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4 August 2023
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
Publication of Annual Report & Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Board of Taylor Maritime Investments Limited ("TMI" or the "Company"), the listed specialist dry bulk shipping company, is pleased to announce that the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 (the "Annual Report") has today been circulated to shareholders.
The Company also announces that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company will be held at Level 5 St Julian's Court, St Julian's Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey on 6 September 2023 at 11.00 a.m. Copies of the Notice of AGM and forms of proxy have also been circulated to shareholders.
Copies of the Annual Report, Notice of AGM and forms of proxy will also be available on the Company's website (https://taylormaritimeinvestments.com/investor-centre/results-and-presentations/) and at the National Storage Mechanism (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
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Notes to Editors
About the Company
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited is an internally managed investment company listed on the Premium Segment of the Official List, its shares trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2021. The Company specializes in the acquisition and chartering of vessels in the Handysize and Supra/Ultramax bulk carrier segments of the global shipping sector. The Company invests in a diversified portfolio of vessels which are primarily second-hand. TMI's fleet portfolio numbers 22 vessels in the geared dry bulk segment. The ships are employed utilising a variety of employment/charter strategies.
On 20 December, the Company announced it acquired a controlling majority interest in Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd ("Grindrod") (NASDAQ:GRIN, JSE:GSH), a Singapore incorporated, dual listed company on NASDAQ and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Grindrod owns 21 geared dry bulk vessels complementary to the Company's fleet. They are mostly Japanese built, including 13 Handysize vessels and 8 Supra/Ultramax vessels. Grindrod has seven vessels in its chartered in fleet with purchase options on four.
The combined TMI and Grindrod fleet numbers 50 vessels (including chartered in vessels).
The Company's target dividend policy is 8 cents p.a. paid on a quarterly basis, with a targeted total NAV return of 10-12% per annum over the medium to long-term.
The Company has the benefit of an experienced Executive Team led by Edward Buttery and who previously worked closely together at the Commercial Manager, Taylor Maritime. Established in 2014, Taylor Maritime is a privately owned ship-owning and management business with a seasoned team that includes the founders of dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin Shipping (listed in Hong Kong 2343.HK) and gas shipping company BW Epic Kosan (formerly Epic Shipping) (listed in Oslo BWEK:NO). Taylor Maritime's team of industry professionals are based in Hong Kong, Singapore and London.
For more information, please visit www.taylormaritimeinvestments.com.
About Geared Vessels
Geared vessels are characterised by their own loading equipment. The Handysize and Supra/Ultramax market segments are particularly attractive, given the flexibility, versatility and port accessibility of these vessels which carry necessity goods - principally food and products related to infrastructure building - ensuring broad diversification of fleet activity and stability of earnings through the cycle.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The information in this announcement may include forward-looking statements, which are based on the current expectations and projections about future events and in certain cases can be identified by the use of terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "project", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "target", "believe" (or the negatives thereon) or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, including, among other things, the development of its business, trends in its operating industry, and future capital expenditures and acquisitions. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events in the forward-looking statements may not occur.
References to target dividend yields and returns are targets only and not profit forecasts and there can be no assurance that these will be achieved.
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