(Mark One)
[ ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Republic of The Marshall Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
TK House, Bayside Executive Park, West Bay Street & Blake Road, P.O. Box AP-59213, Nassau,
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
Title of each class Common Stock, par value of $0.001 per share 8.32% First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes due 2008 7.25% PEPS Unit |
Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
39,692,060 shares of Common Stock, par value of $0.001 per share.
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.
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
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PART I. Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors................................ Not applicable Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable.............................................. Not applicable Item 3. Key Information...................................................................... 3 Item 4. Information on the Company........................................................... 12 Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects......................................... 31 Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees........................................... 39 Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.................................... 44 Item 8. Financial Information................................................................ 44 Item 9. The Offer and Listing................................................................ 46 Item 10. Additional Information............................................................... 46 Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk........................... 49 Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities............................... Not applicable PART II. Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies...................................... 51 Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds......... 51 Item 15. Controls and Procedures.............................................................. 51 Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert..................................................... Not applicable Item 16B. Code of Ethics....................................................................... Not applicable Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services............................................... Not applicable PART III. Item 17. Financial Statements................................................................. Not applicable Item 18. Financial Statements................................................................. 52 Item 19. Exhibits............................................................................. 52 Signature ..................................................................................... 56 Certifications ..................................................................................... 57
This report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this report.
In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events and the Companys operations, objectives, expectations, performance, financial condition and intentions. When used in this report, the words "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this report include, in particular, statements regarding: Aframax time charter equivalent (or "TCE") rates; tanker supply and demand; supply and demand for oil; potential growth of the shuttle tanker market; future capital expenditures; the Companys growth strategy and measures to implement such strategy; the Companys competitive strengths; the Companys pending acquisition of Navion ASA and its impact on the Companys operations; the Companys potential inability to integrate effectively the operations of Navion or any other future acquisitions with the Company; and the future success and performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these or other forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.
Forward-looking statements in this report are necessarily estimates reflecting the judgment of senior management and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in this report under the heading "Factors That May Affect Future Results."
The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any change in the Companys expectations or events or circumstances that may subsequently arise. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this report and in other of the Companys filings made with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, prospects and results of operations.
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors
Not applicable.
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
Not applicable.
Item 3. Key Information
Selected Financial Data
Set forth below are selected consolidated financial and other data of Teekay Shipping Corporation together with its subsidiaries (sometimes referred to as "Teekay" or the "Company"), for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the nine-month period ended December 31, 1999 and the year ended March 31, 1999, which have been derived from the Companys consolidated financial statements. The data below should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and the report of the independent Chartered Accountants therein, with respect to the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, and "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects," included herein.
The Company changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31, commencing December 31, 1999, in order to facilitate comparison of its operating results to those of other companies in the transportation industry. The Companys consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Nine Months Year Ended December 31, December 31, December 31, Ended December March 31, 2002 2001 2000 31, 1999 1999 (U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data, ratios and fleet data.) Income Statement Data: Voyage revenues........................ $ 783,327 $1,039,056 $ 893,226 $ 377,882 $ 411,922 Voyage expenses........................ 239,455 249,562 248,957 129,532 93,511 Net voyage revenues.................... 543,872 789,494 644,269 248,350 318,411 Income from vessel operations.......... 119,346 383,463 327,675 23,572 85,634 Interest expense....................... (57,974) (66,249) (74,540) (44,996) (44,797) Interest income........................ 3,494 9,196 13,021 5,842 6,369 Other (loss) income.................... (11,475) 10,108 3,864 (4,013) (1,800) Net income (loss) (1).................. 53,391 336,518 270,020 (19,595) 45,406 Per Share Data: Net income (loss) basic.............. $ 1.35 $ 8.48 $ 7.02 $ (0.54) $ 1.46 Net income (loss) diluted............ 1.33 8.31 6.86 (0.54) 1.46 Cash dividends declared................ 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.65 0.86 Balance Sheet Data (at end of period): Cash and marketable securities......... $ 298,255 $ 196,004 $ 223,123 $ 226,381 $ 132,256 Capital stock.......................... 470,988 467,341 452,808 427,937 330,493 Total assets........................... 2,723,506 2,467,781 1,974,099 1,982,684 1,452,220 Total debt............................. 1,130,822 935,702 797,484 1,085,167 641,719 Total stockholders equity............. 1,421,898 1,398,200 1,098,512 832,067 777,390 Number of outstanding shares of common stock.................................. 39,692,060 39,550,326 39,145,219 38,064,264 31,648,318 Other Financial Data: EBITDA(2).............................. $ 278,061 $ 539,324 $ 451,066 $ 95,875 $ 186,069 EBITDA to interest expense(2)(3)....... 4.5x 8.0x 6.1x 2.1x 4.0x Total debt to LTM EBITDA(2)(4)......... 4.1x 1.7x 1.8x 8.3x 3.5x Total debt to total capitalization(5).. 43.9% 39.8% 42.1% 56.6% 45.2% Net debt to capitalization(6).......... 36.4% 34.3% 34.3% 50.8% 39.6% Capital expenditures: Vessel and equipment purchases, gross (7)............................ 135,650 184,983 43,512 23,313 85,445 Drydocking........................... 34,913 20,064 11,941 6,598 11,749 Total Fleet Data(8): Average number of ships 85 82 71 65 47 Average age of Companys fleet (in years at end of period) 10.8 10.2 9.0 8.4 8.7 Operating cash flow per ship per day (9) $ 8,168 $ 17,682 $ 16,687 $ 5,177 $ 11,171 Spot Aframax Fleet Data (10): Average number of ships ............... 60 60 59 55 43 Average age of Companys fleet (in years at end of period) 10.5 9.4 8.3 7.4 8.0 TCE per ship per day(11)............... $ 18,205 $ 30,542 $ 27,138 $ 13,462 $ 19,576 Vessel operating expenses per ship per day(12).................. 5,496 5,374 4,980 5,621 4,969 Operating cash flow per ship per day(9) 7,774 19,747 18,145 4,731 10,903
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(1) | Net income (loss) for our fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 has been restated to reflect early adoption
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 145, "Extinguishment of Debt and Capital Lease
Modification," which requires any gain or loss on debt extinguishments to be classified as income or
loss from continuing operations, rather than as an extraordinary item as previously required under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 4. |
(2) | EBITDA represents net income (loss) before interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense, minority interest, foreign exchange gains (losses) and gains (losses) on disposition of assets. EBITDA is included because such data is used by certain investors to measure a companys financial performance. EBITDA is not required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other indicator of the Companys performance required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The following table reconciles the Companys net income (loss) with EBITDA for the periods presented: |
-------------- --------------- ------------ --------------- --------------- Year Ended Year Ended Year Nine Months Year Ended December 31, December 31, Ended Ended March 31, 2002 2001 December 31, December 31, 1999 2000 1999 -------------- --------------- ------------ --------------- --------------- (U.S. dollars in thousands) Net income (loss).............. $ 53,391 $ 336,518 $ 270,020 $ (19,595) $ 45,406 Interest expense .............. 57,974 66,249 74,540 44,996 44,797 Income tax expense............. 11,413 6,963 1,500 1,500 1,900 Depreciation and amortization.. 149,296 136,283 100,153 68,299 93,712 Other items (a)................ 5,987 (6,689) 4,853 675 254 -------------- --------------- ------------ --------------- --------------- EBITDA......................... 278,061 539,324 451,066 95,875 186,069 -------------- --------------- ------------ --------------- ---------------
(a) Other items consist of minority interest, foreign exchange gains (losses), and gains (losses) on
disposition of assets. |
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(3) | For purposes of computing EBITDA to interest expense, interest expense includes capitalized interest
but excludes amortization of loan costs. |
(4) | Total debt to LTM EBITDA represents total debt as of the end of the period compared to EBITDA for the
12-month period then ended. |
(5) | Total capitalization represents total debt, minority interest and total stockholders equity. |
(6) | Net debt represents total debt less cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Total
capitalization represents net debt, minority interest and total stockholders equity. |
(7) | Excludes vessels purchased in connection with the Companys corporate acquisitions of Bona Shipholding
Ltd. ("Bona") in 1999 and Ugland Nordic Shipping AS ("UNS") in 2001. See Item 5 Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects. |
(8) | Excludes vessels of the Companys joint ventures and newbuildings and one Aframax tanker that has been
subject to a bareboat charter. |
(9) | Operating cash flow represents income from vessel operations plus depreciation and amortization
expense (other than drydock amortization expense). Ship days are calculated on the basis of a 365-day
fiscal year multiplied by the average number of vessels in the Companys fleet for the respective year
(excluding vessels of the Companys joint ventures). Operating cash flow is not required by accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States and should not be considered as an alternative to
net income or any other indicator of the Companys performance required by accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. |
(10) | Includes the Companys core Aframax fleet that operates primarily in the spot charter market and
excludes vessels that operate primarily under long-term fixed-rate contracts, including the Companys
ten Aframax-size shuttle tankers and three Aframax-size Australian-crewed vessels. Time charter
equivalent (TCE) and vessel operating expense data is separately presented only for this portion of
the fleet because the remainder of the fleet generally has varying revenue and expense characteristics
that make period-to-period comparisons not meaningful. Also excludes one Aframax tanker that has been
subject to a bareboat charter and Aframax tankers of the Companys joint ventures. |
(11) | TCE is a measure of the revenue performance of a vessel. The Companys average TCE for a given period
has been calculated by deducting total voyage expenses (except commissions) from total voyage revenues
and dividing the remaining sum by the Companys total voyage days in the period. Voyage expenses
comprise all expenses relating to particular voyages, including bunker fuel expenses, port fees, canal
tolls, and brokerage commissions. |
(12) | Vessel operating expenses consist of all expenses relating to the operation of vessels (other than voyage expenses), including crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurance, stores and lubes, and communications expenses. Ship days are calculated on the basis of a 365-day year multiplied by the average number of vessels in the Companys fleet for the respective year. Vessel operating expense amounts exclude vessels time-chartered-in. |
Factors That May Affect Future Results
The Cyclical Nature of the Tanker Industry Causes Volatility in the Companys Profitability
Historically, the tanker industry has been cyclical, experiencing volatility in profitability due to changes in the supply of, and demand for, tanker capacity. Increases in tanker capacity supply or decreases in tanker capacity demand could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition, and results of operations. The supply of tanker capacity is influenced by the number and size of new vessels built, older vessels scrapped, converted and lost and the number of vessels that are out of service. The demand for tanker capacity is influenced by, among other factors: global and regional economic conditions; increases and decreases in production of and demand for crude oil and petroleum products; increases and decreases in OPEC production quotas; the distance crude oil and petroleum products need to be transported by sea; and developments in international trade and changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns.
Because many of the factors influencing the supply of and demand for tanker capacity are unpredictable, the nature, timing and degree of changes in tanker industry conditions are also unpredictable.
The Company Depends Upon Oil Markets, Changes in Which Could Result in Decreased Demand for Its Vessels and Services
Demand for the Companys vessels and services in transporting crude oil and petroleum products depends upon world and regional oil markets. Any decrease in shipments of crude oil in those markets could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations. Historically, those markets have been volatile as a result of the many conditions and events that affect the price, production and transport of oil, as well as competition from alternative energy sources. A slowdown of the economic recovery in the United States and world economies may result in reduced consumption of crude oil and petroleum products and a decreased demand for the Companys vessels and services. In addition, the continued political unrest in Venezuela or similar unrest in other major oil-producing countries could further adversely affect the demand for the Companys vessels.
Continued Terrorist Attacks or War Could Lead to Further Economic Instability and Decrease Demand for Oil, Which Could Harm The Companys Business
Terrorist attacks, such as the attacks that occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001, and current and future war risks may adversely affect the Companys business, results of operation, financial condition, ability to raise capital or future growth. The United States is at war with Iraq. Terrorist attacks and war in the Middle East may lead to additional armed hostilities or to further acts of terrorism and civil disturbance in the United States or elsewhere, which may further contribute to economic instability and could adversely affect oil markets.The Companys Substantial Operations Outside the United States Expose it to Political, Governmental and Economic Instability, Which Could Harm the Companys Operations.
The Companys operations are primarily conducted outside the United States and, therefore, they may be affected by changing economic, political and governmental conditions in the countries where the Company is engaged in business or where its vessels are registered. Any disruption caused by these factors could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company derives a significant portion of its total revenues from its operations in the Indo-Pacific Basin. Past political conflicts in this region, particularly in the Arabian Gulf, have included attacks on tankers, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt shipping in the area. Vessels trading in this region have also been subject to, in limited instances, acts of piracy. In addition to tankers, oil pipelines and offshore oil fields could also be targets of terrorist attacks. Future hostilities or other political instability in this region or other regions where the Companys operates could affect its trade patterns, increase insurance costs, increase tanker operational costs or otherwise harm its business. For example, the war between the United States and Iraq could significantly alter the supply and transportation of oil in the Indo-Pacific Basin, which could harm the Companys business. In addition, tariffs, trade embargoes, and other economic sanctions by the United States or other countries against countries in the Indo-Pacific Basin or elsewhere as a result of terrorist attacks or other hostilities may limit trading activities with those countries, which could harm the Companys business.
The Companys Dependence on Spot Voyages May Result in Significant Fluctuations in the Utilization of Its Vessels and Its Profitability
During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company derived approximately 65% and 78%, respectively, of its net voyage revenues from spot voyages or time charters and contracts of affreightment priced on a spot market basis. Due to the Companys dependence on the spot charter market, declining charter rates in a given period generally will result in corresponding declines in operating results for that period. The spot charter market is highly competitive and spot charter rates are subject to significant fluctuations based on tanker and oil supply and demand. Charter rates have varied significantly in the last few years. Future spot charters may not be available at rates that will be sufficient to enable the Companys vessels to be operated profitably or to provide sufficient cash flow to service its debt obligations. The Companys dependence on spot voyages will also be affected by the pending acquisition of Navion ASA. Although Navions shuttle tanker fleet operates on long-term fixed-rate contracts of affreightment, its conventional tanker fleet generates revenues from spot voyages and contracts of affreightment priced on a spot market basis. Accordingly, these revenues historically have been, and after the Companys acquisition of Navion will continue to be, subject to spot market price fluctuations.
Reduction in Oil Produced From Offshore Oil Fields Could Harm the Companys Shuttle Tanker Business
Demand for the Companys shuttle tankers in transporting crude oil and petroleum products depends upon the amount of oil produced from offshore oil fields, especially in the North Sea, where the Companys shuttle tankers primarily operate. As oil prices increase, the prospect of offshore oil exploration and development of offshore oil fields, which cost more to develop than land oil fields, becomes more attractive to oil companies. However, when oil prices decline, it becomes less attractive for oil companies to explore for oil offshore and develop offshore oil fields. If the amount of oil produced from offshore oil fields declines, especially in the North Sea, the Companys shuttle tanker business could be harmed. In addition, if for environmental or other reasons, there is a change in policy towards using pipelines rather than oceangoing vessels in transporting crude oil and petroleum products from offshore oil fields, the Companys shuttle tanker business could be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations. As at March 1, 2003, the Company had 20 vessels (including 2 newbuildings) in its shuttle tanker fleet. If the Company closes its pending acquisition of Navion ASA, it will acquire an additional 8 owned and 13 chartered-in shuttle tankers, which would increase the Companys exposure to the foregoing shuttle-tanker-related-risks. Most of Navions shuttle tanker revenues are derived from long-term contracts of affreightment. Revenue under most of these contracts depends upon the amount of oil the Company transports, the production of which is beyond the Companys control and which can vary depending upon the nature of a given oil field and the field operators production decisions.
The Companys Inability to Renew or Replace Long-Term Charter Contracts Could Adversely Affect Its Operating Results and Make Them More Volatile
As at March 1, 2003, 34 of the Companys tankers, including all 20 of its shuttle tankers, were subject to long-term charter contracts. Fourteen of these contracts terminate by their terms between March 2003 and September 2004. The 20 remaining contracts terminate by their terms between September 2005 and April 2018. If the Company completes its pending acquisition of Navion, it will have an additional 8 owned and 13 chartered-in shuttle tankers subject to fixed-rate contracts of affreightment with terms ranging from six months to the life of the oil field being serviced, and 1 owned gas carrier subject to a 13-year time charter. If the Company is not able to renew or replace these contracts on favorable terms, or at all, or if a significant number of these contracts are terminated early, it could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations and make such results more volatile.
The Intense Competition In the Companys Markets May Lead to Reduced Profitability
The Companys vessels operate in highly competitive markets. Competition arises primarily from other Aframax and shuttle tanker owners, including major oil companies and independent companies. The Company also competes with owners of other size tankers. The Companys market share is insufficient to enforce any degree of pricing discipline in the markets in which the Company operates and the Companys competitive position may erode in the future. Any new markets that the Company enters could include participants that have greater financial strength and capital resources than the Company. The Company may not be successful in entering new markets.
The Tanker Industry Is Subject to Substantial Environmental and Other Regulations, Which May Significantly Increase the Companys Expenses
The operations of the Company are affected by extensive and changing environmental protection laws and other regulations. The Company has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, substantial expenses in complying with these laws and regulations, including expenses for ship modifications and changes in operating procedures. Additional laws and regulations may be adopted that could limit the Companys ability to do business or further increase the cost of doing business. This could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations.
The United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA 90") in particular has increased the Companys expenses. OPA 90 provides for the phase-in of the exclusive use of double-hull tankers at United States ports, as well as potentially unlimited liability for owners, operators and demise or bareboat charterers for oil pollution in U.S. waters. To comply with the OPA 90, tanker owners generally incur increased costs in meeting additional maintenance and inspection requirements, in developing contingency arrangements for potential spills and in obtaining required insurance coverage. OPA 90 contains financial responsibility requirements for vessels operating in U.S. waters and requires owners and operators of vessels to establish and maintain with the United States Coast Guard evidence of insurance or of qualification as a self-insurer or other evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet their potential liabilities under the OPA 90.
Following the example of the OPA 90, the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency for maritime safety, adopted regulations for tanker design and inspection that are designed to reduce oil pollution in international waters and that will be phased in on a schedule depending upon vessel age. In addition, as a result of the November 2002 sinking of the tanker Prestige and related oil spill, the European Union, the United States and certain other countries are considering or have adopted stricter technical and operational requirements for tankers, including the accelerated phase-out of single-hull vessels, and legislation that will affect the liability of tanker owners and operators for oil pollution.
The Companys shuttle tankers primarily operate in the North Sea. In addition to the regulations imposed by the International Maritime Organization, countries having jurisdiction over North Sea areas impose regulatory requirements in connection with operations in those areas. These regulatory requirements, together with additional requirements imposed by operators of North Sea oil fields, require the Company to make further expenditures for sophisticated equipment, reporting and redundancy systems on its shuttle tankers and for the training of seagoing staff. Additional regulations and requirements may be adopted or imposed that could limit the Companys ability to do business or further increase the cost of doing business in the North Sea.
The Company May Not Be Able to Successfully Integrate Any Future Acquisitions
A principal component of the Companys strategy is to continue to grow by expanding its business both in the geographic areas and markets where it has historically focused as well as into new geographic areas, market segments and services. The Company may not be successful in expanding its operations and any expansion may not be profitable. The Companys strategy of growth through acquisitions, including its pending acquisition of Navion ASA, involves business risks commonly encountered in acquisitions of companies, including: disruption of the Companys ongoing business; difficulties in integrating the operations, personnel and business culture of acquired companies; difficulties of coordinating and managing geographically separate organizations; adverse effects on relationships with the Companys existing suppliers and customers, and those of the companies acquired; difficulties entering geographic markets or new market segments in which the Company has no or limited experience; and loss of key officers and employees of acquired companies.
The Companys failure to effectively integrate Navion or any other businesses it may acquire in the future will harm the Companys business and results of operations.
The process of integrating operations could also cause an interruption of, or loss of momentum in, the activities of one or more of an acquired Companys businesses and the Companys businesses. Members of the Companys senior management may be required to devote considerable amounts of time to this integration process, which will decrease the time they will have to manage the Companys business, service existing customers and attract new customers. If the Companys senior management is not able to effectively manage the integration process, or if any significant business activities are interrupted as a result of the integration process, the Companys business could suffer.
The Company May Not Realize Expected Benefits from Acquisitions, and Implementing Its Strategy of Growth Through Acquisitions May Harm Its Financial Condition and Performance
Present and future acquisitions, including the Companys pending acquisition of Navion ASA, may not be profitable to the Company at the time of their completion and may not generate revenues sufficient to justify the Companys investment. In addition, the Companys acquisition growth strategy exposes it to risks that may harm its results of operations and financial condition, including risks that the Company may: fail to realize anticipated benefits, such as cost-savings and revenue enhancements; decrease the Companys liquidity by using a significant portion of its available cash or borrowing capacity to finance acquisitions; incur additional indebtedness, which may result in significantly increased interest expense or financial leverage, or issue additional equity securities to finance acquisitions, which may result in significant shareholder dilution; incur or assume unanticipated liabilities, losses or costs associated with the business acquired; or incur other significant charges, such as impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets, asset devaluation or restructuring charges.
The Company expects to realize financial and operating benefits as a result of the pending acquisition of Navion ASA, including added stability to the Companys cash flow and earnings throughout the tanker market cycle as a result of the fixed-rate, long-term nature of Navions contracts of affreightment related to its shuttle tanker business. However, revenue generated under most of these contracts depends upon the amount of oil the Company can transport, the production of which is beyond the Companys control and which can vary depending on the nature of a given oil field and the field operators production decisions. In addition, Navion has a right of first refusal on Statoils oil transportation requirements at the prevailing market rate until December 31, 2007. Although the Company believes this arrangement may increase the utilization of its conventional fleet after the acquisition, it may be unable to achieve such increased fleet utilization.
The Strain That Growth Places Upon The Companys Systems and Management Resources May Harm The Companys Business
The Companys growth has placed and will continue to place significant demands on its management, operational and financial resources. For example, the closing of the Companys pending acquisition of Navion ASA, will result in an additional 45 tankers, including 34 vessels time-chartered-in, worldwide that the Company will have to deploy, control and monitor. These would represent an increase of 45% over the Companys current fleet of tankers. As the Company expands its operations, it must effectively manage and monitor operations, control costs and maintain effective quality and control in geographically dispersed markets. The Companys future growth and financial performance will also depend on its ability to: recruit, train, manage and motivate its employees to support the Companys expanded operations; and continue to improve the Companys customer support, financial controls and information systems.
These efforts may not be successful and may not occur in a timely or efficient manner. Failure to effectively manage the Companys growth and the system and procedural transitions required by expansion in a cost-effective manner could have a material adverse affect on the Companys business.
The Companys Insurance May Not Be Sufficient to Cover the Losses That May Occur to Its Property or as a Result of Its Operations
The operation of oil tankers carries the risk of environmental damage from an oil spill as well as the risk of catastrophic marine disasters and property losses inherent to any ocean-going vessel. The Company carries protection and indemnity coverage to protect against most of the accident-related risks involved in the conduct of its business and maintains environmental damage and pollution coverage. The Company does not carry insurance covering the loss of revenue resulting from vessel off-hire time. In addition, the Company may not be adequately insured against all risks, may not be able to procure adequate coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future and any particular claim may not be paid. Any uninsured loss or unpaid claim could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition, and results of operations.
More stringent environmental regulations at times in the past have resulted in increased costs for, and in the future may result in the lack of availability of, insurance against the risks of environmental damage or pollution. The Company currently maintains $1 billion in coverage for liability for pollution, spillage or leakage of oil for each of its vessels. A catastrophic spill could exceed the coverage available, which could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition, and results of operations.
On February 1, 2003, one of the Companys vessels, the Alliance Spirit, was empty of cargo and waiting off Skikda, Algeria to load crude oil when a severe storm arose and pushed aground the vessel and three other vessels, not in the Companys fleet. As of March 27, 2003, the vessel had been cut in two and its fore part had been removed in preparation for sale to a third party for scrapping. The aft part of the vessel continues to remain aground. The vessel could roll over or break apart, resulting in a spillage or leakage of approximately 15 metric tones of residual crude oil cargo that remainsh in the cargo tanks. Any damages resulting from this incident could have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial condition to the extent not covered by insurance.
An Incident Involving Environmental Damage or Pollution and Any of the Companys Vessels Could Harm the Companys Reputation and Business
Oil spills related to the sinkings of the tanker Erika off the coast of France in 1999 and the tanker Prestige off the coast of Spain in 2002, and other tanker-related environmental incidents have created increased demand for modern vessels operated by ship management companies with a reputation for safety and environmental compliance. Any event involving the Companys tankers that results in material environmental damage or pollution could harm the Companys reputation for safety and environmental compliance and decrease demand for the Companys services, which could harm its business.
