ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwired - Apr 13, 2017) - TEN Ltd. ("TEN") (NYSE: TNP) (the "Company"), a leading diversified
crude, product and LNG tanker operator, today announced that its Board of Directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend
of $0.50 per share for its 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the "Series B Preferred Shares")
(NYSE: TNPPRB) and approximately $0.5547 per share for its 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the
"Series C Preferred Shares") (NYSE: TNPPRC).
Each dividend is for the period from the most recent dividend payment date on January 30, 2017 through April 29,
2017.
The dividend on the Series B Preferred Shares will be paid on May 1, 2017 to all holders of record of Series B Preferred
Shares as of April 28, 2017. The dividend on the Series C Preferred Shares will be paid on May 1, 2017 to all holders of record
of Series C Preferred Shares as of April 26, 2017. Dividends on the Series B and C Preferred Shares are payable quarterly in
arrears on the 30th day (unless the 30th falls on a weekend or public holiday, in which case the payment
date is moved to the next business day) of January, April, July and October of each year, when, as and if declared by TEN's board
of directors. This is the 16th dividend on the Series B and the 14th dividend on the Series C since
their commencement of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
TEN has 2,000,000 Series B Preferred Shares and 2,000,000 Series C Preferred Shares outstanding as of the date of this press
release.
ABOUT TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION
TEN, founded in 1993, is one of the first and most established public shipping companies in the world today. TEN's
pro-forma fleet, including three Aframax tankers under construction, consists of 65 double-hull vessels, constituting a mix of
crude tankers, product tankers and LNG carriers, totalling 7.2 million dwt. Of these, 45 vessels trade in crude, 15 in products,
three are shuttle tankers and two are LNG carriers.
COMPANY'S GROWTH TIME-TABLE
# |
|
Vessel Name |
|
Type |
|
Dwt |
|
Delivery |
|
Status |
|
Employment |
1 |
|
Ulysses |
|
VLCC |
|
300,000 |
|
May 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
2 |
|
Elias Tsakos |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
June 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
3 |
|
Thomas Zafiras |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Aug 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
4 |
|
Leontios H |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Oct 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
5 |
|
Parthenon TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Nov 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
6 |
|
Sunray |
|
Panamax LR1 |
|
74,200 |
|
Aug 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
7 |
|
Sunrise |
|
Panamax LR1 |
|
74,200 |
|
Sep 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
8 |
|
Maria Energy |
|
LNG |
|
93,616 |
|
Oct 2016 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
9 |
|
Hercules I |
|
VLCC |
|
300,000 |
|
Jan 2017 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
10 |
|
Marathon TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Feb 2017 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
11 |
|
Lisboa |
|
DP2 Shuttle |
|
157,000 |
|
Mar 2017 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
12 |
|
Sola TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Apr 2017 |
|
Delivered |
|
Yes |
13 |
|
Oslo TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Q2 2017 |
|
TBD |
|
Yes |
14 |
|
Stavanger TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Q3 2017 |
|
TBD |
|
Yes |
15 |
|
Bergen TS |
|
Aframax |
|
112,700 |
|
Q4 2017 |
|
TBD |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
predicted by such forward-looking statements. TEN undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.