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05/04/2024 07:00

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5 April 2024

 

Taylor Maritime Investments Limited

 

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd announces Selective Capital Reduction

 

The Board of Taylor Maritime Investments Limited ("TMI" or the "Company"),
the listed specialist dry bulk shipping investment company, is pleased to
announce that its subsidiary, Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd ("Grindrod"), has
today announced that it proposes to implement a selective capital reduction
exercise (the "Selective Capital Reduction") pursuant to sections 78G to 78I
of the Companies Act 1967 of Singapore.

Under the Selective Capital Reduction, Grindrod proposes to cancel all of the
shares held by its shareholders, other than the shares held by Good Falkirk
(MI) Limited ("Good Falkirk"), comprising 3,479,225 shares. Good Falkirk is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company through which the Company currently
holds its existing stake in Grindrod.

Each participating Grindrod shareholder will, subject to the implementation of
the Selective Capital Reduction and the satisfaction of certain conditions
described below, receive US$14.25 for each Grindrod share that is cancelled.

The Selective Capital Reduction must be approved by way of a special
resolution at an extraordinary general meeting of Grindrod. The Company, Good
Falkirk and their respective concert parties will abstain and not vote on the
special resolution relating to the Selective Capital Reduction.

The Selective Capital Reduction will also be conditional on (i) the grant of
an order by the High Court of the Republic of Singapore approving the
Selective Capital Reduction and such court order having become final, (ii) the
receipt of approval from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for the corporate
action timetable and the circular to Grindrod shareholders, and (iii) receipt
of the approval of the Financial Surveillance Department of the South African
Reserve Bank for the Selective Capital Reduction and the cash distribution in
connection therewith.

If the Selective Capital Reduction is successfully completed, Grindrod will
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Further details of the Selective Capital Reduction can be found in the
announcement released by Grindrod.

ENDS

 For further information, please contact:

Taylor Maritime Investments Limited     IR@tminvestments.com

 Edward Buttery

 Camilla Pierrepont

 Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited  +44 (0) 203 530 3107

 Matt Falla

 

The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on
behalf of the Company is Matt Falla, Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited,
Company Secretary.

 

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 currently numbers 19 vessels in
the geared dry bulk segment.  The ships are employed utilising a variety of
employment/charter strategies.

On 20 December 2022, 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 has an owned fleet of 17 dry bulk
vessels complementary to the Company's fleet.  They are Japanese built,
including 10 Handysize vessels and 7 Supra/Ultramax vessels.  Grindrod has
seven vessels in its chartered in fleet with purchase options on three.

The combined TMI and Grindrod fleet numbers 39 vessels (including chartered
in vessels with purchase options).

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 Taylor Maritime.
Taylor Maritime was established in 2014 as a privately owned ship-owning and
management business with a seasoned team including 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).  The commercial and technical management arms of Taylor Maritime
were acquired by Grindrod in October 2023.

For more information, please visit www.taylormaritimeinvestments.com
(http://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.

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References to target dividend yields and returns are targets only and not
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