The Companys Operating Results Are Subject to Seasonal Fluctuations
The Company operates its tankers in markets that have historically exhibited seasonal variations in demand and, therefore, in charter rates. This seasonality may result in quarter-to-quarter volatility in the Companys results of operations. Tanker markets are typically stronger in the winter months as a result of increased oil consumption in the northern hemisphere. In addition, unpredictable weather patterns in these months tend to disrupt vessel scheduling. The oil price volatility resulting from these factors has historically led to increased oil trading activities in the winter months. As a result, the Companys revenues have historically been weaker during its fiscal quarters ended June 30 and September 30, and, conversely, revenues have been stronger in the Companys fiscal quarters ended December 31 and March 31.
The Company Expends Substantial Sums During Construction of Newbuildings Without Earning Revenue and Without Assurance That They Will Be Completed
The Company is typically required to expend substantial sums as progress payments during construction of a newbuilding, but the Company does not derive any revenue from the vessel until after its delivery. If the Company were unable to obtain financing required to complete payments on any of its newbuilding orders, the Company could effectively forfeit all or a portion of the progress payments previously made. As of March 1, 2003, the Company had twelve newbuildings on order with deliveries scheduled between March 2003 and October 2004. The Company may order additional newbuildings in the future.
The Loss of Any Key Customer Could Result in a Significant Loss of Revenue in a Given Period
The Company has derived, and believes that it will continue to derive, a significant portion of its voyage revenues from a limited number of customers. No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2002. One customer, an international oil company, accounted for 13% ($130.8 million) of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2001. Two customers, both international oil companies, individually accounted for 13% ($118.3 million) and 12% ($110.2 million) of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2000. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the fiscal periods presented above. Giving effect to the Companys pending acquisition of Navion ASA as if it had occurred on January 1, 2001, one customer would have accounted for approximately 25% ($389.4 million) and 26% ($491.0 million) of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. No other customer would have accounted for more than 10% of such consolidated voyage revenues during either of such periods. The loss of any significant customer or a substantial decline in the amount of services requested by a significant customer could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations.
Exposure to Currency Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Fluctuations Could Result in Fluctuations in the Companys Net Income.
While virtually all of the Companys revenues are earned in U.S. Dollars, a portion of the Companys operating costs are incurred in currencies other than U.S. Dollars. This partial mismatch in operating revenues and expenses could lead to fluctuations in net income due to changes in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, in particular the Norwegian Kroner, the Australian Dollar, the Canadian Dollar, the Singapore Dollar, the Japanese Yen, and the British Pound.
At March 1, 2003, approximately $402 million, or 38%, of the Companys debt bore interest at floating interest rates. The Company also had a commitment of approximately $724 million for the pending acquisition of Navion ASA. This commitment bears interest at floating interest rates. Increases in interest rates would increase interest payments on this debt and commitment, and could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations. To partially mitigate this interest rate exposure, as of March 1, 2003, the Company had entered into six interest rate swaps, with maturities between March 2003 and January 2006, that effectively change the Companys interest rate exposure on $720 million of debt and this commitment from a floating LIBOR rate to an average fixed rate of 2.63%.
The Company May Not Be Exempt From United States Tax on Its United States Source Income, Which Would Reduce Its Net Income and Cash Flow by the Amount of the Applicable Tax.
If it is not exempt from tax under Section 883 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, the shipping income derived from the United States sources attributable to the Companys subsidiaries transportation of cargoes to or from the United States will be subject to U.S. federal income tax. If the Companys subsidiaries were subject to such tax, the Companys net income and cash flow would be reduced by the amount of such tax. Currently, the Company has claimed an exemption under Section 883. Proposed regulations, if they become final as proposed, may not permit the Company to continue to claim this exemption. The Company cannot give any assurance that future changes and shifts in ownership of the Companys stock will not preclude it from being able to satisfy the existing exemption requirements or, if the Company were to initially qualify for an exception thereunder, the proposed regulations as adopted and finalized.
In the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, approximately 17.9% and 18.0%, respectively, of the Companys net voyage revenues were derived from U.S. sources attributable to the transportation of cargoes to or from the United States. The average U.S. federal income tax on such U.S. source income, in the absence of exemption under Section 883, would have been 4% thereof, or approximately $5.6 million and $7.5 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001.
Item 4. Information on the Company
The Company
The Company is a leading provider of international crude oil and petroleum product transportation services
through the worlds largest fleet of medium-size oil tankers and will have the worlds largest fleet of
shuttle tankers, after the completion of the pending acquisition of Navion ASA. The Companys fleet of
tankers provides transportation services to major oil companies, oil traders and government agencies
worldwide.
As of March 1, 2003, the Companys fleet consisted of 101 vessels: 67 Aframax oil tankers (including five
vessels time-chartered-in, two Aframax-size oil/bulk/ore carriers ("O/B/Os") trading exclusively as crude oil
carriers, two Aframax tankers converted to floating storage and off-take vessels ("FSOs"), and seven
newbuildings); 18 shuttle tankers (including two newbuildings, one vessel converted to an FSO, and three
vessels owned by joint ventures); eight O/B/Os that are operated through an O/B/O pool managed by the
Company; two smaller oil tankers; one Very Large Crude Carrier; two Suezmax tankers (including one vessel
owned by a joint venture) and three Suezmax-size newbuildings. The Companys vessels are of Australian,
Bahamian, Canadian, Cayman Islands, Liberian, Marshall Islands, Norwegian, Norwegian International Ship
("NIS"), and Panamanian registry. The Companys fleet has a total cargo capacity of approximately 10.4
million tonnes. The Companys Aframax tankers represent approximately 13% of the total tonnage of the world
Aframax and O/B/O fleet, and the Companys shuttle tankers (excluding the shuttle tankers to be acquired as
part of the pending acquisition of Navion) represent approximately 26% of the total tonnage of the world
shuttle tanker fleet.
The Companys Aframax tanker fleet (excluding Aframax-size shuttle tankers) has an average age of
approximately 10.5 years, compared to an average age for the world oil tanker fleet, including Aframax
tankers, of approximately 11.6 years and for the world Aframax tanker fleet of approximately 12.0 years.
The Company has been recognized by customers and tanker rating services for safety, quality and service.
Given the increasing emphasis by customers on quality as a result of stringent environmental regulations, and
heightened concerns about liability for oil pollution, the Company believes that its emphasis on quality and
safety provides it with a favorable competitive profile.
The critical ship management functions of vessel maintenance, crewing, purchasing, shipyard supervision,
insurance and financial management services are carried out "in-house" in the Companys various facilities
around the world. Since 1995, IUM Shipmanagement AS ("IUM"), a company in which Teekay indirectly owns a 40 percent
interest through its wholly owned subsidiary UNS, has provided UNS ship management services,
including crewing and maintenance. IUM is under contract to provide these services to UNS until December 31,
2005.
The Company has chartering staff located in Vancouver, Tokyo, London, Oslo, Houston and Singapore. Each
office serves the Companys clients headquartered in that offices region. Fleet operations, vessel positions
and charter market rates are monitored around the clock. Management believes that monitoring such information
is critical to making informed bids on competitive brokered business. During the year ended December 31,
2002, approximately 65% of the Companys consolidated net voyage revenues were derived from spot voyages or
time charters and contracts of affreightment priced on a spot market basis.
The Company pursues an intensively customer- and operations-oriented business strategy designed to achieve
superior operating results. The Company believes that it has four key competitive strengths:
| market concentration in the Indo-Pacific Aframax market, the Atlantic Basin Aframax market,
and the shuttle tanker market, which facilitates comprehensive coverage of charterer
requirements and provides a base for efficient operation and a high degree of capacity
utilization, |
| full-service marine operations capabilities and experienced management in all functions
critical to its operations, which affords a focused marketing effort, high quality and tight
cost controls, improved capacity utilization and effective operations and safety monitoring, |
| a large, uniform-size fleet of Aframax-size (75,000 to 119,999 dwt) tankers, many of which are
in sister vessel series (substantially identical vessels), which facilitates scheduling
flexibility due to vessel substitution opportunities, permitting greater responsiveness to
customer demands and enhanced capacity utilization, and which results in lower operating costs
than those experienced by smaller operators, and |
| a strong network of customer relationships and a reputation for transportation excellence
among quality-sensitive customers. |
The Company's growth strategy is to leverage its existing competitive strengths to continue to expand its business. The Company anticipates that the continued upgrade and expansion of its tanker business will continue to be a key component of its strategy. In addition, the Company believes that its full-service marine operations capabilities, reputation for safety and quality and strong customer orientation provide it with the opportunity to expand its business by providing additional value-added and innovative services, in many cases to existing customers. Finally, the Company intends to identify expansion opportunities in new tanker market segments, geographic areas and services to which the Company's competitive strengths are well suited, such as the Company's entry into the shuttle tanker market through its acquisition of UNS in 2001 and its pending acquisition of Navion ASA, as described below. The Company may choose to pursue such opportunities through internal growth, joint ventures or business acquisitions.
The Teekay organization was founded in 1973. Teekay Shipping Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands and maintains its principal executive headquarters at TK House, Bayside Executive Park, West Bay Street & Blake Road, P.O. Box AP-59213, Nassau, The Bahamas. Its telephone number at such address is (242) 502-8820. The Company's principal operating office is located at Suite 2000, Bentall 5, 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 2K2. Its telephone number at such address is (604) 683-3529.
Acquisition of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS
In May 2001, the Company completed its acquisition of UNS, the world's largest shuttle tanker owner. UNS' modern fleet of 20 vessels (including two newbuildings and two vessels undergoing conversion from conventional tankers to shuttle tankers) has an average age of 9.4 years (excluding the newbuildings) and operates primarily in the North Sea under long-term fixed-rate contracts. The total purchase price for the outstanding shares of UNS was approximately $223 million (including transaction expenses of approximately $7 million). The operating results of UNS have been reflected in the Company's financial statements commencing March 6, 2001, the date the Company acquired a majority interest in UNS.
UNS' large-scale and high-quality shuttle tanker operations has provided the Company a strategic opportunity to enter this attractive market as a market leader. The acquisition has also allowed the Company to expand the portfolio of value-added services it offers to its customers. The Company believes that to the extent offshore oil fields become more important to the global oil supply, the need for shuttle tanker services will increase. By combining the Company's global franchise and UNS' expertise in the shuttle tanker market, the Company believes the shuttle tanker business is an area of significant growth for Teekay. The acquisition of UNS has also provided added stability to the Company's cash flow throughout its business cycle, due to the long-term, fixed-price nature of its shuttle tanker contracts.
Pending Acquisition of Navion ASA
On December 16, 2002, the Company and Statoil ASA announced that they had entered into an agreement under which the Company will acquire Statoil's wholly-owned shipping company, Navion ASA (excluding its oil drilling ship and related operations and one floating production, storage and offload vessel), on a debt-free basis, for approximately $800 million in cash. The Company anticipates funding its acquisition of Navion by borrowing under a new credit facility, together with available cash or cash generated from operations and borrowings under other existing credit facilities. The Company has a commitment of approximately $724 million relating to the acquisition. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2003.
Navion, based in Norway, operates primarily in the shuttle tanker and the conventional crude oil and product tanker markets. Its modern shuttle tanker fleet, which as of December 31, 2002 consisted of nine owned and 17 chartered-in vessels (including four vessels chartered-in from the Company's subsidiary UNS), provides logistical services to Statoil and other oil companies in the North Sea under fixed-rate, long-term contracts of affreightment. Navion's modern, chartered-in, conventional tanker fleet, which as of December 31, 2002 consisted of 12 crude oil tankers and nine product tankers, operates primarily in the Atlantic region, providing services to Statoil and other oil companies. In addition, Navion owns two FSOs currently trading as conventional crude tankers in the Atlantic region, and one gas carrier on long-term charter to Statoil.
Through a joint venture with Statoil, Navion is responsible for meeting Statoil's transportation needs for crude oil, condensate and refined petroleum products. As part of this arrangement, Navion has a right of first refusal on Statoil's oil transportation requirements at the prevailing market rate until December 31, 2007. After the acquisition, the Company believes this arrangement may increase the utilization of its conventional fleet. The Company also believes that the acquisition of Navion will provide added stability to the Company's cash flow and earnings throughout the tanker market cycle, due to the fixed-rate, long-term nature of Navion's shuttle tanker contracts.
Competition
The Company competes primarily in the Aframax and shuttle tanker markets. In the Aframax market, international seaborne oil and other petroleum products transportation services are provided by two main types of operators: captive fleets of major oil companies (both private and state-owned) and independent ship owner fleets. Many major oil companies and other oil trading companies, the primary charterers of the vessels owned or controlled by the Company, also operate their own vessels and transport their own oil as well as oil for third party charterers in direct competition with independent owners and operators. Competition for charters in the Aframax spot charter market is intense and is based upon price, location, the size, age, condition and acceptability of the vessel, and the reputation of the vessel's manager.
The Company competes principally with other Aframax owners in the spot charter market through the global tanker charter market. This market is comprised of tanker broker companies that represent both charterers and ship owners in chartering transactions. Within this market, some transactions, referred to as "market cargoes," are offered by charterers through two or more brokers simultaneously and shown to the widest possible range of owners; other transactions, referred to as "private cargoes," are given by the charterer to only one broker and shown selectively to a limited number of owners whose tankers are most likely to be acceptable to the charterer and are in position to undertake the voyage.
Other large operators of Aframax tonnage include General Maritime Corporation, with approximately 28 Aframax vessels, American Eagle Tankers Ltd. (partially owned by the Singapore government), which controls approximately 25 Aframax vessels, Tanker Pacific Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., which controls approximately 13 Aframax vessels, and Overseas Shipholding Group, with approximately 12 Aframax vessels.
The Company's competition in the Aframax (75,000 to 119,999 dwt) market is also affected by the availability of other size vessels that compete in the Company's markets. Suezmax (120,000 to 199,999 dwt) size vessels and Panamax (50,000 to 74,999 dwt) size vessels can compete for many of the same charters for which the Company competes. Because of their large size, Ultra Large Crude Carriers (320,000+ dwt) ("ULCCs") and Very Large Crude Carriers (200,000 to 319,999 dwt) ("VLCCs") rarely compete directly with Aframax tankers for specific charters. However, because ULCCs and VLCCs comprise a substantial portion of the total capacity of the market, movements by such vessels into Suezmax trades and of Suezmax vessels into Aframax trades would heighten the already intense competition.
Management believes that it has significant competitive advantages in the Aframax tanker market as a result of the quality, type and dimensions of its vessels and its market share in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Basins. Some competitors of the Company, however, may have greater financial strength and capital resources than the Company.
There currently are 68 vessels in the world shuttle tanker fleet (including five newbuildings), the majority of which operate in the North Sea. Shuttle tankers typically operate under long-term, fixed-rate contracts for a specific offshore oil field or under contracts of affreightment for various fields. Competition for charters is based primarily upon price, availability, the size, technical sophistication, age and condition of the vessel, and the reputation of the vessel's manager. Technical sophistication of the vessel is especially important in harsh operating environments such as the North Sea. Although the size of the world shuttle tanker fleet has been relatively unchanged in recent years, conventional tankers could be converted into less sophisticated shuttle tankers by adding specialized equipment to meet the requirements of the oil companies. Shuttle tanker demand is also affected by the possible substitution of sub-sea pipelines that transport oil from offshore production platforms.
The Company currently owns 20 shuttle tankers, including two newbuildings and two vessels currently undergoing conversion from conventional tankers to shuttle tankers. After the Company's pending acquisition of Navion ASA, the Company will acquire an additional 8 owned shuttle tankers and control an additional 13 chartered-in shuttle tankers (excluding four vessels chartered-in from the Company's subsidiary UNS). Other shuttle tanker owners in the North Sea include Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and JJ Ugland Group, which own approximately nine and six shuttle tankers, respectively. The remaining owners in the North Sea each own three or fewer vessels.
As part of its growth strategy, the Company will continue to consider strategic opportunities, including business acquisitions, such as the acquisitions of UNS in 2001, Bona Shipbuilding Ltd. ("Bona") in 1999, and the pending acquisition of Navion. To the extent the Company enters new geographic areas or tanker market segments, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully therein. New markets may involve competitive factors that differ from those of the Aframax market segment in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Basins and the North Sea shuttle tanker market and may include participants that have greater financial strength and capital resources than the Company.
Regulation
The business of the Company and the operation of its vessels are materially affected by government regulation in the form of international conventions and national, state and local laws and regulations in force in the jurisdictions in which the vessels operate, as well as in the country or countries of their registration. Because such conventions, laws, and regulations are often revised, the Company cannot predict the ultimate cost of complying with such conventions, laws and regulations or their impact on the resale price or useful life of its vessels. Additional conventions, laws and regulations may be adopted that could limit the ability of the Company to do business or increase the cost of its doing business and that may materially adversely affect the Company's operations. The Company is required by various governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to obtain permits, licenses and certificates with respect to its operations. Subject to the discussion below and to the fact that the kinds of permits, licenses and certificates required for the operations of the vessels owned by the Company will depend on a number of factors, the Company believes that it has been and will be able to continue to obtain all permits, licenses and certificates material to the conduct of its operations.
The Company believes that the heightened environmental and quality concerns of insurance underwriters, regulators and charterers will generally lead to greater inspection and safety requirements on all vessels in the tanker market and will accelerate the scrapping of older vessels throughout the industry.
Environmental Regulation International Maritime Organization ("IMO"). On March 6, 1992, the IMO adopted regulations that set forth new and upgraded requirements for pollution prevention for tankers. These regulations, which went into effect on July 6, 1995 in many jurisdictions in which the Company's tanker fleet operates, provide that (i) tankers between 25 and 30 years old must be of double-hull construction or of a mid-deck design with double side construction, unless they have wing tanks or double-bottom spaces, not used for the carriage of oil, which cover at least 30% of the length of the cargo tank section of the hull, or are capable of hydrostatically balanced loading which ensures at least the same level of protection against oil spills in the event of collision or stranding, (ii) tankers 30 years old or older must be of double-hull construction or mid-deck design with double-side construction, and (iii) all tankers will be subject to enhanced inspections. Also, under IMO regulations, a tanker must be of double-hull construction or a mid-deck design with double side construction or be of another approved design ensuring the same level of protection against oil pollution in the event that such tanker (i) is the subject of a contract for a major conversion or original construction on or after July 6, 1993, (ii) commences a major conversion or has its keel laid on or after January 6, 1994, or (iii) completes a major conversion or is a newbuilding delivered on or after July 6, 1996.
On April 27, 2001, the IMO revised its regulations relating to the prevention of pollution from tankers. These regulations, which took effect on September 1, 2002, generally provide that single-hull tankers must be phased out between 2003 and 2015. These regulations identify three categories of single-hull tankers, which include double-bottom and double-side tankers:
| "Category 1 oil tanker" means any oil tanker of 20,000 dwt and above carrying crude oil, fuel
oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30,000 dwt and above carrying other oils,
which does not have segregated ballast tanks; |
| "Category 2 oil tanker" means any oil tanker of 20,000 dwt and above carrying crude oil, fuel
oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30,000 dwt and above carrying other oils,
which has segregated ballast tanks; and |
| "Category 3 oil tanker" means an oil tanker of 5,000 dwt and above but less than the tonnage
specified for Category 1 and 2 oil tankers. |
All of the single-hull tankers the Company operates are Category 2 oil tankers. As illustrated in the following table, the most recent IMO regulations provide for the phase-out on a rolling basis of Category 1 oil tankers by 2007 and of Category 2 oil tankers by 2015.
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- Category of Oil Tanker Year To Be Removed From Service ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- Category 1.............................................. 2003 for ships delivered in 1973 or earlier 2004 for ships delivered in 1974 and 1975 2005* for ships delivered in 1976 and 1977 2006* for ships delivered in 1978, 1979 and 1980 2007* for ships delivered in 1981 or later ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- Category 2............................................. 2003 for ships delivered in 1973 or earlier 2004 for ships delivered in 1974 and 1975 2005 for ships delivered in 1976 and 1977 2006 for ships delivered in 1978 and 1979 2007 for ships delivered in 1980 and 1981 2008 for ships delivered in 1982 2009 for ships delivered in 1983 2010* for ships delivered in 1984 2011* for ships delivered in 1985 2012* for ships delivered in 1986 2013* for ships delivered in 1987 2014* for ships delivered in 1988 2015* for ships delivered in 1989 or later ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- Category 3............................................ 2003 for ships delivered in 1973 or earlier 2004 for ships delivered in 1974 and 1975 2005 for ships delivered in 1976 and 1977 2006 for ships delivered in 1978 and 1979 2007 for ships delivered in 1980 and 1981 2008 for ships delivered in 1982 2009 for ships delivered in 1983 2010 for ships delivered in 1984 2011 for ships delivered in 1985 2012 for ships delivered in 1986 2013 for ships delivered in 1987 2014 for ships delivered in 1988 2015 for ships delivered in 1989 or later ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------
* Subject to compliance with Condition Assessment Scheme Survey.
However, under certain conditions, Category 2 and Category 3 oil tankers may continue in operation beyond the
date set forth in the table above. Category 2 and Category 3 oil tankers fitted with double bottoms or double
sides may continue in service until 25 years after their delivery date. Category 2 or Category 3 oil tankers
that are single hull may continue in service until 25 years after their delivery date or 2017, whichever is
earlier, if fitted with wing tanks or double bottoms or operated with hydrostatically balanced loading.
Category 1 oil tankers over 25 years old must have double bottoms or operate with hydrostatically balanced
loading. However, a port state may declare that it does not accept entry of such vessels after their
phase-out date. The European Union, Cyprus and Malta have already declared that they will not permit the
entry of such vessels.
Vessels must pass a Condition Assessment Scheme Survey after 2005 for Category 1 oil tankers, and after 2010
for Category 2 oil tankers. The Conditional Assessment Scheme Survey includes surveys of the hull structure,
including cargo tanks, pump rooms, cofferdams, pipe tunnels, void spaces within the cargo area and all
ballast tanks.
Under the current IMO regulations, the Company's vessels will be able to operate for substantially all of
their respective economic lives before being required to have double-hulls. Although 21 of the Company's
vessels are over 15 years old (including the eight OBOs it acquired in the Bona acquisition), IMO regulations
do not require any of its vessels to be phased-out until 2007. However, compliance with the regulations
regarding inspections of all vessels may adversely affect the Company's operations. The Company cannot at the
present time evaluate the likelihood or magnitude of any such adverse effect on its operations due to
uncertainty of interpretation of the IMO regulations.
The operation of the Company's vessels is also affected by the requirements set forth in the IMO's
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and Pollution Prevention (the "ISM Code"). The
ISM Code requires shipowners and bareboat charterers to develop and maintain an extensive "Safety Management
System" that includes the adoption of a safety and environmental protection policy setting forth instructions
and procedures for safe operation and describing procedures for dealing with emergencies. The failure of a
shipowner or bareboat charterer to comply with the ISM Code may subject that party to increased liability,
may decrease available insurance coverage for the affected vessels and may result in a denial of access to,
or detention in, certain ports. Currently, each of the Company's applicable vessels is ISM Code-certified.
However, there can be no assurance that such certification will be maintained in the future.
Environmental Regulations The United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA 90"). OPA 90 established an
extensive regulatory and liability regime for the protection and cleanup of the environment from oil spills.
OPA 90 affects all owners and operators whose vessels trade to the United States or its territories or
possessions or whose vessels operate in United States waters, which include the United States' territorial
sea and its two hundred nautical mile exclusive economic zone.
Under OPA 90, vessel owners, operators and bareboat (or "demise") charterers are "responsible parties" and
are jointly, severally and strictly liable (unless the spill results solely from the act or omission of a
third party, an act of God or an act of war) for all containment and clean-up costs and other damages arising
from discharges or threatened discharges of oil from their vessels. These other damages are defined broadly
to include (i) natural resources damages and the costs of assessment thereof, (ii) real and personal property
damages, (iii) net loss of taxes, royalties, rents, fees and other lost revenues, (iv) lost profits or
impairment of earning capacity due to property or natural resources damage, (v) net cost of public services
necessitated by a spill response, such as protection from fire, safety or health hazards, and (vi) loss of
subsistence use of natural resources. OPA 90 limits the liability of responsible parties to the greater of
$1,200 per gross ton or $10 million per tanker that is over 3,000 gross tons (subject to possible adjustment
for inflation). These limits of liability would not apply if the incident was proximately caused by violation
of applicable United States federal safety, construction or operating regulations, including IMO conventions
to which the U.S. is signature to, or by the responsible party's gross negligence or willful misconduct, or
if the responsible party fails or refuses to report the incident or to cooperate and assist in connection
with the oil removal activities. The Company currently plans to continue to maintain for each of its vessels
pollution liability coverage in the amount of $1 billion per incident. A catastrophic spill could exceed the
coverage available, which could have a materially adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations.
Under OPA 90, with limited exceptions, all newly built or converted tankers operating in United States waters
must be built with double-hulls, and existing vessels that do not comply with the double-hull requirement
must be phased out over a 20-year period (1995-2015) based on size, age and hull construction. Vessels with
double-sides and double-bottoms are granted an additional five years of service life before being phased out.
