Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. Announces Pricing Of Its $30 Million Common Stock Offering
January 29, 2010 – Athens, Greece – Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the “Company”)
(NASDAQ: SHIP; SHIP.W) today announced that it has priced its public offering of 20,833,333
shares of common stock. The Company has granted the representatives of the underwriters a
45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,125,000 shares of common stock to cover overallotments.
The shares were offered to the public at $1.20 per share. Four of the Company’s
major shareholders affiliated with the Restis Group have committed to purchase an additional
4,166,667 shares of common stock directly from the Company at the public offering price. The
offering is expected to settle and close on February 3, 2010, subject to customary closing
conditions. Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used in conjunction with cash
from operations and financing to be obtained from the Company’s bank to purchase a new
vessel.
Maxim Group LLC and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: RODM) are acting as the joint book-running managers and Chardan
Capital Markets, LLC is acting as co-manager for the offering. The offering will be made only by
means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 405
Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174, or by calling 800-724-0761 or Rodman & Renshaw,
LLC, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, or by calling 212-430-1710.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of
the securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or 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 jurisdiction.
About Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., the successor to Seanergy Maritime Corp., is a Marshall
Islands corporation with its executive offices in Athens, Greece. The Company is engaged in the
transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and operation of dry bulk carriers.
The Company's initial fleet was comprised of two Panamax, two Supramax and two Handysize
dry bulk carriers which Seanergy purchased and took delivery of the ships in the third and fourth
quarters of 2008 from companies associated with members of the Restis family. In August 2009,
the Company acquired a controlling interest in Bulk Energy Transport (Holdings) Limited ("BET")
which owns five drybulk carriers, four Capesize and one Panamax.
As a result, the Company's current controlled fleet (excluding the vessel to be acquired with the
net proceeds of the offering) includes 11 drybulk carriers (4 Capesize, 3 Panamax, 2 Supramax
and 2 Handysize vessels) with a total carrying capacity of 1,043,296 dwt and an average age of
14 years.
The Company's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the
symbols SHIP and SHIP.W, respectively.
Seanergy Maritime Corp. press release
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