d1442632_424b7.htm


 
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)
Registration No. 333-186815
 
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
 
 

         
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
 
Amount to be
Registered/Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price Per
Security/Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
 
Amount of
Registration
Fee (1)(2)
         
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
$41,098,956
 
$5,294
 
 

(1)(2)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low prices per share of the registrant's common shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 6, 2014.
 
 
 

 
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus dated February 25, 2013)
 
 
 
 
 
Scorpio Tankers Inc.
 
3,523,271 Common Shares
 
offered by the Selling Shareholders
 
 
 
The Selling Shareholders named in this prospectus may sell in one or more offerings pursuant to our registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 25, 2013, up to 3,523,271 of our common shares that were previously acquired in private transactions. The Selling Shareholders may sell any or all of these common shares on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in privately negotiated transactions at fixed prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. Information on the Selling Shareholders and the times and manners in which they may offer and sell our common shares is described under the sections entitled "Selling Shareholders" and "Plan of Distribution" in this prospectus supplement. While we will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the common shares, we will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of our common shares by the Selling Shareholders.
 
Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STNG."
 
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Please read "Risk Factors " beginning on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement, on page 8 of the accompanying prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
 
Neither the Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities, or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
The date of this prospectus is January 8, 2014
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Prospectus Supplement

 
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
S-i
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
S-ii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
S-1
RECENT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
S-5
THE OFFERING
S-8
RISK FACTORS
S-9
USE OF PROCEEDS
S-10
CAPITALIZATION
S-11
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
S-12
PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON SHARES
S-13
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
S-14
DESCRIPTION OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK
S-16
EXPENSES
S-22
LEGAL MATTERS
S-23
EXPERTS
S-23
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
S-23

Base Prospectus
 

 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
1
RISK FACTORS
8
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
10
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
11
USE OF PROCEEDS
12
CAPITALIZATION
13
PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON SHARES
14
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
15
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
17
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
18
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
24
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
33
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
34
DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS
35
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
36
EXPENSES
37
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
38
LEGAL MATTERS
46
EXPERTS
46
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
46
 
 
 

 
 
Corporate Information
 
 
We are a Marshall Islands corporation with principal executive offices at 9, Boulevard Charles III Monaco 98000. Our telephone number at that address is 377-9798-5716. We also maintain an office at 150 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10155 and our telephone number at this address is (212) 542-1616. We maintain a website on the Internet at http://www.scorpiotankers.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and does not constitute a part of this prospectus supplement.
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying base prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the base prospectus. The second part, the base prospectus, gives more general information about securities we may offer from time to time, some of which does not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer only to the prospectus, we are referring to both parts combined, and when we refer to the accompanying prospectus, we are referring to the base prospectus.
 
If the description of this offering varies between this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated into each by reference include important information about us, the shares of common stock being offered and other information you should know before investing. You should read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus together with additional information described under the heading, "Where You Can Find Additional Information" before investing in our common stock.
 
We prepare our financial statements, including all of the financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, in U.S. dollars and in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). We have a fiscal year end of December 31.
 
We have authorized only the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We have not, and any Selling Shareholders have not, authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We and the Selling Shareholders take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any information that others may give you. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in or incorporated by reference in this document is accurate only as of the date such information was issued, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus supplement or any sale of our common shares.
 
 
S-i

 
 
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Matters discussed in this document 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 document 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. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
 
The forward-looking statements in this document 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. 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 and matters discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charterhire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker vessel markets, changes in the company's operating expenses, including bunker prices, insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities including those that may limit the commercial useful lives of tankers, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, and the New York Stock Exchange. We caution readers of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance, and actual results and future developments may vary materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
 
 
S-ii

 
 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
This section summarizes some of the key information that is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. It may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. As an investor or prospective investor, you should review carefully the entire prospectus, any free writing prospectus that may be provided to you in connection with the offering of the common shares and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the sections entitled "Risk Factors" on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement; on page 8 of the accompanying prospectus in our Registration Statement on Form F-3, effective February 25, 2013; and in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed on March 29, 2013. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this prospectus supplement, the terms "Scorpio Tankers," the "Company," "we," "our" and "us" refer to Scorpio Tankers Inc. and its subsidiaries. "Scorpio Tankers Inc." refers only to Scorpio Tankers Inc. and not its subsidiaries. The financial information included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus represents our financial information and the operations of our subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to currency amounts in this prospectus are in U.S. dollars.
 
Our Company
 
We are a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. We currently own and operate 19 tankers (one LR2, four LR1, one Handymax, 12 MR, and one post-Panamax) that have a weighted average age of 4.3 years as of the date of this prospectus supplement and time charter-in and operate 29 tankers (eight LR2, four LR1, eight MR and nine Handymax tankers) along with 58 newbuilding product tankers and seven newbuilding very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, under construction. We also own approximately 30% of the outstanding shares of Dorian LPG Ltd. or Dorian, an international liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, shipping company with a fleet of four LPG carriers (three of which are very large gas carriers, or VLGCs) and contracts for the construction of 16 fuel-efficient VLGC newbuildings from reputable shipyards.
 
