved by the Partnership during the performance period, benchmarked against the TUR of a selected group of peer companies. TUR above the 75th percentile of the peer group results in 100% of the award vesting; TUR between the 50th and 75th percentile of the peer group results in 50% of award vesting; TUR below the 50th percentile of the peer group results in none of the award vesting. The holders are entitled to cash distributions that are accrued and will be settled on vesting.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
The details of the aforementionedoutstanding awards as of December 31, 2019 are presented in the following table:
Awards | Number | Grant date | Expiry date | Fair value at grant date | Number | Grant date | Expiry date | Fair value at grant date | ||||||||||||||||
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RCUs | 16,999 | April 1, 2015 | n/a | $ | 24.12 | 26,097 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | $ | 23.85 | ||||||||||||||
PCUs | 16,999 | April 1, 2015 | n/a | $ | 24.12 | 26,097 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | $ | 23.85 | ||||||||||||||
RCUs | 24,925 | April 1, 2016 | n/a | $ | 16.45 | 24,608 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | $ | 23.40 | ||||||||||||||
PCUs | 24,925 | April 1, 2016 | n/a | $ | 16.45 | 24,608 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | $ | 23.40 | ||||||||||||||
RCUs | 26,097 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | $ | 23.85 | 26,308 | April 1, 2019 | n/a | $ | 22.99 | ||||||||||||||
PCUs | 26,097 | April 3, 2017 | n/a | $ | 23.85 | 26,308 | April 1, 2019 | n/a | $ | 22.99 | ||||||||||||||
RCUs | 24,608 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | $ | 23.40 | |||||||||||||||||||
PCUs | 24,608 | April 2, 2018 | n/a | $ | 23.40 | |||||||||||||||||||
In accordance with the terms of the GasLog Partners' Plan, the awards will be settled in cash or in common units at the sole discretion of the board of directors or such committee as may be designated by the board to administer the GasLog Partners' Plan. These awards have been treated as equity settled because the Partnership has no present obligation to settle them in cash.
Fair value
The fair value of the RCUs and PCUs granted in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 was determined by using the grant date closing price of $24.12, $16.45, $23.85 and $23.40 per common unit, respectively, and was not further adjusted since the holders are entitled to cash distributions.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
Movement in RCUs and PCUs
The summary of RCUs and PCUs is presented below:
| | Number of awards | Weighted average contractual life | Aggregate fair value | Number of awards | Weighted average contractual life | Aggregate fair value | ||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 41,924 | 1.84 | 820 | |||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 26,097 | — | 622 | |||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (546 | ) | — | (13 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 67,475 | 1.38 | 1,429 | |||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 67,475 | 1.38 | 1,429 | |||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 24,608 | — | 576 | 24,608 | — | 576 | ||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (16,999 | ) | — | (410 | ) | (16,999 | ) | — | (410 | ) | ||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 75,084 | 1.25 | 1,595 | 75,084 | 1.25 | 1,595 | ||||||||||||||
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Granted during the year | 26,308 | — | 605 | |||||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (24,925 | ) | — | (410 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 76,467 | 1.26 | 1,790 | |||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 41,924 | 1.84 | 820 | |||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 26,097 | — | 622 | |||||||||||||||||
Forfeited during the year | (546 | ) | — | (13 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 67,475 | 1.38 | 1,429 | |||||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 67,475 | 1.38 | 1,429 | |||||||||||||||||
Granted during the year | 24,608 | — | 576 | 24,608 | — | 576 | ||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (16,999 | ) | — | (410 | ) | (16,999 | ) | — | (410 | ) | ||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 75,084 | 1.25 | 1,595 | 75,084 | 1.25 | 1,595 | ||||||||||||||
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Granted during the year | 26,308 | — | 605 | |||||||||||||||||
Vested during the year | (24,925 | ) | — | (410 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 76,467 | 1.26 | 1,790 | |||||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
22. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
On April 3, 2018, 16,999 RCUs and 16,999 PCUs vested under the GasLog Partners' Plan.
The total expense recognized in respect of share-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 20182019 was $5,216$5,107 (December 31, 2017: $4,5652018: $5,216 and December 31, 2016: $3,869)2017: $4,565). The total accrued cash distribution as of December 31, 20182019 is $1,265$1,176 (December 31, 2017: $814)2018: $1,265).
23. Commitments
(a) OnCommitments relating to the vessels under construction (Note 6) on December 31, 2018, the Group had the following commitments2019 payable to Samsung were as lessee relating to buildings under operating leases:follows:
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The rental expense relating to operating leases for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $1,567 (December 31, 2017: $1,525 and December 31, 2016: $1,527).
(b) Commitments relating to the vessels under construction (Note 6) on December 31, 2018 payable to Samsung were as follows:
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(c) Pursuant to a Heads of Agreement entered into by GAS-twenty two Ltd. and GAS-twenty three Ltd. with Methane Services Limited ("MSL"), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell"), on March 8, 2016, the GasLog entities declared their options with Samsung to install Air Liquide Advanced Technologies ("ALAT") reliquefaction plants on board the vessels. MSL agreed to reimburse 50% of such cost per vessel, resulting in an aggregate commitment to pay $3,200 per vessel to GasLog after the installation has been completed. In the event the ALAT reliquefaction plants do not meet certain specified performance criteria during operation, GasLog will have an obligation to pay to MSL a daily compensation amount per vessel, which obligation will in whole or in part be satisfied by certain obligations of the manufacturers incurred for failure to meet the specified performance criteria.
In addition, on November 2, 2015, a letter agreement between GasLog and MSL was signed reimbursing MSL the sum of $2,654 for value as of November 1, 2015, adjusted for future value through January 2020 up to $3,801, allowing for the future use of the reimbursement amount against
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
23. Commitments (Continued)
the funding of specific MSL projects, such as costs associated with change orders on LNG newbuildings and/or modifications of existing vessels as agreed between the parties. On December 17, 2018, the agreement was terminated and the outstanding commitment of $1,196 was deducted from the $3,200 that was the amount that MSL reimbursed GasLog for the reliquefaction installation at GAS-twenty two Ltd.
The net amount of $2,004 is included under Tangible fixed assets and an equal amount was deferred as a liability and amortized to profit or loss as income over the remaining tenor of the respective charter party agreement.
(d) (b) Future gross minimum revenues receivablelease payments in relation to non-cancellable time charter agreements for vessels in operation, including a vessel held under financea lease (Note 7) as of December 31, 20182019 are as follows (30 off-hire days are assumed when each vessel will undergo scheduled dry-docking; in addition, early delivery of the vessels by the charterers or any exercise of the charterers' options to extend the terms of the charters are not accounted for):
| | As of December 31, | |||
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Not later than one year | ||||
Later than one year and not later than two years | 315,597 | |||
Later than two years and not later than three years | ||||
Later than three years and not later than four years | 264,042 | |||
Later than four years and not later than five years | ||||
Later than five years | ||||
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Future gross minimum lease revenuespayments disclosed in the above table excludes the revenueslease payments of the vessels that are under construction as of December 31, 20182019 (Note 6). For these vessels, the following charter party agreements have been signed:
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
23. Commitments (Continued)
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
23. Commitments (Continued)
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(f)(c) Related to the acquisition of six vessels from a subsidiary of MSLBG Group plc in 2014 and another two vessels in 2015, the Group is committed to purchase depot spares from MSL with an aggregate value of $8,000 of which depot spares with value of $660 have been purchased and paid as of December 31, 20182019 and are included in Tangible fixed assets (Note 6). The remaining spares are expected to be acquired before March 31, 2020.
