TOP Tankers Inc.
October 2005
NASDAQ: “TOPT” Page 1 Disclaimer
Forward-Looking Statements
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Page 2 Evangelos J. Pistiolis, Chief Executive Officer
Page 3 Founder & Continued Equity Sponsorship Dynamic Founder & Continued Equity Sponsorship Entered shipping business in 1992, tankers in 1999 July 2004, $135.1m IPO acquired 2 DH Suezmax and 8 DH Handymax tankers November 2004, $148.1m follow-on, acquired 5 DH Suezmax tankers 2005, Organic Growth: Acquired 5 DH Handymax tankers and 1 DH Suezmax tanker – Sold all single-hull vessels Sale-leaseback of 5 Handymax tankers and Sale of 1 Handymax 2005 dividends $1.09: 4 x $0.21 + One-time $0.25; Yield: 7% Growth from 7 to 24 vessels in 14 months
Page 4 Experienced Management Team Transparent Corporate Structure & Governance Strategy
Name Age Title Experience Evangelos Pistiolis 32 CEO Dedicated 12 years career in shipping – Director Stamatis Tsantanis 33 CFO Investment Banking & Shipping – Director Vangelis Iconomou 40 EVP 10 years Commercial, Safety, Quality experience – Director Captain Stavros Emmanuel 63 COO* 31 years experience, 12 years at sea George Goumopoulos 56 CTO* 35 years in Fleet & Technical management
Sarbanes Oxley Compliant Board – Independent Members Name Experience Thomas Jackson, Chairman 56 35 years banking experience, ex-head of NatWest Shipping Michael Doherty 46 25 years in maritime insurance business Chris Thomas 44 22 years in shipping finance, CFO of Nasdaq listed “DRYS” Roy Gibbs 56 39 years banking experience with ANZ Grindlays Bank
* Denotes executives employed by our wholly owned subsidiary Top Tanker Management Inc
Page 5 Recent Developments
3rd Quarter July • Payment of $0.46 per share in dividends (regular & special) • Sale of M/T Fearless with $10m book profit
August • Sale and Leaseback of 2 Handymax tankers for 7 years, with $7m book profit • Reporting of record 2nd quarter and 1st half 2005 earnings
September • Sale and Leaseback of 3 Handymax tankers for 7 years, with $9m book profit • Acquisition two additional double-hull vessels; a 150,038 DWT Suezmax tanker and a 46,346 Handymax tanker • Refinancing of existing RBS term loan and addition of revolver
Page 6 Transparent Corporate Structure
Wholly owned in-house management functions
SOX Compliant TOP Tankers Inc.
Commercial 100% Relationships 24 Tankers 24 Ship-Owning Charters Companies 100 % TOP Tanker Management Management Inc. Company
Contracts
Subcontractors
Page 7 Fleet Profile
Name DWT Vessel Type Hull Sister Ship Year Built Age Modern, Focused & Efficient Suezmax Fleet Stormless 150,038 Suezmax DH 1993 12 Limitless 136,055 Suezmax DH A 1993 12 Faultless 154,970 Suezmax DH B 1992 13 Stainless 149,599 Suezmax DH 1992 13 Noiseless 149,554 Suezmax DH 1992 13 Endless 135,915 Suezmax DH A 1992 13 Timeless 154,970 Suezmax DH B 1991 14 Flawless 154,970 Suezmax DH B 1991 14 Priceless 154,970 Suezmax DH B 1991 14 Stopless 154,970 Suezmax DH B 1991 14 1,496,011 Average 13.2 Handymax Fleet Ioannis P 46,346 Handymax DH 2003 2 Taintless 46,168 Handymax DH C 1999 6 Dauntless 46,168 Handymax DH C 1999 6 Soundless 46,168 Handymax DH C 1999 6 Topless 47,262 Handymax DH 1998 7 Vanguard 47,084 Handymax DH D 1992 13 Relentless* 47,084 Handymax DH D 1992 Sovereign* 47,084 Handymax DH D 1992 Invincible* 47,084 Handymax DH D 1992 Faithful 45,720 Handymax DH 1992 13 Spotless 47,094 Handymax DH D 1991 14 Restless* 47,084 Handymax DH D 1991 Victorious* 47,084 Handymax DH D 1991 Doubtless 47,076 Handymax DH D 1991 14 654,506 Average 9.0