The following table presents summary information concerning our fleet as of January 6, 2014:
 
 
Vessel Name
 
Year Built
 
DWT
 
Ice class
 
Employment
 
Vessel type
 
Owned vessels
                   
1
STI Highlander
 
2007
 
37,145
 
1A
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
2
STI Amber
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
3
STI Topaz
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
4
STI Ruby
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
5
STI Garnet
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
6
STI Onyx
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
7
STI Sapphire
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
8
STI Emerald
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
9
STI Beryl
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
10
STI Le Rocher
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
11
STI Larvotto
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
12
STI Fontvieille
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
13
STI Ville
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
Spot
 
MR
14
Noemi
 
2004
 
72,515
 
      -
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
15
Senatore
 
2004
 
72,514
 
      -
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
16
STI Harmony
 
2007
 
73,919
 
1A
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
17
STI Heritage
 
2008
 
73,919
 
1A
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
18
Venice
 
2001
 
81,408
 
 1C
 
 SPTP (2)
 
Post-Panamax
19
STI Spirit
 
2008
 
113,100
 
      -
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
                       
 
Total owned DWT
   
1,148,520
           
                       
 
 
S-1

 
 
 
Vessel Name
 
Year Built
 
DWT
 
Ice class
 
Employment
 
Vessel type
Daily Base Rate
 
Expiry (5)
 
 
Time Chartered-In vessels
                       
20
Freja Polaris
 
2004
 
37,217
 
1B
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,700
 
14-Apr-14
(6)
21
Kraslava
 
2007
 
37,258
 
1B
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,800
 
18-May-14
(7)
22
Krisjanis Valdemars
2007
 
37,266
 
1B
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,800
 
14-Apr-14
(8)
23
Jinan
 
2003
 
37,285
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,600
 
28-Apr-15
 
24
Iver Progress
 
2007
 
37,412
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,500
 
03-Mar-15
(9)
25
Iver Prosperity
 
2007
 
37,455
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,500
 
20-Oct-14
(10)
26
Histria Azure
 
2007
 
40,394
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,600
 
04-Apr-14
(11)
27
Histria Coral
 
2006
 
40,426
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,800
 
17-Jul-14
(12)
28
Histria Perla
 
2005
 
40,471
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,800
 
15-Jul-14
(12)
29
STX Ace 6
 
2007
 
46,161
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,150
 
17-May-14
(13)
30
Targale
 
2007
 
49,999
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,500
 
17-May-14
(14)
31
Ugale
 
2007
 
49,999
 
1B
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,000
 
15-Jan-14
(15)
32
Gan-Triumph
 
2010
 
49,999
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,150
 
20-May-14
 
33
Nave Orion
 
2013
 
49,999
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,300
 
25-Mar-15
(16)
34
Hafnia Lupus
 
2012
 
50,385
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,760
 
26-Apr-14
(17)
35
Gan-Trust
 
2013
 
51,561
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$16,250
 
06-Jan-16
(18)
36
Usma
 
2007
 
52,684
 
1B
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,500
 
03-Jan-15
 
37
SN Federica
 
2003
 
72,344
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$11,250
 
15-May-15
(19)
38
King Douglas
 
2008
 
73,666
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$14,000
 
08-Aug-14
(20)
39
Hellespont Promise
2007
 
73,669
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$12,500
 
14-Aug-14
 
40
FPMC P Eagle
 
2009
 
73,800
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$14,525
 
09-Sep-15
 
41
FPMC P Hero
 
2011
 
99,995
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$15,000
 
02-May-14
(21)
42
FPMC P Ideal
 
2012
 
99,993
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$15,000
 
09-Jul-14
(22)
43
Densa Alligator
 
2013
 
105,708
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,500
 
17-Sep-14
(23)
44
Khawr Aladid
 
2006
 
106,003
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$15,400
 
11-Jul-15
 
45
Fair Seas
 
2008
 
115,406
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,250
 
31-Jan-14
(24)
46
Pink Stars
 
2010
 
115,592
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,125
 
10-Apr-14
 
47
Four Sky
 
2010
 
115,708
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,250
 
02-Sep-14
 
48
Orange Stars
 
2011
 
115,756
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,125
 
06-Apr-14
 
                               
 
Total time chartered-in DWT
 
1,913,611
                   
                               
 
 
S-2

 
 
 
Newbuildings currently under construction
             
 
Vessel Name
 
Yard
 
DWT
 
Ice class
     
Vessel type
 
Product tankers
                   
                       
49
Hull 2451
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
50
Hull 2452
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
51
Hull 2453
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
52
Hull 2454
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
53
Hull 2462
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
54
Hull 2463
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
55
Hull 2464
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
56
Hull 2465
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
57
Hull 2476
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
58
Hull 2477
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
59
Hull 2478
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
60
Hull 2479
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
61
Hull 2499
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
62
Hull 2500
 
HMD
(25)
38,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
63
Hull 2389
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
64
Hull 2390
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
65
Hull 2391
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
66
Hull 2392
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
67
Hull 2449
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
68
Hull 2450
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
69
Hull 2458
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
70
Hull 2459
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
71
Hull 2460
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
72
Hull 2461
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
73
Hull 2492
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
74
Hull 2493
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
75
Hull 2445
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
76
Hull 2474
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
77
Hull 2475
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
78
Hull 2490
 