(g)(d) On October 11, 2016, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into an agreementarrangement whereby it has access to all long lead items ("LLIs") necessary for the conversion of a GasLog LNG carrier vessel into an FSRU whereby such conversion work would be undertaken by Keppel.Keppel Shipyard Limited ("Keppel"). GasLog is only obligated to pay for such LLIs if utilized for a GasLog vessel conversion, or, if the LLIs have not been utilized in a GasLog vessel conversion within three years from November 2016, the items may be put to GasLog at 110%85% of the original cost, or GasLog may call for the purchase of such LLIs at a discounted price of 85%115% of the original cost.
(h) On July 10, 2017, Following the expiration of the arrangement, GasLog entered into an agreement with Keppelhas agreed to pay $17,625 for the detailed engineeringacquisition of these LLIs in relation to an FSRU conversion of one vessel. Commitment relating to this agreement as of December 31, 2018 is as follows:
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
23. Commitments (Continued)February 2020 (Note 30).
(i) On(e) In September 27, 2017 (and in addition to the seven existing maintenance agreements signed in 20142015 in relation to GasLog vessels), GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into further maintenance agreements with Wartsila Greece S.A. ("Wartsila") in respect of eight additional GasLog LNG carriers. The agreements cover the renewal of existing maintenance agreements on four GasLog vessels and extend the servicing to four additional LNG carriers. OnIn July 1, 2018, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered intorenewed the maintenance agreements signed in 2015 with Wartsila in respect of seven additional GasLog LNG carriers.Wartsila. The agreements ensure dynamic maintenance planning, technical support, security of spare parts supply, specialist technical personnel and performance monitoring.
(j)(f) In March 2019, GasLog LNG Services entered into an agreement with Samsung in respect of twenty of GasLog's vessels. The agreement covers the supply of ballast water management systems on board the vessels by Samsung and associated field, commissioning and engineering services for a firm period of six years.
(g) Other Guarantees:
As of December 31, 2018,2019, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. has provided bank guarantees as follows:
24. Financial Risk Management
The Group's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, including market risk, liquidity risk and credit risk. The Group's overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the Group's financial performance. The Group makes use of derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps to moderate certain risk exposures.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
Market risk
Interest rate risk: The Group is subject to market risks relating to changes in interest rates because it has floating rate debt outstanding. Significant increases in interest rates could adversely affect the Group's results of operations and its ability to service its debt. The Group uses interest rate swaps to reduce its exposure to market risk from changes in interest rates. The principal objective of these contracts is to minimize risks associated with its floating rate debt and not for speculative or trading purposes. As of December 31, 2018,2019, the Group has economically hedged 47.92%44.22% of its variable rate interest exposure relating to its existing loan facilities and the bonds by swapping the variable rate to a fixed rate (December 31, 2017: 53.92%2018: 47.92%).
The aggregate principal amount of our outstanding floating rate debt as of December 31, 20182019 was $1,369,428.$1,600,408. As an indication of the extent of our sensitivity to interest rate changes, an increase in LIBOR of 10 basis points would increase the interest expense on the un-hedged portion of the Group's loans by approximately $1,395$1,530 (December 31, 2017: $1,2642018: $1,395 and December 31, 2016: $1,433)2017: $1,264).
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
Interest rate sensitivity analysis: The fair value of the interest rate swaps as of December 31, 20182019 was estimated as a net assetliability of $5,992$49,873 (December 31, 2017:2018: net asset of $10,325)$5,992). The effective movement in the fair value of the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments (Note 26) amounting to $0 (December 31, 2017: $0 and December 31, 2016: $4,922 loss) was recognized directly in equity.
The interest rate swap agreements described below are subject to market risk as they are recorded at fair value in the statement of financial position at year end. The fair value of interest rate swap liabilities increases when interest rates decrease and decreases when interest rates increase. As of December 31, 2018,2019, if interest rates had increased or decreased by 10 basis points with all other variables held constant, the positive/(negative) impact, respectively, on the fair value of the interest rate swaps would have amounted to $7,351$6,285 (December 31, 2017: $4,4162018: $7,351 and December 31, 2016: $4,027)2017: $4,416) affecting loss/(gain) on swaps in the respective periods.
Other price risk: The decrease in the fair value of Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd., in response to unfavorable market conditions resulting in a decrease in charter rates and vessel values, could negatively impact the value of the Group's investment in associate. Therefore, management might conclude that impairment is necessary in the future.
Currency risk: Currency risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments and/or the cost of commercial transactions will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. Currency risk arises when future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not the Group's subsidiaries' functional currency. The Group is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures primarily with respect to general and crew costs denominated in Euros ("EUR").EUR. Specifically, for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, approximately $116,252$113,804 of the operating and administrative expenses were denominated in EUR (December 31, 2017: $87,4002018: $116,252 and December 31, 2016: $85,777)2017: $87,400). As of December 31, 2018,2019, approximately $21,177$27,766 of the Group's outstanding trade payables and accruals were denominated in EUR (December 31, 2017: $14,743)2018: $21,177).
The Group has entered into CCSs (Note 26) to hedge its currency exposure from the NOK 2021 Bonds, the NOK 2024 Bonds and forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge its currency exposure from payments in EUR, GBP, SGD and GBP.JPY. In addition, management monitors exchange rate fluctuations on a continuous basis. As an indication of the extent of the Group's sensitivity to changes
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
in exchange rate, a 10% increase in the average EUR/USD exchange rate would have decreased the Group's profit and cash flows during the year ended December 31, 20182019 by $11,625,$11,380, based upon its expenses during the year (December 31, 2017: $8,7402018: $11,625 and December 31, 2016: $8,578)2017: $8,740).
Interest rate risk on NOK 2024 Bonds (cash flow hedge): The Group uses approved instruments such as CCSs, in order to reduce the variability of the cash flows associated with the functional currency equivalent interest and principal of the NOK 2024 Bonds as well as changes in the cash flows associated with changes in the currency rates and is therefore exposed to the following interest rate benchmarks within its hedge accounting relationship, which are subject to interest rate benchmark reform: USD LIBOR and NIBOR (collectively "IBORs").
The Group has closely monitored the market and the output from the various industry working groups managing the transition to new benchmark interest rates. This includes announcements made by LIBOR regulators (including the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission) regarding the transition away from IBORs to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") and the Norwegian Overnight Weighted Average ("NOWA") respectively. The FCA has made clear that, at the end of 2021, it will no longer seek to persuade or compel banks to submit LIBOR estimates.
The Group believes that all areas potentially impacted (including borrowings, derivative financial instruments etc.) have been identified.
The Group's NOK 2024 Bonds agreement includes fall back provisions for a case of cessation of the referenced benchmark interest rate. Specifically, it states that in the case that the interest rate referenced IBOR is no longer available, the interest rate will be set by the bond trustee in consultation with the issuer to: (i) any relevant replacement reference rate generally accepted in the market; or (ii) such interest rate that best reflects the interest rate for deposits in the bond currency offered for the relevant interest period. In each case, if any such rate is below zero, the reference rate will be deemed to be zero.
