UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-Q 

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2016

OR

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________   to __________ 

Commission File Number: 001-36437 

Dorian LPG Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 674-9900

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒    No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒    

As of January 26, 2017, there were 54,967,332 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

FORWARD‑LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and statements relating to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will” and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future activities and results of operations to be materially different from those suggested or described in this quarterly report.

These risks include the risks that are identified in the “Risk Factors” section of this quarterly report and of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, and also include, among others, risks associated with the following:

Actual results could differ materially from expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements if one or more of the underlying assumptions or expectations proves to be inaccurate or is not realized. You should thoroughly read this quarterly report with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. Other sections of this quarterly report include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

We caution readers of this quarterly report not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

As used in this quarterly report and unless otherwise indicated, references to “Dorian,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or similar terms refer to Dorian LPG Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Expressed in United States Dollars, except for share data)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations  

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

(Expressed in United States Dollars, except for number of shares)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

1. Basis of Presentation and General Information

Dorian LPG Ltd. (“Dorian”) was incorporated on July 1, 2013 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is headquartered in the United States and is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas ("LPG") worldwide through the ownership and operation of LPG tankers. Dorian and its subsidiaries (together "we", “us”, "our", "DLPG" or the "Company") is focused on owning and operating very large gas carriers ("VLGCs"), each with a cargo carrying capacity of greater than 80,000 cbm. Our fleet currently consists of twenty-two VLGCs, including nineteen fuel-efficient 84,000 cbm ECO-design VLGCs (“ECO VLGCs”) and three 82,000 cbm VLGCs.

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix Tankers Pte. Ltd. (“Phoenix”) began operations of Helios LPG Pool LLC (the “Helios Pool”), which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under variable rate time charters to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. See Note 3 below for further description of the Helios Pool relationship.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes (the "Financial Statements") have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, operating results and cash flows have been included in the Financial Statements. The Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended March 31, 2016 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 31, 2016, as subsequently amended.

Our interim results are subject to seasonal and other fluctuations, and the operating results for any quarter are therefore not necessarily indicative of results that may be otherwise expected for the entire year.

Our subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, which are all wholly-owned and are incorporated in Republic of the Marshall Islands (unless otherwise noted), are listed below.

Vessel Owning Subsidiaries

 Management Subsidiaries

Dormant Subsidiaries

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The same accounting policies have been followed in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as were applied in the preparation of our audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 (see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016).

In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued accounting guidance to require that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently assessing the impact the amended guidance will have on our financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance addressing specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We do not believe that the impact of the adoption of this amended guidance will have a material effect on our financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance to simplify the requirements of accounting for share-based payment transactions. The guidance simplifies the accounting for taxes related to stock-based compensation, including adjustments to how excess tax benefits and an entity’s payments for tax withholdings should be classified. Additionally, an entity may make an entity-wide policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures when they occur. The pronouncement is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within that reporting period with early adoption permitted in any interim or annual period. We have early adopted this pronouncement and have made the entity-wide policy election to account for forfeitures when they occur. The amended guidance had no significant impact on our financial statements for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016.

In February 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance to update the requirements of financial accounting and reporting for lessees and lessors. The updated guidance, for lease terms of more than 12 months, will require a dual approach for lessee accounting under which a lessee would account for leases as finance leases or operating leases. Both finance leases and operating leases will result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability. For finance leases, the lessee would recognize interest expense and amortization of the right-of-use asset, and for operating leases, the lessee would recognize a straight-line total lease expense. Lessor accounting remains largely unchanged. The new standard requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief. The pronouncement is effective prospectively for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for all entities. We are currently assessing the impact the amended guidance will have on our financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued accounting guidance requiring entities to measure most inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The pronouncement is effective prospectively for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently assessing the impact the amended guidance will have on our financial statements.