Of the Company's vessels, 21 are over 15 years old (including the eight OBOs acquired in the Bona
acquisition). Fifteen of those vessels have double-sides or doublebottoms, the oldest of which would not be
phased out until 2009. Three of those vessels have double-hulls. The Company's oldest single-hull tanker is
part of its shuttle tanker fleet and does not trade in the United States. Notwithstanding the phase-out
period, OPA 90 currently permits existing single-hull tankers to operate until the year 2015 if their
operations within United States waters are limited to discharging at the Louisiana Off-shore Oil Platform, or
off-loading by means of lightering activities within authorized lightering zones more than 60 miles offshore.
OPA 90 requires owners and operators of vessels to establish and maintain with the United States Coast Guard
(the "Coast Guard") evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet their potential liabilities under
OPA 90. In December 1994, the Coast Guard implemented regulations requiring evidence of financial
responsibility in the amount of $1,500 per gross ton for tankers, coupling the OPA limitation on liability of
$1,200 per gross ton with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act liability
limit of $300 per gross ton. Under the regulations, such evidence of financial responsibility may be
demonstrated by insurance, surety bond, self-insurance, or guaranty. Under OPA 90, an owner or operator of a
fleet of tankers is required only to demonstrate evidence of financial responsibility in an amount sufficient
to cover the tanker in the fleet having the greatest maximum liability under OPA 90.
The Coast Guard's regulations concerning certificates of financial responsibility ("COFR") provide, in
accordance with OPA 90, that claimants may bring suit directly against an insurer or guarantor that furnishes
COFR; and, in the event that such insurer or guarantor is sued directly, it is prohibited from asserting any
contractual defense that it may have had against the responsible party and is limited to asserting those
defenses available to the responsible party and the defense that the incident was caused by the willful
misconduct of the responsible party. Certain organizations, which had typically provided COFR under pre-OPA
90 laws, including the major protection and indemnity organizations, have declined to furnish evidence of
insurance for vessel owners and operators if they are subject to direct actions or required to waive
insurance policy defenses.
The Coast Guard's financial responsibility regulations may also be satisfied by evidence of surety bond,
guaranty or by self-insurance. Under the self-insurance provisions, the ship owner or operator must have a
net worth and working capital, measured in assets located in the United States against liabilities located
anywhere in the world, that exceeds the applicable amount of financial responsibility. The Company has
complied with the Coast Guard regulations by providing a financial guaranty from a related company evidencing
sufficient self-insurance for all the Company's vessels trading into the United States. If other vessels in
the Company's fleet trade into the United States in the future, the Company expects to provide guaranties
through self-insurance, or to obtain such guaranties from third-party insurers.
OPA 90 specifically permits individual states to impose their own liability regimes with regard to oil
pollution incidents occurring within their boundaries, and some states have enacted legislation providing for
unlimited liability for oil spills. In some cases, states which have enacted such legislation have not yet
issued implementing regulations defining tanker owners' responsibilities under these laws. The Company
intends to comply with all applicable state regulations in the ports where the Company's vessels call.
Owners or operators of tankers operating in United States waters are required to file vessel response plans
with the Coast Guard, and their tankers are required to operate in compliance with their Coast Guard approved
plans. Such response plans must, among other things, (i) address a "worst case" scenario and identify and
ensure, through contract or other approved means, the availability of necessary private response resources to
respond to a "worst case discharge," (ii) describe crew training and drills, and (iii) identify a qualified
individual with full authority to implement removal actions. The Company has filed vessel response plans with
the Coast Guard for the tankers owned by the Company and has received approval of such plans for all vessels
in its fleet to operate in United States waters.
OPA allows U.S. State legislatures to pre-empt associated regulation if the state's regulations are equal or
more stringent. Several coastal states such as California, Washington and Alaska require state specific COFR
and vessel response plans.
Environmental Regulation Other Environmental Initiatives. The European Union is considering legislation that
will affect the operation of tankers and the liability of owners for oil pollution. It is impossible to
predict what legislation, if any, may be promulgated by the European Union or any other country or authority.
In response to the environmental contamination caused by the sinking in November 2002 of the tanker Prestige,
on March 27, 2003, the European Transport Commission approved new regulations that would, among other things,
place a ban on the transportation of heavy oil grades in all single-hull tankers bound for or leaving European
ports and accelerate the phase-out of single hull vessels. The European Union Parliament is scheduled to meet in
July 2003, to ratify these new regulations. The Company has not determined the impact, if any, that these regulations
will have on the Company's business, results of operation or financial position. Although individual European
Union members are not currently required to implement these regulations, Spain has issued a Royal decree banning
the transport of heavy oils on single-hull tankers, and there are indications that Portugal and Italy may unilaterally
implement similar measures. Some other countries, including the United States, Japan and Australia, are also
considering revisions to their existing pollution regulations applicable to tankers. The proposed regulations
may be amended before they are adopted, if at all.
Although the United States is not a party thereto, many countries have ratified and follow the liability
scheme adopted by the IMO and set out in the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
Damage, 1969, as amended (the "CLC"), and the Convention for the Establishment of an International Fund for
Oil Pollution of 1971, as amended. Under these conventions, a vessel's registered owner is strictly liable
for pollution damage caused on the territorial waters of a contracting state by discharge of persistent oil,
subject to certain complete defenses. Many of the countries that have ratified the CLC have increased the
liability limits through a 1992 Protocol to the CLC. The liability limits in the countries that have ratified
this Protocol are currently approximately $4.0 million plus approximately $572 per gross registered tonne
above 5,000 gross tonnes with an approximate maximum of $75 million per vessel, with the exact amount tied to
a unit of account which varies according to a basket of currencies. Effective November 1, 2003, such limits
will be increased to approximately $5.8 million plus approximately $858 per gross registered ton above 5,000
gross tons, up to 140,000 gross tons. The right to limit liability is forfeited under the CLC where the spill
is caused by the owner's actual fault or privity and, under the 1992 Protocol, where the spill is caused by
the owner's intentional or reckless conduct. Vessels trading to contracting states must provide evidence of
insurance covering the limited liability of the owner. In jurisdictions where the CLC has not been adopted,
various legislative schemes or common law govern, and liability is imposed either on the basis of fault or in
a manner similar to the CLC.
In addition, the IMO, various countries and states, such as Australia, the United States and the State of
California, and various regulators, such as port authorities, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, have either adopted legislation or regulations, or are separately considering the adoption
of legislation or regulations, aimed at regulating the discharge of ballast water as a potential pollutant.
Shuttle Tanker Regulation
The Companys shuttle tankers primarily operate in the North Sea. In addition to the regulations imposed by
the IMO, countries having jurisdiction over North Sea areas impose regulatory requirements in connection with
operations in those areas. These regulatory requirements, together with additional requirements imposed by
operators in North Sea oil fields, require the Company to make further expenditures for sophisticated
equipment, reporting and redundancy systems on its shuttle tankers and for the training of seagoing staff.
Additional regulations and requirements may be adopted or imposed that could limit the Companys ability to
do business or further increase the cost of doing business in the North Sea.
Risk of Loss and Insurance
The operation of any ocean-going vessel carries an inherent risk of catastrophic marine disasters and
property losses caused by adverse weather conditions, mechanical failures, human error, war, terrorism,
piracy and other circumstances or events. In addition, the transportation of crude oil is subject to the risk
of crude oil spills, and business interruptions due to political circumstances in foreign countries,
hostilities, labor strikes, and boycotts. The occurrence of any of these events may result in loss of
revenues or increased costs.
The Company carries insurance coverage to protect against most of the accident-related risks involved in the
conduct of its business and it maintains environmental damage and pollution insurance coverage. The Company
does not carry insurance covering the loss of revenue resulting from vessel off-hire time. The Company
believes that its current insurance coverage is adequate to protect against most of the accident-related
risks involved in the conduct of its business and that it maintains appropriate levels of environmental
damage and pollution insurance coverage. The Company also carries protection and indemnity insurance against
certain liabilities that may be incurred while its vessels are operating. The Company's current insurance
coverage for pollution is $1 billion per vessel per incident. There can be no assurance that all covered
risks are adequately insured against, that any particular claim will be paid or that the Company will be able
to procure adequate insurance coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future. More stringent
environmental regulations may result in increased costs for, and may result in the lack of availability of,
insurance against the risks of environmental damage or pollution.
Operations Outside the United States
Because the Company's operations are primarily conducted outside of the United States, they may be affected
by currency fluctuations and by changing economic, political and governmental conditions in the countries
where the Company is engaged in business or where its vessels are registered.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company derived approximately 43% of its total net voyage
revenues from its operations in the Indo-Pacific Basin. Past political conflicts in that region, particularly
in the Arabian Gulf, have included attacks on tankers, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt
shipping in the area. Vessels trading in the region have also been subject to, in limited instances, acts of
piracy. In addition to tankers, oil pipelines and offshore oil fields could also be targets of terrorist
attacks. Future hostilities or other political instability in this region or other regions where the Company
operates could affect the Company's trade patterns, increase insurance costs, increase tanker operational
costs and otherwise adversely affect the Company's operations and performance. For example, war between the
United States and Iraq could significantly alter the supply and transportation of oil in the Indo-Pacific
Basin, which would adversely affect the Companys operations and performance. In addition, tariffs, trade
embargoes, and other economic sanctions by the United States or other countries against countries in the
Indo-Pacific Basin or elsewhere as a result of terrorist attacks or other hostilities may limit trading
activities with those countries, which could also adversely affect the Companys operations and performance.
Customers
The Company has derived, and believes that it will continue to derive, a significant portion of its voyage
revenues from a limited number of customers. Customers of the Company include major oil companies, major oil
traders, large oil consumers and petroleum product producers, government agencies, and various other entities
dependent upon the tanker transportation trade. No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's
consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2002. A single customer, an international oil
company, accounted for 13% ($130.8 million) of the Company's consolidated voyage revenues during the year
ended December 31, 2001. Two customers, both international oil companies, individually accounted for 13%
($118.3 million) and 12% ($110.2 million) of the Company's consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended
December 31, 2000. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated voyage
revenues during the fiscal periods presented above. The loss of any significant customer or a substantial
decline in the amount of services requested by a significant customer could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.
Taxation of the Company
The following discussion is a summary of the principal United States, Bahamian, Bermudian, Marshall Islands
and Norwegian tax laws applicable to the Company. The following discussion of tax matters, as well as the
conclusions regarding certain issues of tax law that are reflected in such discussion, are based on current
law. No assurance can be given that changes in or interpretation of existing laws will not occur or will not
be retroactive or that anticipated future factual matters and circumstances will in fact occur. The Companys
views have no binding effect or official status of any kind, and no assurance can be given that the
conclusions discussed below would be sustained if challenged by taxing authorities.
United States Taxation
The following discussion is based upon the provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), existing and proposed U.S. Treasury Department regulations, administrative rulings,
pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as of the date of this Annual Report.
Teekay has made special U.S. tax elections in respect of each of its vessel-owning or vessel-operating
subsidiaries that are potentially subject to U.S. tax as a result of deriving income attributable to the
transportation of cargoes to or from the United States. No such U.S. tax elections have been made by Teekay
in respect of (a) its vessel-owning or vessel-operating subsidiaries that operate exclusively outside the United
States because these subsidiaries are not subject to U.S. tax and (b) a Norwegian subsidiary
that rarely transports cargoes to or from the United States but when it does is
eligible to claim exemption from United States tax under the United States-Norway Income Tax Treaty.
The effect of the special U.S. tax elections is to ignore or disregard the subsidiaries, for which elections
have been made, as separate taxable entities from that of their parent, Teekay. Therefore, for purposes of
the ensuing U.S. tax discussion, Teekay, and not the subsidiaries subject to this election, will be treated
as the owner or operator of the vessels.
Taxation of the Company's Shipping Income: In General
The Company anticipates that it will derive substantially all of its gross income from the use and operation
of vessels in international commerce and that this income will principally consist of freights from the
transportation of cargoes, hire or lease from time or voyage charters and the performance of services
directly related thereto, which the Company refers to as shipping income.
Shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and
end, in the United States will be considered to be 50% derived from sources within the United States.
Shipping income attributable to transportation that both begins and ends in the United States will be
considered to be 100% derived from sources within the United States. Teekay does not engage in transportation
that gives rise to 100% U.S. source income.
Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non-U.S. ports will be considered to be
100% derived from sources outside the United States. Shipping Income derived from sources outside the United
States will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.
Based upon Teekays anticipated shipping operations, Teekays vessels will operate in various parts of the
world, including to or from U.S. ports. Unless exempt from U.S. taxation under Section 883 of the Code,
Teekay will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation, in the manner discussed below, to the extent its
shipping income is considered derived from sources within the United States.
In the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, approximately 35.8% and 36.0%, respectively, of Teekays
shipping income was attributable to the transportation of cargoes either to or from a U.S. port. Accordingly,
17.9% and 18.0%, respectively, of Teekays shipping income would be treated as derived from U.S. sources for
the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. In the absence of exemption from tax under
Section 883, Teekay would have been subject to a 4% tax on its gross U.S. source shipping income equal to
approximately $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $7.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2001.
Application of Code Section 883
Under Section 883 of the Code, Teekay will be exempt from U.S. taxation on its U.S. source shipping income
if:
(i) | Teekay is organized in a qualified foreign country which is one that grants an equivalent exemption
from tax to corporations organized in the United States in respect of the shipping income for which
exemption is being claimed under Section 883 and which the Company refers to as the country of
organization requirement; and |
(ii) | Teekay can satisfy any one of the following three (3) stock ownership requirements: |
| more than 50% of Teekays stock, in terms of value, is beneficially owned by individuals who
are residents of a qualified foreign country, which the Company refers to as the beneficial
ownership requirement; |
| Teekay is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and
more than 50% of the Companys shipping income is includible in the gross income of
U.S. persons that own 10% or more of the Companys stock, which the Company refers to as the
CFC requirement; or |
| Teekays stock is primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market located
in the United States, which the Company refers to as the publicly-traded requirement; |
The U.S. Treasury Department has recognized the Marshall Islands, Teekays country of incorporation, as a
qualified foreign country. Accordingly, the Company satisfies the country of organization requirement.
Therefore, Teekays eligibility to qualify for exemption under Section 883 is wholly dependent upon Teekay
being able to satisfy one of the three (3) stock ownership requirements.
Proposed regulations interpreting Section 883 were promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department in August
2002, which the Company refers to as the proposed regulations. These regulations superseded and replaced in
their entirety the regulations initially proposed interpreting Section 883 promulgated by the U.S. Treasury
Department in February 2000.
The proposed regulations will apply to taxable years beginning thirty days or more after the date the
regulations are published as final regulations in the Federal Register. As a result, such regulations will
not be effective for calendar year taxpayers like us until the calendar year 2004 at the earliest. At this
time, it is unclear when the proposed regulations will be finalized and whether they will be finalized in
their present form. For purposes of the ensuing discussion, however, the Company has assumed that the
proposed regulations will be finalized in their current form without change.
Based on the current ownership of Teekays stock, the Company believes its ability to satisfy the beneficial
ownership requirement will prove to be problematic since the Company does not believe that it can document,
as required by the proposed regulations, more than 50% of its stock is owned by individuals who are residents
of qualified foreign countries, who the Company refers to as qualified shareholders. Furthermore, Teekay is
unable to satisfy the CFC requirement since it is currently not a controlled foreign corporation, which the
Company refers to as CFC, within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, and the Company does not
anticipate that Teekay will become a CFC based on the current ownership of its stock by U.S. persons. A CFC
is a foreign corporation more than 50% of the stock of which, by vote or by value, is actually or
constructively owned by one or more U.S. persons, each of whom owns 10% or more of the total voting power of
such stock.
In respect of the publicly-traded requirement, the proposed regulations provide, in pertinent part, that
stock of a foreign corporation will be considered to be primarily traded on an established securities
market if the number of shares that are traded during any taxable year on that market exceeds the number of
shares traded during that year on any other established securities market. At present, the sole class of
stock of Teekay that is issued and outstanding is its common stock, and its common shares are listed only on
The New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE. Since the NYSE is an established securities market in the United
States, Teekay is able to satisfy the primarily traded requirement.
The proposed regulations further provide that stock will generally be considered to be regularly traded on
an established securities market if:
(i) | stock representing more than 50% of the issuers outstanding classes of stock, by voting
power and value, is listed on such market, which the Company refers to as the 50% listing threshold;
and |
(ii) | with respect to the class of stock relied on to satisfy the 50% listing threshold: |
| such class of stock is traded on such market, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least
60 days during the taxable year, or 1/6 of the days in a short taxable year, which the Company
refers to as the trading frequency threshold; and |
| the aggregate number of shares of such class of stock traded on such market is at least 10% of
the average number of shares of such class of stock outstanding during such year, or as
appropriately adjusted in the case of a short taxable year, which the Company refers to as the
trading volume threshold. |
Teekay currently satisfies the 50% listing threshold since all its common stock is listed on the NYSE.
Furthermore, Teekays common stock is currently traded on the NYSE at a level sufficient to satisfy the
trading frequency and trading volume thresholds. Even if this were not the case, the proposed regulations
provide that the trading frequency threshold and the trading volume threshold will be deemed satisfied if
stock is traded on an established securities market in the United States and the stock is regularly quoted by
dealers making a market in the stock, which the Company refers to as the U.S. securities market exception.
Teekays common stock is currently regularly quoted on the NYSE by one or more dealers that make a market in
its common stock and the Company anticipates that this will continue to be the case. Therefore, Teekays
common stock would also be considered to be regularly traded based on the U.S. securities market exception.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the proposed regulations provide, in pertinent part, that Teekays stock will
not be considered to be regularly traded on an established securities market for any taxable year in which
50% or more of its stock is actually or constructively owned within the meaning of the proposed regulations,
at any time during the year, by persons who each own 5% or more of its stock, which the Company refers to as
the 5% override rule.
For purposes of being able to determine the persons who own 5% or more of Teekays stock, which the Company
refer to as 5% shareholders, the proposed regulations permit Teekay to rely on those persons which are
identified on Form 13G filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as
having a 5% or more beneficial interest in Teekays common stock. The proposed regulations further provide
that an investment company identified on a SEC Form 13G filing which is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, will not be treated as a 5% shareholder if no person actually or
constructively owns 5% or more of the outstanding interests of the investment company and 5% or more of the
value of Teekays common stock, which the Company refers to as the investment company exception.
In the event the 5% override rule is triggered based on its at any time during the year standard, the
proposed regulations provide that the 5% override rule will not apply for such year if Teekay can establish
that among the closely-held group of 5% shareholders, there are sufficient 5% shareholders that are
considered to be qualified shareholders for purposes of Section 883 to preclude non-qualified 5% shareholders
in the closely-held group from owning 50% or more of Teekays stock for more than half the number of days
during such year, which the Company refers to as the 5% override rule exemption.
Based on the 5% shareholders currently identified on SEC Form 13G filings or otherwise known to it, Teekay
would presently be subject to the 5% override rule unless one 5% shareholder is able to qualify for the
investment company exception. To date, Teekay has been unable to obtain the necessary information to
determine whether or not such 5% shareholder qualifies for this exception. Furthermore, if Teekay were
subject to the 5% override rule, it is not clear that Teekay would be able to qualify for the 5% override
rule exemption based on the proposed regulations as currently drafted.
In response to an invitation for public comment on the proposed regulations from the U.S. Treasury
Department, the Company submitted written comments requesting certain modifications be made to the 5%
override rule, the 5% override rule exemption which, if accepted and reflected in the final regulations,
would render Teekay not subject to the 5% override rule based on its existing shareholdings. However, no
assurance can be given that the Companys proposed modifications will ultimately be accepted and reflected in
the final regulations or that, even if the modifications are accepted, future changes or shifts in the
ownership of Teekays stock would not subject it to the 5% override rule and thereby preclude Teekay from
qualifying for exemption under Section 883.
Until the proposed regulations are promulgated in final form and come into force, however, Teekay intends to
take the position on its U.S. tax return filings that it satisfies the publicly-traded requirement and
thereby qualifies for exemption from tax under Section 883 in respect of its U.S. source shipping income.
To the extent Teekay is unable to qualify for exemption from tax under Section 883, Teekays U.S. source
shipping income will become subject to the 4% gross basis tax regime or, alternatively, to the net basis and
branch tax regime described below.
Taxation in Absence of Internal Revenue Code Section 883 Exemption
4% Gross Basis Tax Regime. To the extent the benefits of Section 883 are unavailable with respect to any
item of U.S. source income, Teekays U.S. source shipping income, to the extent not considered to be
"effectively connected" with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, as discussed below, would be subject to
a 4% tax imposed by Section 887 of the Code on a gross basis, without the benefit of deductions. Since under
the sourcing rules described above, no more than 50% of Teekays shipping income would be treated as being
derived from U.S. sources, the maximum effective rate of U.S. federal income tax on Teekays shipping income
would never exceed 2% under the 4% gross basis tax regime.
Based on its U.S. source Shipping Income for 2002, Teekay would be subject to U.S. federal income tax of
approximately $5.6 million under Section 887 in the absence of an exemption under Section 883.
Net Basis and Branch Profits Tax Regime. To the extent the benefits of the Section 883 exemption are
unavailable and Teekays U.S. source shipping income is considered to be "effectively connected" with the
conduct of a U.S. trade or business, as described below, any such "effectively connected" U.S. source
shipping income, net of applicable deductions, would be subject to the U.S. federal corporate income tax
currently imposed at rates of up to 35%. In addition, Teekay may be subject to the 30% "branch profits" taxes
on earnings effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, as determined after allowance
for certain adjustments, and on certain interest paid or deemed paid attributable to the conduct of its U.S.
trade or business.
Teekays U.S. source shipping income would be considered "effectively connected" with the conduct of a U.S.
trade or business only if:
| Teekay has, or is considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved
in the earning of shipping income; and |
| substantially all of Teekays U.S. source shipping income is attributable to regularly
scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with
repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the
United States. |
The Company does not intend to have, or permit circumstances that would result in having any Teekay vessel
operating to the United States on a regularly scheduled basis. Based on the foregoing and on the expected
mode of Teekays shipping operations and other activities as described in this Annual Report, the Company
believes that none of Teekays U.S. source shipping income will be "effectively connected" with the conduct
of a U.S. trade or business.
Gain on Sale of Vessels. To the extent any of Teekays vessel makes more than an occasional voyage to U.S.
ports, Teekay may be considered to be engaged in the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. As a result, except
to the extent the gain on the sale of a vessel may be partly or wholly subject to U.S. federal income tax as
"effectively connected" income (determined under rules different from those discussed above) under the net
basis and branch tax regime described above. To the extent circumstances permit, the Company intends to
structure sales of Teekays vessels in such a manner, including effecting the sale and delivery of vessels
outside the United States, as to not give rise to U.S. source gain.
Marshall Islands, Bahamian and Bermudian Taxation
Teekay believes that neither it nor its subsidiaries will be subject to taxation under the laws of the
Marshall Islands, the Bahamas or Bermuda, and distributions by its subsidiaries to the Company also will not
be subject to any taxes under the laws of such countries.
Norwegian Taxation
In December 1996, Norway introduced a new regime for the taxation of the shipping industry. If a company
meets certain requirements, it may choose to be taxed according to this regime, which results in deferral of
taxation for income related to shipping activities until the accumulated untaxed profits are distributed to
shareholders outside the regime or upon the companys exit from the regime. A company within the regime will,
however, be liable to pay without the benefit of deferral a 28% tax on investment income and a tonnage tax
based on the registered tonnage of its fleet. The rates for tonnage tax are set annually by the Norwegian
parliament. To the extent the debt in average during an income year is below 50% of the assets, a deemed
interest factor will be added to the companys taxable income.
To qualify for the shipping taxation regime, the shipping activities of UNS have been separated from other
activities, such as management functions. While UNS as the parent company does not qualify under the shipping
tax regime, Ugland Nordic Investment AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of UNS, owns the assets and companies
engaged in shipping activities (the "Qualifying Company"). These companies engaged in shipping activities
constitute "shipping companies" under the tax regime and has been assessed as such in recent years including
2001 by the revenue authorities. Under the regime, the shipping companies may not have employees;
consequently, all service and management functions must be obtained from a related or unrelated entity that
is separate from the shipping companies. Intra-group services are required to be priced in accordance with
market terms and UNS is subject to a 28% non-deferred tax with respect to the net income of any management
services it provides.
If the Qualifying Company were to cease to qualify for the shipping company tax regime, it would be taxed on
its accumulated untaxed profits and gains, taking into account both value appreciations and retained earnings
during the period it was under the regime and any deferred tax positions that may have been transferred to
the Qualifying Company upon entry into the regime. The Qualifying Company would cease to qualify under the
regime if any of the shipping companies disposed of all of its vessels and/or ownership interests in other
shipowning companies qualifying under the tax regime and the proceeds from such sale were not reinvested in a
shipowning company qualifying under the tax regime or a replacement vessel, or an agreement to build a
replacement vessel were not entered into within a year from the sale.