For the Group's CCSs, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's ("ISDA") fall back clauses were made available at the end of 2019. These clauses or similar language has been inserted into a number of ISDA agreements across the Group and all outstanding agreements will be considered on a case by case basis with its counterparty.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
Below are details of the hedging instruments and hedged item in scope of the IFRS 9/IAS 39 amendments due to interest rate benchmark reform, by hedge type. The terms of the hedged item match those of the corresponding hedging instruments.
Hedge type | Instrument type | Counterparty | Maturing in | Notional amount | Hedged item | |||||||
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Cash flow hedges | Receive 3-month NIBOR, pay 3-month USD LIBOR floating CCS | DNB | Nov 2024 | $ | 32,850 | NOK 2024 Bonds of the same maturity and notional of the CCSs. | ||||||
| Receive 3-month NIBOR, pay 3-month USD LIBOR floating CCS | SEB | Nov 2024 | $ | 32,850 | ||||||||
| Receive 3-month NIBOR, pay 3-month USD LIBOR floating CCS | Nordea | Nov 2024 | $ | 32,850 | ||||||||
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The Group will continue to apply the amendments to IFRS 9/IAS 39 until the uncertainty arising from the interest rate benchmark reforms with respect to the timing and the amount of the underlying cash flows that the Group is exposed ends. The Group has assumed that this uncertainty will not end until the Group's contracts that reference IBORs are amended to specify the date on which the interest rate benchmark will be replaced, the cash flows of the alternative benchmark rate and relevant spread adjustment.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that arises when the maturity of assets and liabilities does not match. An unmatched position potentially enhances profitability, but can also increase the risk of losses. The Group minimizes liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents and by having available adequate amounts of undrawn credit facilities.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
The following tables detail the Group's expected cash flows for its non-derivative financial liabilities. The tables have been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay. The table includes both interest
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
and principal cash flows. Variable future interest payments were determined based on an average LIBOR plus the margins applicable to the Group's loans at the end of each year presented.
| | Weighted average effective interest rate | Less than 1 month | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 12 months | 1 - 5 years | 5+ years | Total | Weighted average effective interest rate | Less than 1 month | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 12 months | 1 - 5 years | 5+ years | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trade and other accounts payable | $ | 11,392 | 75 | 59 | — | — | 11,526 | $ | 11,627 | 58 | 205 | — | — | 11,890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties | 35 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 169 | — | — | — | — | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other payables and accruals* | 28,087 | 28,995 | 1,410 | — | — | 58,492 | 31,835 | 52,782 | 2,200 | — | — | 86,817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-current liabilities* | — | — | — | 579 | 1,006 | 1,585 | — | — | — | 637 | 1,059 | 1,696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variable interest loans | 3.70 | % | 67,331 | 21,152 | 154,902 | 1,887,806 | 400,935 | 2,532,126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOK Bonds | — | 6,733 | 22,513 | 206,427 | 255,054 | 490,727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease liability | 1,516 | 2,885 | 13,448 | 71,443 | 235,393 | 324,685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 108,361 | 59,840 | 192,332 | 2,166,255 | 892,388 | 3,419,176 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trade and other accounts payable | $ | 11,627 | 58 | 205 | — | — | 11,890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties | 169 | — | — | — | — | 169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other payables and accruals* | 31,835 | 52,782 | 2,200 | — | — | 86,817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-current liabilities | — | — | — | 637 | 1,059 | 1,696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variable interest loans | 4.68 | % | 44,041 | 37,047 | 531,292 | 1,624,313 | 706,009 | 2,942,702 | 4.68 | % | 44,041 | 37,047 | 531,292 | 1,624,313 | 706,009 | 2,942,702 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | — | 7,526 | 22,513 | 397,366 | — | 427,405 | — | 7,526 | 22,513 | 397,366 | — | 427,405 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease liability | 1,516 | 2,885 | 13,448 | 71,443 | 217,544 | 306,836 | 1,516 | 2,885 | 13,448 | 71,443 | 217,544 | 306,836 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 89,188 | 100,298 | 569,658 | 2,093,759 | 924,612 | 3,777,515 | $ | 89,188 | 100,298 | 569,658 | 2,093,759 | 924,612 | 3,777,515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trade and other accounts payable | $ | 24,306 | 3,203 | 106 | — | — | 27,615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts due to related parties | 200 | — | — | — | — | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other payables and accruals* | 31,036 | 49,548 | 5,210 | — | — | 85,794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-current liabilities | — | — | — | 551 | 1,174 | 1,725 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variable interest loans | 4.10 | % | 45,591 | 44,867 | 208,217 | 2,004,266 | 807,894 | 3,110,835 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | 49,233 | 9,369 | 28,060 | 496,780 | — | 583,442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities | 1,738 | 3,379 | 14,292 | 75,823 | 200,890 | 296,122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 152,104 | 110,366 | 255,885 | 2,577,420 | 1,009,958 | 4,105,733 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The amounts included above for variable interest rate instruments are subject to change if changes in variable interest rates differ from those estimates of interest rates determined at the end of the reporting period.
The following tables detail the Group's expected cash flows for its derivative financial instruments. The table has been drawn up based on the undiscounted contractual net cash inflows and outflows on derivative instruments that are settled on a net basis. When the amount payable or receivable is not fixed, the amount disclosed has been determined by reference to the projected interest rates as
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
illustrated by the yield curves existing at the end of the reporting period. The undiscounted contractual cash flows are based on the contractual maturities of the derivatives.
| | Less than 1 month | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 12 months | 1 - 5 years | 5+ years | Total | Less than 1 month | 1 - 3 months | 3 - 12 months | 1 - 5 years | 5+ years | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December 31, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | 20 | 249 | 1,343 | (12,602 | ) | — | (10,990 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cross currency swaps | — | 117 | 456 | (4,863 | ) | — | (4,290 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward foreign exchange contracts | (239 | ) | (473 | ) | (1,492 | ) | — | — | (2,204 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | (219 | ) | (107 | ) | 307 | (17,465 | ) | — | (17,484 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | (161 | ) | (442 | ) | (5,546 | ) | (235 | ) | (2,120 | ) | (8,504 | ) | (161 | ) | (442 | ) | (5,546 | ) | (235 | ) | (2,120 | ) | (8,504 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cross currency swaps | — | 108 | 407 | 914 | — | 1,429 | — | 108 | 407 | 914 | — | 1,429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward foreign exchange contracts | 250 | 474 | 715 | — | — | 1,439 | 250 | 474 | 715 | — | — | 1,439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 89 | 140 | (4,424 | ) | 679 | (2,120 | ) | (5,636 | ) | 89 | 140 | (4,424 | ) | 679 | (2,120 | ) | (5,636 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Interest rate swaps | 7 | 52 | 5,364 | 42,016 | 5,049 | 52,488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cross currency swaps | — | 22 | (26 | ) | (3,590 | ) | — | (3,594 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward foreign exchange contracts | (48 | ) | (101 | ) | (768 | ) | — | — | (917 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | (41 | ) | (27 | ) | 4,570 | 38,426 | 5,049 | 47,977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will fail to discharge its obligations and cause a financial loss and arises from cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, favorable derivative financial instruments and deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposures to customers, including trade and other receivables, dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties. The Group is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by any of its counterparties. To limit this risk, the Group currently deals primarily with financial institutions and customers with high credit ratings.
