SEC Company Response from Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (PANL) (CIK 0001606909) (PANL) — Jan 3, 2020
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (PANL) (CIK 0001606909)
Date: Jan. 3, 2020 · CIK: 0001606909 · Accession: 0000919574-20-000070
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Referenced dates: December 4, 2019
Letter
Division of Corporation Finance Office of Energy & Transportation Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 Filed March 20, 2019 File No. 1-36798
Dear Ms. Guobadia:
This letter sets forth the response of Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (the “Company”) to the comment letter dated December 4, 2019 (the “Comment Letter”) of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) that was filed via EDGAR on March 20, 2019
Capitalized terms used in this letter that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Form 10-K. The following numbered paragraph corresponds to the numbered paragraph in the Comment Letter.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Selected Data from the Consolidated Statements of Operations, page 40
1.
We note your presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure, net revenue within Selected Financial Data. Please revise your Selected Financial Data to be presented on a GAAP basis. If you wish to present the non-GAAP financial measure, net revenue, together with Selected Financial Data, please revise to segregate it from your GAAP Selected Financial Data.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company will segregate net revenue and any other non-GAAP financial measures from GAAP Selected Financial Data in its future filings with the Commission and any other public disclosures. Attached hereto as Exhibit A for illustrative purposes is an example of how the Company plans to present the financial measure, which it will now refer to as “Net Transportation and Service Revenue”.
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2.
Please reconcile the non-GAAP measure, net revenue, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K. In doing so, please revise the title of your non-GAAP measure as it appears confusingly similar to titles or descriptions used for GAAP financial measures. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(E) of Regulation S-K. Similar revisions should be made in your quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and to public disclosures and earnings releases provided in your Form 8-K. Please also refer to Regulation G.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company will reconcile each non-GAAP measures in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and revise the Company’s title of its non-GAAP measures in all of its future filings with the Commission and any other public disclosures. The Company will now refer to the financial measure as “Net Transportation and Service Revenue”.
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If you have any questions or comments concerning this letter, please feel free to contact Evan Preponis at (212) 574-1438 or the undersigned at (212) 574-1265.
Very truly yours,
SEWARD & KISSEL, LLP
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Seward & Kissel llp
ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004
TELEPHONE: (212) 574-1200
FACSIMILE: (212) 480-8421
WWW.SEWKIS.COM
901 K STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001
TELEPHONE: (202) 737-8833
FACSIMILE: (202) 737-5184
January 3, 2020
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Yolanda Guobadia, Senior Staff Accountant
Re:
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018
Filed March 20, 2019
File No. 1-36798
Dear Ms. Guobadia:
This letter sets forth the response of Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (the “Company”) to the comment letter dated December 4, 2019 (the “Comment Letter”) of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect
to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) that was filed via EDGAR on March 20, 2019
Capitalized terms used in this letter that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Form 10-K. The following numbered paragraph corresponds to the numbered paragraph in the Comment Letter.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data
Selected Data from the Consolidated Statements of Operations, page 40
1.
We note your presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure, net revenue within Selected Financial Data. Please revise your Selected Financial Data to
be presented on a GAAP basis. If you wish to present the non-GAAP financial measure, net revenue, together with Selected Financial Data, please revise to segregate it from your GAAP Selected Financial Data.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company will segregate net revenue and any
other non-GAAP financial measures from GAAP Selected Financial Data in its future filings with the Commission and any other public disclosures. Attached hereto as Exhibit A for illustrative purposes is an example of how the Company plans to
present the financial measure, which it will now refer to as “Net Transportation and Service Revenue”.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
January 3, 2020
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2.
Please reconcile the non-GAAP measure, net revenue, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation
S-K. In doing so, please revise the title of your non-GAAP measure as it appears confusingly similar to titles or descriptions used for GAAP financial measures. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(E) of Regulation S-K. Similar revisions should
be made in your quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and to public disclosures and earnings releases provided in your Form 8-K. Please also refer to Regulation G.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company will reconcile each non-GAAP measures
in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and revise the Company’s title of its non-GAAP measures in all of its future filings with the Commission and any other public disclosures. The Company will now refer to the financial measure
as “Net Transportation and Service Revenue”.
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If you have any questions or comments concerning this letter, please feel free to contact Evan Preponis at
(212) 574-1438 or the undersigned at (212) 574-1265.
Very truly yours,
SEWARD & KISSEL, LLP
By:
/s/ Edward Horton
Edward Horton
cc:
Sondra Snyder, Senior Staff Accountant
Edward Coll
Chief Executive Officer
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd.
c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC
109 Long Wharf
Newport, RI 02840
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EXHIBIT A
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto contained in this report.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements under “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward looking statements. When used in this Form
10-Q, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements are based on the beliefs of
management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward looking statements as a result of the risk factors and other factors
detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written or oral forward looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
Important Financial and Operational Terms and Concepts
The Company uses a variety of financial and operational terms and concepts when analyzing its performance.
These include revenue recognition, deferred revenue, allowance for doubtful accounts, vessels and depreciation and long-lived assets impairment
considerations, as defined above as well as the following:
Voyage Revenue. Voyage revenue
is derived from voyage charters which involve the carriage of cargo from a load port to a discharge port, which is predetermined in each voyage contract. Gross revenue is calculated by multiplying the agreed rate per ton of cargo by the number of
tons loaded. The Company directs how and for what purpose the vessel is used and therefore, these voyage contracts do not contain leases.
