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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K/A

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2009

Commission File Number:  001-33179

AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

42 Hatzikyriakou Avenue
Piraeus, Athens 185 38
Greece
(Address of principal executive offices)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE


This Report on Form 6-K/A amends and restates the Report on Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 6, 2009, solely to include the statements of stockholders' equity for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2009 in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related information and data of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (the "Company"), as of and for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, appearing on page 18 of the attached Exhibit 1.


 
 

 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K/A REPORT

Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related information and data of the Company as of and for the six month period ended June 30, 2009.
 
This Report on Form 6-K/A is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-162935), filed with the Commission on November 6, 2009, which as of the date hereof has not been declared effective.
 
 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




 
AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
 
(registrant)
   
   
Dated:  November 12, 2009
By:
/s/ E. Nikolas Tavlarios
 
Name:
E. Nikolas Tavlarios
 
Title:
President








SK 23250 0002 1044399




 
 

 

Exhibit 1

 
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
 
 
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following is a discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. Unless otherwise specified herein, references to the "Company" or "we" shall include Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and its applicable subsidiaries. The following management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this report. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, such as those set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, on April 22, 2009.
 
Operating Results
 
General
 
We are a marine fuel logistics company that physically supplies and markets refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea. As a physical supplier, we purchase marine fuel from refineries, major oil producers and other sources and resell and deliver these fuels using our bunkering tankers to a broad base of end users.
 
We sell marine petroleum products to customers primarily at a margin over PLATTS prices (benchmark market prices). PLATTS prices are quoted daily by region and by terms of delivery. We have not had a significant number of long-term written agreements with customers. Under a typical sales contract, a customer requests that we quote a fixed price per metric ton for the sale and delivery of a specified volume and classification of marine fuel on a given date. The customer requests a quotation several days prior to the delivery date. We, generally, do not quote prices for periods in excess of one week. Once an agreement has been made with a customer, we are deemed to be bound to deliver the specified quantity and classification of marine fuel at the quoted fixed price on the specified delivery date to an identified vessel at a named location. We remain responsible for securing the supply of marine fuel from the supplier and for delivering the marine fuel to the customer's vessel.
 
We purchase marine petroleum products from reputable suppliers under either long-term supply contracts or on the spot markets at a margin over PLATTS prices. Except for our service centers in Gibraltar, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates, we generally take deliveries of the products on the day of, or few days prior to, the delivery of the products to the customer's vessel. In Gibraltar, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates, utilizing our storage facilities, we take deliveries of the products generally more than one but less than two weeks prior to delivery of the products to our customers. The cost of our marine fuel purchases is generally fixed at the date of loading from the supplier's premises. Generally, under our long-term supply contracts, the supplier undertakes to supply us with a minimum quantity of marine fuel per month subject to a maximum. Price calculations vary from supplier to supplier in terms of the supplier's margins, the referenced PLATTS prices and the calculation of the average PLATTS price. Depending on the agreement with each supplier, the referenced PLATTS price could be the spot price or an average price over a specified period.
 
We deliver marine petroleum products to our customers mainly through our bunkering tankers. We are responsible for paying our tankers' operating expenses, including the cost of crewing, insuring, repairing and maintaining the vessel, spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other vessel-related expenses. Our bunkering tankers are not used for the transportation of petroleum products across oceans. Accordingly, a significant portion of our vessel operating expenses are fixed or semi-variable (e.g., a bunkering tanker's insurance costs, crew wages and certain other costs are incurred irrespective of the number of sales deliveries it makes during a period) and, as a group, represent the most significant operating expense for us other than the cost of marine petroleum products sold.
 
We incur overhead costs to support our operations. In general, the logistics of purchasing, selling and delivering marine fuel to customers are managed and coordinated by employees at our marketing and operating office in Greece, employees at our local service centers and the crew of our bunkering tankers.
 

 
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Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
 
We believe that the important measures for analyzing trends in our results of operations consist of the following:
 
 
·
Sales volume of marine fuel.    We define the sales volume of marine fuel as the volume of sales of various classifications of marine fuel oil, or MFO, marine diesel oil, or MDO, and marine gas oil, or MGO, for the relevant period, measured in metric tons. The sales volume of marine fuel is an indicator of the size of our operations as it affects both the sales and the cost of marine petroleum products recorded during a given period. Sales volume of marine fuel does not include the sales volume of lubricants due to insignificant volumes for all periods presented.
 
 
·
Gross spread on marine petroleum products and gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold.  Gross spread on marine petroleum products represents the margin that we generate on sales of marine fuel and lubricants.  Gross spread on marine fuel represents the margin that we generate on sales of various classifications of MFO or MGO. Gross spread on lubricants represents the margin that we generate on sales of lubricants.  We calculate the gross spreads by subtracting from the sales of the respective marine petroleum product the cost of the marine petroleum product sold and cargo transportation costs.  For arrangements in which we physically supply marine petroleum products using our bunkering tankers, costs of marine petroleum products sold represents amounts paid by us for marine petroleum products sold in the relevant reporting period. For arrangements in which marine petroleum products are purchased from our related company, Aegean Oil, cost of marine petroleum products sold represents the total amount paid by us to the physical supplier for marine petroleum products and their delivery to our customers.  For arrangements in which we purchase cargos for our floating storage facilities, cargo transportation costs are either included in the purchase price of marine fuels that we paid to the supplier or paid separately by us to a third-party transportation provider.
 
Gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold represents the margins we generate per metric ton of marine fuel sold. We calculate gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold by dividing the gross spread on marine fuel by the sales volume of marine fuel. Marine fuel sales do not include sales of lubricants. The following table reflects the calculation of gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold for the periods presented:

   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)
 
             
Sales of marine petroleum products
    1,269,001       899,166  
Less: Cost of marine petroleum products sold
    (1,192,281 )     (818,714 )
Less: Cargo transportation costs
    (5,765 )     (2,043 )
Gross spread on marine petroleum products
    70,955       78,409  
Less: Gross spread on lubricants
    (437 )     (1,315 )
Gross spread on marine fuel
    70,518       77,094  
                 
Sales volume of marine fuel (metric tons)
    2,292,572       2,808,974  
                 
Gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold (U.S. dollars)
    30.8       27.4  

 
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The following table reconciles our gross spread on marine petroleum products sold to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, operating income, for the periods presented:

   
Six months ended June 30,
 
             
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
             
Gross spread on marine petroleum products
    70,955       78,409  
Add: Voyage revenues
    -       5,540  
Add: Other revenues
    4,047       3,279  
Add: Gain on sale of vessel
    -       4,185  
Add: Cargo transportation costs
    5,765       2,043  
Less: Salaries, wages and related costs
    (18,790 )     (22,493 )
Less: Depreciation
    (5,681 )     (7,807 )
Less: Amortization
    (1,811 )     (2,270 )
Less: Other operating expenses
    (33,565 )     (34,970 )
Operating income
    20,920       25,916  

The amount that we have to pay for marine petroleum products to fulfill a customer order has been the primary variable in determining the prices quoted to customers. Therefore, we evaluate gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold and gross spread on marine petroleum products in pricing individual transactions and in long-term strategic pricing decisions. We actively monitor our pricing and sourcing strategies in order to optimize our gross spread on marine petroleum products. We believe that this measure is important to investors because it is an effective intermediate performance measure of the strength of our operations.
 
Gross spread on marine petroleum products (including gross spread on marine fuel and gross spread on lubricants) and gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold should not be considered as alternatives to operating income, net income or other GAAP measures and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Gross spread on marine petroleum products and gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold do not reflect certain direct and indirect costs of delivering marine petroleum products to our customers (such as crew salaries, vessel depreciation, storage costs, other vessel operating expenses and overhead costs) or other costs of doing business.
 
For the periods presented, we purchased marine petroleum products in Greece from our related company, Aegean Oil, which is a physical supplier in Greece. The cost of these marine petroleum products was contractually calculated based on Aegean Oil's actual cost of these products plus a margin.  
 
 
·
Number of markets served.  The number of markets served includes our operations at our service centers in the United Arab Emirates, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Singapore, Northern Europe, West Africa, Vancouver, Portland (U.K.) and Greece, where we conduct operations through our related company, Aegean Oil, as well as our trading operations in Montreal and Mexico. The number of markets served is an indicator of the geographical distribution of our operations and affects both the amount of revenues and expenses that we record during a given period.  We commenced physical supply operations in Singapore on June 2, 2006, in Northern Europe on October 9, 2007, in Ghana on January 15, 2008, in Portland (U.K.) on April 1, 2008, and in Trinidad on April 1, 2009.  On July 1, 2008, we acquired ICS Petroleum, a Canadian based marketer and supplier of marine petroleum products in Vancouver, Montreal and Mexico.
 