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 384,092 | 342,594 | 342,594 | 263,747 | ||||||||||
Short-term investments | — | 25,000 | 25,000 | 4,500 | ||||||||||
Trade and other receivables | 10,706 | 20,244 | 20,244 | 24,900 | ||||||||||
Dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties | 8,666 | 33,395 | 33,395 | 573 | ||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments | 18,211 | 15,188 | 15,188 | 4,001 | ||||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2018, 74.2%2019, 70.0% of the Group's revenue was earned from Shell (December 31, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, 74.2% and 92.6% and 94.9%, respectively) and accounts receivable were not collateralized; however, management believes that the credit risk is partially offset by the creditworthiness of the Group's counterparties. BG Group was acquired by Shell on February 15, 2016. This acquisition does not impact the contractual obligations under the existing charter party agreements. The Group did not experience significant credit losses on its accounts receivable portfolio during the three years ended December 31, 2018.2019. The carrying amount of financial assets recorded in the consolidated financial statements represents the Group's maximum exposure to credit risk.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
24. Financial Risk Management (Continued)
Management monitors exposure to credit risk, and they believe that there is no substantial credit risk arising from the Group's counterparties.
The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
25. Capital Risk Management
The Group's objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, to ensure that it maintains a strong credit rating and healthy capital ratios in order to support its business and maximize shareholders value.
The Group monitors capital using a gearing ratio, which is total debt divided by total equity plus total debt. The gearing ratio is calculated as follows:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Borrowings, current portion | 179,367 | 520,550 | 520,550 | 255,422 | ||||||||||
Borrowings, non-current portion | 2,368,189 | 2,307,909 | 2,307,909 | 2,891,973 | ||||||||||
Finance lease liability, current portion | 6,302 | 6,675 | ||||||||||||
Finance lease liability, non-current portion | 207,126 | 199,424 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities, current portion | 6,675 | 9,363 | ||||||||||||
Lease liabilities, non-current portion | 199,424 | 195,567 | ||||||||||||
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Total debt | 2,760,984 | 3,034,558 | 3,034,558 | 3,352,325 | ||||||||||
Total equity | 1,763,134 | 1,983,122 | 1,983,122 | 1,649,853 | ||||||||||
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Total debt and equity | 4,524,118 | 5,017,680 | 5,017,680 | 5,002,178 | ||||||||||
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Gearing ratio | 61.03 | % | 60.48 | % | 60.48 | % | 67.01 | % | ||||||
26. Derivative Financial Instruments
The fair value of the derivative assets is as follows:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Derivative assets carried at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | 11,535 | 15,188 | 15,188 | 18 | ||||||||||
Forward foreign exchange contracts | 2,123 | — | — | 389 | ||||||||||
Derivative assets designated and effective as hedging instruments carried at fair value | ||||||||||||||
Cross currency swaps | 4,553 | — | — | 3,594 | ||||||||||
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Total | 18,211 | 15,188 | 15,188 | 4,001 | ||||||||||
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Derivative financial instruments, current assets | 2,199 | 6,222 | 6,222 | 429 | ||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments, non-current assets | 16,012 | 8,966 | 8,966 | 3,572 | ||||||||||
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Total | 18,211 | 15,188 | 15,188 | 4,001 | ||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
The fair value of the derivative liabilities is as follows:
| | As of December 31, | As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||
Derivative liabilities carried at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | 1,210 | 9,196 | 9,196 | 49,891 | ||||||||||
Forward foreign exchange contracts | — | 1,467 | 1,467 | 41 | ||||||||||
Derivative liabilities designated and effective as hedging instruments carried at fair value | ||||||||||||||
Cross currency swaps | 605 | 1,429 | 1,429 | — | ||||||||||
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Total | 1,815 | 12,092 | 12,092 | 49,932 | ||||||||||
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Derivative financial instruments, current liability | 1,815 | 2,091 | 2,091 | 8,095 | ||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments, non-current liability | — | 10,001 | 10,001 | 41,837 | ||||||||||
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Total | 1,815 | 12,092 | 12,092 | 49,932 | ||||||||||
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Interest rate swap agreements
The Group enters into interest rate swap agreements which convert the floating interest rate exposure into a fixed interest rate in order to hedge a portion of the Group's exposure to fluctuations in prevailing market interest rates. Under the interest rate swaps, the bank counterparty effects quarterly floating-rate payments to the Group for the notional amount based on the U.S. dollar LIBOR, and the Group effects quarterly payments to the bank on the notional amount at the respective fixed rates.
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments
In July 2016, the Group terminated the interest rate swap agreements associated with the six legacy facilities that were refinanced by the Legacy Facility Refinancing (Note 13) paying the fair value on the date of termination. The cumulative loss of $12,953 from the period that hedging was effective was recycled to profit or loss during the year ended December 31, 2016.
As of December 31, 20172018 and 2018,2019, there are no derivative financial instruments qualifyinginterest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments amounting to a loss of $7,550, has been recognized in Other comprehensive income. For the year ended December 31, 2016, a loss of $2,628 was recycled to profit or loss representing the realized loss on interest rate swaps in relation to the interest expenses component of the hedge.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
Interest rate swaps held for trading
The principal terms of the interest rate swaps held for trading were as follows:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Effective Date | Termination Date | Fixed Interest Rate | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | DNB Bank ASA ("DNB") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.784 | % | 73,333 | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | DNB | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.729 | % | 73,333 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.719 | % | 73,333 | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | HSBC Bank plc ("HSBC") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.896 | % | 33,333 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | HSBC | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.818 | % | 33,333 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.79 | % | 33,333 | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(4) | Nordea Bank Finland | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.905 | % | 66,667 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog(5) | Nordea Bank Finland | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.84 | % | 66,667 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea Bank Finland | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.815 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(6) | Skandinavinska Enskilda Banken AB ("SEB") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.928 | % | 50,000 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.8405 | % | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | SEB | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.814 | % | 50,000 | — | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Feb 2022 | 2.005 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea Bank Finland | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2022 | 2.0145 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN Amro Bank NV ("ABN") | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2022 | 2.003 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(7) | Nordea Bank Finland | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2026 | 3.070 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(5) | Nordea Bank Finland | May 2018 | May 2018 | July 2026 | 2.562 | % | — | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(7) | SEB | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.025 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | SEB | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2025 | 2.300 | % | — | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(7) | DNB | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.056 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | DNB | May 2018 | July 2018 | July 2025 | 2.472 | % | — | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | HSBC | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2024 | 2.475 | % | — | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(3) | HSBC | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2025 | 2.550 | % | — | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(7) | Citibank Europe Plc. ("CITI") | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.082 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(7) | CITI | May 2018 | July 2021 | July 2025 | 3.095 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(6) | SEB | December 2018 | October 2018 | July 2026 | 2.745 | % | — | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(4) | Nordea | December 2018 | October 2018 | July 2028 | 2.793 | % | — | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | DNB | December 2018 | January 2019 | July 2025 | 2.685 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(8) | SEB | December 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 2.9575 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(8) | Nordea | December 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 2.937 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(8) | DNB | December 2018 | April 2020 | April 2025 | 2.979 | % | — | N/A | |||||||||||||
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| Total | 1,170,000 | 1,170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Effective Date | Termination Date | Fixed Interest Rate | December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2020 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Deutsche Bank AG | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.98 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB Bank ASA ("DNB") | July 2016 | July 2016 | January 2019 | 1.784 | % | 73,333 | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.719 | % | 73,333 | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC Bank plc ("HSBC") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.79 | % | 33,333 | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea Bank Finland ("Nordea") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2022 | 1.815 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Skandinavinska Enskilda Banken AB ("SEB") | July 2016 | July 2016 | July 2021 | 1.8405 | % | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Feb 2022 | 2.005 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2022 | 2.0145 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN Amro Bank NV ("ABN") | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2022 | 2.003 | % | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | Nordea | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2026 | 3.070 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea | May 2018 | May 2018 | July 2026 | 2.562 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | SEB | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.025 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2025 | 2.300 | % | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | DNB | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.056 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | May 2018 | July 2018 | July 2025 | 2.472 | % | 73,333 | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2024 | 2.475 | % | 33,333 | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | July 2025 | 2.550 | % | 33,333 | 33,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | Citibank Europe Plc. ("CITI") | May 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 3.082 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | CITI | May 2018 | July 2021 | July 2025 | 3.095 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | December 2018 | October 2018 | July 2026 | 2.745 | % | 50,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea | December 2018 | October 2018 | July 2028 | 2.793 | % | 66,667 | 66,667 | |||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | December 2018 | January 2019 | July 2025 | 2.685 | % | N/A | 73,333 | |||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | SEB | December 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 2.958 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | Nordea | December 2018 | July 2020 | July 2024 | 2.937 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | DNB | December 2018 | April 2020 | April 2025 | 2.979 | % | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
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| Total | 1,170,000 | 1,170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
In July 2016, the Group terminated the interest rate swap agreements associated with the six legacy facilities that were refinanced by the Legacy Facility Refinancing (Note 13) paying their fair value on that date. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the amount of the cumulative loss from the period that these hedges were effective that was recycled to profit or loss was $4,978.