To the extent untaxed profits are distributed from the Qualifying Company to shareholders outside the regime,
which would include dividends or other distributions paid by the Qualifying Company to UNS, the Qualifying
Company will be taxed at a rate of 28% of the distributed amount as grossed-up for such taxes. Further,
dividends paid from UNS to a non-Norwegian shareholder will be subject to a Norwegian withholding tax of 25%,
unless a lower tax has been agreed upon in an applicable tax treaty.
The Company records deferred taxes under the Norwegian shipping tax regime on the Companys consolidated
financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See
Note 1 to the Companys December 31, 2002 audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in
this annual report on Form 20-F.
The Company's Fleet
The following list provides additional information with respect to the Company's vessels as at March 1, 2003.
Hull Percent Year Series/Yard Type Ownership Dwt-MT Built Flag Aframax Tankers (60) HAMANE SPIRIT................. Onomichi DH 100% 105,200 1997 Bahamian POUL SPIRIT................... Onomichi DH 100% 98,600 1995 Bahamian TORBEN SPIRIT................. Onomichi DH 100% 98,600 1994 Bahamian LEYTE SPIRIT.................. Onomichi DH 100% 98,700 1992 Bahamian LUZON SPIRIT.................. Onomichi DH 100% 98,600 1992 Bahamian MAYON SPIRIT.................. Onomichi DH 100% 98,500 1992 Bahamian SAMAR SPIRIT.................. Onomichi DH 100% 98,600 1992 Bahamian PALMSTAR LOTUS................ Onomichi SH 100% 100,300 1991 Bahamian PALMSTAR THISTLE.............. Onomichi SH 100% 100,300 1991 Bahamian TEEKAY SPIRIT................. Onomichi SH 100% 100,300 1991 Bahamian ONOZO SPIRIT.................. Onomichi SH 100% 100,000 1990 Bahamian PALMSTAR CHERRY............... Onomichi SH 100% 100,000 1990 Bahamian PALMSTAR POPPY................ Onomichi SH 100% 100,000 1990 Bahamian PALMSTAR ROSE................. Onomichi SH 100% 100,200 1990 Bahamian PALMSTAR ORCHID............... Onomichi SH 100% 100,000 1989 Bahamian FALSTER SPIRIT................ Hyundai DH 100% 95,400 1995 Bahamian GOTLAND SPIRIT................ Hyundai DH 100% 95,400 1995 Bahamian SOTRA SPIRIT.................. Hyundai DH 100% 95,400 1995 Bahamian VICTORIA SPIRIT (1)........... Hyundai DH 100% 103,200 1993 Bahamian VANCOUVER SPIRIT (1) ......... Hyundai DH 100% 103,200 1992 Bahamian SHILLA SPIRIT................. Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1990 Bahamian ULSAN SPIRIT.................. Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1990 Bahamian DAMPIER SPIRIT (2)............ Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1988 Bahamian KARRATHA SPIRIT (2)........... Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1988 Australian NAMSAN SPIRIT................. Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1988 Bahamian PACIFIC SPIRIT................ Hyundai SH 100% 106,700 1988 Bahamian MERSEY SPIRIT................. Hyundai DS 100% 94,800 1986 Bahamian CLYDE SPIRIT.................. Hyundai DS 100% 94,700 1985 Bahamian OPAL QUEEN (3)................ Imabari DH 0% 107,200 2001 Panamanian BAHAMAS SPIRIT................ Imabari DH 100% 107,300 1998 Bahamian AVALON SPIRIT................. Imabari DH 100% 107,200 1998 Canadian SENANG SPIRIT................. Imabari DH 100% 95,700 1994 Bahamian SEBAROK SPIRIT................ Imabari DH 100% 95,700 1993 Bahamian SERAYA SPIRIT................. Imabari DS 100% 97,100 1992 Bahamian SEAFALCON (3)................. Imabari DS 0% 97,100 1991 Marshall Islands SENTOSA SPIRIT................ Imabari DS 100% 97,200 1989 Bahamian SELETAR SPIRIT................ Imabari DS 100% 95,000 1988 Bahamian SEMAKAU SPIRIT................ Imabari DS 100% 97,200 1988 Bahamian SINGAPORE SPIRIT.............. Imabari DS 100% 97,000 1987 Bahamian SUDONG SPIRIT................. Imabari DS 100% 98,200 1987 Bahamian KANATA SPIRIT................. Samsung DH 100% 113,000 1999 Bahamian KAREELA SPIRIT................ Samsung DH 100% 113,100 1999 Bahamian KIOWA SPIRIT.................. Samsung DH 100% 113,300 1999 Bahamian KOA SPIRIT.................... Samsung DH 100% 113,300 1999 Bahamian KYEEMA SPIRIT................. Samsung DH 100% 113,400 1999 Bahamian SILVER PARADISE (3)........... Samsung DH 0% 105,200 1998 Panamanian KYUSHU SPIRIT................. Mitsubishi DS 100% 95,600 1991 Bahamian SABINE SPIRIT................. Mitsubishi DS 100% 84,800 1989 Bahamian KOYAGI SPIRIT................. Mitsubishi SH 100% 96,000 1989 Bahamian COLUMBIA SPIRIT............... Mitsubishi DS 100% 84,800 1988 Bahamian HUDSON SPIRIT................. Mitsubishi DS 100% 84,800 1988 Bahamian SEABRIDGE (3)................. Namura DH 0% 105,200 1996 Liberian TORRES SPIRIT................. Namura SH 100% 96,100 1990 Bahamian SEAMASTER (3)................. Namura SH 0% 101,100 1990 Liberian SHETLAND SPIRIT............... Mitsui DH 100% 106,200 1994 Bahamian ORKNEY SPIRIT................. Mitsui DH 100% 106,300 1993 Bahamian SHANNON SPIRIT................ Gdynia SH 100% 99,300 1987 Bahamian CLARE SPIRIT.................. Gdynia SH 100% 99,300 1986 Bahamian MAGELLAN SPIRIT............... Hitachi DS 100% 95,000 1985 Bahamian COOK SPIRIT................... Hashima DS 100% 91,500 1987 Bahamian Subtotal Aframax Tankers ................................. 6,029,400 Shuttle Tankers (18) STENA NATALITA................ Tsuneishi DH 50% 108,100 2001 Cayman Islands STENA SIRITA.................. Tsuneishi DH 50% 127,500 1999 Norwegian STENA ALEXITA................. Tsuneishi DH 50% 127,500 1998 Norwegian NORDIC SAVONITA............... Tsuneishi DH 100% 108,200 1992 NIS NORDIC TORINITA............... Tsuneishi DH 100% 106,900 1992 Cayman Islands STENA AKARITA................. Tsuneishi DH 65.5% 107,200 1991 Liberian PETROTROLL.................... Tsuneishi DS 100% 67,400 1981 NIS NORDIC LAURITA................ Tsuneishi SH 50.5% 68,100 1981 NIS PETRONORDIC................... Samsung DH 100% 92,000 2002 NIS NORDIC SPIRIT (4)............. Samsung DH 100% 151,000 2001 Bahamian STENA SPIRIT (4).............. Samsung DH 50% 151,000 2001 Bahamian NORDIC MARITA................. Samsung DH 100% 103,900 1999 Cayman Islands NORDIC YUKON.................. Dalian DH 100% 97,100 1992 NIS PETROTRYM..................... Dalian DH 100% 80,700 1987 NIS NORDIC SVENITA................ Imabari DH 100% 106,500 1997 Liberian NORDIC SARITA................. Daewoo DH 100% 124,500 1986 Norwegian PETROSKALD.................... Uddevalla DB 100% 34,800 1982 Liberian NORDIC APOLLO (2) ............ Avondale DH 89% 127,000 1992 Liberian Subtotal Shuttle Tankers ................................. 1,889,400 Oil/Bulk/Ore Carriers (8) TEEKAY FORUM ................. Hyundai DB 100% 78,500 1983 Bahamian TEEKAY FULMAR................. Hyundai DB 100% 78,500 1983 Bahamian TEEKAY FOUNTAIN............... Hyundai DB 100% 78,500 1982 NIS TEEKAY FORTUNA................ Hyundai DB 67% 78,500 1982 NIS TEEKAY FREIGHTER.............. Bremer DB 52% 75,400 1982 NIS TEEKAY FOAM................... Hyundai DB 100% 78,500 1981 Bahamian TEEKAY FAVOUR................. Howaldtswerke DB 100% 82,500 1981 Bahamian TEEKAY FAIR................... Bremer DH 100% 75,500 1981 NIS Subtotal Oil/Bulk/Ore Carriers ........................... 625,900 Other Tankers (3) MUSASHI SPIRIT (VLCC)......... Sasebo SH 100% 280,700 1993 Bahamian BARRINGTON.................... Samsung DH 100% 33,200 1989 Australian PALMERSTON.................... Halla DB 100% 36,700 1990 Australian Subtotal Other Tankers .................................. 350,600 Subtotal DWT Vessels Delivered ........................ 8,895,300 Newbuildings (12) SHUTTLE TANKER (HULL 1377).... Samsung DH 100% 92,000 2003 N/A SHUTTLE TANKER (HULL 1408).... Samsung DH 100% 147,500 2003 N/A SUEZMAX TANKER (HULL 1431).... Hyundai DH 100% 152,000 2003 N/A SUEZMAX TANKER (HULL 1432).... Hyundai DH 100% 152,000 2003 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 1433).... Hyundai DH 100% 112,000 2003 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 1434).... Hyundai DH 100% 112,000 2003 N/A SUEZMAX TANKER (HULL 1435).... Hyundai DH 100% 152,000 2003 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 1253) (5). Tsuneishi DH 0% 105,000 2003 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 5248).... Daewoo DH 100% 115,000 2004 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 5249).... Daewoo DH 100% 115,000 2004 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 1465).... Samsung DH 100% 115,000 2004 N/A AFRAMAX TANKER (HULL 1466).... Samsung DH 100% 115,000 2004 N/A Subtotal Newbuildings .............................. 1,484,500 Total DWT All Tankers .............................. 10,379,800 DH Double-hull tanker DB Double-bottom tanker DS Double-sided tanker SH Single-hull tanker (1) Oil/bulk/ore carrier trading exclusively as a crude oil tanker. (2) Floating storage and off-take vessel. (3) Time chartered-in vessel (4) Vessel undergoing conversion to a shuttle tanker (5) Bareboated-in vessel
Many of the Company's vessels have been designed and constructed as substantially identical sister ships.
These vessels can, in many situations, be interchanged, providing scheduling flexibility and greater capacity
utilization. In addition, spare parts and technical knowledge can be applied to all the vessels in the
particular series, thereby generating operating efficiencies.
Prior to 1985, the Company chartered-in most of the tonnage it subsequently provided to its customers. As the
availability of acceptable chartered-in tonnage declined, the Company began an expansion of its owned fleet.
Since 1985, the Company has significantly expanded its owned fleet by taking delivery of 43 new vessels and
acquiring 35 vessels in the second-hand market, as well as disposing of 30 older tankers over the past ten
years. In addition, the Company acquired control of an additional 26 vessels through its acquisition of Bona
in 1999, an additional 18 vessels through its acquisition of UNS in 2001, and will acquire an additional 11
vessels from its pending acquisition of Navion.
See Note 6 of the consolidated financial statements for information with respect to major encumbrances
against vessels of the Company.
Classification, Audits and Inspections
All of the Company's vessels have been certified as being "in class" by their respective classification
societies: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Det Norske Veritas or American Bureau of Shipping. Every commercial vessel's
hull and machinery is "classed" by a classification society authorized by its country of registry. The
classification society certifies that the vessel has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules
of such classification society and complies with applicable rules and regulations of the country of registry
of the vessel and the international conventions of which that country is a member. Each vessel is inspected
by a surveyor of the classification society every year ("Annual Survey"), every two to three years
("Intermediate Survey") and every four to five years ("Special Survey"). Vessels also may be required, as
part of the Intermediate Survey process, to be drydocked every 24 to 30 months for inspection of the
underwater parts of the vessel and for necessary repairs related to such inspection. Many of the Company's
vessels have qualified with their respective classification societies for drydocking every five years in
connection with the Special Survey and are no longer subject to the Intermediate Survey drydocking process.
To so qualify, the Company was required to enhance the resiliency of the underwater coatings of each
qualifying vessel as well as to install apparatus on each vessel to accommodate thorough underwater
inspection by divers.
In addition to the classification inspections, many of the Company's customers, including major oil
companies, regularly inspect the Company's vessels as a precondition to chartering voyages on such vessels.
The Company's vessels are also subject to inspections by the world's leading port state control authorities
such as the U.S. Coast Guard and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The Company believes that its
well-maintained, high-quality tonnage should provide it with a competitive advantage in the current
environment of increasing regulation and customer emphasis on quality of service.
Company employees perform much of the necessary routine maintenance and regularly inspect all of the
Company's vessels, both at sea and while the vessels are in port. The Company inspects its vessels at least
two times per year using predetermined and rigorous criteria. Each vessel is examined and specific notations
are made, and recommendations are given for improvements to the overall condition of the vessel and its
maintenance, safety, and crew welfare.
The Company has obtained through Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the Norwegian classification society, approval of
the Company's safety management system as in compliance with International Safety Management (ISM) Code. To
have the Company's safety management system certified as in compliance, the system is audited annually by
DNV. In November 2000, the Company's Document of Compliance (DOC) was certified through November 2004. As
part of the Company's ISM Code compliance, all vessels' safety management certificates (SMC) are being
maintained through ongoing internal audits performed by the Company and intermediate audits performed by DNV.
DNV has also certified the UNS shuttle tankers as ISM Code compliant. In accordance with Australian
regulations, classifications societies are not recognized to perform ISM Code audits for the Company's
Australian-flagged vessels. Thus, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority approves the Company's safety
management system by auditing the Company's Australian-flagged vessels and the Company's Australian
operations.
Organizational Structure
The following is a list of the Company's significant subsidiaries as at March 1, 2003.
State or Proportion of Jurisdiction of Ownership Name of Significant Subsidiary Incorporation Interest BONA SHIPHOLDING LTD. ................................................ BERMUDA 100% NORSK TEEKAY AS....................................................... NORWAY 100% NORSK TEEKAY HOLDINGS LTD. ........................................... MARSHALL ISLANDS 100% SINGLE SHIP COMPANIES(3).............................................. AUSTRALIA 100% SINGLE SHIP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES(46)........................... MARSHALL ISLANDS 100% TEEKAY CHARTERING LIMITED............................................. MARSHALL ISLANDS 100% TEEKAY NORDIC HOLDINGS INC. .......................................... MARSHALL ISLANDS 100% TEEKAY NORGE LIMITED.................................................. LIBERIAN 100% TEEKAY SHIPPING LIMITED............................................... BAHAMAS 100% UGLAND NORDIC SHIPPING AS............................................. NORWAY 100%
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
General
Teekay is a leading provider of international crude oil and petroleum product transportation services to major oil companies, major oil traders and government agencies worldwide. At March 1, 2003, the Companys fleet consisted of 101 vessels (including twelve newbuildings on order, five vessels time-chartered-in and four vessels owned by joint ventures), for a total cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 10.4 million tonnes.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately 45% (2001 57%; 2000 68%) of the Companys net voyage revenues was derived from spot voyages. The balance of the Companys revenue is generated by two other modes of employment: time-charters, whereby vessels are chartered to customers for a fixed period, and contracts of affreightment ("COAs"), whereby the Company carries an agreed quantity of cargo for a customer over a specified trade route within a given period of time. In the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately 20% (2001 21%; 2000 14%) of net voyage revenues was generated by time-charters and COAs priced on a spot market basis. In the aggregate, approximately 65% (2001 78%; 2000 82%) of the Companys net voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2002 was derived from spot voyages or time-charters and COAs priced on a spot market basis, with the remaining 35% (2001 22%; 2000 18%) being derived from fixed-rate time-charters and COAs. The change in the Companys composition of net voyage revenues reflects the acquisition of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS ("UNS") in 2001 and the change in spot tanker rates over this period. This dependence on the spot market, which is within industry norms, contributes to the volatility of the Companys revenues, cash flow from operations, and net income.
Historically, the tanker industry has been cyclical, experiencing volatility in profitability and asset values resulting from changes in the supply of, and demand for, vessel capacity. In addition, tanker markets have historically exhibited seasonal variations in charter rates. Tanker markets are typically stronger in the winter months as a result of increased oil consumption in the northern hemisphere and unpredictable weather patterns that tend to disrupt vessel scheduling.
Acquisition of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS
As of May 28, 2001, the Company had purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of UNS (9% of which was purchased in fiscal 2000 and the remaining 91% of which was purchased in fiscal 2001), for $222.8 million in cash.
UNS is the worlds largest owner of shuttle tankers, controlling a modern fleet of 20 vessels (including two newbuildings) (the "UNS Fleet") that engages in the transportation of oil from offshore production platforms to onshore storage and refinery facilities. The UNS Fleet has an average age of approximately 9.4 years (excluding the two newbuildings), and operates primarily in the North Sea under fixed-rate long-term contracts. In addition, as of December 31, 2002, UNS owned approximately 10.3% of Nordic American Tankers Shipping Ltd. (AMEX: NAT) ("NAT"), the owner of three Suezmax tankers on a long-term contract to BP Shipping.
For the year ended December 31, 2000, UNS earned net voyage revenues of $69.1 million, resulting in income from vessel operations of $23.8 million and net income of $15.4 million, applying accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The operating results of UNS have been consolidated in the Companys financial statements commencing March 6, 2001, the date that the Company acquired a majority interest in UNS. Minority interest expense, which is included in other income (loss), has been recorded to reflect the minority shareholders share of UNS net income for the period from March 6, 2001 to May 28, 2001, when the Company acquired the remaining shares in UNS.
Pending Acquisition of Navion ASA
On December 16, 2002, Teekay and Statoil ASA announced that they had entered into an agreement under which the Company will acquire Statoils wholly-owned shipping company, Navion ASA (excluding its oil drilling ship and related operations and one floating production, storage and offload vessel), on a debt-free basis, for approximately $800 million in cash. The Company anticipates funding its acquisition of Navion by borrowing under a new credit facility, together with available cash or cash generated from operations and borrowings under other existing credit facilities. The Company has a commitment of approximately $724 million relating to the acquisition. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2003.
Navion, based in Norway, operates primarily in the shuttle tanker and the conventional crude oil and product tanker markets. Its modern shuttle tanker fleet, which as of December 31, 2002 consisted of nine owned and 17 chartered-in vessels (including four vessels chartered-in from the Companys subsidiary UNS), provides logistical services to Statoil and other oil companies in the North Sea under fixed-rate, long-term contracts of affreightment. Navions modern, chartered-in, conventional tanker fleet, which as of December 31, 2002 consisted of 12 crude oil tankers and nine product tankers, operates primarily in the Atlantic region, providing services to Statoil and other oil companies. In addition, Navion owns two floating storage and off-take vessels currently trading as conventional crude tankers in the Atlantic region, and one gas carrier on long-term charter to Statoil.
Through a joint venture with Statoil, Navion is responsible for meeting Statoils transportation needs for crude oil, condensate and refined petroleum products. As part of this arrangement, Navion has a right of first refusal on Statoils oil transportation requirements at the prevailing market rate until December 31, 2007. After the acquisition, the Company believes this arrangement may increase the utilization of its conventional fleet. The Company also believes that the acquisition of Navion will provide added stability to the Companys cash flow and earnings throughout the tanker market cycle, due to the fixed-rate, long-term nature of Navions shuttle tanker contracts.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Companys consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require the Company to make estimates in the application of its accounting policies based on the best assumptions, judgments, and opinions of management. Following is a discussion of the accounting policies that involve a higher degree of judgment and the methods of their application. For a description of additional material accounting policies of the Company, see Note 1 to the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates a majority of its revenues from voyage charters. Within the shipping industry, the two methods used to account for voyage revenues and expenses are the percentage of completion and the completed voyage methods. For each method, voyages may be calculated on either a load-to-load or discharge-to-discharge basis. Most shipping companies, including the Company, use the percentage of completion method.
In applying the percentage of completion method, management believes that the discharge-to-discharge basis of calculating voyages more accurately reflects voyage results than the load-to-load basis. At the time of cargo discharge, the Company generally has information about the next load port and expected discharge port, whereas at the time of loading the Company normally is less certain what the next load port will be.
Vessel Lives and Impairment
The carrying value of each of the Companys vessels represents its original cost at the time of delivery or purchase less depreciation calculated using an estimated useful life of 25 years from the date the vessel was originally delivered from the shipyard. In the shipping industry, use of a 25-year life has become the prevailing standard. However, the actual life of a vessel may be different from the 25-year life, with a shorter life potentially resulting in an impairment loss. Regulations of the International Maritime Organization that became effective in April 2001 require the accelerated phase-out of single hull vessels.
In response to the sinking of the tanker Prestige, on March 27, 2003, the European Transport Commission approved new regulations that would, among other things, place a ban on the transportation of heavy oil grades in all single-hull tankers bound for or leaving European ports and accelerate the phase-out of single-hull tankers. The European Union Parliament is scheduled to meet in July 2003, to ratify these new regulations. Although individual European Union members are currently not required to implement these regulations, several countries, including some outside the European Union, are considering revisions to their existing pollution regulations applicable to tankers.
If these regulations are adopted in their current form, they could result in higher depreciation expense related to a reduction of the estimated useful life of single-hull vessels for accounting purposes. However, the Company believes that these regulations could also result in a tightening in the world tanker supply and a reallocation of affected tonnage. This could result in firm tanker market conditions and increased tanker freight rates for modern vessels. The Company has not determined the impact, if any, that the adoption of these regulations will have on the Companys results of operation or financial position.
The carrying values of the Companys vessels may not represent their fair market value at any point in time since the market prices of secondhand vessels tend to fluctuate with changes in charter rates and the cost of newbuildings. Both charter rates and newbuilding costs tend to be cyclical in nature. The Company reviews vessels and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is measured by comparison of their carrying amount to future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If vessels and equipment are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds their fair market value.
Goodwill
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and as a result has discontinued amortization of goodwill since January 1, 2002. Pursuant to SFAS 142, goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or whenever an impairment indicator arises. An impairment test requires the Company to make estimates of future cash flows. If events or circumstances change, including reductions in anticipated cash flows generated by operations, goodwill could become impaired and require a charge to earnings. Based on the Companys goodwill balance at December 31, 2001, the Company estimates that application of SFAS 142 will result in an annual increase in net income of approximately $4.5 million, by no longer amortizing goodwill.
Results of Operations
Bulk shipping industry freight rates are commonly measured at the net voyage revenue level in terms of "time-charter equivalent" ("TCE") rates, defined as voyage revenues less voyage expenses (excluding commissions), divided by voyage ship-days for the round-trip voyage. Voyage revenues and voyage expenses are a function of the type of charter, either spot charter or time-charter, and port, canal and fuel costs depending on the trade route upon which a vessel is sailing, in addition to being a function of the level of shipping freight rates. For this reason, shipowners base economic decisions regarding the deployment of their vessels upon anticipated TCE rates, and industry analysts typically measure bulk shipping freight rates in terms of TCE rates. Therefore, the discussion of revenue below focuses on net voyage revenues and TCE rates.
TCE rates are primarily dependent on oil production and consumption levels, the number of vessels scrapped, the number of newbuildings delivered and charterers preference for modern tankers. As a result of the Companys dependence on the tanker spot market, any fluctuations in Aframax TCE rates will impact the Companys revenues and earnings.
Year Ended December 31, 2002 versus Year Ended December 31, 2001
In response to a slowing global economy, OPEC made a series of oil production cuts during 2001. These cuts resulted in reduced tanker demand, contributing to a significant decline in average TCE rates during the last three quarters of 2001. Average TCE rates continued to decline in the first nine months of 2002. Primarily due to increased global oil demand and oil production in the fourth quarter of 2002, the general strike in Venezuela, and the sinking of the tanker Prestige, TCE rates increased in the fourth quarter of 2002, and have remained strong into the first two months of 2003. Overall, the Companys average TCE rate (excluding the Companys vessels on bareboat charter) decreased 34.0% to $18,995 for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $28,768 for the year ended December 31, 2001.
The Companys average fleet size increased 3.1% in the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to the year ended December 31, 2001, primarily due to the acquisition of UNS, whose operating results were consolidated into the Companys financial statements beginning March 6, 2001.
Net voyage revenues decreased 31.1% to $543.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $789.5 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a decline in the Companys average TCE rate, partially offset by the increase in the Companys average fleet size.
Vessel operating expenses, which include crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurance, stores, lubes, and communication expenses, increased 8.5% to $168.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $154.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, primarily as a result of the acquisition of UNS, higher repair and maintenance costs, and the effect on Norwegian Kroner denominated expenses from the appreciation of the Norwegian Kroner against the US dollar.