 
·
Average number of operating bunkering vessels.  Average number of operating bunkering vessels is the number of operating bunkering vessels in our fleet for the relevant period, as measured by the sum of the number of days each bunkering vessel was used as a part of our
 

 
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fleet during the period divided by the cumulative number of calendar days in the period multiplied by the number of operating bunkering vessels at the end of the period.  This figure does not take into account non-operating days due to either scheduled or unscheduled maintenance. The average number of operating bunkering vessels is an indicator of the size of our fleet and operations and affects both the amount of revenues and expenses that we record during a given period.
 
The following table reflects our sales volume of marine fuel, gross spread on marine petroleum products, gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold, number of service centers and average number of operating bunkering vessels for the periods indicated.
 
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars,
 unless otherwise stated)
 
Sales volume of marine fuel (metric tons)
    2,292,572       2,808,974  
Gross spread on marine petroleum products
    70,955       78,409  
Gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold (U.S. dollars)
    30.8       27.4  
Number of markets served, end of period
    8       12  
Average number of operating bunkering vessels
    20.3       31.4  
 
Sales of Marine Petroleum Products and Gross Spread on Marine Petroleum Products
 
Our sales of marine petroleum products and gross spread on marine petroleum products consist of the sales revenue and gross spread that we generate on sales of marine fuel and lubricants.
 
Our sales of marine petroleum products are driven primarily by the number of our service centers, the number of operating bunkering tankers in our fleet, our sales prices and our credit terms and credit control process. The cost of marine petroleum products sold is driven primarily by availability of marine petroleum products, our purchasing methods, supplier cost prices and credit terms and our internal quality control processes. These drivers, in turn, are affected by a number of factors, including:
 
 
·
our entrance into new markets;
 
 
·
our purchasing methods of marine petroleum products;
 
 
·
our marketing strategy;
 
 
·
our vessel acquisitions and disposals;
 
 
·
PLATTS prices;
 
 
·
conditions in the international shipping and the marine fuel supply industries;
 
 
·
regulation of the marine fuel supply industry;
 
 
·
regulation of the tanker industry;
 
 
·
levels of supply of and demand for marine petroleum products;
 
 
·
levels of competition; and
 
 
·
other factors affecting our industry.
 

 
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The following table reflects our sales of marine petroleum products in each of the continents our service centers are located based on the point-of-delivery geographical location of the customer vessels for the periods indicated.
 
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
             
Europe
    526,235       336,623  
America
    157,522       142,811  
Africa
    48,087       29,052  
Asia
    537,157       390,680  
Total
    1,269,001       899,166  
 
We sell and deliver marine petroleum products to a broad and diversified customer base, including international commercial shipping companies, governments, and marine fuel traders and brokers. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2009, none of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.
 
The commercial shipping industry generally purchases marine fuel on a spot basis and historically we have not had any long-term sales volume contracts with customers. As we expand our global network and increase our geographical coverage, we expect some of our customers to enter into long-term sales volume contracts.
 
In addition to our physical supply operations, from time to time we conduct limited marine fuel trading activities, generally in locations where we do not have service centers. This business involves activities whereby we contract with third-party physical suppliers to sell us marine fuel and to deliver the marine fuel to a customer in the relevant location. Accordingly, our trading activities do not involve our physical possession of marine fuel and require less complex logistical operations, and infrastructure. As such, we typically earn a significantly lower gross spread from our trading activities than from our physical supply activities.
 
We purchase and take delivery of marine petroleum products from various suppliers under long-term volume contracts or on the spot market. Long-term supply contracts from third parties allow us to minimize our exposure to supply shortages. In general, at each of our service centers except for Gibraltar, the United Arab Emirates and West Africa, we purchase from local supply sources.
 
 
Our cost of marine petroleum products includes purchases from related companies. In Greece, we purchase marine petroleum products under a ten-year supply contract that commenced on April 1, 2005, from our related company, Aegean Oil, which charges us its actual cost of the marine petroleum products plus a margin. We believe the amounts we paid to our related company are comparable to amounts that we would have negotiated in arm's-length transactions with unaffiliated third parties.
 

 
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The following table reflects our cost of marine petroleum products sold incurred from third-party suppliers and from our related company suppliers for the periods indicated.
 
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
             
Third-party suppliers
    1,043,261       709,884  
Related company suppliers
    149,020       108,830  
Total
    1,192,281       818,714  

 
We seek to increase our sales of marine petroleum products and our gross spread on marine petroleum products on an integrated basis, through expansion into new markets, acquisitions of double hull bunkering tankers and the diversification and further optimization of purchasing methods. Our gross spread on marine petroleum products differs for each of our service centers, reflecting the different competitive conditions that exist in the markets served by them. Factors affecting competitive conditions in a market that we service include customer demand, availability of supplies and the strength and number of competitors that operate in the market. We believe that for any new service centers that we may establish, gross spread on marine petroleum products may be lower than from our existing service centers. We also believe that the competitive conditions in the markets served by our existing service centers may generally be more favorable to us than those in other markets that we may consider for future expansion.
 
Voyage Revenues
 
Our voyage revenues are primarily derived from employment of our specialty tankers which are double hull petroleum tankers with roll-on roll-off facilities and refueling capabilities for fuel trucks.  In 2008, we have employed our specialty tanker, Maistros, under a contract of affreightment with Aegean Oil for the distribution of gasoline and other refined petroleum products in the Greek islands. During the six month period ended June 30, 2009, we recognized $2.1 million revenue from Aegean Oil under this contract of affreightment.  This contract was terminated on June 10, 2009, when we sold the two specialty tankers Maistros and Ostria to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser.
 
In the past, our voyage revenues were primarily derived from time and voyage charters of our only non-bunkering tanker, Aegean Hellas, which is a single hull Aframax tanker with a cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 92,000 dwt. We purchased this tanker with the initial intention of strategically positioning it as a floating storage facility at one of the ports that we serve. As of December 31, 2006, we were deploying this vessel for hire in the international spot market. Voyage revenues of Aegean Hellas were driven primarily by the number of operating days and the amount of daily charter hire rates, which, in turn, were affected by a number of factors, including the duration of the charter, the age, condition and specification of the vessel and the levels of supply and demand in the tanker shipping industry. On April 17, 2007, we sold Aegean Hellas to an unrelated third party.
 
Salaries, Wages and Related Costs
 
We employ salaried employees at our offices in Greece, New York City, and at each of our service centers. Furthermore, we employ crews for our bunkering tankers under short-term contracts. The majority of our salaries, wages and related costs are for our salaried employees and vessel crews. Costs relating to our salaried employees are mainly incurred at our office in Greece where most of our sales and marketing, operations, technical, accounting and finance departments are located and our administrative office in New York City from where we oversee our financial and other reporting functions. We maintain a minimal number of salaried employees at our service centers where we typically employ a local operations manager and staff to support the logistical aspects of our operations.
 

 
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The following table reflects salaries, wages and costs related to our crews and salaried employees.
 
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
   
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
             
Shipboard personnel
    9,685       11,265  
Shoreside personnel
    9,105       11,228  
Total
    18,790       22,493  
 
Our salaries, wages and related costs have grown over the past several years mainly due to our expansion and the increase in crew wages as we have added bunkering vessels to our fleet. We expect that the amount of salaries, wages and related costs will continue to increase as a result of our further expansion into new markets and acquisitions of additional double hull bunkering tankers and floating storage facilities.
 
Depreciation
 
 
The cost of our vessels is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of each vessel. We expect that these charges will continue to increase primarily as a result of our planned acquisitions of additional bunkering tankers and floating storage facilities.
 
Other Operating Expenses
 
Other operating expenses primarily include the operating expenses of our vessels, including the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance (which does not include amortization of drydocking costs), the cost of spares and consumable stores, consumption of marine petroleum products and other miscellaneous expenses.  Our bunkering vessel operating expenses, which generally represent fixed costs, have historically increased as a result of the enlargement of our fleet. We expect these expenses to increase further as a result of our acquisition of additional bunkering vessels and floating storage facilities.
 
Other operating expenses also include expenses relating to rent, communal charges, advertising, travel, public relations and auditing and legal fees. We expect these expenses to increase further as we enter new markets and as a result of our transformation from a privately-held business to a publicly-traded company.
 
Other operating expenses include a provision for doubtful accounts. We believe that our provision for doubtful accounts has been relatively low in the past several years due to our effective credit control process. As we expand our operations across the globe, we expect our provision for doubtful accounts to increase concurrently with our revenues.
 