The derivative instruments listed above were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments. The change in the fair value of these contracts for the year ended December 31, 20182019 amounted to a net loss of $4,333$55,865 (December 31, 2017: $8,5292018: $4,333 net gain,loss, December 31, 2016: $18,4482017: $8,529 net gain), which was recognized against profit or loss in the period incurred and is included in (Loss)/gain on derivatives.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
During the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, the net loss of $4,333$55,865 derived from changes in the LIBOR curve as well as modifications of the Group's interest rate swap portfolio that includes interest rate swap agreements with maturities out to 2028.curve.
Cross currency swap agreements
The Group entersentered into CCSs which convertconverted the floating interest rate exposure and the variability of the USD functional currency equivalent cash flows into a fixed interest rate and principal on maturity with respect to the NOK 2021 Bonds and maintains CCSs which convert the floating interest rate exposure and the variability of the USD functional currency equivalent cash flows into a floating interest rate and principal on maturity with respect to NOK 2024 Bonds, in order to hedge the Group's exposure to fluctuations deriving from its NOK 2021 Bonds.
GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)Norwegian Krone ("NOK").
The CCSs qualifiedare designated as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes.
The principal terms of the CCSs designated as cash flow hedging instruments were as follows:
| | | | | | | Notional Amount | | | | | | Notional Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Effective Date | Original Termination Date | Fixed Interest Rate | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2018 | Counterparty | Trade Date | Effective Date | Termination Date | Fixed Interest Rate | December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | DNB Bank ASA | June 2016 | June 2016 | May 2021 | 8.59 | % | 30,050 | 30,050 | DNB | June 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2019 | 8.59% | 30,050 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | SEB | June 2016 | June 2016 | May 2021 | 8.59 | % | 30,050 | 30,050 | SEB | June 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2019 | 8.59% | 30,050 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(1) | Nordea Bank Finland | June 2016 | June 2016 | May 2021 | 8.59 | % | 30,050 | 30,050 | Nordea | June 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2019 | 8.59% | 30,050 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | DNB | Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2024 | floating | — | 32,850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | SEB | Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2024 | floating | — | 32,850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog(2) | Nordea | Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 | Nov 2024 | floating | — | 32,850 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | 90,150 | 90,150 | Total | 90,150 | 98,550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of CCSs amounting to a loss of $5,543$3,215 has been recognized in Other comprehensive income (December 31, 2018: $5,543 loss, December 31, 2017: $7,291 gain, December 31, 2016: $2,559 loss)gain). For the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, a loss of $454$607 was recycled to profit or loss representing the realized loss on CCSs in relation to the interest expenses component of the hedge (December 31, 2017: $3982018: $454 loss, December 31, 2016: $2,4462017: $398 loss). Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, a gainloss of $4,831$325 was recognized in Other comprehensive income in relation to the retranslation of the NOK 2021 Bonds in U.S. dollars as of December 31, 20182019 (December 31, 2017: $5,022 loss,2018: $4,831 gain, December 31, 2016: $1,4872017: $5,022 loss).
Forward foreign exchange contracts
The Group uses forward foreign exchange contracts to mitigate foreign exchange transaction exposures in British Pounds Sterling ("GBP"), Euros ("EUR"), Singapore dollars ("SGD") and EUR.Japanese Yen ("JPY"). Under these forward foreign exchange contracts, the bank counterparty will
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
effect fixed payments in GBP or EUR or SGD or JPY to the Group and the Group will effect fixed payments in USD to the bank counterparty on the respective settlement dates. All forward foreign exchange contracts are considered by management to be part of economic hedge arrangements but have not been formally designated as such.
