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     490  0 Kommentare FRO - Frontline Ltd. and Ship Finance International Limited agree on amended charter structure

    Frontline Ltd. (NYSE/OSE: FRO) (the "Company" or "Frontline") today announced that the Company has entered into a heads of agreement to amend the terms of the long term charter agreements with Ship Finance International Limited ("Ship Finance") for the remainder of the charter period.

    A subsidiary of Frontline has 17 vessels on charter from Ship Finance with an average remaining charter period of 7.7 years. The new agreement will take effect from July 1, 2015 and will reflect a combination of reduced long-term base rates, increased profit split to Ship Finance, increased operating expenses payable by Ship Finance, release of Frontline's guarantee for the charters and an ownership interest in Frontline for Ship Finance.
    • New time charter rates for VLCCs: $20,000/day
    • New time charter rates for Suezmax tankers: $15,000/day
  • New opex for all vessels: $9,000/day payable by Ship Finance (previously $6,500/day)
  • New profit split: 50%/50% above new time charter rates
  • 55 million Frontline shares will be issued to Ship Finance
  • The chartering counterparty will continue to be a subsidiary of Frontline, and in exchange for releasing Frontline from the current guarantee obligation on the charters, a cash buffer of $34 million ($2 million per vessel) will be built up in the chartering counterparty.

    Accrued cash sweep by Ship Finance from January through June 2015 based on the existing agreement, estimated to be approximately $20 million, will be paid to Ship Finance in July, 2015.

    In the current charter arrangement, Ship Finance is entitled to a 25% profit split above an average of $26,737/day for the VLCCs and an average of $21,100/day for the Suezmax tankers, calculated and payable on an annual basis. Frontline prepaid $50 million in profit split in December 2011 and no additional profit split has so far accrued in excess of this amount.

    The new profit split arrangement will start accruing from July 1 and will be calculated and payable on a quarterly basis. Going forward, profit split payments will not be subject to the previous $50 million threshold.

    The estimated reduction in fixed charter payments to Ship Finance under the amendments to the charter agreements is approximately $283 million. In addition, the new agreement significantly strengthens Frontline's balance sheet and reduces its financial risk.

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    FRO - Frontline Ltd. and Ship Finance International Limited agree on amended charter structure Frontline Ltd. (NYSE/OSE: FRO) (the "Company" or "Frontline") today announced that the Company has entered into a heads of agreement to amend the terms of the long term charter agreements with Ship Finance International Limited ("Ship Finance") for …