Time charter hire expense decreased 24.3% to $49.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $66.0 million for the prior year, due primarily to a decrease in the average TCE rates earned in the O/B/O pool managed by the Company, the lower number of vessels owned by minority participants in the O/B/O pool, and a decrease in the average number of vessels time-chartered-in by the Company. The minority participants share of the O/B/O pools net voyage revenues, which is reflected as a time-charter hire expense, was $18.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $27.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The average number of vessels time-chartered-in by the Company, excluding the O/B/O vessels, was five in the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to six in the prior year.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased 9.5% to $149.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $136.3 million for the prior year, mainly due to the acquisition of UNS, which resulted in an increase in the average size and average cost base of the Companys owned fleet, the purchase of a 2001-built Suezmax tanker in June 2002, and increased drydock amortization expense. This was partially offset by the elimination of goodwill amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense included amortization of drydocking costs of $21.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $14.2 million for the prior year. The increase in drydock amortization is primarily related to the Companys acceleration of drydock maintenance on certain vessels during 2002 and the increase in frequency of required drydockings for vessels older than 15 years of age.
General and administrative expenses increased 17.1% to $57.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $48.9 million for the prior year, primarily as a result of the acquisition of UNS and an increase in the number of shore staff.
Interest expense decreased 12.5% to $58.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $66.2 million for the prior year. This decrease reflects lower interest rates, partially offset by the additional debt assumed as part of the UNS acquisition.
Interest income decreased 62.0% to $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $9.2 million for the prior year, mainly as a result of lower interest rates.
Other loss of $11.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 was primarily comprised of income taxes, the settlement of a contingent payment, relating to the Companys purchase in 1993 of all the issued and outstanding shares of Palm Shipping Inc. (now Teekay Chartering Limited), loss on sale of available-for-sale securities, and minority interest expense, partially offset by equity income from 50%-owned joint ventures, dividend income from NAT, and foreign exchange gains. Other income of $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 was primarily comprised of equity income from 50%-owned joint ventures, dividend income from NAT, gain on the disposition of available-for-sale securities, and foreign exchange gains, partially offset by income tax expense and minority interest expense. Equity income from 50%-owned joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2001 included a $10.2 million gain on the sale of three 50%-owned vessels.
As a result of the foregoing factors, net income declined to $53.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, from $336.5 million for the prior year.
Year Ended December 31, 2001 versus Year Ended December 31, 2000
The Companys average fleet size increased 15.3% for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to the year ended December 31, 2000, primarily due to the acquisition of UNS in March 2001.
Average TCE rates were higher in 2001, compared to 2000, due to increased demand for tankers, primarily arising from increased oil production in the first half of 2001. The Companys average TCE rate increased 12.1% to $28,768 for the year ended December 31, 2001 (excluding the Companys vessels on bareboat charter), from $25,661 for the year ended December 31, 2000.
Net voyage revenues increased 22.5% to $789.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $644.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2000. This was the result of the increase in fleet size and an increase in the Companys average TCE rate.
Vessel operating expenses increased 23.5% to $154.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $125.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, primarily as a result of the increase in fleet size, and higher repairs and maintenance costs.
Time charter hire expense increased 23.3% to $66.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $53.5 million for the prior year, due primarily to an increase in the average number of vessels time-chartered-in by the Company and an increase in the average TCE rates earned in the O/B/O pool managed by the Company. The minority participants share of the O/B/O pools net voyage revenues, which is reflected as a time-charter expense, was $27.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $26.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2000. The average number of vessels time-chartered-in by the Company, excluding the O/B/Os, was six in the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to five in the prior year.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased 36.1% to $136.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $100.2 million for the prior year, mainly due to the acquisition of UNS, which resulted in an increase in the average size and average cost base of the Companys owned fleet, and an increase in drydock amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense included amortization of drydocking costs of $14.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $9.2 million for the prior year.
General and administrative expenses increased 30.5% to $48.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $37.5 million for the prior year, primarily as a result of the acquisition of UNS and higher senior management bonuses, which are driven largely by the Companys financial performance.
Interest expense decreased 11.1% to $66.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $74.5 million for the prior year. This decrease reflects lower interest rates, partially offset by the additional debt assumed as part of the UNS acquisition.
Interest income decreased 29.4% to $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $13.0 million for the prior year, mainly as a result of lower interest rates.
Other income of $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 consisted primarily of equity income from 50%-owned joint ventures, dividend income from NAT, gain on the disposition of available-for-sale securities, and foreign exchange gains, partially offset by income tax expense and minority interest expense. Equity income from joint ventures included a $10.2 million gain on the sale of three 50%-owned vessels. Other income for the year ended December 31, 2000 was $3.9 million, which was comprised mainly of equity income from a 50%-owned joint venture, partially offset by a loss on the disposition of two vessels and income tax expense.
As a result of the foregoing factors, net income rose to $336.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, from $270.0 million for the prior year.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As at December 31, 2002, the Company had total cash and cash equivalents of $284.6 million, compared to $174.9 million as at December 31, 2001, and $181.3 million as at December 31, 2000. The Companys total liquidity, including cash, short-term marketable securities and undrawn long-term borrowings, was $525.3 million as at December 31, 2002, down from $688.2 million as at December 31, 2001, and up from $373.1 million as at December 31, 2000. The decrease in total liquidity during the year ended December 31, 2002 was mainly the result of cash used for capital expenditures, a deposit for the purchase of Navion ASA, debt repayments and prepayments, payment of dividends, investment in a joint venture, and a $57.6 million scheduled reduction in the available borrowing limit under the Companys two long-term revolving credit facilities (the "Revolvers"). This decrease was partially offset by net cash flow from operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2002. In the Companys opinion, working capital is sufficient for the Companys present requirements.
Net cash flow from operating activities decreased to $214.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $520.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2001, and $333.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2000. This primarily reflects the significant decrease in the Companys average TCE rate for 2002, partially offset by the increase in the Companys fleet size as a result of the UNS acquisition.
Scheduled debt repayments were $51.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $72.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2001, and $63.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2000. Debt prepayments were $8.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $751.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2001, and $429.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2000.
As at December 31, 2002, the Companys total debt was $1,130.8 million, up from $935.7 million as at December 31, 2001. The Companys Revolvers provided for borrowings of up to $450.7 million, of which $240.7 million was undrawn at December 31, 2002. The amount available under the Revolvers reduces semi-annually, with final balloon reductions in 2006 and 2008. The Companys 8.32% First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes are due February 1, 2008 and are subject to a sinking fund which will retire $45.0 million of the principal amount of the 8.32% Notes on February 1 of each year, commencing 2004. The Companys unsecured 8.875% Senior Notes are due July 15, 2011. The Companys outstanding term loans reduce in quarterly or semi-annual payments with varying maturities through 2009.
Among other matters, the long-term debt agreements generally provide for such items as maintenance of certain vessel market value-to-loan ratios and minimum consolidated financial covenants, prepayment privileges (in some cases with penalties), and restrictions against the incurrence of new investments by the individual subsidiaries without prior lender consent. The amount of Restricted Payments, as defined, that the Company can make, including dividends and purchases of its own capital stock, was limited to $440.6 million as of December 31, 2002. Certain of the loan agreements require that a minimum level of free cash be maintained. As at December 31, 2002, this amount was $84.8 million.
The Company manages the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows through its interest rate structure. For the Revolvers, the interest rate structure is based on LIBOR plus a margin depending on the financial leverage of the Company. Interest payments on the term loans are also based on LIBOR plus a margin. As at December 31, 2002, the interest rate swap agreements effectively change the Companys interest rate exposure on $20.0 million of debt from a floating LIBOR rate to an average fixed rate of 5.75%. The interest rate swap agreements expire between March 2003 and May 2004.
Funding and treasury activities are conducted within corporate policies to minimize borrowing costs and maximize investment returns while maintaining the safety of the funds and appropriate levels of liquidity for Company purposes. Cash and cash equivalents are held primarily in U.S. dollars, with some balances held in Japanese Yen, Singapore Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, British Pounds and Norwegian Kroner.
The Company is exposed to market risk from foreign currency fluctuations and changes in interest rates and bunker fuel prices. The Company uses forward foreign currency contracts, interest rate swaps, and bunker fuel swap contracts to manage currency, interest rate, and bunker fuel price risks, but does not use these financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. As at December 31, 2002, the Company had $65.8 million in forward foreign currency contracts, which expire between January 2003 and December 2004. The Company is also committed to bunker fuel swap contracts totaling 20,400 metric tonnes with a weighted-average price of $116.00 per tonne, which expire between January 2003 and May 2004.
Dividends declared during the year ended December 31, 2002 were $34.1 million, or $0.86 per share.
On September 19, 2001, Teekay announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock in the open market. As at December 31, 2002, Teekay had repurchased 561,700 shares of Common Stock at an average price of $27.97 per share.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company incurred capital expenditures for vessels and equipment of $135.7 million, compared to $185.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2001, and $43.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2000. These capital expenditures for 2002 were primarily for the purchase of a 2001-built Suezmax tanker in June 2002 and for newbuilding installment payments. During September 2002, the Company, through a 50%-owned joint venture, purchased another 2001-built Suezmax tanker for $26.0 million. Cash expenditures for drydocking were $34.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to $20.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2001, and $11.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2000. This increase was primarily due to the Companys decision to accelerate drydock maintenance on certain vessels during 2002 and the increase in the Companys fleet size as a result of the UNS acquisition.
As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to the construction of two shuttle, three Suezmax and six Aframax tankers scheduled for delivery between March 2003 and October 2004, at a total cost of approximately $496.6 million, excluding capitalized interest. As of December 31, 2002, there have been payments made towards these commitments of $127.3 million and long-term financing arrangements existed for $16.3 million of the unpaid cost of these vessels. It is the Companys intention to finance the remaining unpaid amount of $353.0 million through incremental debt or the utilization of surplus cash balances, or a combination of the two. As of December 31, 2002, the remaining payments required to be made under these newbuilding contracts were $245.9 million in 2003 and $123.4 million in 2004. With the exception of four Aframax tankers scheduled for delivery in 2004, all of the vessels upon delivery will be subject to long-term charter contracts, which expire between 2009 and 2015.
The Company is also committed to a capital lease on an Aframax tanker that is currently under construction and is expected to deliver in the fourth quarter of 2003. The lease will require minimum payments of $66.9 million (including a purchase obligation payment) over the 15-year term of the lease.
The following table summarizes the Companys long-term contractual obligations (excluding commitments of Navion ASA) as at December 31, 2002 (in millions of U.S. dollars).
--------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------- 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 There-after Total --------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------- Long-term debt 83.6 104.9 131.1 180.8 84.8 545.6 1,130.8 Chartered-in vessels (operating lease) 25.7 10.8 2.0 38.5 Commitment for future chartered-in vessel (capital lease) 1.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 49.2 66.9 Newbuilding installments 245.9 123.4 369.3 Total 356.5 243.2 137.2 184.9 88.9 594.8 1,605.5 --------------------------------------------------- -------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ----------
The Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company have guaranteed their share of the outstanding mortgage debt in three 50%-owned joint venture companies. As of December 31, 2002, the Company and these subsidiaries had guaranteed $82.7 million of such debt, or 50% of the total $165.3 million in outstanding mortgage debt of the joint venture companies. The outstanding mortgage debt has maturity dates ranging from May 2008 to August 2009. These joint venture companies own three shuttle tankers.
In February 2003, the Company completed an offering for gross proceeds of $143.75 million in mandatory convertible equity units pursuant to its currently effective universal shelf registration statement filed with the SEC. Each equity unit includes (a) a forward contract that requires the holder to purchase for $25 a specified fraction of a share of the Companys Common Stock on February 16, 2006, and a (b) $25 principal amount, subordinated note due May 18, 2006. The forward contracts provide for contract adjustment payments of 1.25% annually and the notes bear interest at 6.0% annually. Upon settlement on February 16, 2006 of the 5.75 million forward contracts included in the equity units, the Company will issue between 3,267,150 and 3,991,075 shares of its Common Stock (depending on the average closing price of the Common Stock for the 20-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to February 16, 2006). Proceeds from the offering may be used to finance potential acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures, working capital, and the repayment of debt.
As part of its growth strategy, the Company will continue to consider strategic opportunities, including the acquisition of additional vessels and expansion into new markets. The Company may choose to pursue such opportunities through internal growth, joint ventures, or business acquisitions. The Company intends to finance any future acquisitions through various sources of capital, including internally generated cash flow, existing credit lines, additional debt borrowings, and the issuance of additional shares of capital stock or other equity securities.
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees
Directors and Senior Management
The directors and executive officers of the Company are listed below:
Name Age Position C. Sean Day 53 Director and Chairman of the Board Bjorn Moller 45 Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Axel Karlshoej 62 Director and Chairman Emeritus Bruce C. Bell 55 Director and Corporate Secretary Dr. Ian D. Blackburne 57 Director Morris L. Feder 86 Director Thomas Kuo-Yuen Hsu 56 Director Leif O. Höegh 39 Director Eileen A. Mercier 55 Director Peter Antturi 44 SVP, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Arthur Bensler 45 VP and General Counsel David Glendinning 49 SVP, Customer Relations & Marine Project Development Vincent Lok 35 VP, Finance Mads Meldgaard 38 VP, Chartering Graham Westgarth 48 SVP, Marine Operations Paul Wogan 40 VP, Business Development
Certain biographical information about each of these individuals is set forth below:
C. Sean Day has been a Director of the Company since September 1998, and has served as the Company's Chairman of the Board since September 1999. From 1989 to 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Corporation, a large bulk shipping company based in Stamford, Connecticut. Prior to this, Mr. Day held a number of senior management positions in the shipping and finance industry. He is currently serving as a Director of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Kirby Corporation, CBS Personnel and California Pellett Mills. Mr. Day is a director of the Company that constitutes the largest shareholder of the Company. See Item 7 Related Party Transactions.
Bjorn Moller became a Director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in April 1998. Mr. Moller has over 20 years' experience in shipping and has served in senior management positions with the Company for more than 15 years. He has headed the Company's overall operations since January 1997, following his promotion to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, Mr. Moller headed the Company's global chartering operations and business development activities.
Axel Karlshoej has served as a Director of the Company since 1989, was Chairman of the Board from June 1994 to September 1999, and has been Chairman Emeritus since stepping down as Chairman. Mr. Karlshoej is President and serves on the compensation committee of Nordic Industries, a California general construction firm with which he has served for the past 30 years. He is the older brother of the late J. Torben Karlshoej, the founder of the Company.
Bruce C. Bell has served as a Director and as the Corporate Secretary of the Company since May 2000. He is the Managing Director of Oceanic Bank and Trust Limited, a Bahamian bank and trust company, a position he has held since March 1994. Prior to joining Oceanic Bank and Trust, Mr. Bell was engaged in the private practice of law in Canada, specializing in corporate/commercial, banking and international business transactions. Mr. Bell is a director of the company that constitutes the largest shareholder of Teekay. See Item 7 Related Party Transactions.
Dr. Ian D. Blackburne was appointed as a Director of the Company in September 2000. Dr. Blackburne has over 25 years' experience in petroleum refining and marketing, and in March 2000 he retired as Managing Director and CEO of Caltex Australia Limited, a large petroleum refining and marketing conglomerate based in Australia. He is currently serving as a Director of CSR Limited and Suncorp-Metway Ltd., Australian public companies in the diversified industrial and financial sectors. Dr. Blackburne is also the Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization.
Morris L. Feder has served as a Director of the Company since June 1993. He is President of Worldwide Cargo Inc., a New York-based ship chartering firm. Mr. Feder has been engaged in the shipping industry for over 50 years, of which 43 were spent with Maritime Overseas Corporation, from which he retired as Executive Vice President and a Director in December 1991. He has also served as Senior Vice President and a Director of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. Mr. Feder is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping, the Connecticut Maritime Association, and the Association of Shipbrokers and Agents USA Inc. Mr. Feder has indicated that he intends to retire from the Company's Board at the end of this year.
Thomas Kuo-Yuen Hsu has served as a Director of the Company since June 1993. He has served 29 years with, and
is presently Executive Director of, Expedo & Company (London) Ltd., which is part of the Expedo Group of
Companies that manages a fleet of eight vessels ranging in size from 20,000 dwt to 280,000 dwt. He has been a
Committee Director of the Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association Limited since 1988.
Leif O. Höegh was appointed as a Director in June 1999 in connection with the Company's acquisition of Bona
Shipholding Ltd. He served as a Director of Bona from November 1993 to June 1999 and as its Chairman from
June 1998 to June 1999. Mr. Höegh is the joint controlling shareholder and Vice-Chairman of Leif Höegh and
Co. ASA, a shipping company. He also serves as a Director of NeoMed Management Ltd. and as the Chairman of
Höegh Capital Partners, Inc.
Eileen A. Mercier has served as a Director of the Company since December 2000. Ms. Mercier has over 30 years'
experience in a wide variety of financial and strategic planning positions, including Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer for Abitibi-Price Inc. from 1990 to 1995. She also currently serves as a
Director for CGI Group Inc., Quebecor World Inc., Winpak Ltd., Hydro One Inc., ING Bank of Canada, The
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, York University, and the University Health Network.
Peter Antturi joined the Company in September 1991 as Manager, Accounting and was promoted to the position of
Controller in March 1992, and then to Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer in October
1997. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Antturi held various accounting and finance roles in the shipping
industry since 1985. Mr. Antturi will become President of Navion ASA, a shipping company, upon the closing of
the Company's acquisition of Navion, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2003. Mr. Antturi
will continue as the Company's Chief Financial Officer until the Company appoints his successor.
Arthur Bensler joined the Company in September 1998 as General Counsel, and was promoted to Vice President in
2002. Before joining the Company, Mr. Bensler was a partner in a large Vancouver law firm, where he practiced
corporate, commercial and maritime law from 1986 until joining the Company. Mr. Bensler is also the
Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company.
Captain David Glendinning joined the Company in January 1987. Since then, he has worked in a number of senior
positions within the organization, including service as Vice President, Marine and Commercial Operations from
January 1995 to January 1999. Since February 1999 he has served as Senior Vice President, Customer Relations
and Marine Project Development. Captain Glendinning has 18 years' sea service on oil tankers of various types
and sizes and is a Master Mariner.
Vincent Lok joined the Company in 1993. Since that time, he has held a number of finance and accounting
positions in the Company, including Controller from 1997 until his appointment to Vice President, Finance in
March 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lok worked in the Vancouver audit practice of Deloitte &
Touche.
Mads Meldgaard joined the Company in January 1986 and served in the European and Singapore offices until
December 1991, when he was appointed Chartering Manager in the Vancouver office. In January 1994, he was
promoted to the position of General Manager, Chartering, and then to Managing Director (Singapore) in
September 1995. In July 1998, Mr. Meldgaard was promoted to Vice President, Chartering based in Vancouver.
Captain Graham Westgarth joined the Company in February 1999 as Vice President, Marine Operations and was
promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, Marine Operations in December 1999. Captain Westgarth has
29 years' shipping industry experience. Eighteen of those years were spent at sea, including five years in a
command position. He joined the Company from Maersk Company (UK), where he joined as Master in 1987 before
being promoted to General Manager in 1994.
Paul Wogan joined the Company in November 2000 as the Managing Director of the London office. In 2002 he was
promoted to the position of Vice President, Business Development and relocated to Vancouver. Prior to joining
the Company, Mr. Wogan spent 10 years with Seachem Tankers Ltd., a chemical tanker company, serving as Vice
President of Marketing before becoming CEO in 1997. Prior to joining Seachem, he was involved in chartering
for a major crude oil and product carrier fleet controlled by the Ceres Hellenic Group (Livanos), the company
that subsequently founded Seachem. Mr. Wogan holds an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management.
Compensation of Directors and Senior Management
The aggregate compensation paid to the Company's eight executive officers listed above (the Executive
Officers) was $3,056,557 for the year ended December 31, 2002, a portion of which was attributable to
payments made pursuant to bonus plans of the Company, which consider both Company and individual performance
for a given period. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company also contributed an aggregate of
$242,228 to provide pension and similar benefits for the Executive Officers. During the year ended December
31, 2002, the Company granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 111,600 shares of the Company's
common stock at an exercise price of $39.12 per share, to the Executive Officers under the Company's 1995
Stock Option Plan. These options expire March 11, 2012, ten years after the date of the grant.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the eight non-employee Directors of the Company received, in the
aggregate, approximately $180,000 for their services as Directors plus reimbursement of their out-of-pocket
expenses. During that same period, the Company granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 80,000
shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $39.12 per share, to the non-employee Directors
under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan. These options expire March 11, 2012, ten years after the date of
the grant.
Options to Purchase Securities From Registrant or Subsidiaries
Teekay's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") entitles certain eligible officers, employees
(including senior sea staff) and directors of the Company to receive options to acquire Common Stock of
Teekay. As of March 15, 2003, a total of 5,740,450 shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance under
the Plan. As of such date, options to purchase a total of 4,495,999 shares of Common Stock were outstanding,
with options to purchase a total of 2,493,444 shares then exercisable, including options to purchase a
total of 1,188,300 shares held by Directors and the Executive Officers, of which 867,279 were
exercisable. The outstanding options under the Plan are exercisable at prices ranging from $16.875 to $41.19
per share, with a weighted average exercise price of $28.49 per share, and expire between July 19, 2005 and
March 10, 2013, ten years after the date of each grant.
Board Practices
The Board of Directors consists of nine members. The Board of Directors is divided into three classes, with
members of each class elected to hold office for a term of three years in accordance with the classification
indicated below or until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Directors Bruce C. Bell, C. Sean Day,
and Dr. Ian D. Blackburne have terms expiring in 2003 and have been nominated by the Board of Directors for
re-election at the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Directors Morris L. Feder, Leif O. Höegh, and Eileen
A. Mercier have terms expiring in 2004. Directors Thomas Kuo-Yuen Hsu, Axel Karlshoej, and Bjorn Moller have
terms expiring in 2005.
Other than an employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Moller, which provides that Mr. Moller shall
be paid cash severance upon termination of his employment, there are no service contracts between the Company
and any of its Directors providing for benefits upon termination of their employment or service.
The Board of Directors has standing Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Compensation Committees. The Audit
Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight
responsibilities to monitor the integrity of the financial statements of the Company; the compliance by the
Company with legal and regulatory requirements; the independence and performance of the Company's internal
and external auditors; and the systems of internal controls that management and the Board have established.
Additionally, the Audit Committee reviews procedures to identify the principal risks facing the Company and
reports to the Board on the systems in place to monitor these risks. The Audit Committee consists of Eileen
A. Mercier, Morris L. Feder, and Leif O. Höegh. The Nominating and Governance Committee is appointed by the
Board of Directors and is responsible for making recommendations to the Board on Director nominations;
reporting annually to the Board an assessment of the Board's performance and making recommendations to the
Board regarding the status of the compensation of Directors in relation to other companies of comparable
size; and advising the Board on corporate governance matters. The Nominating and Governance Committee
consists of Bruce C. Bell, C. Sean Day, and Eileen A. Mercier. The Compensation Committee is appointed by the
Board of Directors to establish the Company's executive compensation programs, review the compensation of the
Companys Executive Officers and make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding compensation. The
Compensation Committee consists of Axel Karlshoej, Thomas Kuo-Yuen Hsu, and Dr. Ian D. Blackburne.
Crewing and Staff
As at December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company employed approximately 3,650 seagoing and 450 shore-based
personnel. This is an increase from approximately 2,650 seagoing and 350 shore-based personnel as at December
31, 2000.
The Company regards attracting and retaining, motivated seagoing personnel as a top priority. Through its
global manning organization comprising of offices in Glasgow, Latvia, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Oslo, and
Sydney, the Company offers seafarers highly competitive employment packages and comprehensive benefits. The
Company also provides excellent opportunities for personal and career development, which relate to the
Company's philosophy of promoting internally.
During fiscal 1996, the Company entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Philippine Seafarers'
Union (PSU), an affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), and a Special Agreement
with ITF London that covers substantially all of the Company's junior officers and seamen. The Company is
also party to Enterprise Bargaining Agreements with various Australian maritime unions that covers officers
and seamen employed through the Australian operations.
The Company sees its commitment to training as fundamental to the development of the highest caliber
seafarers for its marine operations. The Company's cadet training program is designed to balance academic
learning with hands-on training at sea. The Company has relationships with training institutions in Canada,
Croatia, India, Latvia, Norway, Philippines, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. After receiving formal
instruction at one of these institutions, the cadet's training continues on board a Teekay vessel. The
Company also has a career development plan that is devised to ensure a continuous flow of qualified officers
who are trained on the Company vessels and are familiar with the Company's operational standards, systems and
policies. The Company believes that high-quality manning and training policies will play an increasingly
important role in distinguishing larger independent tanker companies that have in-house (or affiliate)
capabilities from smaller companies that must rely on outside ship managers and crewing agents.