The principal terms of the forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading are as follows:
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/GBP) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | January 2020 | 1.2206 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | February 2020 | 1.2219 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | March 2020 | 1.2231 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | April 2020 | 1.2246 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | May 2020 | 1.2257 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
GasLog | ABN | August 2019 | 1 | June 2020 | 1.2272 | £ | 500 | |||||||||
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| Total | £ | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
The principal terms of the forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading are as follows:
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/GBP) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GasLog | SEB | August 2018 | 3 | January - March 2019 | 1.2860 | £1,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | October 2018 | 3 | April - June 2019 | 1.3128 | £1,350 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | October 2018 | 6 | July - December 2019 | 1.3228 | £2,700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/EUR) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | August 2019 | 1 | January 2020 | 1.1235 | € | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | August 2019 | 1 | February 2020 | 1.1260 | € | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | August 2019 | 1 | March 2020 | 1.1283 | € | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | August 2019 | 1 | April 2020 | 1.1311 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | August 2019 | 1 | May 2020 | 1.1333 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | August 2019 | 1 | June 2020 | 1.1358 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | January 2020 | 1.1220 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | February 2020 | 1.1241 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | March 2020 | 1.1262 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | April 2020 | 1.1283 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | May 2020 | 1.1305 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | June 2020 | 1.1326 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | July 2020 | 1.1347 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | August 2020 | 1.1367 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | September 2020 | 1.1389 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | October 2020 | 1.1410 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | November 2020 | 1.1431 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | November 2019 | 1 | December 2020 | 1.1452 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | January 2020 | 1.1215 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | February 2020 | 1.1236 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | March 2020 | 1.1258 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | April 2020 | 1.1279 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | May 2020 | 1.1300 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | June 2020 | 1.1321 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | July 2020 | 1.1341 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | August 2020 | 1.1362 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | September 2020 | 1.1383 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | October 2020 | 1.1403 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | November 2020 | 1.1425 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | November 2019 | 1 | December 2020 | 1.1444 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | November 2019 | 1 | September 2020 | 1.1348 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | November 2019 | 1 | October 2020 | 1.1366 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | November 2019 | 1 | November 2020 | 1.1391 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | HSBC | November 2019 | 1 | December 2020 | 1.1410 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | November 2019 | 1 | September 2020 | 1.1357 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | November 2019 | 1 | October 2020 | 1.1377 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | November 2019 | 1 | November 2020 | 1.1399 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | November 2019 | 1 | December 2020 | 1.1419 | € | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | OCBC | November 2019 | 5 | April - August 2020 | 1.1305 | € | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | £5,250 | Total | € | 54,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/EUR) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GasLog | Citibank | May 2018 | 1 | January 2019 | 1.1954 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | May 2018 | 1 | February 2019 | 1.1983 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Citibank | May 2018 | 1 | March 2019 | 1.2012 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | SEB | May 2018 | 3 | January - March 2019 | 1.1984 | € | 7,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | June 2018 | 1 | April 2019 | 1.1903 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | June 2018 | 1 | May 2019 | 1.1936 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | ABN | June 2018 | 1 | June 2019 | 1.1968 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | June 2018 | 1 | April 2019 | 1.1910 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | June 2018 | 1 | May 2019 | 1.1943 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | June 2018 | 1 | June 2019 | 1.1975 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea Bank Finland | August 2018 | 1 | July 2019 | 1.1715 | € | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | Nordea Bank Finland | August 2018 | 1 | September 2019 | 1.1784 | € | 5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | August 2018 | 1 | July 2019 | 1.1711 | € | 2,500 | Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/SGD) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||
GasLog | DNB | August 2018 | 1 | August 2019 | 1.1747 | € | 5,000 | GasLog | OCBC | November 2019 | 9 | January - September 2020 | 1.3524 | S$ | 4,500 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | € | 45,000 | Total | S$ | 4,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The derivative instruments listed above were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments as of December 31, 2018. The change in the fair value of these contracts for the year ended December 31, 2018 amounted to a net loss of $3,589 (for the year ended December 31, 2017: $2,041 net gain, December 31, 2016: $82 net gain), which was recognized against profit or loss in the year incurred and is included in Loss on derivatives.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
Company | Counterparty | Trade Date | Number of contracts | Settlement Dates | Fixed Exchange Rate (USD/JPY) | Total Exchange Amount (in thousands) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GasLog | Citibank | December 2019 | 1 | November 2020 | 107.3409 | JP¥ | 29,397 | ||||||||||
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| Total | JP¥ | 29,397 | |||||||||||||||
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The derivative instruments listed above were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments as of December 31, 2019. The change in the fair value of these contracts for the year ended December 31, 2019 amounted to a net gain of $1,815 (for the year ended December 31, 2018: $3,589 net loss, December 31, 2017: $2,041 net gain), which was recognized against profit or loss in the year incurred and is included in Loss on derivatives.
An analysis of (Loss)/gainGain/(loss) on derivatives is as follows:
| | For the year ended December 31, | For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative financial instruments held for trading | 18,530 | 10,570 | (7,922 | ) | 10,570 | (7,922 | ) | (54,050 | ) | |||||||||||
Realized (loss)/gain on interest rate swaps held for trading | (8,435 | ) | (7,842 | ) | 1,893 | (7,842 | ) | 1,893 | 3,164 | |||||||||||
Realized gain on forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading | — | 3,730 | 241 | |||||||||||||||||
Realized gain/(loss) on forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading | 3,730 | 241 | (3,707 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Recycled loss of cash flow hedges reclassified to profit or loss | (23,514 | ) | (4,368 | ) | — | (4,368 | ) | — | (697 | ) | ||||||||||
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges | — | (65 | ) | (289 | ) | (65 | ) | (289 | ) | (151 | ) | |||||||||
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Total | (13,419 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | 2,025 | (6,077 | ) | (55,441 | ) | ||||||||||
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Fair value measurements
The fair value of the Group's financial assets and liabilities approximate to their carrying amounts at the reporting date.
The fair value of the interest rate swaps at the end of reporting period was determined by discounting the future cash flows using the interest rate yield curves at the end of reporting period and the credit risk inherent in the contract. The fair value of the CCSs at the end of the reporting period was determined by discounting the future cash flows that are estimated based on forward exchange rates and contract forward rates, discounted at a rate that reflects the credit risk of the counterparties. The Group uses its judgment to make assumptions that are primarily based on market conditions for the estimation of the counterparty risk and the Group's own risk that are considered for the calculation of the fair value of the interest rate and CCSs. The interest rate swaps, the forward foreign exchange contracts and the CCSs meet Level 2 classification, according to the fair value hierarchy as defined by IFRS 13Fair Value Measurement. There were no financial instruments in Levels 1 or 3 and no transfers
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
26. Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)
between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the periods presented. The definitions of the levels provided by IFRS 13 are based on the degree to which the fair value is observable:
27. Cash Flow Reconciliations
The reconciliation of the Group's non-cash investing and financing activities for the two years ended December 31, 2019 are presented in the tables below:
A reconciliation of borrowings arising from financing activities is as follows:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Deferred financing costs, assets | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 2,547,556 | — | — | — | — | 2,547,556 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from bank loans and bonds | — | 524,165 | — | — | — | 524,165 | |||||||||||||
Bank loans and bond repayments | — | (231,753 | ) | — | — | — | (231,753 | ) | |||||||||||
Additions in deferred loan/bond fees | — | (7,449 | ) | — | 1,119 | (12,941 | ) | (19,271 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of deferred loan and bond issuance costs and premium (Note 19) | — | — | — | 12,593 | — | 12,593 | |||||||||||||
Retranslation of the NOK 2021 Bonds in U.S. dollars | — | — | (4,831 | ) | — | — | (4,831 | ) | |||||||||||
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Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 2,547,556 | 284,963 | (4,831 | ) | 13,712 | (12,941 | ) | 2,828,459 | |||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
27. Cash Flow Reconciliations (Continued)
The reconciliation of the Group's non-cash investing and financing activities for the two years ended December 31, 2018 are presented in the tables below:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Deferred financing costs, assets | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2019 | 2,828,459 | — | — | — | — | 2,828,459 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from bank loans and bonds | — | 905,730 | — | — | — | 905,730 | |||||||||||||
Bank loans and bond repayments | — | (547,751 | ) | — | — | — | (547,751 | ) | |||||||||||
