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Unaudited Interim Financial Results for the six months ended June 30, 2019
GRINDROD SHIPPING HOLDINGS LTD.
ABBREVIATED NAME: GRINSHIP
Registered in Singapore with registration number 201731497H
JSE Share code: GSH
ISIN: SG9999019087
Primary listing on NASDAQ Global Select Market
Secondary listing on the JSE Main Board
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. announced its half year 2019 results for the six months ended June
30, 2019 and 2018 and filed them under a Report on Form 6-K (the “Report on Form 6-K”) with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Financial Highlights for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2019
- Revenues of $167.2 million
- Gross profit of $5.9 million
- Adjusted EBITDA of $14.7 million(2)
- Loss for the period of ($19.0 million) or ($0.99) per ordinary share including a ($4.3) million
impairment loss on vessel sales
- Handysize and Supramax/Ultramax TCE per day of $7,030 and $10,481, respectively,
outperformed the Baltic Handysize TC Index (“BHSI”) and Baltic Supramax-58 TC Index (“BSI-
58”) benchmarks by approximately 22.2% and 34.2% respectively(1)(2)
- Medium Range (“MR”) product tanker TCE per day of $14,276 outperformed Clarksons’
Average MR Clean Earnings per day assessment of $12,448 by approximately 14.7%, and
small tanker TCE per day of $12,015(1)(2)
- Period end cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash) of $50.5 million
Notes:
(1) The proportionate share of our joint ventures is not reflected in our condensed consolidated and combined statement
of profit and loss, but is reflected in our segment results.
(2) Adjusted EBITDA and TCE per day are non-GAAP financial measures. For the definitions of these non-GAAP financial
measures and the reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and
presented in accordance with GAAP, please refer to the definitions and reconciliations included in the Report on Form 6-K.
The table below presents a reconciliation between Loss for the period to Headline Loss for the six
months ended June 30, 2019 and June, 30 2018.
Six Months ended June 30,
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, other than per share data) 2019 2018
Reconciliation between loss for the period and headline loss:
Loss for the period .................................................................................................... $ (18,954) $ (13,453)
Adjusted for:
- Impairment loss on joint venture’s ship ................................................................. - 1,423
- Impairment loss on ships ........................................................................................ 4,304 -
- Loss (Gain) on disposals of plant and equipment ................................................... 193 (63)
- Gain on disposals of businesses ............................................................................. - (3,255)
- Gain on deemed disposal of previously held joint venture .................................... - (324)
- Capital gains tax on sale of businesses ................................................................... - 1,809
Headline Loss ............................................................................................................ (14,457) (13,863)
Number of shares on which the per share figures have been calculated ................ 19,063,83
3 19,063,833
Loss and diluted loss per share ............................................................................. $ (0.99) $ (0.71)
Headline loss and diluted headline loss per share ............................................... $ (0.76) $ (0.73)
Short-form announcement
The full announcement includes the contents of the Report on Form 6-K as filed with the SEC on 28
August 2019, being (1) Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and (2) the unaudited interim
condensed consolidated and combined financial statements and related notes of Grindrod Shipping
Holdings Ltd. for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.
This short-form announcement is the responsibility of the directors of Grindrod Shipping Holdings
Ltd. This short-form announcement is only a summary of the information in the full announcement
and does not contain full or complete details. Any investment decision by investors and/or
shareholders should be based on consideration of, inter alia, the full announcement.
The full announcement has been released on SENS on 29 August 2019 and is available for viewing on
the Company’s website (www.grinshipping.com) and at
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2019/jse/isse/GSHE/Grinship.pdf.
The full announcement is available for inspection at the offices of the Company (200 Cantonment
Road, #03-01 SouthPoint, Singapore 089763) and the offices of the Sponsor, Grindrod Bank Limited
(Grindrod Tower, 8A Protea Place, Sandton, 2196), at no charge during normal office hours on
business days from 29 August 2019.
29 August 2019
Sponsor Grindrod Bank Limited
Date: 29/08/2019 08:05:00
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