UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE
13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the month of December 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)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F [ X ] Form 40-F
[ ]
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ________.
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furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's
"home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network
Inc. (the "Company"), dated December 14, 2009, announcing that the Company has
signed a new $100 million secured credit facility and letter of credit with BNP
Paribas.
This
Report on Form 6-K, with the exception of the comments of E. Nikolas Tavlarios
contained in the second paragraph of the press release, is hereby incorporated
by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended
(Registration No. 333-162935), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
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)
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Dated: December
14, 2009
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By: /s/ E. Nikolas Tavlarios
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Name:
E. Nikolas Tavlarios
Title: President
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Exhibit
1
CONTACTS:
Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network
Inc.
Investor Relations:
(212)
763-5665
Leon Berman, Principal
investor@ampni.com
The IGB Group
(212) 477-8438
Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces New $100 Million Credit
Facility
Increases
Total Credit Facilities to $420 Million
PIRAEUS,
Greece, December 14, 2009 – Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW)
today announced it has signed a new $100 million secured credit facility and
letter of credit with BNP Paribas. The facility is a one year uncommitted trade
finance facility that the Company considers to have competitive
pricing.
E.
Nikolas Tavlarios, President, commented, "Our new $100 million credit facility
significantly increases Aegean's access to capital during a challenging credit
environment and further expands our relationships with global lending
institutions. With this agreement, our Company now has a total of $420 million
in working capital credit facilities under favorable terms. We intend to utilize
our considerable financial liquidity, a key competitive advantage for Aegean, to
increase market share in our 14 existing locations and capitalize on
additional consolidation opportunities that meet management's
strict return criteria. In accomplishing these strategic objectives, we expect
to grow future sales volumes and strengthen Aegean's leading brand for the
global supply of marine fuel."
About
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company
that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships
in port and at sea. The Company procures product from various sources (such as
refineries, oil producers, and traders) and resells it to a diverse group of
customers across all major commercial shipping sectors and leading cruise lines.
Currently, Aegean has a global presence in 14 markets, including Vancouver,
Montreal, Mexico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, West Africa, Gibraltar, U.K.,
Northern Europe, Piraeus, Patras, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore as well as
Tangiers, Morocco.
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Matters
discussed in this press release 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.
The
Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary
statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe,"
"intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "forecast," "plan," "potential,"
"may," "should," "expect" and similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon
various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, our management's examination of historical
operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from
third parties. 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 important factors, other important factors that, in our view,
could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include 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 secondhand bunkering tankers, 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, 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 failure to
hedge certain financial risks associated with our business, our ability to
maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions
in our credit agreements and other factors. Please see our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of
these and other risks and uncertainties.
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