Payment for bond repurchase | — | (34,602 | ) | — | — | — | (34,602 | ) | |||||||||||
Additions in deferred loan/bond fees | — | (25,912 | ) | — | (910 | ) | 7,016 | (19,806 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of deferred loan and bond issuance costs and premium (Note 19) | — | — | — | 14,154 | — | 14,154 | |||||||||||||
Retranslation of the NOK 2021 Bonds and the NOK 2024 Bonds in U.S. dollars | — | — | 1,211 | — | — | 1,211 | |||||||||||||
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Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 2,828,459 | 297,465 | 1,211 | 13,244 | 7,016 | 3,147,395 | |||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of borrowingsderivatives arising from financing activities is as follows:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Deferred financing costs, assets | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2017 | 2,652,026 | — | — | — | — | 2,652,026 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from bank loans and bonds | — | 280,000 | — | — | — | 280,000 | |||||||||||||
Bank loans and bond repayments | — | (397,008 | ) | — | — | — | (397,008 | ) | |||||||||||
Additions in deferred loan/bond fees | — | (8,830 | ) | — | (1,526 | ) | 5,474 | (4,882 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of deferred loan and bond issuance costs and premium (Note 19) | — | — | — | 12,398 | — | 12,398 | |||||||||||||
Retranslation of the NOK Bonds in U.S. dollars | — | — | 5,022 | — | — | 5,022 | |||||||||||||
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Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2017 | 2,652,026 | (125,838 | ) | 5,022 | 10,872 | 5,474 | 2,547,556 | ||||||||||||
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| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Deferred financing costs, assets | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 2,547,556 | — | — | — | — | 2,547,556 | |||||||||||||
Proceeds from bank loans and bonds | — | 524,165 | — | — | — | 524,165 | |||||||||||||
Bank loans and bond repayments | — | (231,753 | ) | — | — | — | (231,753 | ) | |||||||||||
Additions in deferred loan/bond fees | — | (7,449 | ) | — | 1,119 | (12,941 | ) | (19,271 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of deferred loan and bond issuance costs and premium (Note 19) | — | — | — | 12,593 | — | 12,593 | |||||||||||||
Retranslation of the NOK Bonds in U.S. dollars | — | — | (4,831 | ) | — | — | (4,831 | ) | |||||||||||
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Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 2,547,556 | 284,963 | (4,831 | ) | 13,712 | (12,941 | ) | 2,828,459 | |||||||||||
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| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net derivative assets as of January 1, 2018 | 16,396 | — | — | — | 16,396 | ||||||||||
Unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading | — | — | — | (7,922 | ) | (7,922 | ) | ||||||||
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges | — | — | — | (289 | ) | (289 | ) | ||||||||
Effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments | — | — | (5,089 | ) | — | (5,089 | ) | ||||||||
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Net derivative assets/(liabilities) as of December 31, 2018 | 16,396 | — | (5,089 | ) | (8,211 | ) | 3,096 | ||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
27. Cash Flow Reconciliations (Continued)
A reconciliation of derivatives arising from financing activities is as follows:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net derivative liabilities as of January 1, 2017 | (22,401 | ) | — | — | — | (22,401 | ) | |||||||||
Unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments held for trading including ineffective portion of cash flow hedge | — | — | — | 10,505 | 10,505 | |||||||||||
Payment for CCS termination (Note 26) | — | 20,603 | — | — | 20,603 | |||||||||||
Effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments | — | — | 7,689 | — | 7,689 | |||||||||||
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Net derivative (liabilities)/assets as of December 31, 2017 | (22,401 | ) | 20,603 | 7,689 | 10,505 | 16,396 | ||||||||||
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| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Total | Opening balance | Cash flows | Other comprehensive income | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net derivative assets as of January 1, 2018 | 16,396 | — | — | — | 16,396 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net derivative assets as of January 1, 2019 | 3,096 | — | — | — | 3,096 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading | — | — | — | (7,922 | ) | (7,922 | ) | — | — | — | (54,050 | ) | (54,050 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges | — | — | — | (289 | ) | (289 | ) | — | — | — | (151 | ) | (151 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Payment for CCS termination | — | 3,731 | — | 4,051 | 7,782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments | — | — | (5,089 | ) | — | (5,089 | ) | — | — | (2,608 | ) | — | (2,608 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Net derivative assets as of December 31, 2018 | 16,396 | — | (5,089 | ) | (8,211 | ) | 3,096 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net derivative assets/(liabilities) as of December 31, 2019 | 3,096 | 3,731 | (2,608 | ) | (50,150 | ) | (45,931 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease arising from investing activities is as follows:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease as of January 1, 2017 | 4,207,407 | — | — | 4,207,407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of January 1, 2018 | 3,939,221 | — | — | 3,939,221 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions (Note 6) | — | 82,352 | 978 | 83,330 | — | 673,787 | 16,973 | 690,760 | ||||||||||||||||||
Transfer under "Other non-current assets" | — | — | (1,650 | ) | (1,650 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation expense (Note 6) | — | — | (137,187 | ) | (137,187 | ) | — | — | (145,474 | ) | (145,474 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease as of December 31, 2017 | 4,207,407 | 82,352 | (136,209 | ) | 4,153,550 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of December 31, 2018 | 3,939,221 | 673,787 | (130,151 | ) | 4,482,857 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of January 1, 2019 | 4,482,857 | — | — | 4,482,857 | |||||||||
Additions (Note 6) | — | 479,618 | (1,013 | ) | 478,605 | ||||||||
Returns for capital expenditures (Note 6) | — | (10,451 | ) | (773 | ) | (11,224 | ) | ||||||
Impairment loss on vessels (Note 6) | — | — | (162,149 | ) | (162,149 | ) | |||||||
Depreciation expense (Note 6) | — | — | (157,701 | ) | (157,701 | ) | |||||||
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Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of December 31, 2019 | 4,482,857 | 469,167 | (321,636 | ) | 4,630,388 | ||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
27. Cash Flow Reconciliations (Continued)
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease as of January 1, 2018 | 4,153,550 | — | — | 4,153,550 | |||||||||
Additions (Note 6) | — | 673,823 | 17,080 | 690,903 | |||||||||
Transfer under "Other non-current assets" | — | — | (1,650 | ) | (1,650 | ) | |||||||
Depreciation expense (Note 6) | — | — | (153,193 | ) | (153,193 | ) | |||||||
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Tangible fixed assets, vessels under construction and vessel held under finance lease as of December 31, 2018 | 4,153,550 | 673,823 | (137,763 | ) | 4,689,610 | ||||||||
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A reconciliation of finance lease liabilities arising from financing activities is as follows:
| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finance lease liabilities as of January 1, 2017 | 220,401 | — | — | 220,401 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease charge (Note 19) | — | — | 10,875 | 10,875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities as of January 1, 2018 | 213,428 | — | — | 213,428 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease charge (Note 19) | — | — | 10,520 | 10,520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for interest | — | (14,276 | ) | — | (14,276 | ) | — | (10,520 | ) | — | (10,520 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Payments for finance lease liability | — | (3,572 | ) | — | (3,572 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for lease liability | — | (7,329 | ) | — | (7,329 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2017 | 220,401 | (17,848 | ) | 10,875 | 213,428 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities as of December 31, 2018 | 213,428 | (17,849 | ) | 10,520 | 206,099 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | Opening balance | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finance lease liabilities as of January 1, 2018 | 213,428 | — | — | 213,428 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance lease charge (Note 19) | — | — | 10,520 | 10,520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities as of January 1, 2019 | 213,374 | — | — | 213,374 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lease charge (Note 19) | — | — | 10,506 | 10,506 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Additions | — | — | 1,462 | 1,462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for interest | — | (10,520 | ) | — | (10,520 | ) | — | (10,521 | ) | — | (10,521 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Payments for finance lease liability | — | (7,329 | ) | — | (7,329 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for lease liability | — | (9,950 | ) | 59 | (9,891 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2018 | 213,428 | (17,849 | ) | 10,520 | 206,099 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019 | 213,374 | (20,471 | ) | 12,027 | 204,930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of equity offerings arising from financing activities is as follows:
| | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' common unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | 141,395 | — | 141,395 | 60,345 | — | 60,345 | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' preference unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | 139,222 | — | 139,222 | 208,394 | — | 208,394 | ||||||||||||||
Offering costs | (2,032 | ) | (359 | ) | (2,391 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity related costs | (917 | ) | (703 | ) | (1,620 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net proceeds from equity offerings in the year ended December 31, 2017 | 278,585 | (359 | ) | 278,226 | ||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from equity offerings in the year ended December 31, 2018 | 267,822 | (703 | ) | 267,119 | ||||||||||||||||
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GasLog Ltd. and its SubsidiariesNotes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
27. Cash Flow Reconciliations (Continued)
| | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | Cash flows | Non-cash items | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' common unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | 60,345 | — | 60,345 | |||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from GasLog Partners' preference unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) | 208,394 | — | 208,394 | |||||||||||||||||
Offering costs | (917 | ) | (703 | ) | (1,620 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Equity related costs | (1,670 | ) | 1,053 | (617 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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Net proceeds from equity offerings in the year ended December 31, 2018 | 267,822 | (703 | ) | 267,119 | ||||||||||||||||
Net payments for equity offerings in the year ended December 31, 2019 | (1,670 | ) | 1,053 | (617 | ) | |||||||||||||||
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28. Taxation
Under the laws of the countries of the Group's domestication/incorporation and/or vessels' registration, the Group is not subject to tax on international shipping income. However, it is subject to registration and tonnage taxes, which are included in vessel operating and supervision costs in the consolidated statement of profit or loss.