TOTAL DWT 2 ,150,517 Total Fleet Average 11.2
Sisters 1 ,854,303 86.2% *Operated on 7 year bareback charter
Page 8 Top Ten Operators
Leading industry ranking in both double-hull dwt & number of vessels
Suezmax (120-200k) Tankers Handymax (40-55k) Tankers
No. Total No. Total Rank Owner Vessels DWT’000 Rank Owner Vessels DWT’000 1 Teekay Norway 32 4,542 1 TOP Tankers Inc. 14 655 2 Frontline Ltd 18 2,779 2 Eletson 11 508 3 OMI Marine Services 16 2,542 3 Dorado Tankers Inc 11 505 4 TOP Tankers Inc. 10 1,496 4 Tanker Pacific Singapore 9 393
5 Sovcomflot 8 1,256 5 Solar Japan 8 373 6 Chevrontexaco 7 1,075 6 China Shipping Tanker 8 339 7 Ceres Hellenic Shipping 7 1,069 7 Novoship Uk 7 285
8 Thenamaris 7 1,042 8 Shell Intl Trading & Shipping 6 281 9 General Maritime 6 934 9 Oetker Ra 6 276 10 Petrobras 6 929 10 Great Eastern Shipping 6 274
35< TOPT (June 2004) 2 272 65< TOPT (June 2004) 2 90
Page 9 Fleet Development
7 vessels in 2004 to 24 vessels in 2005 2003 EPS of $0.27 to $2.25 2005E consensus estimates
November 5 30 July 23 IPO Follow-on $135mm $148mm $0.29 E $0.81 E 25 $0.49 $0.93(1) 20 $0.42 9 10 10 $0.80 5 4 15 4
10 $0.21 $0.95 14 15 14 14 14 $0.27 22 13 5 55 5 0 Q1-Q4 Q1 2004 Q2 2004 Q3 2004 Q4 2004 Q1 2005 Q2 2005 Q3 2005 Q4 2005 2003 Product Tanker Suezmax Tanker
1 Includes $0.24 in cash compensation
Page 10 TOPT Stock Price & Liquidity
Top Tankers has outperformed the Tanker Index* Top Tankers ranks 4th in liquidity amongst its by 18% since IPO comparables in terms of 1 month volume as a Top Tankers up 44.34% since IPO; Tanker Index up percentage of public float 26.62% (In-line with tanker index since Jan ’01) 1 mo. 13-month average stock price 40% above IPO price Daily 1 mo. Public Average Vol. as % 13-month average daily volume since IPO 0.8 million Float Trading of Public shares Company Symbol (M) Volume Float General Maritime GMR 33.00 1,101,420 3.3% 140% Frontline FRO 48.45 1,507,106 3.1% Overseas Shipholding OSG 26.06 687,046 2.6% 120% Top Tankers TOPT 23.66 444,750 1.9% OMI Corp OMM 82.13 1,305,365 1.6% 100%
PT IPO Teekay Shipping TK 50.87 763,936 1.5% O T ce
n 80% i ice s
Pr 60% n i e g n a 40% tage Ch en 20% rc e P Correlation : 92% 0%
-20% 7/23/04 8/23/04 9/23/04 10/23/04 11/23/04 12/23/04 1/23/05 2/23/05 3/23/05 4/23/05 5/23/05 6/23/05 7/23/05 8/23/05 9/23/05 Date
Top Tankers Tanker Index
*includes FRO, GMR, OMM, OSG, TK, TNP
Page 11 Unique Employment Strategy
Spot market exposure with downside protection
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 10 Suezmax Tankers 3 $28,000, 100% first $7,000, then 50% 1 $37,000 $37,000 $36,000 $35,000 $35,000 6 Spot 14 Handymax Tankers
4 $14,500, 100% first $500, then 50%1
5 $14,250, 100% first $250, then 50%2
4 $17,000, then 30%3
1 $18,000, then 35%4