In April 2015, an accounting pronouncement was issued by the FASB to update the guidance related to the presentation of debt issuance costs, which we adopted in April 2016. This guidance requires debt issuance costs, related to a recognized debt liability, be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability rather than being presented as an asset. The reclassification does not impact net income/(loss) as previously reported or any prior amounts reported on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, or the consolidated statements of cash flows. The effect of the retrospective application of this change in accounting principle on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 resulted in a reduction of “Deferred charges, net” and “Total assets” in the amount of $21.0 million and $23.7 million, respectively, with a corresponding reduction of “Long-term debt—net of current portion” and “Total long-term liabilities.”

In May 2014, the FASB amended its accounting guidance for revenue recognition. The fundamental principles of the new guidance are that companies should recognize revenue in a manner that reflects the timing of the transfer of services to customers and consideration that a company expects to receive for the services provided. It also requires additional disclosures necessary for the financial statement users to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date by one year for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within that reporting period and permit early adoption of the standard, but not before the beginning of 2017. We are currently assessing the impact the amended guidance will have on our financial statements.

3. Transactions with Related Parties

Dorian (Hellas), S.A.

As of July 1, 2014, vessel management services and the associated agreements for our fleet were transferred from Dorian (Hellas), S.A. (“DHSA”) and are now provided through our wholly-owned subsidiaries Dorian LPG (USA) LLC, Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. and Dorian LPG Management Corp. Subsequent to the transition agreements, Eagle Ocean Transport, Inc. (“Eagle Ocean Transport”) continues to incur related travel costs for certain transitioned employees as well as office-related costs, for which we reimbursed Eagle Ocean Transport $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Such expenses are reimbursed based on their actual cost.

Dorian LPG (USA) LLC and its subsidiaries entered into an agreement with DHSA, retroactive to July 2014 and superseding an agreement between Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. and DHSA, for the provision by Dorian LPG (USA) LLC and its subsidiaries of certain chartering and marine operation services to DHSA, for which income was earned and included in “Other income-related parties” totaling $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

As of December 31, 2016, $1.2 million was due from DHSA and included in “Due from related parties” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and $0.5 million was due to DHSA and included in “Due to related parties” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2016, $0.9 million was due from DHSA and included in “Due from related parties” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and $0.5 million was due to DHSA and included in “Due to related parties” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Helios LPG Pool LLC

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix began operations of the Helios Pool, which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under variable rate time charters to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. We hold a 50% interest in the Helios Pool as a joint venture with Phoenix and all significant rights and obligations are equally shared by both parties. All profits of the Helios Pool are distributed to the pool participants based on pool points assigned to each vessel as variable charter hire and, as a result, there are no profits available to the equity investors as a share of equity. We have determined that the Helios Pool is a variable interest entity as it does not have sufficient equity at risk. We do not consolidate the Helios Pool because we are not the primary beneficiary and do not have a controlling financial interest. In consideration of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-50-4e, the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of the Helios Pool that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance are shared, in that all significant performance activities which relate to approval of pool policies and strategies related to pool customers and the marketing of the pool for the procurement of customers for the pool vessels, addition of new pool vessels and the pool cost management, require unanimous board consent from a board consisting of two members from each joint venture investor. Further, in accordance with the guidance in ASC 810-10-25-38D, the Company and Phoenix are not related parties as defined in ASC 850 nor are they de facto agents pursuant to ASC 810-10, the power over the significant activities of the Helios Pool is shared, and no party is the primary beneficiary in the Helios Pool, or has a controlling financial interest. In March 2016, the Helios Pool reached an

agreement with Oriental Energy Company Ltd. ("Oriental Energy") whereby Oriental Energy would contribute certain vessels to the Helios Pool, have certain of its vessels time chartered by the Helios Pool and simultaneously enter into a multi-year contract of affreightment covering Oriental Energy’s shipments from the United States Gulf. The agreement with Oriental Energy had no impact on the ownership structure or the power to direct significant activities of the Helios Pool. As of December 31, 2016, the Helios Pool operated twenty-four VLGCs, including seventeen of our vessels, three Oriental Energy vessels and four Phoenix vessels.