HMD
(25)
52,000
         
MR
79
Hull S1138
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
80
Hull S1139
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
81
Hull S1140
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
82
Hull S1141
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
83
Hull S1142
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
84
Hull S1143
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
85
Hull S1144
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
86
Hull S1145
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
87
Hull S1167
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
88
Hull S1168
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
89
Hull S1169
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
90
Hull S1170
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
91
Hull S5122
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
92
Hull S5123
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
 
 
S-3

 
 
 
Newbuildings currently under construction
             
 
Vessel Name
 
Yard
 
DWT
 
Ice class
     
Vessel type
 
Product tankers
                   
 
93
Hull S5124
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
94
Hull S5125
 
SPP
(26)
52,000
         
MR
95
Hull S703
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
96
Hull S704
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
97
Hull S705
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
98
Hull S706
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
99
Hull S709
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
100
Hull S710
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
101
Hull S715
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
102
Hull S716
 
HSHI
(27)
114,000
         
LR2
103
Hull 5394
 
DSME
(28)
114,000
         
LR2
104
Hull 5395
 
DSME
(28)
114,000
         
LR2
105
Hull 5398
 
DSME
(28)
114,000
         
LR2
106
Hull 5399
 
DSME
(28)
114,000
         
LR2
                       
                       
 
Total newbuilding product tankers DWT
3,564,000
           
 
 
 
VLCCs
                   
107
Hull 5404
 
DSME
(29)
300,000
         
VLCC
108
Hull 5405
 
DSME
(29)
300,000
         
VLCC
109
Hull 5406
 
DSME
(29)
300,000
         
VLCC
110
Hull 5407
 
DSME
(29)
300,000
         
VLCC
111
Hull 5408
 
DSME
(29)
300,000
         
VLCC
112
Hull S777
 
HSHI
(30)
300,000
         
VLCC
113
Hull S778
 
HSHI
(30)
300,000
         
VLCC
                       
                       
 
Total VLCC DWT
   
2,100,000
           
                       
 
Total Fleet DWT
     
8,726,131
           
                       

(1)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio Handymax Tanker Pool (SHTP). SHTP is operated by Scorpio Commercial Management (SCM). SHTP and SCM are related parties to the Company.
 
(2)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio Panamax Tanker Pool (SPTP). SPTP is operated by SCM. SPTP is a related party to the Company.
 
(3)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio LR2 Pool (SLR2P). SLR2P is operated by SCM. SLR2P is a related party to the Company.
 
(4)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio MR Pool (SMRP). SMRP is operated by SCM. SMRP is a related party to the Company.
 
(5)
Redelivery from the charterer is plus or minus 30 days from the expiry date.
 
(6)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $14,000 per day.
 
(7)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,650 per day.
 
(8)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,650 per day.  The agreement also contains a 50% profit and loss sharing provision whereby we split all of the vessel's profits and losses above or below the daily base rate with the vessel's owner.
 
(9)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,500 per day.
 
(10)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,250 per day.
 
(11)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,550 per day.
 
(12)
We have options to extend each  charter for an additional year at $13,550 per day.
 
 
 
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(13)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,150 per day.
 
(14)
We have options to extend the charter for up to three consecutive one year periods at $14,850 per day, $15,200 per day and $16,200 per day, respectively.
 
(15)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,000 per day.
 
(16)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,700 per day.
 
(17)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $16,000 per day.
 
(18)
The daily base rate represents the average rate for the three year duration of the agreement.  The rate for the first year is $15,750 per day, the rate for the second year is $16,250 per day, and the rate for the third year is $16,750 per day. We have options to extend the charter for up to two consecutive one year periods at $17,500 per day and $18,000 per day, respectively.
 
(19)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $12,500 per day.  We have also entered into an agreement with the vessel's owner whereby we split all of the vessel's profits above the daily base rate.
 
(20)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,000 per day.
 
(21)
We have options to extend the charter for two consecutive six month periods at $15,250 per day, and $15,500 per day respectively.
 
(22)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional six months at $15,500 per day.
 
(23)
We have an option to extend the charter for one year at $17,550 per day.
 
(24)
We have options to extend the charter for two consecutive six month periods at $16,500 per day and $16,750 per day, respectively.
 
(25)
These newbuilding vessels are being constructed at HMD (Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. of South Korea).  25 vessels are expected to be delivered in 2014 and five vessels in the first and second quarters of 2015.
 
(26)
These newbuilding vessels are being constructed at SPP (SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of South Korea ).  12 vessels are expected to be delivered in 2014 and four in the first and second quarters of 2015.
 
(27)
These newbuilding vessels are being constructed at HSHI (Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.).  Six vessels are expected to be delivered in the third and fourth quarters of 2014 and two in the first quarter of 2015.
 
(28)
These newbuilding vessels are being constructed at DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering).  Two vessels are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2014 and two in the second quarter of 2015.
 
(29)
These newbuilding VLCCs are being constructed at DSME.  One vessel is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2015, two in the fourth quarter of 2015 and two in the first quarter of 2016.
 
(30)
These newbuilding VLCCs are being constructed at HSHI.  These vessels are expected to be delivered in the second and third quarters of 2016.
 
RECENT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
 
VLCC Newbuildings
 
In December 2013, we entered into agreements with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., or DSME, and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., or HSHI, for the construction of seven VLCCs for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $662.2 million.  We expect to take delivery of one of these vessels in the third quarter of 2015, two in the fourth quarter of 2015, two in the first quarter of 2016, one in the second quarter of 2016 and one in the third quarter of 2016.
 
