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Monaco - June 14, 2016 Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) (the "Company") announced today that it intends to offer, issue and sell to the public 20,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), through an underwritten public offering (the "Offering"). The net proceeds of the Offering are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. As part of the Offering, Scorpio Services Holding Limited has expressed an interest to purchase Common Shares at the public offering price with a value of at least $15 million. The Company also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Common Shares. Clarksons Platou Securities Inc. is acting as Sole Bookrunner & Joint Lead Manager in the Offering and BTIG, LLC, Pareto Securities Inc. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated are acting as Joint Lead Managers in the Offering. The Company's Common Shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SALT." This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. A prospectus supplement related to the Offering will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and will be available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Clarksons Platou Securities, Inc., 410 Park Avenue, Suite 710, New York, NY 10022 (or by telephone, toll free at 855-864-2265, or by e-mail at prospectuses@clarksons.com), BTIG, LLC, 825 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022 (or by email at USSyndicate@btig.com), Pareto Securities Inc., 150 East 52nd Street, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Audun J. Hoen (or by e-mail at audun.hoen@paretosec.com) and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, One South Street, 15th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, Attn: Syndicate Department (or by telephone, toll free at 855-300-7136 or e-mail: syndprospectus@stifel.com). About Scorpio Bulkers Inc. Scorpio Bulkers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of dry bulk commodities. Scorpio Bulkers Inc. currently owns 36 vessels, consisting of 14 Kamsarmax vessels and 22 Ultramax vessels. The Company also time charters-in two dry bulk vessels (consisting of one Kamsarmax vessel and one Panamax vessel) and has contracted for 12 dry bulk vessels (consisting of six Kamsarmax vessels and six Ultramax vessels), from shipyards in Japan and China. Upon final delivery of all of the vessels, the owned fleet is expected to have a total carrying capacity of approximately 3.4 million deadweight tons. Additional information about the Company is available on the Company's website www.scorpiobulkers.com, which is not a part of this press release. Scorpio Bulkers Inc. press release |