As of December 31, 2016, we had receivables from the Helios Pool of $43.2 million, including $19.8 million of working capital contributed for the operation of our vessels in the pool. As of March 31, 2016, we had receivables from the Helios Pool of $71.0 million, including $17.6 million of working capital contributed for the operation of our vessels in the pool. Our maximum exposure to losses from the pool as of December 31, 2016 is limited to the receivables from the pool. The Helios Pool does not have any third-party debt obligations. The Helios Pool has entered into commercial management agreements with each of Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. and Phoenix as commercial managers and has appointed both commercial managers as the exclusive commercial managers of pool vessels. Fees for commercial management services provided by Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. are included in “Other income-related parties” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and were $0.6 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and were $1.5 million and $1.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Additionally, we receive a fixed reimbursement of expenses such as costs for security guards and war risk insurance for vessels operating in high risk areas from the Helios Pool, for which we earned $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and are included in “Other revenues” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Through our vessel owning subsidiaries, we have chartered vessels to the Helios Pool during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016. The time charter revenue from the Helios Pool is variable depending upon the net results of the pool, operating days and pool points for each vessel. The Helios Pool enters into voyage and time charters with external parties and receives freight and related revenue and, where applicable, incurs voyage costs such as bunkers, port costs and commissions. At the end of each month, the Helios Pool calculates net pool revenues using gross revenues, less voyage expenses of all the pool vessels, less fixed time charter hire for any chartered-in vessels, less the general and administrative expenses of the pool. Net pool revenues, less any amounts required for working capital of the Helios Pool, are distributed as variable rate time charter hire for the relevant vessel to participants based on pool points (vessel attributes such as cargo carrying capacity, fuel consumption, and speed are taken into consideration) and number of days the vessel participated in the pool in the period. We recognize net pool revenues on a monthly basis, when the vessel has participated in the pool during the period and the amount of net pool revenues for the month can be estimated reliably. Revenue earned is presented in Note 8.

Artwork

During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, we purchased less than $0.1 and $0.1 million, respectively, of artwork for newbuilding vessels, which have been capitalized and presented in “Vessels, net” in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, for our Athens, Greece office and for a shipyard, which are included in “General and administrative expenses” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations.  The artist is a relative of one of our executive officers. No artwork was purchased during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016.

4. Deferred Charges, Net

The analysis and movement of deferred charges is presented in the table below:

The drydocking costs incurred during the nine months ended December 31, 2016 relate to the drydocking of two of our VLGCs.

5. Vessels, Net

Additions to vessels, net were largely due to capital improvements made to two of our VLGCs during the nine months ended December 31, 2016. Vessels, with a total carrying value of $1,619.4 million and $1,667.2 million as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively, are first‑priority mortgaged as collateral for our long-term debt facilities (refer to Note 6 below). No impairment loss was recorded for the periods presented.

6. Long-term Debt

RBS Loan Facility -  refer to Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016 for information on the RBS Loan Facility.

2015 Debt Facility – refer to Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016 for information on the 2015 Debt Facility.

Debt Obligations

The table below presents our debt obligations:

Deferred Financing Fees

The analysis and movement of deferred financing fees is presented in the table below:

7. Stock-Based Compensation Plans

Our stock-based compensation expense is included within general and administrative expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and was $1.2 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $3.2 million and $3.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Unrecognized compensation cost was $10.6 million as of December 31, 2016 and will be recognized over the remaining weighted average life of 1.65 years. For more information on our equity incentive plan, see Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2016.

In June 2016, we granted 250,000 shares of restricted stock to certain of our officers and employees. One-fourth of these restricted shares vested immediately on the grant date, one-fourth will vest one year after grant date, one-fourth will vest two years after grant date, and one-fourth will vest three years after grant date. The restricted shares were valued at their grant date fair market value and expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. 

In June 2016, September 2016 and December 2016, we granted 6,950, 10,130 and 8,695 shares of stock, respectively, to our non-executive directors, which were valued and expensed at their grant date fair market value.

In December 2016, we granted 1,739 shares of stock to a non-employee consultant, which were valued and expensed at their grant date fair market value.

A summary of the activity of restricted shares awarded under our equity incentive plan as of December 31, 2016 and changes during the nine months ended December 31, 2016, is as follows:

8. Revenues

Revenues comprise the following: