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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit 99.1

 

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces Renewal of its $1 Billion Secured Global Borrowing Base Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility and $250 Million Secured U.S. Borrowing Base Revolving Credit Facility

 

NEW YORK, September 20, 2016 -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:  ANW) ("Aegean" or the "Company") today announced that it has successfully renewed its $1 Billion Secured Global Borrowing Base Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility (the "Global Borrowing Base").  The vast majority of the existing participating lenders updated their commitments to Aegean at improved terms in-line with market conditions.

In addition to the Global Borrowing Base, Aegean also announced that it has renewed its $250 Million Secured U.S. Borrowing Base Revolving Credit Facility (the "U.S. Borrowing Base") on improved terms.  The Company expects to continue to use its U.S. Borrowing Base, in part, to finance its operations in the United States.

Both borrowing base facilities are also expected to continue to be used for the financing of the Company's working capital needs in connection with the purchase, transportation, storage and sale of fuel and gas oil for the Company's global and U.S. businesses.

E. Nikolas Tavlarios, President of Aegean, said, "We are pleased to reach this agreement with our lenders as we believe it provides Aegean with ample financial flexibility to continue executing our strategy."

Spyros Gianniotis, Chief Financial Officer of Aegean, stated, "We believe that the decision by our bank lenders to renew and contribute to the credit facilities underscores their confidence in the strength of our global platform and ability to generate significant value. We appreciate their continued support as we execute our strategy, serve our global customers and seek to drive profitable growth."

The Global Borrowing Base renewal was arranged by ABN AMRO as Sole Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Syndication Agent. ABN AMRO also acted again as Agent in all capacities. The lending group includes the following banks: ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, KBC, NATIXIS, Rabobank, ING, Societe Generale, Belfius, National Bank of Greece, Credit Suisse, Mashreqbank and Emirates NBD.

The U.S. Borrowing Base renewal was also arranged by ABN AMRO as Sole Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Syndication Agent. ABN AMRO also acted again as Agent in all capacities. The lending group includes the following banks: ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, NATIXIS, ING, Macquarie and Societe Generale.

About Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea. The Company procures product from various sources (such as refineries, oil producers, and traders) and resells it to a diverse group of customers across all major commercial shipping sectors and leading cruise lines. Currently, Aegean has a global presence in over than 30 markets and a team of professionals ready to serve our customers wherever they are around the globe. For additional information please visit: www.ampni.com.

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Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

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In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include our ability to manage growth, our ability to successfully consummate, integrate and realize the expected benefits from acquisitions, our ability to successfully consummate proposed transactions, our ability to maintain our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion, our ability to obtain double hull secondhand bunkering tankers, the outcome of legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party, adverse conditions in the shipping or the marine fuel supply industries, our ability to retain our key suppliers and key customers, material disruptions in the availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products, changes in the market price of petroleum, including the volatility of spot pricing, increased levels of competition, compliance or lack of compliance with various environmental and other applicable laws and regulations, our ability to collect accounts receivable, changes in the political, economic or regulatory conditions in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general, our failure to hedge certain financial risks associated with our business, our ability to maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions in our credit agreements, our ability to attract and retain senior management and other key employees, and other factors. Please see our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as otherwise required by applicable law.