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INVESTOR PRESENTATION
April 2015
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DISCLAIMER
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Forward‐Looking Statements
This presentation contains forward‐looking statements regarding future events and
financial performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements by words
such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “except,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,”
“believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of continue,
these terms and other comparable terminology. These statements involve a number
of risks and uncertainties and are based on numerous assumptions involving
judgments with respect to future economic, competitive and market conditions and
future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict
accurately and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. There are or may
be important factors that could cause our actual results to materially differ from our
historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward
looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed
under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20‐F, filed
February 14, 2014, which is available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission website at www.sec.gov. The forward‐looking statements in this
presentation are based upon management's reasonable belief as of the date hereof.
The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any
forward‐looking statements for any reason.
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TOP SHIPS HISTORY
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IPO July 2004 and follow-on after 3 months, raised
abt $300 million
Fleet grew from 7 vessels in July 2004 to 33
vessels in October 2006
Became a major owner of double-hull MR and
Suezmax tankers
2008-2013: well timed chartering and sale of
vessels; Oct 2013 sold the entire fleet and focused
on ECO MR Product Tankers
2014: acquired 6 ultra high spec ECO MR Product
Tankers under construction at Hyundai Mipo
Follow-on June 2014, raised $21.3 million
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Ship Name
M/T StenaWeco Energy
M/T StenaWeco Evolution
M/T Ecofleet (S418)
M/T Eco Revolution (S419)
M/T Stenaweco Excellence (S414)
M/T Nord Valiant (S417)
Construction
Firm contracts
Options
Expected delivery date
20222015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
$17,200 $18,000
$16,200 $17,200 $18,000
$16,200 / 16,350 4th year
2023
$16,500 $17,350 $18,100
$18,400
$16,000 $16,750
$15,200
$15,200
$16,000 $16,750
$16,800 $17,600
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REVENUE VISIBILITY
Contracted revenue: $ 205M ($129M firm / $76M options)
Contracted days: 12,410 (8,030 firm / 4,380 options)
Average duration of charters (firm
/ incl. options): 3.7 years / 5.7 years
Average daily TCE (firm / incl. options): $16,125 / $17,279
2 vessels delivered, 4 vessels under construction with expected deliveries
from Q3 2015 to Q3 2016; ALL ON TIME CHARTERS UPON DELIVERY
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ECO vessel design with latest ECO G-type engines
Large number of options added to yard’s basic
specification
Ability to carry more cargoes than industry average
due to phenolic epoxy coating of tanks
Unified Fleet (sister ship vessels)
Hyundai built – world’s largest shipbuilding group
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HIGH SPECIFICATION FLEET
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ECO FLEET – ECO VS NON ECO
ECO Vessel Characteristic Non-ECO vessel
24.3t/day Fuel consumption (NCR)* 32.6t/day
Higher by abt $2500**
Fuel consumption saving
effect on daily Time
Charter Equivalent rate
N/A
5% - 22%
% of Fleet built from 2013
onwards (currently and in
2017)***
95% - 78%
Higher
Charterers’ preference on
vessel type Lower
Higher
Rate of value
appreciation in good
market
Lower
Higher => Enhanced Tradeability
Compliance to latest
environmental
regulations
Lower => Reduced Tradeability
*** Source Drewry / Industry Sources** Assuming fuel oil cost at $300/ton* See Appendix
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Management familiar with managing fleet
growth – done it before
- MR product tankers of ECO design
- Newbuilding orders, resales or secondhand vessels
- Balanced Employment Strategy
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GROWTH STRATEGY
Strong growth via accretive acquisitions:
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Evangelos Pistiolis
CEO and Founder
23 yrs shipping experience
Alexandros Tsirikos
CFO
11 yrs shipping experience
8 yrs with the company
Vangelis Ikonomou
COO
31 yrs shipping experience
13 yrs with the company
Dimitris Souroullas
CTO
31 yrs shipping experience
9 yrs with the company
96 years of combined shipping experience
STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM
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“BP plc”, is a British multinational oil and gas company
headquartered in London, England. It is one of the six oil
and gas “supermajors”
“NORDEN A/S“ is a Danish shipping company that was
founded and listed in 1871. It operates globally in dry
cargo and tankers with an active fleet of
285 owned and chartered vessels.
