Tufton Oceanic Assets Ltd. Acquisition of Product Tanker (3739O)

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RNS Number : 3739O

Tufton Oceanic Assets Ltd.

10 June 2022

Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited (The "Company")

Acquisition of Product Tanker

The Board of Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited (ticker: SHIP.L) is pleased to announce the Company has agreed to acquire a Product Tanker for $31.5m.

The Product Tanker, Marvelous, is being acquired at approximately 90% of depreciated replacement cost. Initially the vessel will be employed in a leading product tanker pool where current net unlevered yield is in excess of 25%. We anticipate that the yield will remain above 20% over the next 1-2 years during which time we will decide if a longer term fixed rate charter is more appropriate. Completion of the acquisition is expected by early July.

Similarly to the Product Tanker Exceptional, which the Company acquired at the end of 2021, Marvelous is in the top quartile of fuel efficiency in its market segment but will nonetheless be evaluated for further improvement, including the retrofit of energy saving devices. Marvelous is being acquired at only a slightly higher valuation multiple than Exceptional.

The investment follows earlier announcements regarding capital re-allocation, ESG priorities and the recent strong improvement in the product and chemical tanker markets. Following this acquisition and previously announced divestments and acquisitions, the Company will be fully invested.

For further information, please contact:

 
 Tufton Investment Management Ltd (Investment 
  Manager) 
  Andrew Hampson 
  Paulo Almeida                                                   +44 (0) 20 7518 6700 
 
 Singer Capital Markets 
  James Maxwell, Alex Bond (Corporate Finance) 
  Alan Geeves, James Waterlow, Sam Greatrex 
  (Sales)                                                         +44 (0) 20 7496 3000 
 
 Hudnall Capital LLP 
  Andrew Cade                                                     +44 (0) 20 7520 9085

About the Company

Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited invests in a diversified portfolio of secondhand commercial sea-going vessels with the objective of delivering strong cash flow and capital gains to investors. The Company's investment manager is Tufton Investment Management Ltd. The Company has raised a total of approximately $316.5m (gross) through its Initial Public Offering on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange on 20 December 2017 and subsequent capital raises.

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