Finally, other operating expenses include amounts relating to the storage of marine petroleum products resulting from acquisitions and use of floating storage facilities such as our tankers, Ouranos, Fos, Leader and Aegean IX. We believe that the ownership of floating storage facilities will allow us to mitigate the risk of supply shortages. Generally, the costs of storage have been included in the price per metric ton quoted by local suppliers of refined marine fuel. Accordingly, we expect that the ownership of floating storage facilities will allow us to convert the variable costs of this storage fee markup per metric ton quoted by suppliers into fixed costs of operating our storage facilities, allowing us to spread larger sales volumes over a fixed cost base and to decrease our refined marine fuel costs.
 
Management Fees
 
 
We have historically paid Aegean Shipping Management S.A., or Aegean Shipping, our former fleet manager and a related company, owned and controlled by members of Mr. Melisanidis' family, a fixed management fee per month for each vessel in our operating fleet in exchange for providing our bunkering tankers and Aframax tankers with strategic, technical and commercial
 

 
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management services in connection with the deployment of our fleet. On April 17, 2007, we sold the last vessel managed by Aegean Shipping, Aegean Hellas. We believe the amounts we paid to our related company manager were comparable to amounts that we would have negotiated in arm's-length transactions with unaffiliated third parties.
 
Interest and Finance Costs
 
We have historically incurred interest expense and financing costs in connection with long-term debt to partially finance the acquisitions of our vessels and in connection with short-term bank borrowings obtained for working capital purposes. In connection with our initial public offering, we repaid and terminated a portion of our outstanding indebtedness. Subsequently, we have incurred and expect to continue incurring interest expense and financing costs under our existing credit facilities to finance the construction of our new bunkering tankers and our senior secured credit facility. We intend to limit the amount of these expenses and costs by repaying our outstanding indebtedness from time to time from our cash flows from operations.
 
We believe that, in the short-term, a majority of the interest and financing costs relating to our credit facilities to finance vessel construction, will be capitalized as part of the acquisition costs of our vessels and not be incurred as interest expense in our statements of income.
 
Income Taxes
 
Our principal operating subsidiary, AMP, is incorporated in the Republic of Liberia. Under regulations promulgated by the Liberian Ministry of Finance, because AMP is considered a non-resident domestic corporation, it is not required to pay any tax or file any report or return with the Republic of Liberia in respect of income derived from its operations outside of the Republic of Liberia. The Liberian Ministry of Justice has issued an opinion that these regulations are valid. If AMP were subject to Liberian tax, it would be subject to tax at a rate of 35% on its worldwide income, and dividends it pays to us would be subject to a withholding tax at rates ranging from 15% to 20%.
 
AMP has established an office in Greece which provides services to AMP and AMP's office in Cyprus. Under the laws of Greece, and in particular under Greek Law 3427/2005 which amended, replaced and supplemented provisions of Law 89/1967, which expired on December 31, 2005, the income of AMP's Greek office is calculated on a cost plus basis on expenses incurred by that office. The Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance has determined that the profit margin applicable to AMP is 5%. This determination is subject to periodic review. AMP's income, as calculated by applying the 5% profit margin, is subject to Greek corporate income tax at the rate of 29% for fiscal year 2006 and 25% for fiscal years 2007 and later. All expenses to which the profit percentage applies are deducted from gross income for Greek corporate income tax purposes. Accordingly, under Greek Law 3427/2005, as currently applied to us, we expect that AMP will continue to have no liability for any material amount of Greek income tax.
 
Under the laws of the countries of incorporation of our vessel-owning subsidiaries and our subsidiaries that operate service centers and the laws of the countries of our vessels' registration, our vessel-owning companies are generally not subject to tax on our income that is characterized as shipping income.
 
Our corporate income tax exposure is in taxable jurisdictions such as Gibraltar, Jamaica, Singapore, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Canada.
 
Our business is affected by taxes imposed on the purchase and sale of marine petroleum products in various jurisdictions in which we operate from time to time. These taxes include sales, excise, goods and services taxes, value-added taxes, and other taxes.  Other than in Canada, we do not pay a material amount of tax in any jurisdiction in which we operate.  For the six month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2009, our income tax amounted to $0 and $0.5 million, respectively.  The increase in our income tax amount was mainly attributable to our Canadian operations.  We are currently in the process of restructuring our Canadian operations and expect to decrease our future income tax liability in Canada.
 

 
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Results of Operations
 
Six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to six months ended June 30, 2008
 
Selected financial data
 
   
Six months ended June 30,
             
   
2008
   
2009
   
Change $
   
%
 
                         
                         
Sales of marine petroleum products
    1,269,001       899,166       (369,835 )     (29.1 %)
Voyage and other revenues
    4,047       8,819       4,772       117.9 %
Total revenues
    1,273,048       907,985       (365,063 )     (28.7 %)
Cost of marine petroleum products sold
    1,192,281       818,714       (373,567 )     (31.3 %)
Salaries, wages and related costs
    18,790       22,493       3,703       19.7 %
Depreciation and amortization
    7,492       10,077       2,585       34.5 %
All other operating expenses
    33,565       30,785       (2,780 )     (8.3 %)
Operating income
    20,920       25,916       4,996       23.9 %
Net financing costs
    4,829       4,458       (371 )     (7.7 %)
Other non-operating expenses (income)
    (1,297 )     739       2,036       (157.0 %)
Net income
    17,388       20,719       3,331       19.2 %
 
Sales of Marine Petroleum Products.  Sales of marine petroleum products decreased by $369.8 million, or 29.1%, to $899.2 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 compared to $1,269.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. Of the total decrease in sales of marine petroleum products, $540.2 million was attributable to a 42.8% decrease in the average price of marine fuel (using sales volumes for the six month period ended June 30, 2008), while an increase in sales volume of marine fuel (using average prices for the six month period ended June 30, 2009) and an increase in the sales of lubricants increased sales of marine petroleum products by $162.7 and $7.7 million respectively. Sales volume of marine fuel increased by 516,402 metric tons, or 22.5%, to 2,808,974 metric tons for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to 2,292,572 metric tons for the six month period ended June 30, 2008 due to additional volume of sales of marine fuel in Singapore, Greece and Northern Europe and due to sales in our new markets: Portland (U.K.), Vancouver, Montreal and Mexico.
 
Gross Spread on Marine Petroleum Products.  Gross spread on marine petroleum products increased by $7.4 million, or 10.4%, to $78.4 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $71.0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. The increase in our gross spread on marine petroleum products mainly resulted from the increased sales volume of marine fuel. Our gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold during the six month period ended June 30, 2009 decreased by $3.4, or 11.0%, to $27.4 compared to $30.8 for the six month period ended June 30, 2008.  Gross spreads per metric ton do not generally increase or decrease proportionately with the price of marine fuel. Accordingly, gross spread on marine petroleum products, as a percentage of total revenues, increased from 5.6% for the six month period ended June 30, 2008 to 8.6% for the six month period ended June 30, 2009.  Gross spread on marine petroleum products and gross spread per metric ton of marine fuel sold are non-GAAP measures and should not be considered as alternatives to operating income, net income or other GAAP measures and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Please refer to section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations" for a reconciliation of gross spread on marine petroleum products to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
 
Voyage Revenues.  Voyage revenues were $5.5 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $0 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. Voyage revenues for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 were attributable to the employment of our specialty tanker, Maistros, under the contract of affreightment with Aegean Oil, which commenced on October 1, 2008 and to the employment of our vessels Aegean III, Aegean VIII, Aegean XII, Aegean Daisy, Aegean Rose, Aegean Breeze and Aegean Tiffany to serve an unaffiliated third-party.

 
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Salaries, Wages and Related Costs.  Salaries, wages and related costs increased by $3.7 million, or 19.7%, to $22.5 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $18.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. This increase was mainly due to increased full-time employees as we hired new employees to manage our expanded fleet and service center network. Furthermore, crew costs increased as the average number of operating bunkering vessels increased to 31.4 for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to 20.3 for the six month period ended June 30, 2008.
 
Depreciation.   Depreciation increased by $2.1 million, or 36.8%, to $7.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $5.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. This increase is in line with the 54.7% increase in the average number of operating bunkering vessels.
 
 
Other Operating Expenses.  Other operating expenses decreased by $2.8 million, or 8.3%, to $30.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $33.6 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. This decrease in other operating expenses was primarily attributable to the following factors: gain on sale of the Roro vessels, increased bunker vessel expenses due to our expanded fleet.
 
Interest and Finance Costs.  Interest and finance costs decreased by $0.6 million to $4.5 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to $5.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in interest and finance costs was mainly attributable to the lower interest rates despite the higher debt outstanding relating to the financing of our newbuildings.

Inflation
 
Inflation has had only a moderate effect on our expenses given recent economic conditions. In the event that significant global inflationary pressures appear, these pressures would increase our operating costs.
 
        Liquidity and capital resources
 
Our treasury activities are controlled centrally by our treasury department, which is located at our offices in Greece. Our treasury department administers our working capital resources including our current accounts, time deposits, overdrafts and bank loans. Our liquidity objective is to maintain an optimum daily net cash position which takes into consideration immediate working capital and operational requirements, as well as short- to medium-term capital expenditure requirements, but which would not result in an unnecessary net cash surplus. In this way we seek to maximize available cash to reinvest in our business. Our policy is to minimize the use of time deposits, financial instruments or other forms of investments which we believe generate lower levels of return than the return on our invested capital.
 
Our cash is primarily denominated in U.S. dollars because our sales of marine petroleum products are fully denominated in U.S. dollars. Our service centers pay their operating expenses in various currencies—primarily the Euro, the UAE dirham, the Gibraltar pound, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, the Jamaican dollar, and the Singapore dollar. Our treasury department transfers cash to our service centers monthly on an as-needed basis and accordingly, we maintain low levels of foreign currency at our service centers.
 
Under the laws of jurisdictions where our subsidiaries are located, there are currently no restrictions on the export or import of capital, including foreign exchange controls or restrictions that materially affect the remittance of dividends, loans, interest or other payments. Most of our vessel-owning subsidiaries have long-term bank loans outstanding that were obtained to partially finance the acquisition cost of their vessels. Most of these vessel-owning companies are not permitted to pay any dividends without the lender's prior consent. However, these vessel-owning companies generally do not generate third-party revenues and do not possess material amounts of excess cash. Therefore, these restrictions on our vessel-owning companies' ability to pay dividends to us should not materially impact our ability to meet our cash obligations. Accordingly, there are no significant restrictions on our ability to access and mobilize our capital resources located around the world.
 

 
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We have funded our business primarily through: (i) cash generated from operations, (ii) equity capital, (iii) short-term borrowings, and (iv) long-term bank debt. We have a revolving credit facility that provides for borrowings up to certain amounts for working capital purposes as well as a sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit. Furthermore, we have long-term debt facilities with several banks in order to partially finance the acquisition costs of several of our vessels. The credit agreements for the long-term debt facilities are secured with first priority mortgages over certain of our vessels. As of June 30, 2009, we believe that we were in compliance in all material respects with all covenants of our credit facilities. We also believe that our working capital resources are sufficient for our present requirements
 
Cash Flow
 
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
 
Net cash used in operating activities was $79.8 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $21.5 million for the same period in 2008. This decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in working capital.  Working capital excluding cash and debt increased by $12.8 million, to a surplus of $204.0 million as of June 30, 2009 compared to a surplus of $191.2 million as of June 30, 2008.
 
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $35.2 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009. During the period, we paid $52.4 million as milestone payments under our newbuilding and engineering contracts and we paid $22.2 million mainly to acquire the secondhand vessels, Aegean Star, Aegean Champion and Aegean Ace. During the six month period ended June 30, 2009, we received net cash consideration of $34.1 million for the sale of our specialty tankers. Furthermore, our restricted cash balances decreased by $5.5 million which increased our cash flows by the same amount.
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $52.1 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. During the period, we paid $64.6 million as milestone payments under our newbuilding and engineering contracts and we paid $1.0 million to acquire the secondhand tanker Orion. During the six month period ended June 30, 2008, our restricted cash balance decreased by $13.8 million which increased our cash flows by the same amount.
 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
 
Net cash provided by financing activities was $95.4 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 mainly due to additional drawdowns of $181.9 million under our term loan facilities to finance a portion of the construction costs of our new vessels.  Part of this increase in funding was offset by repayments of long-term debt of $23.8 million and $60.8 million in payments to reduce short-term borrowings.  Furthermore, during the six month period ended June 30, 2009, we paid for financing costs $1.0 and declared and paid dividends of $0.9 million to our shareholders.
 
Net cash provided by financing activities was $44.7 million for the six month period ended June 30, 2008 mainly due to additional drawdowns of $43.4 million under our term loan facilities to finance a portion of the construction costs of our new vessels, and we drew down $4.0 million under our senior secured credit facility primarily to finance working capital requirements. Furthermore, during the six month period ended June 30, 2008, we performed repayments of our long-term debt of $1.2 and we declared and paid dividends of $0.9 million to our shareholders.
 
               Trend information.
 
During the six month period ended June 30, 2009, our sales volume of marine fuel increased by 22.5% as compared to the prior year, which was mainly due to sales in our new markets: Portland (U.K.), Vancouver, Montreal and Mexico.  We have also expanded our bunkering fleet by taking delivery of one double-hull bunkering tanker newbuilding and one specialty tanker newbuilding and by acquiring three secondhand double-hull bunkering tankers during the period .  We expect our growth to continue
 

 
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in 2009 as we expand our business and marine fuel delivery capabilities in existing markets and enter new markets.  We have commenced operations in Tangiers, Morocco and Trinidad and Tobago in the second quarter of 2009 and we expect to expand our fleet by at least 9 new double hull bunkering tankers, for which we have firm orders, during the next two years, and may purchase additional secondhand vessels in the future.
 
In addition to our bunkering operations, we market and distribute marine lubricants under the Alfa Marine Lubricants brand. In February 2009, we entered into an agreement to join the Sealub Alliance Network, a group recently formed by Gulf Oil Marine Ltd. to collaborate in the marketing and distribution of marine lubricants.  We expect the sales volumes of lubricants to increase in 2009.
 
In 2008, we have employed our specialty tanker, Maistros, under a contract of affreightment with Aegean Oil for the distribution of gasoline and other refined petroleum products in the Greek islands. However, due to the sale of our Roro tankers, voyage revenues are expected to decrease in the third and forth quarter of 2009.
 
Our success in attracting business has been due, in part, to our willingness to extend trade credit on an unsecured basis to our customers after suitable credit analysis of them.  The recent adverse changes in world credit markets may adversely affect our ability to do business with customers whose creditworthiness may no longer meet our criteria.  Volatility in the price of marine fuel and lubricants may also affect our working capital requirements.
 
                Off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
                Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations.
 
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
 
The following table sets forth our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2008:
 
   
Within
One Year
   
One to
Three Years
   
Three to
Five Years
   
More than Five Years
   
Total
 
   
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
 
Long-term bank debt (excluding interest)
    9.4       24.9       29.3       100.0       163.6  
Interest on long-term bank debt (1)
    7.0       13.0       11.1       19.7       50.8  
Minimum purchase commitments (2)
    23.2       46.4       46.4       29.0       145.0  
Newbuilding contracts—bunkering tankers
    99.0       25.3       -       -       124.3  
Secondhand–bunkering tankers
    2.3       -                       2.3  
Newbuilding contracts—specialty tankers
    6.4       -       -       -       6.4  
Total
    147.3       109.6       86.8       148.7       492.4  

(1)
Our long-term bank debt outstanding as of December 31, 2008 bears variable interest at margin over LIBOR. The calculation of variable rate interest payments is based on an actual weighted average rate of 4.35% for the year ended December 31, 2008, adjusted upward by 10 basis points for each year thereafter.
 
(2)
In the normal course of business, we have entered into long-term contracts with reputable suppliers such as government refineries or major oil producers. The contractual commitments set forth in the above table include the minimum purchase requirements in our contract with Aegean Oil. The minimum purchase requirements provided for in our contract with Aegean Oil have been calculated by multiplying the minimum monthly volumes of marine fuel specified in the contract by an indicative market price based on quoted PLATTS prices as of December 31, 2008.
 
Critical Accounting Policies
 
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of such financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions.
 

 
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Critical accounting policies are those that reflect significant judgments of uncertainties and potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. We have described below what we believe to be our most critical accounting policies, because they generally involve a comparatively higher degree of judgment in their application. For a description of our significant accounting policies, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on April 22, 2009.
 
Trade Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
We extend credit on an unsecured basis to many of our customers. There is uncertainty over the level of uncollectibility of customer accounts. Our management is responsible for approving credit limits above certain amounts, setting and maintaining credit standards, and managing the overall quality of our credit portfolio. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and adjust credit limits based upon payment history and the customer's current credit worthiness. Accounts receivable are deemed past due based on contractual terms agreed with our customers.
 
We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers and maintain a provision for estimated credit losses based upon our historical experience with our customers, current market and industry conditions of our customers, and any specific customer collection issues that we have identified. Accounts and notes receivable are reduced by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. At the end of each reporting period, we calculate an allowance for doubtful accounts based on an aging schedule where we apply set percentages to categories of overdue trade receivables. These set percentages are based on historical experience and currently available management information on customer accounts. Furthermore, we provide appropriate allowances for any specific customer collection issue we identify which allowance is calculated on a case-by-case basis. Trade receivables are written off when it becomes apparent based upon age or customer circumstances that such amounts will not be collected.
 
We believe the level of our allowance for doubtful accounts is reasonable based on our experience and our analysis of the net realizable value of our trade receivables during each reporting period. The estimates driving the calculation of our allowance for doubtful accounts have not changed in the past periods and we do not expect these estimates to change in the foreseeable future because they have resulted and we believe that they will continue to result in accurate calculations of our allowance for doubtful accounts. We cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same credit loss rates that we have experienced in the past, since adverse changes in the marine industry or changes in the liquidity or financial position of our customers could have a material adverse effect on the collectability of our trade receivables and our future operating results. If credit losses exceed established allowances, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.
 
Depreciation
 
We record the value of our vessels at their cost (which includes acquisition costs directly attributable to the vessel and expenditures made to prepare the vessel for its initial voyage) less accumulated depreciation. We depreciate our vessels on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is based on cost less the estimated residual scrap value.
 
We estimate the useful lives for our bunkering tankers to be 30 years from date of initial delivery from the shipyard.  Furthermore, we estimate the useful life of our floating storage facilities to be 30 years from the date of acquisition. We estimate the residual scrap values of our vessels to be $175 per light-weight ton. We form these estimates based on our experience and the prevailing practices of other companies in the bunkering and shipping industries.
 
An increase in the estimated useful life of a tanker or in its estimated residual value would have the effect of decreasing the annual depreciation charge and extending it into later periods. A decrease in the estimated useful life of a tanker or in its estimated residual value would have the effect of increasing the annual depreciation charge. A 20% decrease in the remaining estimated useful lives of our vessels would increase our depreciation charge for the six month period ended June 30, 2009 by $1.9 million.
 

 
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Estimates may need to be changed if new regulations place limitations over the ability of a vessel to trade on a worldwide basis. This would cause us to adjust the vessel's useful life to end at the date such regulations become effective.
 
Our estimates of the useful lives of our vessels and of the residual scrap values of our vessels have not changed in the past periods. We do not expect these estimates to change in the foreseeable future because we believe they will continue to accurately represent the useful lives of tanker vessels and the long-term scrap values of steel.
 
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
 
We evaluate the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets to determine if events have occurred which would require modification to their carrying values. In evaluating useful lives and carrying values of long-lived assets, we review certain indicators of potential impairment, such as vessel sale and purchase prices in the marketplace, business plans and overall market conditions. If an indicator of impairment exists, we determine undiscounted projected net operating cash flow for each vessel or group of vessels and compare it to the relevant carrying value. In the event that undiscounted projected net operating cash flows were less than carrying value, we would estimate the fair value of the related asset and record a charge to operations calculated by comparing the asset's carrying value to the estimated fair value. When performing impairment assessments, management would generally consider vessel valuation reports obtained from third-party valuation specialists.
 
Deferred Drydock Cost
 
Our vessels are generally required to be drydocked approximately every 30 to 60 months for major repairs and maintenance that cannot be performed while the vessels are operating. We capitalize the costs associated with drydockings as they occur and amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the period between drydockings. Costs capitalized as part of the drydocking include actual costs incurred at the drydock yard and parts used in making such repairs that are reasonably made in anticipation of reducing the duration or cost of the drydocking; cost of travel, lodging and subsistence of our personnel sent to the drydocking site to supervise; and the cost of hiring a third party to oversee a drydocking. We believe that these types of capitalized costs are consistent with practice among other companies in our industry that apply this method of accounting and that our policy of capitalization reflects the economics and market values of the vessels.
 
Although many companies in our industry apply this method of accounting for deferred drydock costs, some companies apply other methods of accounting, such as expensing drydock costs as incurred. If we were to adopt that method of accounting as our accounting policy, our drydock costs would have been as disclosed under the heading "As Incurred" in the table below, for the periods presented therein.


   
Average Number of Vessels
   
Drydock Costs
 
Six months Ended June 30,
 
Bunkering
   
Non-bunkering
   
As Reported
   
As Incurred
 
               
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
2008
    20.29       3.00       1,656       3,770  
2009
    31.36       5.92       2,115       1,857  
 
 
The table above discloses the average number of vessels that we have owned in each of the periods presented and the drydock costs that we have reported. In the future, depending on the date a newly-purchased secondhand vessel is drydocked prior to its delivery to us, we may pay drydocking costs and incur subsequent amortization expense of these costs sooner after delivery than if the vessel had been owned by us throughout its life. This would increase our average drydocking expenses in periods immediately following the acquisition.
 
Following acquisition of vessels under newbuilding contracts, we would expect to first pay drydocking costs and incur subsequent amortization expense of these costs approximately 30 months after the delivery of the vessel from the shipyard. This would decrease our average drydocking expenses in periods immediately following the acquisition since we would have no such costs to amortize in respect of these vessels until they were first drydocked.

 
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Matters contained in this discussion of our financial condition and results of operations, or this report, may constitute forward-looking statements.  The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business.  Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

       We desire to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation.  This report and any other written or oral statements made by us or on our behalf may include forward-looking statements, which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance.  When used in this report, the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
 
The forward-looking statements in this report are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties.  Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking statements include, among other things, assumptions regarding demand for our products, the cost and availability of refined marine fuel from suppliers, pricing levels, the timing and cost of capital expenditures, competitive conditions, and general economic conditions.  These assumptions could prove inaccurate.  Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
 
In addition to these assumptions and matters discussed elsewhere herein, important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include:

 
·
our future operating or financial results;
 
·
our future payment of dividends and the availability of cash for payment of dividends;
 
·
our ability to retain and attract senior management and other key employees;
 
·
our ability to manage growth;
 
·
our ability to maintain our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion;
 
·
our ability to obtain double hull bunkering tankers given the scarcity of such vessels in general;
 
·
the outcome of legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party;
 
·
adverse conditions in the shipping or the marine fuel supply industries;
 
·
our ability to retain our key suppliers and key customers;
 
·
our contracts and licenses with governmental entities remaining in full force and effect;
 
·
material disruptions in the availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products;
 
·
changes in the market price of petroleum, including the volatility of spot pricing;
 
·
increased levels of competition;
 
·
compliance or lack of compliance with various environmental and other applicable laws and regulations;
 
·
our ability to collect accounts receivable;
 
·
changes in the political, economic or regulatory conditions in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general;
 
·
our future, pending or recent acquisitions, business strategy, areas of possible expansion, and expected capital spending or operating expenses;
 
·
our failure to hedge certain financial risks associated with our business;
 
·
uninsured losses;
 
·
our ability to maintain our current tax treatment;
 
·
our failure to comply with restrictions in our credit agreements;
 
·
increases in interest rates; and
 
·
other important factors described from time to time in our filings with the Commission.

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND JUNE 30, 2009
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars – except for share and per share data)
 
   
December 31, 2008
   
June 30,
 2009
 
             
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 46,927     $ 27,316  
Trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,323 and $1,282,
as of December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009, respectively
    131,266       231,302  
Due from related companies
    2,501       5,949  
Inventories
    55,330       103,828  
Prepayments and other current assets
    13,731       16,359  
Restricted cash
    1,632       -  
Total current assets
    251,387       384,754  
                 
FIXED ASSETS:
               
Advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions
    113,564       139,032  
Vessels, cost
    260,741       284,910  
Vessels, accumulated depreciation
    (26,606 )     (33,824 )
Vessels' net book value
    234,135       251,086  
Other fixed assets, net
    1,681       1,770  
Total fixed assets
    349,380       391,888  
                 
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Restricted cash
    3,838       -  
Deferred charges, net
    12,440       13,188  
Concession Agreement
    7,407       7,253  
Goodwill
    17,431       17,431  
Other non-current assets
    24       333  
Total assets
  $ 641,907     $ 814,847  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Short-term borrowings
  $ 90,000     $ 29,234  
Current portion of long-term debt
    9,352       10,242  
Trade payables to third parties
    67,817       111,198  
Trade payables to related companies
    22,462       29,252  
Other payables to related companies
    187       831  
Accrued and other current liabilities
    12,204       12,197  
Total current liabilities
    202,022       192,954  
                 
LONG-TERM DEBT, net of current portion
    154,269       311,395  
                 
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
    613       4,226  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
               
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
    -       -  
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
42,543,608 and 42,586,505 shares, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009, respectively
    425       426  
Additional paid-in capital
    190,658       192,276  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    211       -  
Retained earnings
    93,709       113,570  
Total stockholders' equity
    285,003       306,272  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 641,907     $ 814,847  

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

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars – except for share and per share data)

 
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
             
REVENUES:
           
Sales of marine petroleum products – third parties
  $ 1,261,679     $ 896,349  
Sales of marine petroleum products – related companies
    7,322       2,817  
Voyage revenues
    -       5,540  
Other revenues
    4,047       3,279  
                 
Total revenues
    1,273,048       907,985  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES:
               
Cost of marine petroleum products sold – third parties
    1,043,261       709,884  
Cost of marine petroleum products sold – related companies
    149,020       108,830  
Salaries, wages and related costs
    18,790       22,493  
Depreciation
    5,681       7,807  
Amortization of drydocking costs
    1,656       2,115  
Amortization of concession agreement
    155       155  
Gain on sale of vessels
    -       (4,185 )
Other operating expenses
    33,565       34,970  
                 
Total operating expenses
    1,252,128       882,069  
                 
Operating income
    20,920       25,916  
                 
OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE):
               
Interest and finance costs
    (5,053 )     (4,482 )
Interest income
    224       24  
Foreign exchange gains(losses), net
    1,304       (216 )
      (3,525 )     (4,674 )
                 
Income before income taxes
    17,395       21,242  
                 
Income taxes
    (7 )     (523 )
                 
Net income
  $ 17,388     $ 20,719  
                 
                 
Basic earnings per common share
  $ 0.41     $ 0.49  
Diluted earnings per common share
  $ 0.41     $ 0.49  
                 
Weighted average number of shares, basic
    42,483,292       42,565,254  
Weighted average number of shares, diluted
    42,629,293       42,565,254  
 
The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
   
Common Stock
   
Additional
Paid-in Capital
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income
   
Total
 
   
# of Shares
   
Par Value
                         
                                     
                                     
BALANCE, December 31, 2007
    42,461,428     $ 425     $ 187,795     $ 55,505       -     $ 243,725  
                                                 
- Net income
    -       -       -       17,388       -       17,388  
- Dividends declared and paid
    -       -       -       (854 )     -       (854 )
- Share-based compensation
    41,992       -       897       -       -       897  
- Other
    -       -       -       -       1,250       1,250  
                                                 
BALANCE, June 30, 2008
    42,503,420     $ 425     $ 188,692     $ 72,039     $ 1,250     $ 262,406  
                                                 
                                                 
BALANCE, December 31, 2008
    42,543,608     $ 425     $ 190,658     $ 93,709     $ 211     $ 285,003  
                                                 
- Net income
    -       -       -       20,719       -       20,719  
- Dividends declared and paid
    -       -       -       (858 )     -       (858 )
- Share-based compensation
    42,897       1       1,618       -       -       1,619  
- Other
    -       -       -       -       (211 )     (211 )
                                                 
BALANCE, June 30, 2009
    42,586,505     $ 426     $ 192,276     $ 113,570     $ -     $ 306,272  
                                                 

 

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income
  $ 17,388     $ 20,719  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation
    5,681       7,807  
Provision for (release of) doubtful accounts
    45       (41 )
Share-based compensation
    897       1,618  
Amortization
    2,264       2,626  
Provision for income taxes
    -       523  
Gain on sale of vessels
    -       (4,185 )
(Increase) Decrease in:
               
Trade receivables
    (101,717 )     (99,995 )
Due from related companies
    (1,805 )     (3,448 )
Inventories
    (18,835 )     (48,498 )
Prepayments and other current assets
    (8,680 )     (2,628 )
Increase (Decrease) in:
               
Trade payables
    129,612       49,129  
Other payables to related companies
    (144 )     644  
Accrued and other current liabilities
    510       (1,899 )
Decrease (Increase) in other non-current assets
    (1 )     (309 )
Increase in other non-current liabilities
    44       17  
Payments for dry-docking
    (3,770 )     (1,857 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    21,489       (79,777 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Advances for vessels under construction
    (64,573 )     (52,406 )
Advances for vessels acquisitions
    (959 )     (22,160 )
Net proceeds from sales of vessels
    -       34,149  
Purchase of other fixed assets
    (372 )     (264 )
Decrease in restricted cash
    13,797       5,470  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (52,107 )     (35,211 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from long-term debt
    43,439       181,858  
Repayment of long-term debt
    (1,180 )     (23,842 )
Net change in short-term borrowings
    3,993       (60,766 )
Financing costs paid
    (691 )     (1,015 )
Dividends paid
    (854 )     (858 )
Net cash provided by  financing activities
    44,707       95,377  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    14,089       (19,611 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    1,967       46,927  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 16,056     $ 27,316  


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

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

1.      Basis of Presentation and General Information:

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. ("Aegean") and its subsidiaries (Aegean and its subsidiaries are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Company") and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this report should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008. In addition to the accounting policies disclosed therein, the following policy was adopted in the six months ended June 30, 2009:

Leases: The Company records vessels under capital leases as fixed assets at the lower of the present value of the minimum lease payments at inception of the lease or the fair value of the vessel. Vessels under capital leases are amortized over the estimated remaining useful life of the vessel for capital leases which provide for transfer of title of the vessel, similar to that used for other vessels of the Company.  Assets held under capital leases are presented as "Advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions" in the balance sheet until the vessel is deemed ready for its intend use and the balance is reclassified to "Vessels, cost".  The current portion of capitalized lease obligations are reflected in the balance sheet are presented in "Accrued and other current liabilities" and remaining long-term capitalized lease obligations are presented as "Other non-current liabilities".

2.      Adoption of New Accounting Standards:

The Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Staff Position No. 157-2, "Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157" (FSP 157-2) on January 1, 2009, which delayed the effective date of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157) for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually). This standard did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition and results of operations.

The Company adopted FASB Staff Position 142-3, "Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets", (FSP 142-3). FSP 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets".
This standard did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition and results of operations.

The Company adopted FASB No. 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133" (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 requires entities to provide greater transparency through additional disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" (SFAS 133) and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an


 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

2.           Adoption of New Accounting Standards: (Continued)

entity's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. This standard did not have a material impact on the Company's disclosure.

The Company adopted FASB Staff Position No. EITF 03-6-1, "Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities" (FSP 03-6-1). In FSP 03-6-1, unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to receive nonforfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities, and thus, should be included in the two-class method of computing earnings per share (EPS). This standard did not have a material impact on the Company's disclosure of EPS.

The Company adopted FASB No. 160, "Accounting and Reporting of Noncontrolling Interests in consolidated financial statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51" (SFAS 160).
This standard did not have any impact on the Company's disclosure as there are no Noncontrolling Interests.

The Company adopted FASB No. 141(R), "Business Combinations" (SFAS 141(R)) which significantly changed the accounting for and reporting of business combination transactions. This standard was effective for the Company for business combination transactions for which the acquisition date was on or after January 1, 2009. No business combination transactions occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2009.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 165 "Subsequent Events"("SFAS No. 165"), which provides guidance on management's assessment of subsequent events. SFAS 165 clarifies that management must evaluate, as of each reporting period (i.e. interim and annual), events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date "through the date that the financial statements are issued or are available to be issued." Does not change the recognition and disclosure requirements in AICPA Professional Standards, AU Section 560, "Subsequent Events" ("AU Section 560") for Type I and Type II subsequent events; however, Statement 165 refers to them as recognized (Type I) and nonrecognized subsequent events (Type II). Requires management to disclose, in addition to the disclosures in AU Section 560, the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and whether that is the date on which the financial statements were issued or were available to be issued. SFAS 165 also indicates that management should consider supplementing historical financial statements with the pro forma impact of nonrecognized subsequent events if the event is so significant that disclosure of the event could be best made through the use of pro forma financial data. SFAS 165 is effective prospectively for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted SFAS No. 165 in the second quarter of 2009 and the adoption did not have significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

On June 29, 2009 the FASB issued statement No. 168, FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles — a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 (SFAS No. 168), which became the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Once effective, the Codification's content will carry the same level of authority, effectively superseding Statement 162. In other words, the GAAP hierarchy will be modified to include only two levels of GAAP: authoritative and nonauthoritative." Statement 168 is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 168 in the third quarter of 2009 and does not expect this standard will have an impact on the Company's financial statements.