MR Product Tanker Newbuildings
 
In November 2013, we issued 3,611,809 common shares to unaffiliated third parties in connection with our acquisition of four MR product tanker newbuilding contracts, representing approximately 28% of the purchase price for the vessels.
 
In December 2013, we acquired contracts for the construction of four MR product tankers from unaffiliated third parties for a total purchase price of approximately $154.4 million, of which we paid approximately $4.4 million in cash and issued 3,523,271 common shares, representing approximately 26% of the total purchase price, to affiliates of York Capital. The remaining amount of the total purchase price will be paid to the shipyard from cash on hand and bank debt when installment payments relating to these newbuildings become due. The four vessels are currently under construction in South Korea.  One vessel is expected to be delivered to us in the third quarter of 2014 and the remaining three are expected to be delivered to us in the first quarter of 2015.
 
 
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Vessels Held for Sale
 
In December 2013, we designated certain of our older vessels (built prior to 2009) as held for sale as it is our intention to sell these vessels within the next 12 months.
 
VLGC Newbuildings and Investment in Dorian LPG Ltd.
 
In October 2013, we exercised options with HSHI for the construction of two VLGCs for $75.0 million each. Following our exercise of these options, our VLGC newbuilding orderbook totaled 11 vessels with HSHI and DSME.
 
In November 2013, we contributed our 11 VLGC newbuilding contracts, together with a cash payment of $1.9 million, to Dorian in exchange for newly issued shares representing 30% of Dorian's pro-forma outstanding shares at that time.  As of the closing date, we paid $83.1 million in installment payments under these 11 VLGC contracts.  As part of this transaction, we obtained certain protection rights customary for significant shareholders, which will terminate upon Dorian's initial public offering and listing of its shares on a national securities exchange, which is expected to take place within 2014.
 
Additionally, in November 2013, we purchased 24,121,621 new shares of Dorian's common stock as part of a private placement of shares for total consideration of $75.0 million. Total consideration for the initial transaction and follow-on private placement, including transaction related expenses, was $167.6 million.  We currently own approximately 30% of the outstanding shares of Dorian.
 
Fourth Quarter 2013 Net Gain on Sales of Assets
 
We expect to record a net gain of approximately $14.1 million in December 2013 relating to a gain resulting from our investment in Dorian offset by a write-down of the book value of vessels designated as held for sale.
 
Newbuilding summary
 
As of the date of this prospectus supplement, our commitments under all of our newbuilding vessel agreements, after taking into consideration the above mentioned transactions are as follows*:
 
Q4 2013     $ 260.9  
million**
Q1 2014       222.9  
million***
Q2 2014       404.1  
million
Q3 2014       431.4  
million
Q4 2014       310.9  
million
Q1 2015       184.6  
million
Q2 2015       226.8  
million
Q3 2015       80.3  
million
Q4 2015       103.5  
million
Q1 2016       105.1  
million
Q2 2016       56.7  
million
Q3 2016       56.7  
million
             
Total
    $ 2,443.9  
million****
 
 
*
These are estimates only and are subject to change as construction progresses.
 
 
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**
As of date of this prospectus supplement, all of these installment payments have been paid.
 
***
As of date of this prospectus supplement, $15.0 million of these installment payments have been paid.
 
****
Excludes the consideration of newly issued common shares of (i) approximately 28% of the purchase price for four MRs currently under construction with first and second quarter 2014 deliveries; and (ii) approximately 26% of the purchase price for four MRs currently under construction with third quarter 2014 and first quarter 2015 deliveries.  These shares were issued in the fourth quarter of 2013.
 
KSURE Credit Facility
 
In October 2013, we received an Acceptance of Insurance Agreement from Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, or KSURE, covering 95% of the KSURE tranche of up to $358.3 million as part of a credit facility for up to $458.3 million, or the KSURE Financing, that is in the process of being finalized with a group of financial institutions. The KSURE Financing will also include a commercial tranche of up to $100.0 million.
 
The KSURE Financing will be used to finance up to 60% of the contract price of up to 21 newbuilding product tankers upon delivery. The covenants are similar to those in the Company's existing credit facilities, and other terms and conditions of the loan are in accordance with OECD Guidelines. The facility is subject to credit approval from participating financial institutions as well as executed documentation, and is expected to close in January 2014.
 
Dividend declaration and payment
 
On October 28, 2013, our board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share, which was paid on December 18, 2013 to all shareholders of record as of December 3, 2013.
 
2013 Equity Incentive Plan
 
On October 11, 2013, our board of directors approved the reloading of the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, or the Plan, and reserved 6,376,044 common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company for issuance pursuant to the Plan.
 
Time charter-in update
 
In October 2013, we declared an option to extend the charter on a 2007 built MR product tanker that we are currently time chartering-in. The option agreement is for one year at $14,500 per day effective January 2014.
 
In December 2013, we declared an option to extend the charter on a 2007 built LR1 product tanker that we are currently time chartering-in. The option agreement is for six months at $14,250 per day effective February 2014.
 