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HIGH QUALITY CHARTERERS
Stena Weco A/S has a fleet of about 50 MR tankers with
offices in Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark), USA
(Houston, Texas) and Singapore. It is the joint venture
between Stena Bulk and Weco, both established
companies in the petroleum product transportation
industry.
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New refining capacity closer to
the oil reserves, Middle East in
particular
Limited new refinery
expansion in OECD countries
combined with refinery closures
due to poor margins
Arbitrage trading emerging as
competing refineries are opening
up in many different countries
INCREASE IN TONNE MILES DUE TO:RELOCATION OF REFINERIES
FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS
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INCREASE IN TONNE MILES DUE TO:NEW ROUTES
FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS
EstablishedRoutesNew Routes
N. Europe – N.America
Gasoline
Mid East – Europe
Gasoline, Jet Fuel
S. Korea – Japan
Gasoline, Gas Oil
Intra Asia
Naphtha, Gas Oil
Asia – Australia
Gasoline, Gas Oil
Mid East – Asia
Naphtha
Asia – N. America
Jet Fuel, Gas Oil, Diesel
Mid East – N.America
Diesel
Intra Europe
Gasoline, Naphtha, Gas Oil
Caribbean – N.America
Gasoline, Naphtha, Gas Oil
N. America – S. America
Diesel
N. America – Europe
Diesel
Seaborne Refined Products Trades
Principal Load/Discharge Zones
Source: Drewry
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US is now a major net exporter of products
US crude oil production has risen to levels unseen in 22 years
Due to restrictions in US crude oil exports, excess US crude oil is refined and
exported to Europe, South America and Far East
Around 0.5m barrels per day of extra refining capacity has been added to US Gulf
refineries in the last few years
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FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS
INCREASE IN TONNE MILES DUE TO: RISE IN US PRODUCT EXPORTS
Source: Drewry
Exports of petroleum products
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TOP SHIPS: A GROWTH PLATFORM
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
TOPS is the only ECO MR Pure Play
High specification ECO Fleet
Strong management team with proven track record and familiarity with
growth
Revenue visibility with high quality Charterers
Favourable market fundamentals
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Appendix
Fuel consumption specifications per Shipbuilding Contracts
ECO VESSEL (based on M/T StenaWeco Energy shipbuilding contract)
NON-ECO VESSEL (based on M/T Hongbo contract – vessel sold Oct 16th 2013)
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  • 2.
    6bld0791_screenshow DISCLAIMER 2 Forward‐Looking Statements This presentationcontains forward‐looking statements regarding future events and financial performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements by words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “except,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of continue, these terms and other comparable terminology. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are based on numerous assumptions involving judgments with respect to future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the Company’s control. There are or may be important factors that could cause our actual results to materially differ from our historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20‐F, filed February 14, 2014, which is available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. The forward‐looking statements in this presentation are based upon management's reasonable belief as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward‐looking statements for any reason.
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    6bld0791_screenshow TOP SHIPS HISTORY 3 IPOJuly 2004 and follow-on after 3 months, raised abt $300 million Fleet grew from 7 vessels in July 2004 to 33 vessels in October 2006 Became a major owner of double-hull MR and Suezmax tankers 2008-2013: well timed chartering and sale of vessels; Oct 2013 sold the entire fleet and focused on ECO MR Product Tankers 2014: acquired 6 ultra high spec ECO MR Product Tankers under construction at Hyundai Mipo Follow-on June 2014, raised $21.3 million
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    6bld0791_screenshow Ship Name M/T StenaWecoEnergy M/T StenaWeco Evolution M/T Ecofleet (S418) M/T Eco Revolution (S419) M/T Stenaweco Excellence (S414) M/T Nord Valiant (S417) Construction Firm contracts Options Expected delivery date 20222015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 $17,200 $18,000 $16,200 $17,200 $18,000 $16,200 / 16,350 4th year 2023 $16,500 $17,350 $18,100 $18,400 $16,000 $16,750 $15,200 $15,200 $16,000 $16,750 $16,800 $17,600 4 REVENUE VISIBILITY Contracted revenue: $ 205M ($129M firm / $76M options) Contracted days: 12,410 (8,030 firm / 4,380 options) Average duration of charters (firm / incl. options): 3.7 years / 5.7 years Average daily TCE (firm / incl. options): $16,125 / $17,279 2 vessels delivered, 4 vessels under construction with expected deliveries from Q3 2015 to Q3 2016; ALL ON TIME CHARTERS UPON DELIVERY