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
28. Taxation (Continued)
Under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the U.S. source gross transportation income of a ship-owning or chartering corporation, such as GasLog, is subject to a 4% U.S. Federal income tax without allowance for deduction, unless that corporation qualifies for exemption from tax under Section 883 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. U.S. source gross transportation income consists of 50% of the gross shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.
GasLog has qualified for the statutory tax exemption for the year of 20182019 and intends to continue to qualify for the foreseeable future.
29. Earnings/(losses) per share ("EPS")
Basic earnings/(losses) per share was calculated by dividing the profitprofit/(loss) for the year attributable to the owners of the common shares after deducting the dividend on Preference Shares by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding during the year.
Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the profitprofit/(loss) for the year attributable to the owners of the Group adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares by the weighted average number of all potential ordinary shares assumed to have been converted into common shares, unless such potential ordinary shares have an antidilutive effect.
The following reflects the earnings/(losses) and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings/(losses) per share computations:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
Basic earnings/(loss) per share | ||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to owners of the Group | 15,506 | 47,683 | (100,661 | ) | ||||||
Less: Dividends on Preference Shares | (10,064 | ) | (10,063 | ) | (10,063 | ) | ||||
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Profit/(loss) for the year available to owners of the Group | 5,442 | 37,620 | (110,724 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,849,818 | |||||||
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Basic earnings/(loss) per share | 0.07 | 0.47 | (1.37 | ) | ||||||
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Diluted earnings/(loss) per share | ||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year available to owners of the Group used in the calculation of diluted EPS | 5,442 | 37,620 | (110,724 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | 80,849,818 | |||||||
Dilutive potential ordinary shares | 643,342 | 844,185 | — | |||||||
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Weighted average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted EPS | 81,266,130 | 81,637,022 | 80,849,818 | |||||||
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Diluted earnings/(loss) per share | 0.07 | 0.46 | (1.37 | ) | ||||||
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The Group excluded the effect of 2,630,173 SARs and 367,162 RSUs in calculating diluted EPS for the year ended December 31, 2019, as they were anti-dilutive (December 31, 2018: 555,453 SARs and 0 RSUs, December 31, 2017: 998,502 SARs and 0 RSUs).
GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries
Notes to the consolidated financial statements (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 20182019
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
29. Earnings/(losses) per share ("EPS") (Continued)
The following reflects the earnings/(losses) and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings/(losses) per share computations:
| | For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
Basic (loss)/earnings per share | ||||||||||
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to owners of the Group | (21,486 | ) | 15,506 | 47,683 | ||||||
Less: Dividends on Preference Shares | (10,063 | ) | (10,064 | ) | (10,063 | ) | ||||
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(Loss)/profit for the year available to owners of the Group | (31,549 | ) | 5,442 | 37,620 | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | |||||||
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Basic (loss)/earnings per share | (0.39 | ) | 0.07 | 0.47 | ||||||
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Diluted (loss)/ earnings per share | ||||||||||
(Loss)/profit for the year available to owners of the Group used in the calculation of diluted EPS | (31,549 | ) | 5,442 | 37,620 | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 80,534,702 | 80,622,788 | 80,792,837 | |||||||
Dilutive potential ordinary shares | — | 643,342 | 844,185 | |||||||
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Weighted average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted EPS | 80,534,702 | 81,266,130 | 81,637,022 | |||||||
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Diluted (loss)/earnings per share | (0.39 | ) | 0.07 | 0.46 | ||||||
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The Group excluded the effect of 555,453 SARs and 0 RSUs in calculating diluted EPS for the year ended December 31, 2018, as they were anti-dilutive (December 31, 2017: 998,502 SARs and 0 RSUs, December 31, 2016: 1,713,702 SARs and 368,437 RSUs).
30. Subsequent Events
On January 29, 2019, the board of directors of31, 2020, GasLog Partners authorized a unit repurchase programme of up to $25,000 covering the period January 31, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the termsrepurchased and cancelled NOK 434,000 of the repurchase programme, GasLog Partners may repurchase common units from time to time,outstanding NOK 2021 Bonds at its discretion, on the open market ora price of 104.0% of par value, resulting in privately negotiated transactions.a loss of $1,937.
On February 13, 2019,5, 2020, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share payable on March 14, 201912, 2020 to shareholders of record as of March 4, 2019.2, 2020.
On February 20, 2019,7, 2020, GasLog Partners enteredpaid $17,625 for the acquisition of LLIs, following the expiration of the arrangement, whereby GasLog would have access to all LLIs necessary for the conversion of a GasLog LNG carrier into a credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank ABP, filial i Norge and Iyo Bank, Ltd., Singapore Branch, each an original lender, of up to $450,000 (the "2019FSRU.
On February 13, 2020, GasLog Partners Facility"), in order to refinancedrew $23,346 under the existing indebtedness due in November 2019 on five of its vessels. Subsequently on February 20, 2019, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc. entered the 2019 GasLog Partners Facility as lender via transfer certificate. The agreement provides for an amortising revolving credit facility of the Legacy Facility Refinancing, reducing the available amount to $76,654 which can be repaiddrawn and redrawnrepaid at any time for a period of five years. The total available facility amount will be reduced on a quarterly basis, with a final balloon amount payable concurrently with the last quarterly instalment, if any, in February 2024. The vessels covered by the 2019 GasLog Partners Facility are theGasLog Shanghai, theGasLog Santiago, theGasLog Sydney, theMethane Rita Andreauntil January 2021 and theMethane Jane Elizabeth. The facility is subject to customary conditions precedent.July 2021, respectively.
On February 26, 2019, the Partnership entered into13, 2020 and February 14, 2020, GasLog repurchased 323,919 common shares at a Third Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement to further increase the sizeweighted average price of the ATM Programme from $144,000 to $250,000.$6.1443 per share for a total amount of $2,000 under its share repurchase programme.