In December 2013, we declared an option to extend the charter on a 2012 built LR2 product tanker that we are currently time chartering-in. The option agreement is for six months at $15,250 per day effective January 2014.
 
 
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THE OFFERING
 
Maximum number of Common Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders
3,523,271 common shares
 
Common shares presently outstanding
198,791,502 common shares
 
New York Stock Exchange symbol
"STNG"
 
Use of proceeds
All common shares sold pursuant to this prospectus supplement will be sold by the Selling Shareholders for their own accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sales.
 
Risk factors
Investing in our common shares involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks discussed under the caption "Risk Factors on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement, on page 8 of the accompanying prospectus in our Registration Statement on Form F-3, effective February 25, 2013, and in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed on March 29, 2013, and under the caption "Risk Factors" or any similar caption in the documents that we subsequently file with the Commission that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, and in any free writing prospectus that you may be provided in connection with the offering of common shares pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
 
 
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RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 8 of the accompanying prospectus and in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the other documents we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement that summarize the risks that may materially affect our business before making an investment in our securities. See "Where You Can Find Additional Information — Information Incorporated by Reference." The occurrence of one or more of those risk factors could adversely impact our results of operations or financial condition.
 
 
S-9

 
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
All common shares sold pursuant to this prospectus supplement will be sold by the Selling Shareholders for their own accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sales.
 
 
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CAPITALIZATION
 
The following table sets forth our capitalization at September 30, 2013, on:
 
 
·
an actual basis;
 
 
·
an as adjusted basis to give effect to the following:
 
 
o
Payments of $271.5 million relating to installment payments under our Newbuilding Program.
 
 
o
Our investment in Dorian.   Total consideration for this transaction was $167.6 million which consists of $83.1 million of installment payments made to the shipyards prior to closing plus aggregate cash consideration of $84.5 million (which consists of cash payments made under the initial investment in Dorian, Dorian's subsequent follow-on offering and transaction related expenses).
 
 
o
Dividend payments of $13.7 million.
 
 
o
Principal payments of debt totaling $4.3 million which includes a $1.4 million prepayment made into our STI Spirit Credit Facility in order to maintain compliance with that facility's collateral maintenance ratio (which requires that the charter-free market value of STI Spirit be no less than 140% of the then outstanding loan balance) and $2.9 million of scheduled principal payments on our 2011 Credit Facility, STI Spirit Credit Facility and Newbuilding Credit Facility.
 
 
o
The issuance of 3,611,809 common shares to unaffiliated third parties in connection with our acquisition of four vessel newbuilding contracts.
 
 
o
The payment of $4.4 million and the issuance of 3,523,271 common shares to an unaffiliated third party in connection with our acquisition of four vessel newbuilding contracts.
 
There have been no other significant adjustments to our capitalization since September 30, 2013, as so adjusted. You should read the information below in connection with the section of this prospectus supplement entitled "Use of Proceeds," the consolidated financial statements and related notes included therein.
 
   
As of September 30, 2013
 
In thousands of U.S. dollars
 
Actual
   
As adjusted
 
Cash
  $ 447,368     $ 68,934  
                 
Current debt:
               
Bank loans (1)
    13,754       12,097  
                 
Non-current debt:
               
Bank loans (1)
    157,543       154,892  
Total debt
  $ 171,297     $ 166,989  
                 
Shareholders' equity:
               
Share capital
  $ 1,888     $ 1,960  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,462,232       1,530,662  
Treasury shares
    (7,938 )     (7,938 )
Hedging reserve
    (236 )     (236 )
Accumulated deficit(2)
    (85,842 )     (85,842 )
Total shareholders' equity
  $ 1,370,104     $ 1,438,606  
                 
Total capitalization
  $ 1,541,401     $ 1,605,595  
__________
(1)
Bank loans presented at September 30, 2013 are shown net of $2.6 million of deferred financing fees that are amortized over the term of the loans, including $0.2 million which relates to current bank loans and $2.4 million which relates to non-current bank loans.
 
(2)
Accumulated deficit, as adjusted does not include the effects of a net gain of approximately $14.1 million relating to a gain on our investment in Dorian and a write-down of the book value of vessels designated as held for sale.
 
 
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SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
 
Based solely upon information furnished to us by the Selling Shareholders, the following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common shares held as of the date of this prospectus supplement by the Selling Shareholders. The common shares registered hereby were acquired by the Selling Shareholders in connection with our acquisition, through the purchase of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of certain entities owned, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by one or more of the Selling Shareholders, of four vessel newbuilding contracts. Except for the acquisition of the vessel newbuilding contracts, to our knowledge there are no, and have not been within the past three years, any material relationships between us and the Selling Shareholders. The Selling Shareholders are offering an aggregate of up to 3,523,271 of our common shares, which were acquired in private transactions. The Selling Shareholders may sell some, all or none of their shares covered by this prospectus supplement.
 
                         
 
Selling Shareholder(1)
 
 
Common
Shares Owned
Prior to the
Offering
 
Percentage of
Class Prior to
the Offering (2)
 
 
Total Common
Shares Offered
Hereby
 
Percentage of
the Class
Following the
Offering (3)
 
York Credit Opportunities Fund, L.P.
 
 
4,407,226
 
2.2
%
 
 
1,159,844
 
1.6
%
York Credit Opportunities Investments Master Fund, L.P.
   