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

3.      Inventories:

The amounts shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:
 
   
December 31, 2008
   
June 30,
 2009
 
Held for sale:
           
   Marine Fuel Oil
    44,564       90,933  
   Marine Gas Oil
    9,151       11,597  
      53,715       102,530  
Held for consumption:
               
   Marine fuel
    517       238  
   Lubricants
    920       927  
   Stores
    33       26  
   Victuals
    145       107  
      1,615       1,298  
                 
Total
    55,330       103,828  

4.      Advances for Vessels under Construction and Acquisitions:
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the movement of the account, advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions, was as follows:

Balance, January 1, 2009
    113,564  
Advances for vessels under construction and related costs
    53,470  
Payments for secondhand vessel acquisitions
    26,527  
Vessels delivered
    (54,529 )
Balance June 30, 2009
    139,032  
 
On February 9, 2009, and in connection with the call option agreement with the Fujian Southeast Shipyard ("Fujian"), which was signed on May 25, 2007, as amended, the Company signed five separate contracts with an engineering firm for the design, building supervision, representation, procurement of machineries and supplies, and turn-key delivery of the five 4,600 dwt product oil tankers (hull numbers DN-3800-11 to 15). The price of each such contract is $1,150, of which 15% is payable upon keel-laying, 40% is payable upon launching and 45% is payable upon delivery and acceptance.
 
On February 9, 2009, and in connection with the call option agreement with the Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. ("Qingdao Hyundai"), which had signed on February 28, 2008, the Company signed four separate contracts with an engineering firm for the design, building supervision, representation, procurement of machineries and supplies, and turn-key delivery of the four 5,500 dwt, product oil tankers (hull numbers QHS-225 to 228). The price of each such contract is $1,600, of which 15% is payable upon keel-laying, 40% is payable upon launching and 45% is payable upon delivery and acceptance.

On March 19, 2009, the Company signed a Memorandum of Agreement with a third-party seller for the purchase of a Norwegian-flagged 11,520 dwt (built in 1980) double hull bunkering tanker, M/T Linnea (renamed "Aegean Star"). The purchase price of the vessel was $4,200, which was fully paid on the delivery of the vessel on April 8, 2009.
 
 
On March 27, 2009, the Company signed a Memorandum of Agreement with a third-party seller for the purchase of a Marshall Islands-flagged 23,400 dwt (built in 1991) double hull bunkering tanker, M/T Sichem Arctic (renamed "Aegean Champion"). The purchase price of the vessel was $12,300, which was fully paid on the delivery of the vessel on April 30, 2009.

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)


4.  Advances for Vessels under Construction and Acquisitions: (Continued)

On April 30, 2009, the Company signed a Bareboat Charter Agreement with a third-party owner for the charter of a Canadian – flagged 2,315dwt (built in 2001) double hull Oil Tank Barge, ITB Provider (renamed "PT 22"). The charter period is sixty months. At expiration of the charter and upon the fulfillment of the Company's obligations, which are separately described in Note 10 ("Capital Leases"), the title of PT 22 will transfer to the Company.
 
 
The amounts shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets include advance and milestone payments relating to the shipbuilding contracts with shipyards, advance and milestone payments relating to the contracts with the engineering firm, advance payments for the acquisition of assets, and any material related expenses incurred during the construction periods which were capitalized.
 
 
As of June 30, 2009 advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions, is analyzed as follows:

           
June 30, 2009
 
Vessel Name
 
Year of
Expected Delivery
 
Contract
Amount
   
Contract Payments
   
Capitalized Costs
   
Total
 
Fujian Shipyard
 
DN-3800-11
2009
    10,740       4,893       177       5,070  
DN-3800-12
2009
    10,740       4,893       95       4,988  
DN-3800-13
2009
    10,740       4,893       79       4,972  
DN-3800-14
2009
    10,740       2,888       75       2,963  
DN-3800-15
2009
    10,740       2,888       69       2,957  
Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard
 
QHS-207
2009
    11,600       8,880       326       9,206  
QHS-208
2009
    11,600       8,880       297       9,177  
QHS-209
2009
    11,600       8,880       281       9,161  
QHS-210
2009
    11,600       8,880       277       9,157  
QHS-215
2009
    11,600       8,880       259       9,139  
QHS-216
2009
    11,600       8,880       245       9,125  
QHS-217
2009
    11,600       6,240       241       6,481  
QHS-222
2009
    11,000       4,940       165       5,105  
QHS-223
2009
    11,000       4,940       158       5,098  
QHS-224
2009
    11,000       4,940       199       5,139  
QHS-225
2009
    12,200       7,660       165       7,825  
QHS-226
2010
    12,200       7,660       157       7,817  
QHS-227
2010
    12,200       7,660       146       7,806  
QHS-228
2010
    12,200       7,660       125       7,785  
Acquired Assets
 
Aegean Star*
2009
    4,274       4,274       922       5,196  
 Launch*
2009
    375       375       -       375  
PT22*
2009
    4,490       4,490       -       4,490  
 
Total
    225,839       134,574       4,458       139,032  
_____________________
 
* Vessels delivered but as of June 30, 2009, were not positioned and operational.
 

As of June 30, 2009 the remaining obligations under these contracts are payable as follows:

   
Amount
 
July 1 to December 31, 2009
    55,060  
2010
    36,205  
      91,265  


 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)


5.      Vessels:

During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the movement of the account, vessels, was as follows:

   
Cost
   
Accumulated Depreciation
   
Net Book Value
 
Balance, January 1, 2009
    260,741       (26,606 )     234,135  
- Vessels additions
    54,529       -       54,529  
- Disposals
    (30,360 )     396       (29,964 )
- Depreciation
    -       (7,614 )     (7,614 )
Balance, June 30, 2009
    284,910       33,824       251,086  


On June 10, 2009, the Company sold the vessels, Maistros and Ostria to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser for an aggregate price of $34,149. The resulting gain on sale of $4,185 is separately reflected in the consolidated statement of income for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

6.      Deferred Charges:

During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the movement of the account, deferred charges was as follows:

   
Drydocking
   
Financing Costs
   
Total
 
Balance, January 1, 2009
    11,485       955       12,440  
- Additions
    2,204       1,015       3,219  
- Amortization
    (2,115 )     (356 )     (2,471 )
Balance, June 30, 2009
    11,574       1,614       13,188  


The amortization for drydocking costs is separately reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. The amortization of financing costs is included in interest and finance costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.


 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

7.      Total Debt:

The amounts comprising total debt are presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as follows:

 
Loan Facility
 
December 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2009
 
Short-term borrowings:
           
Overdraft facility under senior secured
        credit facility dated 09/30/2008 (1)
    90,000       -  
Revolving overdraft facility dated 03/11/2008
    -       19,232  
Revolving overdraft facility dated 06/24/2009 (2)
            10,002  
Total short-term borrowings
    90,000       29,234  
Long-term debt:
               
Secured syndicated term loan dated 10/26/2005
    15,971       -  
Secured syndicated term loan dated 8/30/2005
    30,312       33,340  
Secured term loan facility under
senior secured credit facility dated 12/19/2006
    31,020       29,620  
Secured term loan dated 10/25/2006
    14,172       13,928  
Secured term loan dated 10/27/2006
    7,896       12,239  
Secured syndicated term loan dated 10/30/2006
    28,000       40,000  
Secured term loan dated 7/5/2007 as amended on 09/12/2008
    6,650       16,410  
Secured syndicated term loan dated 04/24/2008
    15,100       23,600  
Secured syndicated term loan dated 07/08/2008
    14,500       13,500  
Overdraft facility under senior secured
        credit facility dated 03/16/2009 (1)
    -       139,000  
Total
    163,621       321,637  
Less:  Current portion of long-term debt
    (9,352 )     (10,242 )
Long-term debt, net of current portion
    154,269       311,395  

 
__________________________
 
(1)           On March 16, 2009, the Company renewed retroactively from February 1, 2009, for a period of two years, until January 30, 2011, the senior secured syndicated revolver, guarantee and letter of credit facility that was signed on September 30, 2008. The participant banks are the same group of international commercial lenders. The amount of the facility is up to $1,000,000, for working capital and general corporate purposes. The renewed facility had a committed amount of up to $250,000 consisting of a guarantee and/or letter of credit line in an amount of up to $147,500 and a cash advance limit in an amount of up to $208,000 on March 31, 2009. The facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.50%, while documentary and standby letters of credit are subject to commissions of 0.75% and 1.50%, respectively. As of June 30, 2009, the outstanding balance under this facility was $139,000.
 
(2)           On June 24, 2009, the Company entered into a three month revolving overdraft facility with a Greek bank for an amount of $20,000. The facility is secured with the guarantee of the ship owning companies of the vessels, Aegean Ace, Aegean Champion and Aegean Star and bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.50%. As of June 30, 2009, the outstanding balance under this facility was $10,002.
 
As of June 30, 2009, the Company had an available unutilized overdraft line of $17,510 under its senior secured credit facility, and had an available unutilized aggregate amount of $83,599 under its secured term loan facilities.
 