Share Ownership
The following table sets forth certain information regarding ownership, as of March 15, 2003, of Teekay's
common stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") by the Directors and Executive Officers as a
group. Information for certain holders is based on information delivered to the Company.
Identity of Person or Group Shares Owned Percent of Class All Directors and Executive Officers (16 persons) (1) (2).................. 887,429 2.23% ___________________________
(1) Includes 867,279 shares of Common Stock subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days after
March 15, 2003. Excludes (a) 321,021 shares of Common Stock subject to stock options first exercisable
more than 60 days after March 15, 2003 and (b) shares owned by Resolute Investments, Inc. See Item 7 Major
Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
(2) Each of the Directors and Executive Officers beneficially owns less than one percent of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
Major Shareholders
(a) The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership, as of March 15, 2003, of
Teekay's Common Stock by each person known by the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the Common
Stock. Information for certain holders is based on their latest filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or information delivered to the Company.
Identity of Person or Group Shares Owned Percent of Class Resolute Investments, Inc. (1)............................................. 16,515,690 41.54% Fidelity Management and Research........................................... 5,577,535 14.03% ___________________________
(1) Two of the Company's directors are officers and directors of Resolute Investments, Inc. Two
additional directors of the Company are directors of the entity that ultimately controls Resolute
Investments, Inc. See "--Related Party Transactions."
The Company's major shareholders have the same voting rights as other shareholders of the Company. No
corporation or foreign government owns more than 50% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. The Company
is not aware of any arrangements, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in
control of the Company.
Related Party Transactions
As at December 31, 2002, Resolute Investments, Inc. (Resolute) owned 41.54% of the Company's outstanding
Common Stock. Two of the Company's Directors, C. Sean Day and Bruce Bell, are Directors and the Chairman and
Vice President, respectively, of Resolute. Two additional Directors of the Company, Thomas Kuo-Yuen Hsu and
Axel Karlshoej, are Managing Directors of The Kattegat Trust Company Limited ("Kattegat"), which is the
trustee of the trust that owns all of Resolute's outstanding equity.
Payments made by the Company to Kattegat, Oceanic Bank and Trust, and Transmarine Navigation Company, which
are affiliates of Resolute, in respect of port agent services, legal and administration fees, shared office
costs, and consulting fees for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 totalled $0.9 million, $1.5
million, and $1.6 million, respectively. Those payments included reimbursement to Kattegat or affiliates
thereof of $200,000 for each such year for payments they made to C. Sean Day for consulting services
performed for the Company. Bruce Bell is the Managing Director of Oceanic Bank and Trust. Mr. Day is a director of
Transmarine Navigation Company.
In 1993 the Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Palm Shipping Inc. (now Teekay
Chartering Limited) from an affiliate of Resolute. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company
accrued $6.0 million as a settlement of a contingent payment that was required under the terms of the Palm
Shipping acquisition agreement.
Item 8. Financial Information
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes
See Item 18 below.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time the Company has been, and expects to continue to be, subject to legal proceedings and
claims in the ordinary course of its business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. Such
claims, even if lacking merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial
resources. The Company is not aware of any legal proceedings or claims that it believes will have,
individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company, its financial condition or
results of operations.
Dividend Policy
Commencing with the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1995, the Company has declared and paid quarterly cash
dividends in the amount of $0.215 per share on its Common Stock. Subject to financial results and declaration
by the Board of Directors, the Company currently intends to continue to declare and pay a regular quarterly
dividend in such amount per share on its Common Stock. Pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment
program, holders of Common Stock are permitted to choose, in lieu of receiving cash dividends, to reinvest
any dividends in additional shares of Common Stock at then prevailing market prices, but without brokerage
commissions or service charges.
The timing and amount of dividends, if any, will depend, among other things, on the Company's results of
operations, financial condition, cash requirements, restrictions in financing agreements and other factors
deemed relevant by the Company's Board of Directors. Because the Company is a holding company with no
material assets other than the stock of its subsidiaries, its ability to pay dividends on the Common Stock is
dependent on the earnings and cash flow of its subsidiaries. The indentures relating to the Company's 8.32%
First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes due 2008 (the "Mortgage Note Indenture") and certain of the credit
agreements governing the Company's (and its subsidiaries) credit facilities provide that the Company's
ability to pay dividends is subject to limitations based upon the Company's cumulative net income plus
certain additional amounts, including the proceeds received by the Company from any issuance of its capital
stock. The Company does not believe that the restrictions contained in the Mortgage Note Indenture or in
other financing agreements to which the Company and its subsidiaries are party to will restrict payment of
cash dividends on the Common Stock for the foreseeable future.
Significant Changes
On February 1, 2003, one of the Company's vessels, the Alliance Spirit, was empty of cargo and waiting off
Skikda, Algeria to load crude oil when a severe storm arose and pushed the vessel aground. Subsequent to the
grounding, the vessel has been classified as a constructive total loss and insurance proceeds have been
received for the vessel's full value. As of March 27, 2003, the vessel had been cut in two and
its fore part had been removed in preparation for sale to a third party for scrapping. The aft part of the vessel remains aground.
Although all bunker fuel, diesel fuel, lube oils, paints and chemicals on board have been successfully removed
from the vessel, an estimated 15 metric tonnes of residual oil cargo remain in the cargo tanks.
The Company maintains insurance coverage on the vessel
for environmental damage or pollution liability in an amount of $1 billion. The Company believes any liability
resulting from the escape of any oil into the environment would be substantially below this amount. Under
the applicable global convention, any liability above $1 billion for any oil spill in this region relating
to this incident would be limited to approximately $32 million.
As of February 18, 2003, the Company completed an offering for gross proceeds of $143.75 million in mandatory
convertible equity units ("PEPS Units") pursuant to its currently effective universal shelf registration statement filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Each equity unit includes (a) a forward contract that
requires the holder to purchase for $25 a specified fraction of a share of the Company's Common Stock on
February 16, 2006 and (b) a $25 principal amount, subordinated note due May 18, 2006. The forward contracts
provide for contract adjustment payments of 1.25% annually and the notes bear interest at 6.0% annually. Upon
settlement on February 16, 2006 of the 5.75 million forward contracts included in the equity units, the
Company will issue between 3,267,150 and 3,991,075 shares of its Common Stock (depending on the average
closing price of the Common Stock for the 20-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to
February 16, 2006). Proceeds from the offering may be used to finance potential acquisitions and for general
corporate purposes, including capital expenditures, working capital, and the repayment of debt.
Item 9. The Offer and Listing
The Companys Common Stock is traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TK". The following table sets forth the high and low closing sales prices for the Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange for each of the periods indicated.
High Low Years Ended: March 31, 1999............................................... $30.8750 $14.2500 Nine months ended December 31, 1999.......................... 18.9375 13.7500 December 31, 2000............................................ 50.8750 15.3125 December 31, 2001............................................ 52.6100 25.4900 December 31, 2002............................................ 41.7000 26.3500 Quarters Ended: High Low March 31, 2001............................................... $45.6000 $33.2500 June 30, 2001................................................ 52.6100 38.6200 September 30, 2001........................................... 41.0000 29.1600 December 31, 2001............................................ 35.0100 25.4900 March 31, 2002............................................... 39.1200 32.0500 June 30, 2002................................................ 40.5800 35.0500 September 30, 2002........................................... 36.5000 27.9000 December 31, 2002............................................ 41.7000 26.3500 Months Ended: High Low September 2002............................................... $31.9400 $27.9000 October 2002................................................. 32.7800 26.3500 November 2002................................................ 38.7100 32.8000 December 2002................................................ 41.7000 36.7000 January 2003................................................. 43.1600 38.9800 February 2003................................................ 40.5000 35.7100
Teekays 8.32% Notes and the 7.25% PEPS Units are listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange. The 8.32% Notes were first offered on the market January 19, 1996, and the 7.25% PEPS Units were first offered on the market February 11, 2003. As no active trading market exists for these Notes or PEPS Units, no historical pricing information is included here.
Item 10. Additional Information
Memorandum and Articles of Association
The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws have previously been filed as exhibits 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 1-12874), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 30, 2000, and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
The rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each class of the Company's capital stock are described
in the section entitled "Description of Capital Stock" of the Company's Rule 424(b) prospectus (File No.
1-12874), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 1998, and hereby incorporated by
reference into this Annual Report, provided that since the date of such prospectus (1) the par value of the
Company's capital stock has been changed to $0.001 per share, (2) the authorized capital stock of the Company
has been increased to 725,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, (3) the
Company has been domesticated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and (4) the Company has adopted a
staggered Board of Directors, with directors serving three-year terms.
The necessary actions required to change the rights of holders of the stock and the conditions governing the
manner in which annual general meetings and special meetings of shareholders are convoked are described in
the Company's Bylaws filed as exhibit 2.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 1-12874),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2000, and hereby incorporated by reference
into this Annual Report.
The Company has in place a rights agreement that would have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a
change in control of the Company. The rights agreement has been filed as part of the Company's Form 8-A (File
No. 1-12874), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2000, and hereby
incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
There are no limitations on the rights to own securities, including the rights of non-resident or foreign
shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the securities imposed by the laws of the Republic of the
Marshall Islands or by the Company's articles of incorporation or bylaws.
Material Contracts
The following is a summary of each material contract, other than material contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, for the two years
immediately preceding the date of this Annual Report:
(a) Indenture, dated January 29, 1996, for U.S. $225,000,000 8.32% First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes
due 2008, Teekay Shipping Corporation as Issuer; United States Trust Company of New York as Trustee; VSSI
Oceans Inc., VSSI Atlantic Inc., VSSI Appian Inc., Senang Spirit Inc., Exuma Spirit Inc., Nassau Spirit Inc.,
and Andros Spirit Inc. as Guarantors.
(b) Agreement, dated October 3, 1996, for a U.S. $90,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to
certain subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, acting through its
New York Branch, The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Banque Indosuez.
(c) Agreement, dated October 18, 1996, for a U.S. $120,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to
certain subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Den Norske Bank ASA, Nederlandse Scheepshypothesbank
N.V., The Bank of New York, and Midland Bank plc.
(d) Agreement, dated January 26, 1998, for a U.S. $200,000,000 Reducing Revolving Credit Facility to be
made available to certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Den Norske Bank ASA,
Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse ASA, New York Branch, and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
(e) Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement dated April 16, 1998 (amended May 1999) relating to a
U.S. $74,000,000 Credit facility made available by RABO Australia Limited to Barrington (Australia) Pty
Limited, Palmerston (Australia) Pty Limited, VSSI Australia Limited, VSSI Transport Inc. and Alliance
Chartering Pty Limited and Nedship Bank (America) N.V. as Guarantor.
(f) Amended and Restated Guarantee dated April 16, 1998 made by Teekay Shipping Corporation in favor of
Nedship Bank (America) N.V. relating to the U.S. $74,000,000 facility granted by RABO Australia Limited and
guaranteed by Nedship Bank (America) N.V.
(g) Agreement, dated March 26, 1999, for the amalgamation of Northwest Maritime Inc., a 100% owned
subsidiary of Teekay Shipping Corporation, and Bona Shipholding Ltd.
(h) Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated June 11, 1999, relating to a US $500,000,000 Revolving
Loan Agreement made available to Bona Shipholding Ltd. by Chase Manhattan plc, Citibank International plc and
various other banks.
(i) Reimbursement Agreement, dated February 16, 2001, between Karratha Spirit Pty Ltd and Nedship Bank
(America) N.V.
(j) Agreement, dated February 16, 2001, for a U.S. $34,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to
Karratha Spirit Pty Ltd by RABO Australia Limited.
(k) Indenture dated June 22, 2001 among Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York Trust
Company of Florida (formerly U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A.).
(l) Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated September 14, 2001, relating to a U.S. $500,000,000
Revolving Loan Agreement between Bona Shipholding Ltd., Teekay Shipping Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., Citibank International plc and various other banks.
(m) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 6, 2001, among Teekay Shipping Corporation and The
Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A.
(n) Share Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among Statoil ASA and Statpet AS and Norsk Teekay AS dated
December 15, 2002.
(o) Supplemental Indenture No. 1 between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as trustee
dated as of February 18, 2003.
(p) Purchase Contract Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as purchase
contract agent dated as of February 18, 2003.
(q) Pledge Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as collateral agent
dated as of February 18, 2003.
(r) Remarketing Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated dated
as of February 18, 2003.
(s) Underwriting Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and
Salmon Smith Barney dated as of February 11, 2003.
Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders
The Company is not aware of any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in the Republic of The Marshall
Islands that restrict the export or import of capital, including, but not limited to, foreign exchange
controls, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of
the Company's securities.
The Company is not aware of any limitations on the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold or vote
securities of the Company imposed by the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or the Company's
articles of incorporation and bylaws.
Taxation
Teekay Shipping Corporation was incorporated in the Republic of Liberia on February 9, 1979 and was
domesticated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands on December 20, 1999.
Marshall Islands Tax Consequences. Because Teekay and its subsidiaries do not, and do not expect that they
will, conduct business or operations in the Republic of The Marshall Islands, and because all documentation
related to the public offering of Teekay's common stock was executed outside of the Republic of The Marshall
Islands, under current Marshall Islands law, no taxes or withholdings will be imposed by the Republic of The
Marshall Islands on distributions made to holders of shares of the Company's common stock, so long as such
persons do not reside in, maintain offices in, nor engage in business in the Republic of The Marshall
Islands. Furthermore, no stamp, capital gains or other taxes will be imposed by the Republic of The Marshall
Islands on the purchase, ownership or disposition by such persons of shares of our common stock.
Bahamian Tax Consequences. Under current Bahamian law, no taxes or withholdings will be imposed by the
Commonwealth of the Bahamas on distributions made in respect of the shares of our common stock, and no stamp,
capital gains or other taxes will be imposed by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the ownership or
disposition of the shares of the Company's common stock, as there are no personal income or corporation
taxes, capital gains taxes or death duties in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Documents on Display
Documents concerning the Company that are referred to herein may be inspected at its principal executive
headquarters at TK House, Bayside Executive Park, West Bay Street & Blake Road, P.O. Box AP-59213, Nassau,
The Bahamas. Those documents electronically filed via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
(EDGAR) system may also be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SE) website at www.sec.gov
or from the SEC public reference room at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, Washington, D.C. 20549.
Further information on the operation of the public reference rooms may be
obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of documents can be requested from the SEC public
reference rooms for a copying fee.
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The Company is exposed to market risk from foreign currency fluctuations, changes in interest rates, and bunker fuel prices. The Company uses forward foreign currency contracts, interest rate swaps, and bunker fuel swap contracts to manage currency, interest rate, and bunker fuel price risks, but does not use these financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
The international tanker industrys functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Virtually all of the Companys revenues and most of its operating costs are in U.S. dollars. The Company incurs certain operating expenses, drydocking, and overhead costs in foreign currencies, the most significant of which are Japanese Yen, Singapore Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, British Pounds and Norwegian Kroner. During the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately 21% of vessel and voyage costs, overhead and drydock expenditures were denominated in these currencies. However, the Company has the ability to shift its purchase of goods and services from one country to another and, thus, from one currency to another, on relatively short notice.
The Company enters into forward contracts as a hedge against changes in certain foreign exchange rates. As at December 31, 2002, the Company had $65.8 million in foreign exchange forward contracts that mature as follows: $39.3 million in 2003 and $26.5 million in 2004. To the extent the hedge is effective, changes in the fair value of the forward contract are either offset against the fair value of assets or liabilities through income, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in income. The ineffective portion of a forward contracts change in fair value will be immediately recognized in income.
Interest Rate Risk
The Company invests its cash and marketable securities in financial instruments with maturities of less than six months within the parameters of its investment policy and guidelines.
The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are either offset against the fair value of assets or liabilities through income, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in income. The ineffective portion of an interest rate swaps change in fair value will be immediately recognized in income. Premiums and receipts, if any, are recognized as adjustments to interest expense over the lives of the individual contracts.
As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to a series of interest rate swap agreements whereby $20.0 million of the Companys floating rate debt was swapped with fixed rate obligations having an average remaining term of 10 months, expiring between March 2003 and May 2004. These arrangements effectively change the Companys interest rate exposure on $20.0 million of debt from a floating LIBOR rate to an average fixed rate of 5.75%.
Commodity Price Risk
The Company uses bunker fuel swap contracts as a hedge to protect against the change in the cost of forecasted bunker fuel costs for certain vessels being time-chartered-out and for vessels servicing certain contracts of affreightment. To the extent the hedge is effective, changes in the fair value of the forward contract are either offset against the fair value of assets or liabilities through income, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in income. The ineffective portion of a forward contracts change in fair value will be immediately recognized in income. As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to bunker fuel swap contracts totaling 20,400 metric tonnes with a weighted-average price of $116.00 per tonne, which expire between January 2003 and May 2004.
The following table sets forth the magnitude of these foreign exchange forward contracts, interest rate swap agreements, bunker fuel swap contracts, and written freight call option:
Contract Carrying Amount Fair (in USD 000s) Amount Asset Liability Value ----------------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------- ------------------ ------------------ December 31, 2002 FX Forward Contracts $ 65,821 $ 545 $ - $ 545 Interest Rate Swap Agreements 20,000 - 802 (802) Bunker Fuel Swap Contracts 2,366 254 - 254 Debt 1,130,822 - 1,130,822 (1,143,753) December 31, 2001 FX Forward Contracts $ 65,500 $ - $ 343 $ (343) Interest Rate Swap Agreements 85,000 - 2,429 (2,429) Bunker Fuel Swap Contracts 4,769 - 328 (328) Written Freight Call Option 5,998 - 857 (857) Debt 935,702 - 935,702 (952,055) ----------------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------- ------------------ ------------------
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
None.
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 15. Controls and Procedures
An evaluation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures was conducted in March 2003 under the
supervision of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on this evaluation,
it was determined that effective disclosure controls and procedures are in place and that these controls are
operating as intended.
There were no significant changes in the Company's internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.
The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer do not expect that the Company's disclosure
controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well
conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the
system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource
constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that
all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent
limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can
occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts
of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of
any system of controls also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and
there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential
future conditions.
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable. Applies to fiscal years ending on or after July 15, 2003.
Item 16B. Code of Ethics
Not applicable. Applies to fiscal years ending on or after July 15, 2003.
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable. Applies to fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2003.
PART III
Item 17. Financial Statements
Not applicable.
Item 18. Financial Statements
The following financial statements and schedule, together with the report of Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered
Accountants thereon, are filed as part of this Annual Report:
Page Independent Auditor's Report.............................................................................. F-1 Consolidated Financial Statements Consolidated Statements of Income......................................................................... F-2 Consolidated Balance Sheets............................................................................... F-3 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows..................................................................... F-4 Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity................................................ F-5 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements............................................................ F-6 Schedule A to the Consolidated Financial Statements....................................................... F-19
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission are not required, are inapplicable or have been disclosed in the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements and therefore have been omitted.
Item 19. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:
1.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Teekay Shipping Corporation. (9) 1.2 Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Teekay Shipping Corporation. (9) 1.3 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Teekay Shipping Corporation. (9) 2.1 Registration Rights Agreement among Teekay Shipping Corporation, Tradewinds Trust Co. Ltd., as Trustee for the Cirrus Trust, and Worldwide Trust Services Ltd., as Trustee for the JTK Trust. (1) 2.2 Specimen of Teekay Shipping Corporation Common Stock Certificate. (1) 2.3 Indenture dated January 29, 1996 among Teekay Shipping Corporation, VSSI Oceans Inc., VSSI Atlantic Inc., VSSI Appian Inc., Senang Spirit Inc., Exuma Spirit Inc., Nassau Spirit Inc., Andros Spirit Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (5) 2.4 Specimen of Teekay Shipping Corporation's 8.32% First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes Due 2008. (5) 2.5 Bahamian Statutory Ship Mortgage dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York. (3) (5) 2.6 Deed of Covenants dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York. (3) (5) 2.7 First Preferred Ship Mortgage dated January 29, 1996 by VSSI Oceans Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (4) 2.8 Assignment of Time Charter dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (3) (5) 2.9 Assignment of Insurance dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (3) (5) 2.10 Pledge Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated January 29, 1996 by Teekay in favor of United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (5) 2.11 Guarantee dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. in favor of United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (3) (5) 2.12 Assignment of Freights and Hires dated January 29, 1996 by Nassau Spirit Inc. to United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (3) (5) 2.13 Cash Collateral Account Agreement dated January 29, 1996 between Nassau Spirit Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (3) (5) 2.14 Investment Account Agreement dated January 29, 1996 between Teekay Shipping Corporation and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee. (5) 2.15 Indenture dated June 22, 2001 among Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida (formerly U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A.). (14) 2.16 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 6, 2001, among Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A. (15) 2.17 Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated June 22, 2001 among Teekay Shipping Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (14) 2.18 Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated December 6, 2001 between Teekay Shipping Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (15) 2.19 Specimen of Teekay Shipping Corporation's 8.875% Senior Notes due 2011. (14) 2.20 Form of Supplemental Indenture No. 1 between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as trustee. (18) 2.21 Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as purchase contract agent. (18) 2.22 Form of Pledge Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as collateral agent. (18) 2.23 Form of Remarketing Agreement between Teekay Shipping Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. (18) 2.24 Form of Underwriting Agreement Between Teekay Shipping Corporation, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Smith Barney. (18) 4.1 1995 Stock Option Plan. (1) 4.2 Amendment to 1995 Stock Option Plan. (10) 4.3 Amended 1995 Stock Option Plan. (12) 4.4 Form of Indemnification Agreement between Teekay and each of its officers and directors. (1) 4.5 Charter Party, as amended, dated September 21, 1989 between Palm Shipping Inc. and BP Shipping Limited. (2) 4.6 Time Charter, as amended, dated July 3, 1995 between VSSI Oceans Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.7 Time Charter, as amended, dated January 4, 1994 between VSSI Atlantic Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.8 Time Charter, as amended, dated February 1, 1992 between VSSI Appian Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.9 Time Charter, as amended, dated December 1, 1993 between Senang Spirit Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.10 Time Charter, as amended, dated August 1, 1992 between Exuma Spirit Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.11 Time Charter, as amended, dated May 1, 1992 between Nassau Spirit Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.12 Time Charter, as amended, dated November 1, 1992 between Andros Spirit Inc. and Palm Shipping Inc. (4) 4.13 Management Agreement, as amended, dated June 1, 1992 between Teekay Shipping Limited and Nassau Spirit Inc. (3) (4) 4.14 Agreement, dated October 3, 1996, for a U.S. $90,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to certain subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, acting through its New York Branch, The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Banque Indosuez. (6) 4.15 Agreement, dated October 18, 1996, for a U.S. $120,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to certain subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Den Norske Bank ASA, Nederlandse Scheepshypothesbank N.V., The Bank of New York, and Midland Bank plc. (6) 4.16 Agreement, dated January 26, 1998, for a U.S. $200,000,000 Reducing Revolving Credit Facility to be made available to certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of Teekay Shipping Corporation by Den Norske Bank ASA, Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse ASA, New York Branch, and the Bank of Nova Scotia. (7) 4.17 Agreement, dated March 26, 1999, for the amalgamation of Northwest Maritime Inc., a 100% owned subsidiary of Teekay Shipping Corporation, and Bona Shipholding Ltd. (8) 4.18 Agreement, dated April 16, 1998, for a U.S. $30,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to VSSI Australia Limited by RABO Australia Limited. (9) 4.19 Agreement, dated December 18, 1997, for a U.S. $44,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to Barrington (Australia) Pty Limited and Palmerston (Australia) Pty Limited by RABO Australia Limited. (9) 4.20 Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, dated April 16, 1998, Among Barrington (Australia) Pty Limited, Palmerston (Australia) Pty Limited, VSSI Australia Limited, VSSI Transport Inc. and Alliance Chartering Pty Limited and Nedship Bank (America) N.V., The Bank of New York and Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein. (9) 4.21 Amendment No. 1, dated May 1999, to Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement dated April 16, 1998 among Barrington (Australia) Pty Limited, Palmerston (Australia) Pty Limited, VSSI Australia Limited, VSSI Transport Inc. and Alliance Chartering Pty Limited and Nedship Bank (America) N.V., The Bank of New York and Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein. (9) 4.22 Amended and Restated Agreement, date June 11, 1999, for a U.S. $500,000,000 Revolving Loan between Bona Shipholding Ltd., Chase Manhattan plc, Citibank International plc and various other banks. (9) 4.23 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated June 11, 1999, relating to a U.S. $500,000,000 Revolving Loan Agreement between Bona Shipholding Ltd., Chase Manhattan plc, Citibank International plc and various other banks. (9) 4.24 Rights agreement, dated as of September 8, 2000, between Teekay Shipping Corporation and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent. (11) 4.25 Reimbursement Agreement, dated January 1, 2000, between Fleet Management Inc. and Teekay Shipping Corporation. (12) 4.26 Reimbursement Agreement, dated February 16, 2001, between Karratha Spirit Pty Ltd and Nedship Bank (America) N.V. (13) 4.27 Agreement, dated February 16, 2001, for a U.S. $34,000,000 Term Loan Facility to be made available to Karratha Spirit Pty Ltd by RABO Australia Limited. (13) 4.28 Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated September 14, 2001, relating to a U.S. $500,000,000 Revolving Loan Agreement between Bona Shipholding Ltd., Teekay Shipping Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citibank International plc and various other banks. (17) 4.29 Share Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among Statoil ASA and Statpet AS and Norsk Teekay AS dated December 15, 2002. 8.1 List of Significant Subsidiaries 12.1 Teekay Shipping Corporation Certification of Bjorn Moller, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 12.2 Teekay Shipping Corporation Certification of Peter Antturi, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 15.1 Letter from Ernst & Young LLP, as independent chartered accountants, dated March 24, 2003, regarding audited financial information. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 33-7573-4), filed with the SEC on July 14, 1995, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (2) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 33-68680), as declared effective by the SEC on November 29, 1993, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (3) A schedule attached to this exhibit identifies all other documents not required to be filed as exhibits because such other documents are substantially identical to this exhibit. The schedule also sets forth material details by which the omitted documents differ from this exhibit. (4) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 33-65139), filed with the SEC on January 19, 1996, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (5) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 1-12874), filed with the SEC on June 4, 1996, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (6) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 1-12874), filed with the SEC on June 11, 1997, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (7) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 1-12874), filed with the SEC on May 20, 1998, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (8) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on June 11, 1999, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (9) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on March 30, 2000, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (10) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 6-K (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on May 2, 2000, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (11) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 8-A (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on September 11, 2000, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (12) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on April 2, 2001, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (13) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Form 6-K (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on May 24, 2001, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Report. (14) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-64928), filed with the SEC on July 11, 2001, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (15) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-76922), filed with the SEC on January 17, 2002, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (16) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-4, as Amended (Registration No. 333-76922), filed with the SEC on February 5, 2002, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration Statement. (17) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Annual Report. (18) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Report on Form 6-K (File No.1-12874), filed with the SEC on February 12, 2003, and hereby incorporated by reference to such Report on Form 6-K.
