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26.02.2015 14:53:09
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Fourth Quarter 2014 Results
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) - Earnings Release
Reports preliminary 4Q 2014 results and increased quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share
Hamilton, Bermuda, February 26, 2015. Ship Finance International Limited ("Ship Finance" or the "Company") today announced its preliminary financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.
Highlights
- Increased fourth quarter dividend of $0.42 per share
- Delivery of remaining 8,700 TEU container vessels in combination with long-term charters
- Sale of three older VLCCs in the fourth quarter 2014
- Sale of the ultra-deepwater drillship West Polaris in the fourth quarter 2014
- Selected key financial data:
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| Dec 31, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | |||
| Charter revenues(1) | $179m | $176m | ||
| EBITDA(2) | $149m | $146m | ||
| Net income | $25m | $ 35m | ||
| Earnings per share | $0.27 | $0.37 | ||
Dividends and Results for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2014
The Board of Directors has declared an increased quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend will be paid on or about March 27, 2015 to shareholders on record as of March 10, 2015, and the ex-dividend date at the NYSE will be March 6, 2015. This will be the 44th consecutive quarterly dividend declared by the Company.
The Company reported total U.S. GAAP operating revenues on a consolidated basis of $88.7 million, or $0.95 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2014. This number excludes $10.5 million of revenues classified as 'repayment of investments in finance lease', and $80.1 million of charter revenues earned by 100% owned assets classified as 'investment in associate'.
The cash sweep agreement with Frontline had a positive effect of $11.3 million, or $0.12 per share in the fourth quarter. For the full year 2014 a total of $32.7 million cash sweep was recorded and is payable to the Company in March 2015. There was also a $0.2 million profit share in the quarter relating to some of our dry bulk vessels.
Questions can be directed to Ship Finance Management AS:
Investor and Analyst Contact:
Harald Gurvin, Chief Financial Officer: +47 23114009
Andre Reppen, Senior Vice President: +47 23114055
Media Contact:
Ole B. Hjertaker, Chief Executive Officer: +47 23114011
About Ship Finance
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Ship Finance management's examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.
Important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market as a result of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in the Company's operating expenses including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Ship Finance International Limited via Globenewswire
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