1. Base rate will change to $14,000 in the 3rd year of the contract with 100% profit share in the 1st $500 above base rate and then 50% 2. Base rate will change to $13,250 from January 1, 2006 with 100% profit share in the 1st $1,250 above base rate and then 50% 3. Base rate will change to $16,250 in the 2nd year of the contract with 100% profit share in the 1st $1,000 above base rate and then 50% 4. Base rate will change to $17,750 in the 2nd year of the contract with 100% profit share in the 1st $750 above base rate and then 50%
Page 12 Industry
Tanker Market
Page 13 Seaborne Trade
New routes are longer and result in higher incremental tanker demand
¾ Oil production shift to net exporters ¾ Additional production headed to Far East and United States
mdwt/1m bpd
Oil Production Capacity 2005-2009 South America - Asia Middle East - E.C.U.S. 3.0 F.S.U. - Asia 2.5 West Africa - Asia 2.0 Middle East - W.C.U.S. F.S.U. - E.C.U.S. 1.5 Middle East - Asia 1.0 West Africa - E.C.U.S. 0.5 North Sea - E.C.U.S. South America - E.C.U.S. 0.0 a a e a a h t ca ca c c h rt s i 02468101214 rt ddl Asi S.U. (0.5) eri eri Ea No Afri h Se F. Mi No South rt st Afr Am Am = Established Routes = Expanding Routes No We
Page 14 Product Trade
Petroleum product trade is expanding rapidly
¾ Crude Oil ton-miles CAGR 1991 – 2005 2.3% vs. 3.4% for products …Consumption centers in the United States and Europe: long haul – Asia: medium haul Refinery Capacity expansion – Middle East, China, India, away from…
Refinery Location Drivers Supply / Demand Imbalance Environmental Concerns Surplus East Wellhead Proximity Deficit West Seaborne Trade Expansion Immediate use of Feedstocks Regional Seaborne Trade
¾ Fleet growth balanced by -overaged Handysize fleet -IMO phase out through 2010 -Edible oil regulations on January 2007
Page 15 Incremental Changes in Supply/Demand
¾ Oil production shift to net exporters - Middle East, West Africa, FSU, Latin America
¾ Majority of incremental production headed to Far East and United States
¾ New routes are longer and result in higher incremental tanker demand
¾ World Seaborne trade (ton miles) grew 1.4% p.a. 1998 – 2003; Accelerated 5.2% p.a. in ’04 – ’05
Next 4 Years 2006 - 2009 Additional World Oil Supply/Demand: 8 m bpd x 9 mdwt/bpd Tankers Required: 72 m dwt 7 m deficit Newbuilding Deliveries: 79 m dwt Mandatory Phase - Out: (14 m) dwt Additional Scrapping 0 m dwt !! 65 m dwt
Page 16 Stamatis Tsantanis, Chief Financial Officer
Page 17 3rd Quarter Highlights
¾ Sale & Leaseback of 5 vessels, $16 million book gain - debt repayment $53 million
¾ Sale of M/T Fearless: $10 million book gain – debt repayment $11 million
¾ Sale of 6 above vessels increased cash on hand by $83 million
¾ Regular debt repayment of $8.4 million
¾ Acquisition of a 1993 built Suezmax tanker for $56.1 million and a 2003 built Handymax for $52.7 million to be delivered by 30 October 2005. - $10.9 million advance in Q3 - $43.5 million in Q4 and assumption of $54.4 million debt
¾ Refinancing of existing RBS term loan and addition of $206m Revolving Credit Line: - Up to $546m – used PF $366m, available $180m - Margin reduced to 86.3 basis points
Page 18 Conservative Capital Structure
Balance Sheet Q2 Actual Q2 PF Cash & Equivalents 55,233 79,300
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt 53,644 33,800 Long-Term Debt 417,650 422,300 Total Debt 471,294 456,100