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.
Dated: March 31, 2003 |
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Peter Antturi Peter Antturi Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
I, Bjorn Moller, Chief Executive Officer of the registrant, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Teekay Shipping Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this Annual Report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the
registrant and have: |
a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating
to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared; |
b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and |
c) | presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date; |
5. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent function): |
a) | all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal
controls; and |
b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrants internal controls; and |
6. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this annual report whether or not
there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly
affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. |
Dated: March 31, 2003 |
By: /s/ Bjorn Moller Bjorn Moller President and Chief Executive Officer |
I, Peter Antturi, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the registrant, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Teekay Shipping Corporation; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this Annual Report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the
registrant and have: |
a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating
to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared; |
b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and |
c) | presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date; |
5. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent function): |
a) | all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal
controls; and |
b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrants internal controls; and |
6. | The registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated in this annual report whether or not
there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly
affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any
corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. |
Dated: March 31, 2003 |
By: /s/ Peter Antturi Peter Antturi Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
To the Shareholders of
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Teekay Shipping Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000. Our audits also included the financial schedule listed in the Index: Item 18. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary, for the period from acquisition on March 6, 2001 to the December 31, 2001, whose total assets and net voyage revenues for the period from acquisition on March 6, 2001 to December 31, 2001, constituted 21 percent and 10 percent, respectively, of the related consolidated totals. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report had been furnished to us for that period, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for Ugland Nordic Shipping AS for that period, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of the other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Teekay Shipping Corporation and subsidiaries as at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also, in our opinion, the related schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material aspects the information set forth herein.
Vancouver, Canada, February 13, 2003 (except for Note 15(b) which is as of February 19, 2003.) |
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP Chartered Accountants |
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, December 31, 2002 2001 2000 $ $ $ ------------------------------------------------------- NET VOYAGE REVENUES Voyage revenues 783,327 1,039,056 893,226 Voyage expenses 239,455 249,562 248,957 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net voyage revenues 543,872 789,494 644,269 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATING EXPENSES Vessel operating expenses 168,035 154,831 125,415 Time-charter hire expense 49,949 66,019 53,547 Depreciation and amortization 149,296 136,283 100,153 General and administrative 57,246 48,898 37,479 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 424,526 406,031 316,594 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income from vessel operations 119,346 383,463 327,675 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER ITEMS Interest expense (57,974) (66,249) (74,540) Interest income 3,494 9,196 13,021 Other (loss) income (note 11) (11,475) 10,108 3,864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (65,955) (46,945) (57,655) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income 53,391 336,518 270,020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings per common share Basic 1.35 8.48 7.02 Diluted 1.33 8.31 6.86 Weighted average number of common shares Basic 39,630,997 39,706,799 38,468,158 Diluted 40,252,396 40,488,222 39,368,253 ===============================================================================================================================
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
As at As at December 31, December 31, 2002 2001 $ $ ---------------------------------- ASSETS Current Cash and cash equivalents (note 6) 284,625 174,950 Marketable securities (note 4) - 5,028 Restricted cash 4,180 7,833 Accounts receivable 70,906 57,519 Prepaid expenses and other assets 27,847 22,139 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total current assets 387,558 267,469 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,630 16,026 Marketable securities (note 4) Vessels and equipment (note 6) At cost, less accumulated depreciation of $940,082 (December 31, 2001 - $801,985) 1,928,488 1,925,844 Advances on newbuilding contracts (note 13) 138,169 117,254 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total vessels and equipment 2,066,657 2,043,098 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Restricted cash (note 6) 4,605 - Deposit for purchase of Navion ASA (note 13) 76,000 - Investment in joint ventures 56,354 27,352 Other assets 29,513 26,757 Goodwill (note 1) 89,189 87,079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,723,506 2,467,781 =========================================================================================================================== LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY Current Accounts payable 22,307 24,484 Accrued liabilities (note 5) 83,643 51,011 Current portion of long-term debt (note 6) 83,605 51,830 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total current liabilities 189,555 127,325 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long-term debt (note 6) 1,047,217 883,872 Other long-term liabilities (note 1) 44,512 39,407 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total liabilities 1,281,284 1,050,604 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minority interest 20,324 18,977 Stockholders equity Capital stock (note 9) 470,988 467,341 Retained earnings 954,005 935,660 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,095) (4,801) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total stockholders equity 1,421,898 1,398,200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,723,506 2,467,781 ===========================================================================================================================
Commitments and contingencies (notes 7, 12, 13 and 15)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. List of Significant Subsidiaries The following is a list of the of Companys significant subsidiaries as at March 1, 2003. In connection with the Annual Report of Teekay Shipping Corporation (the "Company") on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form
20-F"), I Bjorn Moller, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as
adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Form 20-F fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and (2) The information contained in the Form 20-F fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company. Dated: March 31, 2003 By: /s/ Bjorn Moller _________ In connection with the Annual Report of Teekay Shipping Corporation (the "Company") on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form
20-F"), I Peter Antturi, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as
adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Form 20-F fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and (2) The information contained in the Form 20-F fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company. Dated: March 31, 2003 By: /s/ Peter Antturi _________
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-42434)
pertaining to the Amended 1995 Stock Option Plan of Teekay Shipping Corporation (Teekay), in the
Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 333-102594) and in the related Prospectus of Teekay for the registration
of up to $500,000,000 of its common stock, preferred stock, warrants, stock purchase contracts, stock
purchase units or debt securities and in the Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 33-97746) and related
prospectus of Teekay for the registration of 2,000,000 shares of Teekay common stock under its Dividend
Reinvestment Plan of our report dated February 13, 2003 (except for Note 15(b) which is as of February 19,
2003), with respect to the consolidated financial statements and the financial schedule listed in Index: Item
18 of Teekay and its subsidiaries included in this Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended December 31,
2002.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2000
$ $ $
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Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used for)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income 53,391 336,518 270,020
Non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization 149,296 136,283 100,153
Loss on disposition of vessels and equipment - - 1,004
Loss (gain) on disposition of available-for-sale securities 1,130 (758) -
Equity income (net of dividends received: December 31, 2002 - $1,748;
December 31, 2001 - $33,514; December 31, 2000 - $8,474) (2,775) 16,190 (1,072)
Deferred income taxes (note 11) 11,413 6,963 999
Other net (5,049) (3,243) (1,173)
Change in non-cash working capital items related to
operating activities (note 14) 7,038 28,197 (36,676)
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Net cash flow from operating activities 214,444 520,150 333,255
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from long-term debt 255,185 688,381 206,000
Scheduled repayments of long-term debt (51,830) (72,026) (63,757)
Prepayments of long-term debt (8,000) (751,738) (429,926)
Increase in restricted cash (952) (7,833) -
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock 4,221 20,584 24,843
Repurchase of Common Stock (1,547) (14,162) -
Cash dividends paid (34,073) (34,094) (32,973)
Other - - 2,970
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Net cash flow from financing activities 163,004 (170,888) (292,843)
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures for vessels and equipment (135,650) (184,983) (43,512)
Expenditures for drydocking (34,913) (20,064) (11,941)
Proceeds from disposition of assets - - 9,713
Deposit for purchase of Navion ASA (76,000) - -
Purchase of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS
(net of cash acquired of $26,605) (note 3) - (176,453) (13,114)
Acquisition costs related to purchase of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS (note 3) - (5,067) -
Acquisition costs related to purchase of Bona Shipholding Ltd. - (20) (2,685)
Investment in joint venture (26,000) - -
Proceeds from disposition of available-for-sale securities 6,675 35,975 -
Purchases of available-for-sale securities - (5,000) (17,900)
Other (1,885) - -
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Net cash flow from investing activities (267,773) (355,612) (79,439)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 109,675 (6,350) (39,027)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period 174,950 181,300 220,327
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 284,625 174,950 181,300
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TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Accumulated
Other Compre-
Thousands Compre- hensive Total
of Common Common Retained hensive Income Stockholders
Shares Stock Earnings Income (Loss) (Loss) Equity
# $ $ $ $ $
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Balance as at December 31, 1999 38,064 427,937 404,130 - 832,067
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Net income 270,020 270,020 270,020
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale
securities 4,555 4,555 4,555
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Comprehensive income 274,575
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Dividends declared (33,001) (33,001)
Reinvested dividends 1 28 28
Exercise of stock options 1,080 24,843 24,843
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Balance as at December 31, 2000 39,145 452,808 641,149 4,555 1,098,512
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Net income 336,518 336,518 336,518
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities (6,636) (6,636) (6,636)
Reclassification adjustment for gain on available-
for-sale securities included in net income (3,627) (3,627) (3,627)
Cumulative effect of accounting change (note 12) 4,155 4,155 4,155
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments (note 12) (2,274) (2,274) (2,274)
Reclassification adjustment for gain on
derivative instruments (note 12) (974) (974) (974)
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Comprehensive income 327,162
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Adjustment for equity income on step acquisition
(note 3) 198 198
Dividends declared (34,102) (34,102)
Reinvested dividends 1 8 8
Exercise of stock options 917 20,584 20,584
Repurchase of Common Stock (513) (6,059) (8,103) (14,162)
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Balance as at December 31, 2001 39,550 467,341 935,660 (4,801) 1,398,200
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Net income 53,391 53,391 53,391
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities (239) (239) (239)
Reclassification adjustment for loss on available-
for-sale securities included in net income 737 737 737
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments (note 12) 3,023 3,023 3,023
Reclassification adjustment for gain on
derivative instruments (note 12) (1,815) (1,815) (1,815)
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Comprehensive income 55,097
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Dividends declared (34,079) (34,079)
Reinvested dividends 1 6 6
Exercise of stock options 190 4,221 4,221
Repurchase of Common Stock (49) (580) (967) (1,547)
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Balance as at December 31, 2002 39,692 470,988 954,005 (3,095) 1,421,898
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TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
1.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of presentation
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. They include the accounts of Teekay Shipping Corporation
("Teekay"), which is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and its wholly
owned or controlled subsidiaries (the "Company"). Significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated upon consolidation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported
in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Reporting currency
The consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars because the Company operates in
international shipping markets which utilize the U.S. dollar as the functional currency.
Operating revenues and expenses
Voyage revenues and expenses are recognized on the percentage of completion method of accounting
determined using the discharge-to-discharge basis. Estimated losses on voyages are provided for in full
at the time such losses become evident. The consolidated balance sheets reflect the deferred portion of
revenues and expenses, which will be earned in subsequent periods.
Voyage expenses comprise all expenses relating to particular voyages, including bunker fuel expenses,
port fees, canal tolls, and brokerage commissions. Vessel operating expenses comprise all expenses
relating to the operation of vessels including crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurance, stores,
lubes, and communications.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Company classifies all highly liquid investments with a maturity date of three months or less when
purchased as cash and cash equivalents.
Cash interest paid during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, totalled $65.3 million,
$54.8 million, and $77.1 million, respectively.
Marketable securities
The Companys investments in marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale securities and
are carried at fair value. Net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities, if material,
are reported as a component of other comprehensive income.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
Vessels and equipment
All pre-delivery costs incurred during the construction of newbuildings, including interest costs and
supervision and technical costs, are capitalized. The acquisition cost and all costs incurred to restore
used vessel purchases to the standard required to properly service the Companys customers are
capitalized. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over a vessels useful life from the
date a vessel is initially placed in service.
Interest costs capitalized to vessels and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
aggregated $6.0 million, $2.5 million, and $nil, respectively.
Expenditures incurred during drydocking are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the
period until the completion of the next anticipated drydocking. When significant drydocking expenditures
occur prior to the expiry of this period, the remaining unamortized balance of the original drydocking
cost is expensed in the month of the subsequent drydocking. Amortization of drydocking expenditures for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 aggregated $21.8 million, $14.2 million, and $9.2
million, respectively.
The Company reviews vessels and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is
measured by comparison of their carrying amount to future undiscounted cash flows the assets are
expected to generate. If vessels and equipment are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be
recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds their fair market value.
Investment in joint ventures
The Company has a 50% participating interest in four joint venture companies (2001- three), each of
which owns a shuttle tanker. The joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method, whereby the
investment is carried at the Companys original cost plus its proportionate share of undistributed
earnings.
During 2001, a joint venture in which the Company owns a 50% interest sold its three vessels, and ceased
operations (see Note 11).
Investment in the Panamax O/B/O Pool
All oil/bulk/ore carriers ("O/B/O") owned by the Company are operated through a Panamax O/B/O Pool. The
participants in the Pool are the companies contributing vessel capacity to the Pool. The voyage
revenues and expenses of these vessels have been included on a 100% basis in the consolidated financial
statements. The minority pool participants share of the result has been deducted as time charter hire
expense.
Loan costs
Loan costs, including fees, commissions and legal expenses, which are presented as other assets are
capitalized and amortized on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant loan. Amortization of
loan costs is included in interest expense.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
Derivative instruments
Derivative instruments are recorded as assets or liabilities, measured at fair value. Derivatives that
are not hedges are adjusted to fair value through income. If the derivative is a hedge, depending upon
the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivatives are either offset against the fair
value of assets, liabilities or firm commitments through income, or recognized in other comprehensive
income until the hedged item is recognized in income. The ineffective portion of a derivatives change
in fair value is immediately recognized into income (see Note 12).
Goodwill and other intangible assets
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," which establishes new standards
for accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets. SFAS 142 requires that goodwill and indefinite
lived intangible assets no longer be amortized, but reviewed for impairment during the first six months
of 2002 and annually thereafter, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. This statement is
effective for existing goodwill beginning with fiscal years starting after December 15, 2001. Prior to
2002, goodwill, which was acquired as a result of the acquisition of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS ("UNS")
(see Note 3), was amortized over 20 years using the straight-line method. As at December 31, 2002,
goodwill is recorded net of accumulated amortization of $3.5 million. During the six-month period ended
June 30, 2002, the Company completed its transitional impairment testing required by SFAS 142 and
determined that goodwill was not impaired. Based upon the Companys goodwill balance at December 31,
2001, the Company estimates that application of SFAS 142 will result in an annual increase in net income
of approximately $4.5 million, by no longer amortizing goodwill. Had goodwill not been amortized prior
to 2002, net income would have been $340.0 million or $8.56 per share ($8.40 per share - diluted), for
the year ended December 31, 2001 and unchanged for 2000.
Income taxes
The legal jurisdictions of the countries in which Teekay and the majority of its subsidiaries are
incorporated do not impose income taxes upon shipping-related activities. The Companys Australian
shipowning subsidiaries, its Canadian subsidiary Teekay Canadian Tankers Ltd., and its Norwegian
subsidiary UNS are subject to income taxes. UNS income taxes are deferred until payment of dividends
(see Note 11). Included in other long-term liabilities are deferred income taxes of $43.7 million at
December 31, 2002, $36.3 million at December 31, 2001 and $4.2 million at December 31, 2000. The Company
accounts for such taxes using the liability method pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes."
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 ("SFAS 123"), "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation," disclosures of stock-based compensation arrangements with employees are required and
companies are encouraged (but not required) to record compensation costs associated with employee stock
option awards, based on estimated fair values at the grant dates. The Company has chosen to continue to
account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method prescribed in APB Opinion No. 25
("APB 25") "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees." As the exercise price of the Companys employee
stock options equals the market price of underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense
is recognized under APB 25. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per
share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 to stock-based
employee compensation (see Note 9).
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2000
$ $ $
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Net income - as reported........................... 53,391 336,518 270,020
Less: Total stock-based compensation expense....... 7,538 6,466 5,571
Net income - pro forma............................. 45,853 330,052 264,449
Basic earnings per common share:
As reported........................................ 1.35 8.48 7.02
Pro forma.......................................... 1.16 8.31 6.87
Diluted earnings per common share:
As reported........................................ 1.33 8.31 6.86
Pro forma.......................................... 1.14 8.15 6.72
The fair values of the option grants were estimated on the dates of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free average interest rates of 4.7% for the
year ended December 31, 2002; 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2001 and 6.6% for the year ended
December 31, 2000, respectively; dividend yield of 3.0%; expected volatility of 30%; and expected lives
of five years.
Comprehensive income
The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive
Income," which establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its
components in the consolidated financial statements.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In July 2002, the FASB issued Statement No. 146 ("SFAS 146"), "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit
or Disposal Activities." This Standard, which is effective for disposal activities initiated after
December 31, 2002, addresses significant issues regarding the recognition, measurement and reporting of
costs associated with exit and disposal activities. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of
SFAS 146 will have a significant impact on the Companys consolidated financial position or results of
operations.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, "Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure
Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others" ("FIN 45"). FIN 45
requires a guarantor to make significant new disclosures about its obligations under certain guarantees
that it has issued. It also requires a guarantor to recognize, at the inception of a guarantee, a
liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee. The disclosure
requirements of FIN 45 are effective for financial statements with periods ending after December 15,
2002. The initial recognition and measurement provisions are applicable on a prospective basis to
guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The Company has not determined the effect, if
any, that the adoption of FIN 45 will have on the Companys consolidated financial position or results
of operations.
2.
Business Operations
The Company is engaged in the ocean transportation of petroleum cargoes worldwide through the ownership
and operation of a fleet of tankers. All of the Companys revenues are earned in international markets.
No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year
ended December 31, 2002. One customer, an international oil company, accounted for 13% ($130.8 million)
of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2001. Two customers,
both international oil companies, individually accounted for 13% ($118.3 million) and 12% ($110.2
million) of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the year ended December 31, 2000. No other
customer accounted for more than 10% of the Companys consolidated voyage revenues during the fiscal
periods presented herein.
3.
Acquisition of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS
As of May 28, 2001, Teekay had purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of UNS (9% of which
was purchased in fiscal 2000 and the remaining 91% was purchased in fiscal 2001), for $222.8 million
cash, including estimated transaction expenses of approximately $7 million. UNS controls a modern fleet
of 18 shuttle tankers (including two newbuildings on order) that engage in the transportation of oil
from offshore production platforms to onshore storage and refinery facilities.
The acquisition of UNS has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, based upon
estimates of fair value. UNS operating results are reflected in these financial statements commencing
March 6, 2001, the date Teekay acquired a majority interest in UNS. Equity income related to the
Companys nine percent interest in UNS up to December 31, 2000 has been credited as an adjustment to
retained earnings. Teekays interest in UNS for the period from January 1, 2001 to March 5, 2001 has
been included in equity income for the corresponding period.
The following table shows comparative summarized consolidated pro forma financial information for the
years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and gives effect to the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding
shares in UNS as if it had taken place January 1, on each of the years presented:
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
Pro Forma
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, 2001 December 31, 2000
(unaudited) (unaudited)
$ $
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Net voyage revenues.............................................. 805,754 713,350
Net income....................................................... 336,514 265,554
Net income per common share
- basic ......................................................... 8.47 6.90
- diluted........................................................ 8.31 6.75
4.
Investments in Marketable Securities
Gross Gross Approximate
Unrealized Unrealized Market and
Cost Gains Losses Carrying Values
$ $ $ $
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December 31, 2002
Available-for-sale equity securities............. 21,416 - (7,786) 13,630
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21,416 - (7,786) 13,630
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December 31, 2001
Available-for-sale equity securities............. 24,500 - (8,474) 16,026
Available-for-sale debt securities................. 5,028 - - 5,028
---------- --------- ---------- -----------
29,528 - (8,474) 21,054
========== ========= ========== ===========
Available-for-sale equity securities represent 1,001,221 shares (2001 1,150,221) in Nordic American
Tanker Shipping Ltd. These shares were acquired as part of the 2001 acquisition of UNS (see Note 3).
The cost and approximate market value of available-for-sale debt securities by contractual maturity, as
at December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, are shown as follows:
Approximate
Market and
Cost Carrying Values
$ $
----------------------------------
December 31, 2002
Less than one year ........................................................ - -
Due after one year through five years ..................................... - -
---------- ---------
- -
========== =========
December 31, 2001
Less than one year ........................................................ 5,028 5,028
Due after one year through five years ..................................... - -
---------- ---------
5,028 5,028
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5.
Accrued Liabilities
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001
$ $
----------------------------------
Voyage and vessel.......................................................... 37,314 16,450
Interest................................................................... 22,484 24,180
Payroll and benefits....................................................... 23,845 10,381
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83,643 51,011
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TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
6.
Long-Term Debt
December 31, December 31,
2002 2001
$ $
----------------------------------
Revolving Credit Facilities................................................ 210,000 -
First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes (8.32%) due through 2008............... 167,229 167,229
Term Loans due through 2009 ............................................... 401,593 416,239
Senior Notes (8.875%) due July 15, 2011 ................................... 352,000 352,234
------------- -------------
1,130,822 935,702
Less current portion....................................................... 83,605 51,830
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1,047,217 883,872
============= =============
The Company has two long-term Revolving Credit Facilities (the "Revolvers") available, which, as at
December 31, 2002, provided for borrowings of up to $450.7 million, of which $240.7 million was
undrawn. Interest payments are based on LIBOR (December 31, 2002: 1.4%; December 31, 2001: 1.9%) plus a
margin depending on the financial leverage of the Company; at December 31, 2002 and 2001, the margins
ranged between 0.50% and 0.75%. The amount available under the Revolvers reduces semi-annually by $28.8
million, with final balloon reductions in 2006 and 2008. The Revolvers are collateralized by first
priority mortgages granted on 33 of the Companys vessels, together with certain other related
collateral, and a guarantee from Teekay for all amounts outstanding under the Revolvers.
The 8.32% First Preferred Ship Mortgage Notes due February 1, 2008 (the "8.32% Notes") are
collateralized by first preferred mortgages on seven of the Companys Aframax tankers, together with
certain other related collateral, and are guaranteed by seven subsidiaries of Teekay that own the
mortgaged vessels (the "8.32% Notes Guarantor Subsidiaries") to a maximum of 95% of the fair value of
their net assets. As at December 31, 2002, the fair value of these net assets approximated $171.6
million. The 8.32% Notes are also subject to a sinking fund, which will retire $45.0 million principal
amount of the 8.32% Notes on each February 1, commencing 2004. During June 2001, the Company repurchased
a principal amount of $22.0 million of the 8.32% Notes outstanding.
Upon the 8.32% Notes achieving Investment Grade Status (as defined in the Indenture) and subject to
certain other conditions, the guarantees of the 8.32% Notes Guarantor Subsidiaries will terminate, all
of the collateral securing the obligations of the Company and the 8.32% Notes Guarantor Subsidiaries
under the Indenture and the Security Documents (as defined in the Indenture) will be released (whereupon
the Notes will become general unsecured obligations of the Company) and certain covenants under the
Indenture will no longer be applicable to the Company.
Condensed financial information regarding the Company, the 8.32% Notes Guarantor Subsidiaries, and
non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company is set out in Schedule A of these consolidated financial
statements.
