Sino-Global to Acquire Tanker

 

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. a shipping agency, logistics and ship management services company, today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU"), between the Company and Rong Yao International Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong corporation (the "Vessel Seller") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire a small oil/chemical tanker (the "Vessel") from the Vessel Seller.

 Pursuant to the terms of the MOU, the purchase price for the Vessel is RMB 65 million (or approximately US $10.5 million), which may be paid in any combination of cash, debt financing and/or the issuance of securities of the Company to the Vessel Seller, that the parties so agree to in the definitive purchase agreement. The following sets forth certain information provided by the Company, from the Vessel Seller regarding the Vessel:

Vessel Name: Rong Zhou

IMO Number: 9526708

Classification Society: NK

Class Notation: Oil/Chemical Tanker

Year of Build: 2010

Builder/Yard: Zhejiang Chenglu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
                      Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China

Flag: Hong Kong

Place of Registration: Hong Kong

Gross/Net Tonnages: 8,818/4,464

Based upon discussions with the Vessel Seller and the Company's preliminary due diligence, the Vessel Seller has used the Vessel for commercial operations since 2012 by chartering the Vessel to various third party charterers for voyage charters in connection with the transportation by such third party charterers of crude palm oil, olein, refined bleached deodorized palm oil and motor gasoline from ports in Indonesia to ports in India and Bangladesh.

The closing of the proposed vessel acquisition shall be subject to a number of closing conditions including, but not limited to, the parties negotiating and entering into definitive purchase agreements, the Company obtaining, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Company, the financing necessary to pay all or the required cash portion of the purchase price for the Vessel (which may include proceeds received from the Company from the sale of its securities and/or loans from third parties), approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, satisfactory completion by the Company of its due diligence of the Vessel and compliance with and obtaining all necessary consents, approvals and permits for the Company to acquire and operate the Vessel.