4,545,761
  2.3 %    
1,131,143
 
1.7
%
York Capital Management, L.P.
   
515,688
  0.3 %    
515,688
 
0
York Multi-Strategy Master Fund, L.P.
   
716,596
  0.4 %    
716,596
 
0
 
________________
(1)
The business address of each selling shareholder is c/o York Capital Management, 767 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10153.
 
(2)
Based on 198,791,502 common shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus supplement.
 
(3)
Assumes that the Selling Shareholders sell all of the common shares offered hereby.
 
 
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PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON SHARES
 
Shares of our common stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STNG." The high and low prices of our common shares on the New York Stock Exchange are presented for the periods listed below.
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
December 31, 2011
 
$
 12.18
 
 
$
4.28
 
December 31, 2012
 
$
7.50
 
 
$
   4.93
 
December 31, 2013
 
$
12.48
 
 
$
6.92
 
 

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
March 31, 2012
 
$
7.50
 
 
$
4.93
 
June 30, 2012
 
$
7.50
 
 
$
5.14
 
September 30, 2012
 
$
6.88
 
 
$
5.14
 
December 31, 2012
 
$
7.14
 
 
$
5.19
 
March 31, 2013
 
$
8.94
 
 
$
6.92
 
June 30, 2013
 
$
9.60
 
 
$
7.55
 
September 30, 2013
 
$
 10.51
 
 
$
   8.87
 
December 31, 2013
 
$
12.48
 
 
$
9.37
 

 
FOR THE MONTHS ENDED
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
July 2013
 
$
10.51
 
 
$
8.87
 
August 2013
 
$
10.29
 
 
$
9.32
 
September 2013
 
$
10.28
 
 
$
9.38
 
October 2013
 
$
12.03
 
 
$
9.37
 
November 2013
 
$
12.48
 
 
$
11.26
 
December 2013
 
$
12.17
 
 
$
10.62
 
January 2014 (through and including January 6, 2014)
 
$
11.91
 
 
$
11.53
 

 
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
The Selling Shareholders (which as used herein include any successor entities thereto, and their respective affiliates that are direct or indirect equity investors in us (including other successors in interest selling our common shares received after the date of this prospectus from a Selling Shareholder as a partnership distribution or other transfer), may sell or distribute our securities included in this prospectus through underwriters, through agents, to dealers, in private transactions, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices (which may be above or below market prices prevailing at the time of the sale) or otherwise.
 
In addition, the selling shareholders may sell our securities included in this prospectus through:
 
 
·
a block trade in which a broker-dealer may resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
 
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; or
 
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers.
 
In addition, the selling shareholders may enter into option or other types of transactions that require us or them to deliver our securities to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the securities under this prospectus. Any selling shareholder may enter into hedging transactions with respect to our securities. For example, we or any selling shareholder may:
 
 
·
enter into transactions involving short sales of our common shares by broker-dealers;
 
 
·
sell common shares short and deliver the shares to close out short positions;
 
 
·
enter into option or other types of transactions that require us or the selling shareholder to deliver common shares to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the common shares under this prospectus; or
 
 
·
loan or pledge the common shares to a broker-dealer, who may sell the loaned shares or, in the event of default, sell the pledged shares.
 
Any selling shareholder may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by any selling shareholder or borrowed from any selling shareholder or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from any selling shareholder in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition, any selling shareholder may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities short using this prospectus. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.
 
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or other persons acting on our behalf or on the behalf of the selling shareholders that participate with the selling shareholders in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters and any commissions received or profit realized by them on the resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. As a result, we have or will inform the selling shareholders that Regulation M, promulgated under the Exchange Act, may apply to sales by the selling shareholders in the market. The selling shareholders may agree to indemnify any broker, dealer or agent that participates in transactions involving the sale of our common shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
 
 
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Except as set forth above, as of the date of this prospectus supplement, we are not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding between any broker or dealer and us with respect to the offer or sale of the securities pursuant to this prospectus.
 
Underwriters or agents could make sales in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an at-the-market offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, which includes sales made directly on or through the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for our common shares, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange.
 
We will bear costs relating to the securities offered and sold by us under this prospectus supplement. We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain liabilities, including liabilities of any violation by the Company of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus that have not resulted from information provided by the Selling Shareholders.
 
As a result of requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the maximum commission or discount to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker/dealer may not be greater than eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds received by us or any selling shareholder for the sale of any securities being registered pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. If more than 5% of the net proceeds of any offering of common shares made under this prospectus will be received by a FINRA member participating in the offering or affiliates or associated persons of such a FINRA member, the offering will be conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
The following is a description of the material terms of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws. Please see our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
Purpose
 
Our purpose, as stated in our amended and restated articles of incorporation, is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Business Corporations Act of the Marshall Islands, or the BCA. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws do not impose any limitations on the ownership rights of our shareholders.
 
Authorized Capital Stock
 
Under our amended and restated articles of incorporation our authorized capital stock consists of 250,000,000 common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of which 198,791,502 shares are currently issued and outstanding (which excludes 1,170,987 shares held as treasury shares), and 25,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.
 
Share History
 
In April 2010, we closed the issuance of 12,500,000 common shares at $13.00 per share in our initial public offering and received net proceeds of $149.6 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses.
 
