Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Apr 3, 2024.
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The yearly report of a company based outside the US. It covers much of what a 10-K does, and may follow accounting rules other than US ones.
FY2023 · Filed Apr 3, 2024
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 20-F
(Mark One)
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
OR
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
OR
☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
Date of event requiring this shell company report: Not applicable
For the transition period from _______ to _______
Commission file number:001-34848
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
Republic of the Marshall Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
154 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 166 74 Glyfada, Greece
(Address of principal executive offices)
Stamatios Tsantanis, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
154 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 166 74 Glyfada, Greece
Telephone: +30 213 0181507, Fax: +30 210 9638404
(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 class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share | SHIP | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Preferred Stock Purchase Rights | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered or to be 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, 2023, there were 19,636,352 of the registrant’s common shares, $0.0001 par value, and 20,000 shares of the registrant’s Series B Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, outstanding.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒No
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 ☒No
Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.
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 ☐ No
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 ☐ No
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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☒ | Non-accelerated filer ☐ |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging growth company ☐ | ||
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. ☐
† 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 whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ☒ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☐ | Other ☐ |
|---|
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 | ☐ Item 18 |
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 | ☒ No |
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. N/A
| ☐ Yes | ☐ No |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 35 |
| ITEM 4A. | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS | 57 |
| ITEM 5. | OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS | 57 |
| ITEM 6. | DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES | 74 |
| ITEM 7. | MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 78 |
| ITEM 8. | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 80 |
| ITEM 9. | THE OFFER AND LISTING | 81 |
| ITEM 10. | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 82 |
| ITEM 11. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 90 |
| ITEM 12. | DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES | 90 |
| PART II | ||
| ITEM 13. | DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES | 91 |
| ITEM 14. | MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS | 91 |
| ITEM 15. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 91 |
| ITEM 16. | [RESERVED] | 92 |
| ITEM 16A. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT | 92 |
| ITEM 16B. | CODE OF ETHICS | 92 |
| ITEM 16C. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES | 92 |
| ITEM 16D. | EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES | 93 |
| ITEM 16E. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS | 93 |
| ITEM 16F. | CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT | 93 |
| ITEM 16G. | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 93 |
| ITEM 16H. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE | 94 |
| ITEM 16I. | DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS | 94 |
| ITEM 16J. | INSIDER TRADING POLICIES | 94 |
| ITEM 16K. | CYBERSECURITY | 94 |
| PART III | ||
| ITEM 17. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 95 |
| ITEM 18. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 95 |
| ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS | 96 |
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 20-F contains certain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and other statements that are other than statements of historical fact. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all statements in this annual report concerning or relating to estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenses, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates, future financial results and liquidity are forward-looking statements. In addition, we, through our senior management, from time to time may make forward-looking public statements concerning our expected future operations and performance and other developments.
The forward-looking statements in this annual report are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements.
Many of these statements are based on our assumptions about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are described more fully in “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors.” Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect our future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. In addition to these important factors, important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include among other things:
| • | changes in shipping industry trends, including charter rates, vessel values and factors affecting vessel supply and demand; |
| • | changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns; |
| • | changes in the supply of or demand for dry bulk commodities, including dry bulk commodities carried by sea, generally or in particular regions; |
| • | changes in the number of newbuildings under construction in the dry bulk shipping industry; |
| • | changes in the useful lives and the value of our vessels and the related impact on our compliance with loan covenants; |
| • | the aging of our fleet and increases in operating costs; |
| • | changes in our ability to complete future, pending or recent acquisitions or dispositions; |
| • | our ability to achieve successful utilization of our fleet; |
| • | changes to our financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to pay amounts that we owe and obtain additional financing to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate activities; |
| • | risks related to our business strategy, areas of possible expansion or expected capital spending or operating expenses; |
| • | changes in our ability to leverage the relationships and reputation in the dry bulk shipping industry of V.Ships Greece Ltd., or V.Ships Greece, and Global Seaways S.A., or Global Seaways, our technical and crew managers of certain of our vessels, and Fidelity Marine Inc., or Fidelity, our commercial manager; |
| • | changes in the availability of crew, number of off-hire days, classification survey requirements and insurance costs for the vessels in our fleet; |
| • | changes in our relationships with our contract counterparties, including the failure of any of our contract counterparties to comply with their agreements with us; |
| • | loss of our customers, charters or vessels; |
| • | damage to our vessels; |
| • | potential liability from future litigation and incidents involving our vessels; |
| • | our future operating or financial results; |
| • | acts of terrorism, war, piracy, and other hostilities; |
| • | public health threats, pandemics, epidemics, other disease outbreaks or calamities (including, without limitation, the coronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic), and governmental responses thereto; |
| • | risks associated with the reemergence of the COVID-19 pandemic (and various variants that may emerge), including its effects on demand for dry bulk products, crew changes and the transportation thereof; |
| • | changes in global and regional economic and political conditions; |
| • | general domestic and international political conditions or events, including “trade wars” and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions, the war between Israel and Hamas or the Houthi crisis in the Red Sea; |
| • | changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, particularly with respect to the dry bulk shipping industry; |
| • | our ability to continue as a going concern; and |
| • | other factors discussed in “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors.” |
Should one or more of the foregoing risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Consequently, there can be no assurance that actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects, on us. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable laws. If one or more forward-looking statements are updated, no inference should be drawn that additional updates will be made with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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