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    6bld0791_screenshow ECO vessel designwith latest ECO G-type engines Large number of options added to yard’s basic specification Ability to carry more cargoes than industry average due to phenolic epoxy coating of tanks Unified Fleet (sister ship vessels) Hyundai built – world’s largest shipbuilding group 5 HIGH SPECIFICATION FLEET
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    6bld0791_screenshow 6 ECO FLEET –ECO VS NON ECO ECO Vessel Characteristic Non-ECO vessel 24.3t/day Fuel consumption (NCR)* 32.6t/day Higher by abt $2500** Fuel consumption saving effect on daily Time Charter Equivalent rate N/A 5% - 22% % of Fleet built from 2013 onwards (currently and in 2017)*** 95% - 78% Higher Charterers’ preference on vessel type Lower Higher Rate of value appreciation in good market Lower Higher => Enhanced Tradeability Compliance to latest environmental regulations Lower => Reduced Tradeability *** Source Drewry / Industry Sources** Assuming fuel oil cost at $300/ton* See Appendix
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    6bld0791_screenshow Management familiar withmanaging fleet growth – done it before - MR product tankers of ECO design - Newbuilding orders, resales or secondhand vessels - Balanced Employment Strategy 7 GROWTH STRATEGY Strong growth via accretive acquisitions:
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    6bld0791_screenshow 8 8 Evangelos Pistiolis CEOand Founder 23 yrs shipping experience Alexandros Tsirikos CFO 11 yrs shipping experience 8 yrs with the company Vangelis Ikonomou COO 31 yrs shipping experience 13 yrs with the company Dimitris Souroullas CTO 31 yrs shipping experience 9 yrs with the company 96 years of combined shipping experience STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • 9.
    6bld0791_screenshow “BP plc”, isa British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the six oil and gas “supermajors” “NORDEN A/S“ is a Danish shipping company that was founded and listed in 1871. It operates globally in dry cargo and tankers with an active fleet of 285 owned and chartered vessels. 9 HIGH QUALITY CHARTERERS Stena Weco A/S has a fleet of about 50 MR tankers with offices in Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark), USA (Houston, Texas) and Singapore. It is the joint venture between Stena Bulk and Weco, both established companies in the petroleum product transportation industry.
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    6bld0791_screenshow New refining capacitycloser to the oil reserves, Middle East in particular Limited new refinery expansion in OECD countries combined with refinery closures due to poor margins Arbitrage trading emerging as competing refineries are opening up in many different countries INCREASE IN TONNE MILES DUE TO:RELOCATION OF REFINERIES FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS 10
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    6bld0791_screenshow INCREASE IN TONNEMILES DUE TO:NEW ROUTES FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS EstablishedRoutesNew Routes N. Europe – N.America Gasoline Mid East – Europe Gasoline, Jet Fuel S. Korea – Japan Gasoline, Gas Oil Intra Asia Naphtha, Gas Oil Asia – Australia Gasoline, Gas Oil Mid East – Asia Naphtha Asia – N. America Jet Fuel, Gas Oil, Diesel Mid East – N.America Diesel Intra Europe Gasoline, Naphtha, Gas Oil Caribbean – N.America Gasoline, Naphtha, Gas Oil N. America – S. America Diesel N. America – Europe Diesel Seaborne Refined Products Trades Principal Load/Discharge Zones Source: Drewry 12
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    6bld0791_screenshow US is nowa major net exporter of products US crude oil production has risen to levels unseen in 22 years Due to restrictions in US crude oil exports, excess US crude oil is refined and exported to Europe, South America and Far East Around 0.5m barrels per day of extra refining capacity has been added to US Gulf refineries in the last few years 12 FAVOURABLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS INCREASE IN TONNE MILES DUE TO: RISE IN US PRODUCT EXPORTS Source: Drewry Exports of petroleum products
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    6bld0791_screenshow 13 TOP SHIPS: AGROWTH PLATFORM KEY HIGHLIGHTS TOPS is the only ECO MR Pure Play High specification ECO Fleet Strong management team with proven track record and familiarity with growth Revenue visibility with high quality Charterers Favourable market fundamentals
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    6bld0791_screenshow Appendix Fuel consumption specificationsper Shipbuilding Contracts ECO VESSEL (based on M/T StenaWeco Energy shipbuilding contract) NON-ECO VESSEL (based on M/T Hongbo contract – vessel sold Oct 16th 2013) 15