In May 2010, pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option that we granted in connection with our initial public offering, we closed the issuance of 450,000 common shares at $13.00 and received $5.2 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts.
 
In November 2010, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 4,575,000 common shares at $9.80 per share. After deducting underwriters' discounts and paying offering expenses, the net proceeds were $41.8 million, and 510,204 shares were issued in a concurrent private placement to a member of the Lolli-Ghetti family for total proceeds of $5.0 million. On December 2, 2010, we closed the issuance of 686,250 common shares at $9.80 and received $6.4 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts, when the underwriters in our follow-on public offering fully exercised their over-allotment option.
 
In May 2011, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 6,000,000 common shares and also closed on the underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase 900,000 additional common shares at the offering price of $10.50 per share. We received net proceeds of $68.5 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses.
 
In December 2011, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 7,000,000 common shares at the offering price of $5.50 per share. We received net proceeds of $36.5 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and estimated offering expenses.
 
In April 2012, we closed on a registered direct placement of 4,000,000 common shares at an offering price of $6.75 per share. We received net proceeds of $25.9 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
In December 2012, we closed on a registered direct placement of 21,639,774 common shares at the offering price of $6.10 per share. We received net proceeds of $127.2 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
 
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In February 2013, we closed on a registered direct placement of 30,672,000 common shares at the offering price of $7.50 per share. We received net proceeds of $222.1 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
In March 2013, we closed on a registered direct placement of 29,012,000 common shares at the offering price of $8.10 per share. We received net proceeds of $226.8 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
In May 2013, we closed on a registered direct placement of 36,144,578 common shares at the offering price of $8.30 per share. We received net proceeds of $289.2 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
In August 2013, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 20,000,000 common shares at the offering price of $9.50 per share. In addition, the underwriters also fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase 3,000,000 additional common shares at the offering price. We received aggregate net proceeds of $209.8 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and estimated offering expenses.
 
In November 2013, we issued 3,611,809 common shares to unaffiliated third parties in connection with our acquisition of four vessel newbuilding contracts.
 
In December 2013, we issued 3,523,271 common shares to unaffiliated third parties in connection with our acquisition of four vessel newbuilding contracts.
 
Description of Common Shares
 
Each outstanding common share entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common shares are entitled to receive ratably all dividends, if any, declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for dividends. Upon our dissolution or liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the holders of our common shares are entitled to receive pro rata our remaining assets available for distribution. Holders of common shares do not have conversion, redemption or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to any of our securities. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common shares are subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of preferred stock, which we may issue in the future.
 
Description of Preferred Shares
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to establish one or more series of preferred stock and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred stock, the terms and rights of that series, including:
 
 
·
the designation of the series;
 
 
·
the number of shares of the series;
 
 
·
the preferences and relative, participating, option or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series; and
 
 
·
the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series.
 
Registrar and Transfer Agent
 
The registrar and transfer agent for our common shares is Computershare, Inc.
 
 
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Listing
 
Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STNG."
 
Directors
 
Our directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote. There is no provision allowing for cumulative voting.
 
Our amended and restated bylaws require our board of directors to consist of at least one member. Our board of directors consists of eight members. Our amended and restated bylaws may be amended by the vote of a majority of our entire board of directors.
 
Directors are elected annually on a staggered basis, and each shall serve for a three year term and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal, or the earlier termination of his term of office. Our board of directors, as advised by our Compensation Committee, has the authority to fix the amounts which shall be payable to the members of the board of directors for attendance at any meeting or for services rendered to us.
 
Shareholder Meetings
 
Under our amended and restated bylaws, annual meetings of shareholders will be held at a time and place selected by our board of directors. The meetings may be held in or outside of the Republic of The Marshall Islands. Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or an officer of the Company who is also a director. Our board of directors may set a record date between 15 and 60 days before the date of any meeting to determine the shareholders that will be eligible to receive notice and vote at the meeting. One or more shareholders representing at least one-third of the total voting rights of our total issued and outstanding shares present in person or by proxy at a shareholder meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of the meeting.
 
Dissenters' Rights of Appraisal and Payment
 
Under the BCA, our shareholders have the right to dissent from various corporate actions, including any merger or consolidation and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets not made in the usual course of our business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares. In the event of any further amendment of our articles of incorporation, a shareholder also has the right to dissent and receive payment for his or her shares if the amendment alters certain rights in respect of those shares. The dissenting shareholder must follow the procedures set forth in the BCA to receive payment. In the event that we and any dissenting shareholder fail to agree on a price for the shares, the BCA procedures involve, among other things, the institution of proceedings in the high court of the Republic of The Marshall Islands or in any appropriate court in any jurisdiction in which our shares are primarily traded on a local or national securities exchange.
 
Shareholders' Derivative Actions
 
Under the BCA, any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action is a holder of common shares both at the time the derivative action is commenced and at the time of the transaction to which the action relates.
 
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
 
The BCA authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors' fiduciary duties. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
 
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Our bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses (including attorney's fees and disbursements and court costs) to our directors and officers and carry directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and this insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.
 
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
 
There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.
 
Anti-Takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
 
Several provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are summarized below, may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, lessen our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our board of directors to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us. However, these anti-takeover provisions, which are summarized below, could also discourage, delay or prevent (1) the merger or acquisition of us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise that a shareholder may consider in its best interest and (2) the removal of incumbent officers and directors.
 
