Taylor Maritime (LSE:TMIP) has agreed to sell three handysize vessels for a gross cash consideration estimated at $48.6 million, with the sales expected to complete in the third quarter of this calendar year.
The Jersey-based shipping investment company said most of the net proceeds will be returned to shareholders through a further compulsory partial redemption of shares once received. The disposals form part of the managed realisation strategy the company announced on 20 March, under which it has been progressively selling vessels and returning capital to shareholders.
One vessel is being sold for $15 million to a subsidiary of T3 Holding, a company controlled by chief executive Edward Buttery, a related-party transaction under UK Listing Rules.
The remaining two vessels are being disposed of via the sale of equity stakes in a holding subsidiary, split between an unrelated buyer, Hermes World Maritime, and T3, for combined proceeds of roughly $33.6 million.
Together, the two transactions are classed as a significant transaction under the Listing Rules given their combined size relative to the company.
All three vessels are on fixed-duration time charters running between November and March 2027, at rates the company said are below current market levels.
Once complete, the sales will leave Taylor Maritime with a remaining fleet of two vessels, with charter income from the three sold ships, which contributed $12.9 million in revenue in the last financial year, ceasing.
The board said the transactions "further the objective to dispose of the Company's assets as expeditiously as possible and thus to enable another compulsory redemption in due course."
News Intelligence what this means for the company
Taylor Maritime is selling three handysize vessels for $48.6 million gross, with most proceeds returned to shareholders via compulsory redemption—the latest step in its managed fleet wind-down announced in March. The sale leaves the company with two vessels and eliminates $12.9 million in annual charter revenue, accelerating the realisation strategy but also shrinking the operating base that generates ongoing income.
The sale advances the capital return programme (total returned since IPO now approaching $267 million including this transaction) but materially reduces revenue-generating assets; shareholders receive cash but the company moves closer to full liquidation with diminishing operational scale and charter income.
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