The Company has several term loans outstanding, which, as at December 31, 2002, totalled $401.6
million. Interest payments are based on LIBOR plus a margin. At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the
margins ranged between 0.50% and 1.45%. The term loans reduce in quarterly or semi-annual payments with
varying maturities through 2009. All term loans of the Company are collateralized by first preferred
mortgages on the vessels to which the loans relate, together with certain other collateral, and
guarantees from Teekay. As at December 31, 2002, UNS had term loans totaling $313.5 million. Teekay does
not guarantee any of the obligations of UNS under these facilities. One term loan required a retention
deposit of $4.6 million as at December 31, 2002 (December 31, 2001 - $7.8 million).
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
The 8.875% Senior Notes due July 15, 2011 (the "8.875% Notes") rank equally in right of payment with all
of the Companys existing and future senior unsecured debt and senior to the Companys existing and
future subordinated debt. The 8.875% Notes are not guaranteed by any of Teekays subsidiaries and
effectively rank behind all existing and future secured debt of Teekay and other liabilities, secured
and unsecured, of its subsidiaries.
Among other matters, the long-term debt agreements generally provide for such items as maintenance of
certain vessel market value to loan ratios and minimum consolidated financial covenants, prepayment
privileges (in some cases with penalties), and restrictions against the incurrence of new investments by
the individual subsidiaries without prior lender consent. The amount of Restricted Payments, as defined,
that the Company can make, including dividends and purchases of its own capital stock, is limited as of
December 31, 2002, to $440.6 million. Certain of the loan agreements require a minimum level of free
cash be maintained. As at December 31, 2002, this amount was $84.8 million.
The aggregate annual long-term debt principal repayments required to be made for the five fiscal years
subsequent to December 31, 2002 are $83.6 million (2003), $104.9 million (2004), $131.1 million (2005),
$180.8 million (2006), and $84.8 million (2007).
7.
Leases
Charters-out
Time charters and bareboat charters to third parties of the Companys vessels are accounted for as
operating leases. As at December 31, 2002, minimum future revenues to be received on time charters and
bareboat charters currently in place are $176.7 million (2003), $189.6 million (2004), $146.7 million
(2005), $101.9 million (2006), $94.4 million (2007), and $546.5 million thereafter.
The minimum future revenues should not be construed to reflect total charter hire revenues for any of
the years.
Charters-in
As at December 31, 2002, minimum commitments under vessel operating leases are $25.7 million (2003),
$10.8 million (2004) and $2.0 million (2005).
8.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Carrying amounts of all financial instruments approximate fair market value except for the following:
Long-term debt - The fair values of the Companys fixed rate long-term debt are based on either quoted
market prices or estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, based on rates currently available for
debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
Interest rate swap agreements and foreign exchange contracts - The fair value of interest rate swaps and
foreign exchange contracts, used for hedging purposes, is the estimated amount that the Company would
receive or pay to terminate the agreements at the reporting date, taking into account current interest
rates, the current credit worthiness of the swap counter parties and foreign exchange rates.
The estimated fair value of the Companys financial instruments is as follows:
December 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
$ $ $ $
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents, marketable
securities, and restricted cash............... 307,040 307,040 203,837 203,837
Long-term debt ................................. (1,130,822) (1,143,753) (935,702) (952,055)
Derivative instruments (note 12) ...............
Interest rate swap agreements ................ (802) (802) (2,429) (2,429)
Foreign currency contracts ................... 545 545 (343) (343)
Bunker fuel swap contracts.................... 254 254 (328) (328)
Written freight call option................... - - (857) (857)
The Company transacts all of its derivative instruments with investment grade rated financial
institutions and requires no collateral from these institutions.
9.
Capital Stock
The authorized capital stock of Teekay at December 31, 2002 was 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock,
with a par value of $1 per share, and 725,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.001 per
share. As at December 31, 2002, Teekay had 39,692,060 shares of Common Stock and no shares of Preferred
Stock issued and outstanding.
On September 19, 2001, Teekay announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up
to 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock in the open market. As at December 31, 2002, Teekay had
repurchased 561,700 shares of Common Stock at an average price of $27.97 per share.
As of December 31, 2002, the Company had reserved 5,803,471 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon
exercise of options granted pursuant to the Companys 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). During the
years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, the Company granted options under the Plan to acquire up
to 1,026,025, 863,200, and 889,500 shares of Common Stock, respectively, to certain eligible officers,
employees (including senior sea staff), and directors of the Company. The options have a 10-year term
and had initially vested equally over four years from the date of grant. Effective September 8, 2000,
the Company amended the Plan which reduced the vesting period for all subsequent stock option grants
from four years to three years. In addition, the Company also accelerated the vesting period for the
existing grants by one year. The impact of the accelerated vesting for the existing grants on
compensation expense was not material for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
A summary of the Companys stock option activity, and related information for the years ended December
31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 is as follows:
December 31, 2002 December 31, 2001 December 31, 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Options Average Options Average Options Average
(000s) Exercise (000s) Exercise (000s) Exercise
# Price # Price # Price
$ $ $
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outstanding-beginning of year.... 2,740 28.04 2,860 22.25 3,099 22.14
Granted.......................... 1,026 39.12 863 41.19 889 23.56
Exercised........................ (190) 22.16 (917) 22.44 (1,080) 23.00
Forfeited........................ (69) 33.86 (66) 26.86 (48) 22.77
------- -------- -------
Outstanding-end of year.......... 3,507 31.46 2,740 28.04 2,860 22.25
======= ======== =======
Exercisable- end of year ........ 1,739 24.97 1,164 22.99 1,453 23.54
======= ======== =======
Weighted-average fair value
of options granted during
the year (per option) ......... 9.79 10.19 6.62
Exercise prices for the options outstanding as of December 31, 2002 ranged from $16.88 per share to
$41.19 per share. These options have a weighted-average remaining contractual life of 7.53 years.
10.
Related Party Transactions
As at December 31, 2002, Resolute Investments, Inc. owned 41.6% of the Companys outstanding Common
Stock. Two of the Companys directors are officers and directors of Resolute Investments, Inc. Two
additional directors of the Company are directors of the entity that ultimately controls Resolute
Investments, Inc.
Payments made by the Company to Resolute Investments, Inc. or companies related through common ownership
in respect of port agent services, legal and administration fees, shared office costs, and consulting
fees for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 totalled $0.9 million, $1.5 million, and $1.6
million, respectively. In 1993 the Company purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of Palm
Shipping Inc. (now Teekay Chartering Limited) from an affiliate of Resolute Investments, Inc. During the
year ended December 31, 2002, the Company accrued and expensed in other (loss) income $6.0 million as a
settlement of a contingent payment, which was required under the terms of the Palm Shipping acquisition
agreement.
11.
Other (Loss) Income
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2000
$ $ $
-------------------------------------------------
Loss on disposition of vessels and equipment......... - - (1,004)
(Loss) gain on disposition of available-for-sale
securities........................................... (1,130) 758 -
Equity income from joint ventures ................... 4,523 17,324 9,546
Deferred income taxes ............................... (11,413) (6,963) (999)
Miscellaneous........................................ (3,455) (1,011) (3,679)
----------- ----------- -----------
(11,475) 10,108 3,864
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TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
12.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company adopted SFAS 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," on January
1, 2001. The Company recognized the fair value of its derivatives as assets of $2.2 million and
liabilities of $1.3 million on its consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2001. These amounts were
recorded as a cumulative effect of an accounting change as an adjustment to stockholders equity through
other comprehensive income. There was no impact on net income. In addition, a deferred gain of $3.2
million on unwound interest rate swap agreements presented as other long-term liabilities at December
31, 2000, was reclassified to accumulated other comprehensive income and will be recognized into
earnings over the hedged term of the debt.
The Company only uses derivatives for hedging purposes. The following summarizes the Companys risk
strategies with respect to market risk from foreign currency fluctuations, changes in interest rates and
bunker fuel prices and the effect of these strategies on the Companys financial statements.
The Company hedges portions of its forecasted expenditures denominated in foreign currencies with
forward contracts and a portion of its bunker fuel expenditures with bunker fuel swap contracts. As at
December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to foreign exchange contracts for the forward purchase of
approximately Singapore Dollars 2.0 million, Norwegian Kroner 74.3 million, Canadian Dollars 84.0
million and Euros 1.9 million for U.S. Dollars, at an average rate of Singapore Dollar 1.78 per U.S.
Dollar, Norwegian Kroner 7.39 per U.S. Dollar, Canadian Dollar 1.59 per U.S. Dollar and Euros 0.93 per
U.S. Dollar, respectively. As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to bunker fuel swap
contracts totalling 20,400 metric tonnes with a weighted-average price of $116.00 per tonne, which
expire between January 2003 and May 2004.
As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to interest rate swap agreements whereby $20.0
million of the Companys floating rate debt was swapped with fixed rate obligations having a
weighted-average remaining term of 10 months, expiring between March 2003 and May 2004. These agreements
effectively change the Companys interest rate exposure on $20.0 million of debt from a floating LIBOR
rate to a weighted-average fixed rate of 5.75%.
The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the counter parties to the
interest rate swap agreements, foreign exchange forward contracts, and bunker fuel swap contracts;
however, the Company does not anticipate non-performance by any of the counter parties.
During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company recognized a net gain of $0.1 million relating to
the ineffective portion of its interest rate swap agreements and foreign currency forward contracts. The
ineffective portion of these derivative instruments is presented as interest expense and other (loss)
income, respectively.
As at December 31, 2002, the Company estimates, based on current foreign exchange rates, bunker fuel
prices and interest rates, that it will reclassify approximately $1.5 million of net gain on derivative
instruments from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings during the next 12 months due to
actual voyage, vessel operating, drydocking and general and administrative expenditures and the payment
of interest expense associated with the floating-rate debt.
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
13.
Commitments and Contingencies
As at December 31, 2002, the Company was committed to the construction of two shuttle, three Suezmax and
six Aframax tankers scheduled for delivery between March 2003 and October 2004, at a total cost of
approximately $496.6 million, excluding capitalized interest. As of December 31, 2002, payments made
towards these commitments totalled $127.3 million and long-term financing arrangements existed for $16.3
million of the unpaid cost of these vessels. It is the Companys intention to finance the remaining
unpaid amount of $353.0 million through incremental debt or the utilization of surplus cash balances, or
a combination thereof. As of December 31, 2002, the remaining payments required to be made under these
newbuilding contracts were $245.9 million in 2003, and $123.4 million in 2004. With the exception of
four Aframax tankers scheduled for delivery in 2004, all of the vessels upon delivery will be subject to
long-term charter contracts, which expire between 2009 and 2015.
The Company is also committed to a capital lease on an Aframax tanker that is currently under
construction and is expected to deliver in the fourth quarter of 2003. The lease will require minimum
payments of $66.9 million (including a purchase obligation payment) over the 15-year term of the lease.
Teekay and certain subsidiaries of Teekay have guaranteed their share of the outstanding mortgage debt
in three 50%-owned joint venture companies. As of December 31, 2002, Teekay and these subsidiaries had
guaranteed $82.7 million of such debt, or 50% of the total $165.3 million in outstanding mortgage debt
of the joint venture companies. The outstanding mortgage debt has maturity dates ranging from May 2008
to August 2009. These joint venture companies own three shuttle tankers.
On December 16, 2002, Teekay and Statoil ASA announced that they had entered into an agreement under
which Teekay will acquire Statoils wholly-owned shipping company, Navion ASA (excluding its oil
drilling ship and related operations and one floating production, storage and offload vessel), on a debt
free-basis, for approximately $800.0 million in cash. Navion, based in Norway, operates primarily in the
shuttle tanker and the conventional crude oil and product tanker markets. As of December 31, 2002, the
Company had made a deposit of $76.0 million towards the purchase price, with the remaining unpaid amount
being due upon closing, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2003. It is anticipated
that the acquisition of Navion will be funded by borrowings under a new credit facility, together with
available cash or cash generated from operations and borrowings under other existing credit facilities.
14.
Change in Non-Cash Working Capital Items Related to Operating Activities
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2000
$ $ $
-------------------------------------------------
Accounts receivable.................................... (13,508) 23,993 (49,405)
Prepaid expenses and other assets...................... (5,002) 5,152 3,443
Accounts payable....................................... 27,375 666 2,613
Accrued liabilities.................................... (1,827) (1,614) 6,673
----------- ------------ -----------
7,038 28,197 (36,676)
=========== ============ ===========
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd)
(all tabular amounts stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, other than share or per share data)
15.
Subsequent Events
(a) On February 1, 2003, one of the Companys vessels, the Alliance Spirit, was empty of cargo and
waiting off Skikda, Algeria to load crude oil when a severe storm arose and pushed the vessel aground.
Subsequent to the grounding, the vessel has been classified as a constructive total loss. Although all
bunker fuel, diesel fuel, lube oils, paints and chemicals on board have been successfully removed from
the vessel, between 40 and 80 metric tonnes of residual oil cargo remain in the cargo tanks. The vessel
is insured for its full value and thus, the Company has requested payment of the insurance proceeds,
which is anticipated to cover the vessels full value. The Company also maintains insurance coverage on
the vessel for environmental damage or pollution liability in an amount of $1 billion. The Company
believes any liability resulting from the escape of any oil into the environment would be substantially
below this amount. Under the applicable global convention, any liability above $1 billion for any oil
spill in this region relating to this incident would be limited to approximately $32 million.
(b) As of February 18, 2003, the Company completed an offering for gross proceeds of $143.75 million in
mandatory convertible equity units pursuant to its currently effective universal shelf registration
statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Each equity unit includes (a) a
forward contract that requires the holder to purchase for $25 a specified fraction of a share of the
Companys Common Stock on February 16, 2006 and (b) a $25 principal amount, subordinated note due May
18, 2006. The forward contracts provide for contract adjustment payments of 1.25% annually and the notes
bear interest at 6.0% annually. Upon settlement on February 16, 2006 of the 5.75 million forward
contracts included in the equity units, the Company will issue between 3,267,150 and 3,991,075 shares of
its Common Stock (depending on the average closing price of the Common Stock for the 20-trading day
period ending on the third trading day prior to February 16, 2006). Proceeds from the offering may be
used to finance potential acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, including capital
expenditures, working capital, and the repayment of debt.
SCHEDULE A
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Year Ended December 31, 2002
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net voyage revenues - 36,480 649,624 (142,232) 543,872
Operating expenses 17,191 34,314 515,253 (142,232) 424,526
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
(Loss) income from vessel (17,191) 2,166 134,371 - 119,346
operations
Net interest expense (41,575) - (12,905) - (54,480)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries 111,177 - - (111,177) -
Other income (loss) 980 - (12,455) - (11,475)
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 53,391 2,166 109,011 (111,177) 53,391
Retained earnings (deficit), beginning
of the year 935,660 (15,278) 1,036,401 (1,021,123) 935,660
Dividends declared (34,079) - - - (34,079)
Repurchase of Common Stock (967) - - - (967)
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Retained earnings (deficit), end of
the year 945,005 (13,112) 1,145,412 (1,132,300) 954,005
================= ============== ================ =============== ================
Year Ended December 31, 2001
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net voyage revenues - 34,688 899,218 (144,412) 789,494
Operating expenses 10,809 32,660 506,974 (144,412) 406,031
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
(Loss) income from vessel (10,809) 2,028 392,244 - 383,463
operations
Net interest (expense) income (22,548) - (34,505) - (57,053)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries 369,023 - - (369,023) -
Other income 852 1,663 7,593 - 10,108
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 336,518 3,691 365,332 (369,023) 336,518
Retained earnings (deficit), beginning
of the year 641,149 (18,969) 671,069 (652,100) 641,149
Adjustment for equity income on step
acquisition 198 - - - 198
Dividends declared (34,102) - - - (34,102)
Repurchase of Common Stock (8,103) - - - (8,103)
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Retained earnings (deficit), end of
the year 935,660 (15,278) 1,036,401 (1,021,123) 935,660
================= ============== ================ =============== ================
Year Ended December 31, 2000
---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net voyage revenues - 35,137 776,291 (167,159) 644,269
Operating expenses 420 25,202 433,578 (142,606) 316,594
---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
(Loss) income from vessel operations (420) 9,935 342,713 (24,553) 327,675
Net interest (expense) income (17,373) 46 (44,192) - (61,519)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries 287,127 - - (287,127) -
Other income 686 - 3,178 - 3,864
---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 270,020 9,981 301,699 (311,680) 270,020
Retained earnings (deficit), beginning
of the year 404,130 (28,950) 369,370 (340,420) 404,130
Dividends declared (33,001) - - - (33,001)
---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Retained earnings (deficit), end of the
year 641,149 (18,969) 671,069 (652,100) 641,149
================ ============== ================ =============== ================
______________
(See Note 6)
SCHEDULE A
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Year Ended December 31, 2002
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 53,391 2,166 109,011 (111,177) 53,391
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized loss on
available-for-sale securities - - (239) - (239)
Reclassification adjustment for
loss on available-for-sale
securities included in
net income - - 737 - 737
Unrealized gain on derivative
instruments - - 3,023 - 3,023
Reclassification adjustment for
gain on derivative instruments - - (1,815) - (1,815)
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Comprehensive income 53,391 2,166 110,717 (111,177) 55,097
================= ============== ================ =============== ================
Year Ended December 31, 2001
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 336,518 3,691 365,332 (369,023) 336,518
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized loss on
available-for-sale securities - - (6,636) - (6,636)
Reclassification adjustment for
gain on available-for-sale
securities included in net income - - (3,627) - (3,627)
Cumulative effect of accounting
change - - 4,155 - 4,155
Unrealized loss on derivative
instruments - - (2,274) - (2,274)
Reclassification adjustment for
gain on derivative instruments - - (974) - (974)
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Comprehensive income 336,518 3,691 355,976 (369,023) 327,162
================= ============== ================ =============== ================
Year Ended December 31, 2000
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Net income 270,020 9,981 301,699 (311,680) 270,020
Other comprehensive income
Unrealized gain on
available-for-sale securities - - 4,555 - 4,555
----------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Comprehensive income 270,020 9,981 306,254 (311,680) 274,575
================= ============== ================ =============== ================
______________
(See Note 6)
SCHEDULE A
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
As at December 31, 2002
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents - - 284,625 - 284,625
Other current assets 1,500 43 197,390 (96,000) 102,933
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total current assets 1,500 43 482,015 (96,000) 387,558
Vessels and equipment (net) - 258,664 1,807,993 - 2,066,657
Advances due from subsidiaries 263,105 - - (263,105) -
Other assets (principally marketable
securities and investments
in subsidiaries) 1,701,937 - 123,748 (1,701,937) 123,748
Investment in joint ventures - - 56,354 - 56,354
Goodwill - - 89,189 - 89,189
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
1,966,542 258,707 2,559,299 (2,061,042) 2,723,506
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LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY
Current liabilities 22,320 7,574 255,661 (96,000) 189,555
Long-term debt 519,229 - 572,500 - 1,091,729
Due (from) to affiliates - (105,085) 425,788 (320,703) -
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total liabilities 541,549 (97,511) 1,253,949 (416,703) 1,281,284
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Minority Interest - - 20,324 - 20,324
Stockholders Equity
Capital stock 470,988 23 5,943 (5,966) 470,988
Contributed capital - 369,307 136,766 (506,073) -
Retained earnings (deficit) 954,005 (13,112) 1,145,412 (1,132,300) 954,005
Accumulated other comprehensive loss - - (3,095) - (3,095)
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total stockholders equity 1,424,993 356,218 1,285,026 (1,644,339) 1,421,898
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
1,966,542 258,707 2,559,299 (2,061,042) 2,723,506
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As at December 31, 2001
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8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents - - 174,950 - 174,950
Other current assets 1,101 472 186,946 (96,000) 92,519
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total current assets 1,101 472 361,896 (96,000) 267,469
Vessels and equipment (net) - 264,768 1,778,330 - 2,043,098
Advances due from subsidiaries 346,430 - - (346,430) -
Other assets (principally marketable
securities and investments
in subsidiaries) 1,599,746 - 42,783 (1,599,746) 42,783
Investment in joint ventures - - 27,352 - 27,352
Goodwill - - 87,079 - 87,079
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
1,947,277 265,240 2,297,440 (2,042,176) 2,467,781
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LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY
Current liabilities 24,813 1,319 197,193 (96,000) 127,325
Long-term debt 519,463 - 403,816 - 923,279
Due (from) to affiliates - (90,131) 503,145 (413,014) -
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total liabilities 544,276 (88,812) 1,104,154 (509,014) 1,050,604
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Minority Interest - - 18,977 - 18,977
Stockholders Equity
Capital stock 467,341 23 5,943 (5,966) 467,341
Contributed capital - 369,307 136,766 (506,073) -
Retained earnings (deficit) 935,660 (15,278) 1,036,401 (1,021,123) 935,660
Accumulated other comprehensive loss - - (4,801) - (4,801)
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
Total stockholders equity 1,403,001 354,052 1,174,309 (1,533,162) 1,398,200
------------------ ------------ ----------------- --------------- ----------------
1,947,277 265,240 2,297,440 (2,042,176) 2,467,781
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(See Note 6)
SCHEDULE A
TEEKAY SHIPPING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Year Ended December 31, 2002
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8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
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Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used for)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from operating activities (51,914) 24,994 241,364 - 214,444
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from long-term debt - - 255,185 - 255,185
Scheduled repayments of long-term debt - - (51,830) - (51,830)
Prepayments of long-term debt - - (8,000) - (8,000)
Other 51,914 (14,953) (69,312) - (32,351)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from financing activities 51,914 (14,953) 126,043 - 163,004
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures for vessels and equipment - (10,041) (160,522) - (170,563)
Deposit for purchase of Navion ASA - - (76,000) - (76,000)
Other - - (21,210) - (21,210)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from investing activities - (10,041) (257,732) - (267,773)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Increase in cash and cash equivalents - - 109,675 - 109,675
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of the year - - 174,950 - 174,950
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year - - 284,625 - 284,625
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Year Ended December 31, 2001
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used for)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from operating activities (7,458) 21,446 506,162 - 520,150
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from long-term debt 345,045 - 343,336 - 688,381
Scheduled repayments of long-term debt - - (72,026) - (72,026)
Prepayments of long-term debt (22,045) - (729,693) - (751,738)
Other (316,034) (20,502) 301,031 - (35,505)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from financing activities 6,966 (20,502) (157,352) - (170,888)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures for vessels and equipment - (945) (204,102) - (205,047)
Purchase of Ugland Nordic Shipping AS 198 - (176,651) - (176,453)
Other - 1 25,887 - 25,888
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from investing activities 198 (944) (354,866) - (355,612)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (294) - (6,056) - (6,350)
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of the period 294 - 181,006 - 181,300
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year - - 174,950 - 174,950
=============== ============= ================= ============== =================
Year Ended December 31, 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.32% Notes Teekay
Teekay Guarantor Non-Guarantor Shipping Corp.
Shipping Corp. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations & Subsidiaries
$ $ $ $ $
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used for)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from operating activities (19,407) 25,048 327,614 - 333,255
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from long-term debt - - 206,000 - 206,000
Scheduled repayments of long-term debt - - (63,757) - (63,757)
Prepayments of long-term debt (35,726) - (394,200) - (429,926)
Other 55,217 (63,293) 2,916 - (5,160)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from financing activities 19,491 (63,293) (249,041) - (292,843)
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures for vessels and equipment - (1,407) (54,046) - (55,453)
Proceeds from disposition of assets - - 9,713 - 9,713
Acquisition costs related to purchase of
Bona Shipholding Ltd. - - (2,685) - (2,685)
Other - - (31,014) - (31,014)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Net cash flow from investing activities - (1,407) (78,032) - (79,439)
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 84 (39,652) 541 - (39,027)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year 210 39,652 180,465 - 220,327
--------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year 294 - 181,006 - 181,300
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___________________
(See Note 6)
EXHIBIT 8.1
State or Proportion of
Jurisdiction of Ownership
Name of Significant Subsidiary Incorporation Interest
BONA SHIPHOLDING LTD................................... BERMUDA 100%
NORSK TEEKAY AS........................................ NORWAY 100%
NORSK TEEKAY HOLDINGS LTD.............................. MARSHALL ISLANDS 100%
SINGLE SHIP COMPANIES (3).............................. AUSTRALIA 100%
SINGLE SHIP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES (46)........... MARSHALL ISLANDS 100%
TEEKAY CHARTERING LIMITED.............................. MARSHALL ISLANDS 100%
TEEKAY NORDIC HOLDINGS INC............................. MARSHALL ISLANDS 100%
TEEKAY NORGE LIMITED................................... LIBERIAN 100%
TEEKAY SHIPPING LIMITED................................ BAHAMAS 100%
UGLAND NORDIC SHIPPINGAS............................... NORWAY 100%
EXHIBIT 12.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Bjorn Moller
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 12.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Peter Antturi
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT 15.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Vancouver, Canada,
Dated: March 24, 2003
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chartered Accountants