Charter Revenue. Charter
revenue is earned when the Company lets a vessel it owns or operates to a charterer for a specified period of time. Charter revenue is based on the agreed rate per day. These time-charter arrangements contain leases because the lessee has the power
to direct the use and receives substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the vessel. The operating lease component and the vessel operating expense non-lease component of a time-charter contract are reported as a single component.
Voyage Expenses. The Company
incurs expenses for voyage charters, including bunkers (fuel), port charges, canal tolls, brokerage commissions and cargo handling operations, which are expensed as incurred.
Charter Expenses. The Company
charters in vessels to supplement its owned fleet to support its voyage charter operations. The Company hires vessels under time charters with third party vessel owners, and recognizes the charter hire payments as an expense on a straight-line
basis over the term of the charter. Charter hire payments are typically made in advance, and the unrecognized portion is reflected as advance hire in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Under the time charters, the vessel owner is
responsible for the vessel operating costs such as crews, maintenance and repairs, insurance, and stores. The Company does not record a right-of-use asset or lease liability for any arrangement less than one year.
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Vessel Operating Expenses.
Vessel operating expenses represent the cost to operate the Company’s owned vessels. Vessel operating expenses include crew hire and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the cost of spares and
consumable stores, tonnage taxes, other miscellaneous expenses, and technical management fees. These expenses are recognized as incurred. Technical management services include day-to-day vessel operations, performing general vessel maintenance,
ensuring regulatory and classification society compliance, arranging the hire of crew, and purchasing stores, supplies, and spare parts.
Net Transportation and Service
Revenue. Net transportation and service revenue represents total revenue less the total direct costs of transportation and services, which includes charter hire, voyage and vessel operating expenses. Refer to Selected Financial
Information, "Net transportation and service revenue" for additional discussion.
Fleet Data. The Company
believes that the measures for analyzing future trends in its results of operations consist of the following:
Shipping days. The Company defines shipping days
as the aggregate number of days in a period during which its owned or chartered-in vessels are performing either a voyage charter (voyage days) or a time charter (time charter days).
Daily vessel operating expenses. The Company
defines daily vessel operating expenses as vessel operating expenses divided by ownership days for the period. Vessel operating expenses include crew hire and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the
costs of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes, other miscellaneous expenses, and technical management fees.
Chartered in days. The Company defines chartered
in days as the aggregate number of days in a period during which it chartered in vessels from third party vessel owners.
Time Charter Equivalent ‘‘TCE’’ rates. The
Company defines TCE rates as total revenues less voyage expenses divided by the length of the voyage, which is consistent with industry standards. TCE rate is a common shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings
generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because rates for vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per-day amounts while rates for vessels on time charters generally are
expressed in per-day amounts.
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Selected Financial Information
(in thousands, except shipping days data)
(figures may not foot due to rounding)
As of and for the
three months ended September 30,
As of and for the
nine months ended September 30,
2019
2018
2019
2018
Selected Data from the Consolidated Statements of Income
Voyage revenue
Charter revenue
Total revenue
Voyage expense
Charter expense
Vessel operating expenses
Total cost of transportation and service revenue
Other operating expenses
Loss on sale and leaseback of vessels
Income from operations
Total other expense, net
Net income
Income attributable to non-controlling interests
Net income attributable to Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
Shipping Days (2)
Voyage days
Time charter days
Total shipping days
TCE Rates ($/day) (3)
September 30, 2019
December 31, 2018
Selected Data from the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
$
$
Total assets
$
$
Total secured debt, including finance leases liabilities
$
$
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
$
For the nine months ended September 30,
2019
2018
Selected Data from the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
$
Net cash used in investing activities
$
$
Net cash provided by financing activities
$
$
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(1)
Adjusted EBITDA represents operating earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, loss on sale and leaseback of vessels and
other non-operating income and/or expense, if any. Adjusted EBITDA is included because it is used by management and certain investors to measure operating performance and is also reviewed periodically as a measure of financial
performance by Pangaea's Board of Directors. Adjusted EBITDA is not an item recognized by the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to net
income, operating income, or any other indicator of a company's operating performance required by U.S. GAAP. Pangaea’s definition of Adjusted EBITDA used here may not be comparable to the definition of EBITDA used by other companies.
(2)
Shipping days are defined as the aggregate number of days in a period during which its owned or chartered-in vessels are performing either a voyage charter
(voyage days) or time charter (time charter days).
(3)
Pangaea defines time charter equivalent, or “TCE,” rates as total revenues less voyage expenses divided by the length of the voyage, which is consistent with
industry standards. TCE rate is a common shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because rates for
vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per-day amounts while rates for vessels on time charters generally are expressed in such amounts.
The reconciliation of gross profit to net transportation and service revenue and income from operations to Adjusted EBITDA is as
follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019
2018
2019
2018
Net Transportation and
Service Revenue (4)
Gross Profit
Add:
Depreciation and Amortization
Net transportation and service revenue
Adjusted EBITDA
Income from operations
Depreciation and amortization
Loss on sale and leaseback of vessels
Adjusted EBITDA
(4)