Shareholder’s Equity 340,198 355,000
Total Capitalization 811,492 811,100 Total Debt/Capitalization 58% 56% Net Debt / Capitalization 51% 46%
Page 19 2006 Estimated Breakeven Level
Low breakeven level compared with prevailing one year time charter rates
$50,000
$40,000 $40,000
$30,000 $27,000
$22,000 $22,400 $20,000 $15,500 $13,500
$10,000
$0 Suezmax Tanker Handymax Tanker
Current One Year T/C Rate Free Cashflow Breakeven Net Income Breakeven
Page 20 Unique Employment Strategy
Fleet calendar days with high percentage of BOTH fixed contracts and spot exposure
100.0%
80.8% 80.0% 76.0% 74.8% 74.0% 75.0% 67.5% 64.4% 60.6% 59.4% 59.3% 56.7% 60.0% 52.9%
40.0%
20.0%
0.0% Q1 Q2 Q3 (E) Q4 (E) AVE 2005 (E) 2006 (E)
Fixe d Days Spot Exposure (Spot + Profit sharing)
Page 21 2006 Estimated Fleet EBITDA
Unique chartering strategy: Downside protection with Upside participation
180 Additional EBITDA
160
140 )
n 120
illio 100 M
( Total Fixed Charges A 80 D
IT 60 B
E 2006 Fixed EBITDA 40 covers 79% of All Fixed Charges 20
0 15,000/20,000 20,000/30,000 25,000/40,000 30,000/50,000 Rate Assumptions (Product/Suezmax)
Page 22 2006 Estimated Sensitivity Analysis
Profitable in a wide range of market scenarios $ per share, except daily rates High Mid Low
Suezmax Tanker Daily Rate $50,000 $35,000 $25,000 Handymax Tanker Daily Rate 30,000 25,000 16,000 2006 EBITDA 172.9 122.6 90.3 2006 CFPS 5.12 3.45 2.00 2006 EPS 3.29 1.63 0.30
DH Average last 5 years: 2006 EBITDA*: 140.0 Suezmax: $43,200 2006 CFPS*: 3.90 Handymax: $23,500 2006 EPS*: 2.05
*Computed at the DH average rates over the last 5 years
Page 23 Net Asset Value and Book Equity Value
NAV and BV per share to improve significantly from CF from Operations
$20
$18 e $16 92% P/NAV
$14 $ per Shar
$12
$10 Current 31/12/2005 E 31/12/2006 E 31/12/2007 E
NAV / Share Book Equity / Share
Page 24 Conclusions / Investment Highlights
Page 25 Why TOP Tankers
All Double Hull fleet
Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products
Fixed Employment with Upside Exposure
In-house Management Functions
Growth combined with dividend yield
#1 and #4 World Ranking in Handymax & Suezmax
Page 26 Why TOP Tankers
Page 27 Appendix
Page 28 2006 Estimated Breakeven Analysis
$ per Vessel per day Suezmaxes Handymaxes Expenses Free Cash Flow Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Income
Operating 7,500 7,500 5,500 5,500 General & Administrative 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600 Maintenance 950 950 550 550 Interest 3,260 3,260 1,780 1,750 Debt Repayment 5,650 - 3,030 - Depreciation - 9,090 - 4,100 Dividend 3,040 - 3,040 -
Total 22,000 22,400 15,500 13,500
Page 29 Sale Leaseback Transactions
Transaction Highlights: Benefits: ¾ 5 Handymax tankers ¾ Maintain FULL commercial & operational control until almost end ¾ 7 year bareboat lease to TOPT of commercial life ¾ 2 x $11,600 per day / 365 days per ¾ Increase cash on hand by $70m year ¾ Redeploy to acquire assets ¾ 3 x $11,500 per day / 365 days per year ¾ Reduce debt by $53m ¾ No purchase options or obligations ¾ Daily lease rate + OPEX ≈ floor TCE ¾ Operating lease under U.S. GAAP ¾ Retain all charter market upside ¾ No residual risks
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