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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. to Repurchase 11,303,031 Shares Owned by Dimitris Melissanidis
Share Repurchase Expected to be Immediately and Significantly Accretive to Earnings Per Share
Dimitris Melissanidis, the Founder of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and
Head of Corporate Development, to Become a Consultant to the Company
NEW YORK, August 17, 2016
– Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) ("Aegean" or the "Company") today announced that an independent committee of the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of the 11,303,031 million shares currently owned by Aegean founder Dimitris Melissanidis.
Under the terms of the authorization, the Company will repurchase the shares at a price of $8.81 per share, based on the close of trading on August 16, 2016. The total repurchase represents approximately 22% of Aegean's shares outstanding.
In connection with this announcement, Mr. Melissanidis will step down from his role as Head of Corporate Development at Aegean, effective immediately. He will continue as a consultant to the Company to provide guidance to management and ensure a seamless transition.
"As Aegean's founder and a pioneer in the bunkering industry, we thank Dimitris for his extraordinary leadership and dedication to the Company since its inception more than 21 years ago," said E. Nikolas Tavlarios, Aegean's President. "We have a strong team in place to continue executing on our strategy, serving our customers, and creating value for our shareholders. We are pleased that Dimitris will remain involved with Aegean as a consultant and continue to provide valuable guidance."
"I am honored to have played a role in Aegean's evolution, and I am proud that today the Company is a dynamic leader in the maritime shipping and bunkering industries," said Mr. Melissanidis. "I look forward to continuing to work closely with the leadership team as an advisor and to watching Aegean continue on its trajectory of growth and success."
"We believe this sizeable repurchase of the Company's shares underscores the Board's confidence in Aegean's prospects, and will provide meaningful and immediate earnings accretion for all Aegean shareholders," continued Mr. Tavlarios. "We are fortunate to have a solid balance sheet and strong free cash flow, which provide us the opportunity to repurchase shares while continuing to invest in our business to drive continued growth and shareholder value."
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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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.
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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
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