 

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

7.      Total Debt: (Continued)
 
As of June 30, 2009, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants under its facility agreements.
 
The annual principal payments of long-term debt required to be made after June 30, 2009, are as follows:
 
   
Amount
 
July 1 to December 31, 2009
    4,389  
2010
    12,768  
2011
    152,995  
2012
    13,995  
2013
    18,494  
2014 and thereafter
    118,996  
      321,637  

8.      Other Operating Expenses:

The amounts in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income are analyzed as follows:
 

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
Bunkering tanker voyage expenses
    427       1,229  
Bunkering tanker insurance
    859       1,178  
Bunkering tanker repairs and maintenance
    1,992       1,764  
Bunkering tanker spares and consumable stores
    1,342       1,939  
Bunkering tanker consumption of marine petroleum products
    8,594       5,600  
Bunkering tanker other operating expenses
    666       8,118  
Cargo transportation
    5,765       2,043  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    45       (41 )
Operating costs of storage facilities
    2,063       1,436  
Port and related expenses
    2,135       2,043  
General and administrative
    6,927       7,788  
Broker commissions
    974       1,149  
Other
    1,776       724  
Total
    33,565       34,970  


 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

9.
Contingencies:

On November 30, 2005, an unrelated third party filed a declaratory action against the Company before the First Instance Court of Piraeus. The plaintiff asserts that he was instrumental in the negotiation of the Company's Fuel Purchase Agreement with a government refinery in Jamaica, and seeks a judicial affirmation of his alleged contractual right to receive a commission of $1 per metric ton sold over the life of that contract, which as per the plaintiff's calculation, amounts to $10,080 over a period of 12 years. In 2007, the Court of First Instance ruled that the claim is maritime-related and not within its jurisdiction. Accordingly, the claim was referred to the Maritime Disputes Division of the Court of First Instance in Piraeus. The case was re-scheduled to be heard on May 13, 2008. The case was duly heard on May 13, 2008, before the Maritime Division of the Multi-Member First Instance Court of Piraeus. Judgment No.5493 was rendered by the Court on December 3, 2008, dismissing plaintiff's lawsuit having found same to be vague and therefore inadmissible for further examination on the merits. Also the Court has condemned the plaintiff to pay Euro 10,000 to AMP in reimbursement of its legal costs. The Judgment is open to appeal by the claimant. On February 26, 2009, the claimant who was seeking a commission under the Company's eight-year Fuel Purchase Agreement with a government refinery in Jamaica commenced a new civil law suit against AMP and Mr. Melisanidis in the Commercial Court of Paris, France, seeking a payment of approximately $180 of alleged commissions and $400 of compensatory damages.  After an initial hearing that was held on March 31, 2009, the court had a hearing in the case on May 5, 2009 and a Decision in the Company's favour was issued by the Paris Court of First Instance on June 9, 2009 dismissing the plaintiff's case. Following the issuance of the latter Decision, the plaintiff commenced summary (emergency) proceedings seeking to receive a provisional payment of Euro 600 the initial hearing of which was scheduled for July 29, 2009 and then adjourned for October 2, 2009. Additionally the plaintiff filed an appeal against the Decision issued by the Paris Court of First Instance the hearing of which will be fixed by the Appeal Court in the future. The Company believes that this claim is unwarranted and lacking in merit and management believes that the Company will not incur a material loss in connection with this lawsuit.

Various claims, suits, and complaints, including those involving government regulations and product liability, arise in the ordinary course of business. In addition, losses may arise from disputes with charterers and agents and insurance and other claims with suppliers relating to the operations of the Company's vessels.  Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities for which a provision should be established in these condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company accrues for the cost of environmental liabilities when management becomes aware that a liability is probable and is able to reasonably estimate the Company's exposure. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities for which a provision should be established in these condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company's Protection and Indemnity ("P&I") insurance policies cover third-party liability and other expenses related to injury or death of crew, passengers and other third parties, loss or damage of cargo, claims arising from collisions with other vessels, damage to other third-party property, and pollution arising from oil or other substances.  The Company's coverage under the P&I insurance policies, except for pollution, are unlimited. Coverage for pollution is $1 billion per vessel per incident.



 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

10.       Capital Leases:

As discussed in Note 4, the Company leases Barge PT 22 under a capital lease.  The annual future minimum lease payments under the capital lease, of Barge PT 22, together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments required to be made after June 30, 2009, are as follows:
 
   
Amount
 
July 1 to December 31, 2009
  $ 546  
2010
    1,092  
2011
    1,092  
2012
    1,092  
2013
    1,092  
Thereafter
    365  
Total minimum lease payments
    5,279  
Less: imputed interest
    (912 )
Present value of minimum lease payments
    4,367  
Current portion of capitalized lease obligations
    771  
Long-term capitalized lease obligations
  $ 3,596  
 
11.       Equity Incentive Plan:

 
On March 17, 2009, the Company made grants of restricted common stock aggregating 160,500 shares to certain officers and directors of the Company. With respect to 30,000 shares, the restrictions lapse in 20% lots over five years from the grant date. With respect to 75,000 shares, the restrictions lapse in five years from the grant date. With respect to 55,500 shares, the restrictions lapse in 25% lots over four years from the grant date.
 
On June 16, 2009, the Company granted 12,000 shares of restricted common stock to four non-executive members of the Board of Directors. The restricted shares vest and the restrictions lapse on the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
The following table summarizes the status of the Company's unvested restricted stock outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2009:
 
   
Unvested Restricted Stock
   
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
January 1, 2009
    297,695       27.12  
Granted
    172,500       17.82  
Vested
    (42,897 )     20.11  
June 30, 2009
    427,298       24.07  

 
The grant-date fair values of the restricted stock are determined by the closing price of the Company's common stock traded on the NYSE on the grant date. Total compensation cost of $1,618 was recognized and included under salaries, wages and related costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

11.       Equity Incentive Plan: (Continued)

 
As of June 30, 2009, there was $6,971 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock awards, which is expected to be recognized as compensation expense over a weighted average period of 3.0 years as follows:
 
   
Amount
 
July 1 to December 31, 2009
    1,681  
2010
    2,274  
2011
    1,548  
2012
    1,140  
2013
    306  
2014
    22  
      6,971  

12.
Common Stock and Additional Paid-In Capital:

Aegean was formed on June 6, 2005, under the laws of Marshall Islands. The Company's authorized common and preferred stock since inception consisted of 100,000,000 common shares (all in registered form), par value $0.01 per share and 25,000,000 preferred shares (all in registered form), par value $0.01 per share.
 
As of June 30, 2009, the Company had no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding and had 42,586,505 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.01, issued and outstanding.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company declared and paid dividends of  $0.01 per share totaling to $858.
 

13.
Business Segments and Geographical Information:

The Company is primarily a physical supplier in the downstream marine petroleum products industry. Marine petroleum products mainly consist of different classifications of marine fuel oil, marine gas oil and lubricants.
 
The Company cannot and does not identify expenses, profitability or other financial performance measures by type of marine petroleum product supplied, geographical area served, nature of services performed or on anything other than on a consolidated basis (although the Company is able to segregate revenues on these various bases). As a result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operating results on a consolidated basis only. Therefore, the Company has determined that it has only one operating segment.

 
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars –
except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

13.
Business Segments and Geographical Information: (Continued)

 
Information concerning the Company's total sales of marine petroleum products is presented as follows, attributed based on the point-of-delivery geographical locations of customer vessels:

   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2009
 
Europe
    526,235       336,623  
America
    157,522       142,811  
Africa
    48,087       29,052  
Asia
    537,157       390,680  
Total
    1,269,001       899,166  

 
The Company's long-lived assets mainly consist of bunkering tankers which are positioned across the Company's existing territories and which management, including the chief operating decision maker, review on a periodic basis and reposition among the Company's existing or new territories to optimize the vessel per geographical territory ratio.
 
The Company's vessels operate within or outside the territorial waters of each geographical location and, under international law; shipping vessels usually fall under the jurisdiction of the country of the flag they sail. The Company's vessels are not permanently located within particular territorial waters and the Company is free to mobilize all its vessels worldwide at its own discretion.
 
The following disclosure of the locations of long-lived assets is based on the physical locations of the assets, which are not necessarily indicative of the territories that have jurisdiction over such assets:
 
   
December 31, 2008
   
June 30, 2009
 
Europe
    127,827       114,594  
America
    10,470       20,619  
Africa
    12,663       12,379  
Asia
    84,856       105,264  
Total
    235,816       252,856  

14. Subsequent Events:

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through August 13, 2009, and no significant subsequent events have occurred.

 
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