Blank Check Preferred Stock
 
Under the terms of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, our board of directors has authority, without any further vote or action by our shareholders, to issue up to 25 million shares of blank check preferred stock. Our board of directors may issue shares of preferred stock on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of us or the removal of our management.
 
Election and Removal of Directors
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our bylaws require parties other than the board of directors to give advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors. Our articles of incorporation also provide that our directors may be removed for cause upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote for those directors. These provisions may discourage, delay or prevent the removal of incumbent officers and directors.
 
Limited Actions by Shareholders
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and our bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by our shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of shareholders or by the unanimous written consent of our shareholders. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and our bylaws provide that, unless otherwise prescribed by law, only a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or an officer of the Company who is also a director may call special meetings of our shareholders and the business transacted at the special meeting is limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Accordingly, a shareholder may be prevented from calling a special meeting for shareholder consideration of a proposal over the opposition of our board of directors and shareholder consideration of a proposal may be delayed until the next annual meeting.
 
 
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Advance notice requirements for shareholder proposals and director nominations
 
Our bylaws provide that shareholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the corporate secretary. Generally, to be timely, a shareholder's notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 150 days nor more than 180 days prior to the one year anniversary of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder's notice. These provisions may impede shareholders' ability to bring matters before an annual meeting of shareholders or make nominations for directors at an annual meeting of shareholders.
 
Classified board of directors
 
As described above, our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide for the division of our board of directors into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered three year terms. Accordingly, approximately one-third of our board of directors will be elected each year. This classified board provision could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our shares or attempting to obtain control of us. It could also delay shareholders who do not agree with the policies of our board of directors from removing a majority of our board of directors for two years.
 
Business combinations
 
Although the BCA does not contain specific provisions regarding "business combinations" between companies organized under the laws of the Marshall Islands and "interested shareholders," we have included these provisions in our articles of incorporation. Specifically, our articles of incorporation prohibit us from engaging in a "business combination" with certain persons for three years following the date the person becomes an interested shareholder. Interested shareholders generally include:
 
 
·
any person who is the beneficial owner of 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock; or
 
 
·
any person who is our affiliate or associate and who held 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock at any time within three years before the date on which the person's status as an interested shareholder is determined, and the affiliates and associates of such person.
 
Subject to certain exceptions, a business combination includes, among other things:
 
 
·
certain mergers or consolidations of us or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of ours;
 
 
·
any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of our assets or of any subsidiary of ours having an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all of our assets, determined on a combined basis, or the aggregate value of all of our outstanding stock;
 
 
·
certain transactions that result in the issuance or transfer by us of any stock of ours to the interested shareholder;
 
 
·
any transaction involving us or any of our subsidiaries that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of any class or series of stock, or securities convertible into any class or series of stock, of ours or any such subsidiary that is owned directly or indirectly by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder; and
 
 
·
any receipt by the interested shareholder of the benefit directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through us.
 
 
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These provisions of our articles of incorporation do not apply to a business combination if:
 
 
·
before a person became an interested shareholder, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction in which the shareholder became an interested shareholder;
 
 
·
upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, other than certain excluded shares;
 
 
·
at or following the transaction in which the person became an interested shareholder, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interest shareholder;
 
 
·
the shareholder was or became an interested shareholder prior to the closing of our initial public offering in 2010;
 
 
·
a shareholder became an interested shareholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divested itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the shareholder ceased to be an interested shareholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a business combination between us and such shareholder, have been an interested shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; or
 
 
 
·
the business combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required under our articles of incorporation which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the following sentence; (ii) is with or by a person who either was not an interested shareholder during the previous three years or who became an interested shareholder with the approval of the board; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the members of the board of directors then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any person becoming an interested shareholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors. The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to:
 
 
(i)
a merger or consolidation of us (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to the BCA, no vote of our shareholders is required);
 
 
(ii)
a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of us or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of ours (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to us) having an aggregate market value equal to 50% or more of either the aggregate market value of all of our assets determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding shares; or
 
 
(iii)
a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of our outstanding voting stock.
 
 
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EXPENSES
 
The following are the estimated offering expenses of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, all of which will be paid by us.
 
         
Commission Registration Fee
 
$
5,294
 
Printing and Engraving Expenses
   
25,000
 
Legal Fees and Expenses
 
 
50,000
 
Accountants' Fees and Expenses
 
 
5,000
 
Miscellaneous Costs
 
 
14,706
 
Total
 
$
100,000
 
 
 
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LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the common shares and certain other matters relating to United States Federal income and Marshall Islands tax considerations and to Marshall Islands corporations law will be passed upon for us by Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, New York.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, and the effectiveness of Scorpio Tankers Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated therein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
The international oil tanker shipping industry information, also incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F, attributed to Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd., or Drewry, has been reviewed by Drewry, which has confirmed to us that such sections accurately describe the international tanker market, subject to the availability and reliability of the data supporting the statistical information presented in this prospectus supplement.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, we filed a registration statement relating to the securities offered by this prospectus supplement with the Commission. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are parts of that registration statement, which includes additional information.
 
We file annual and special reports with the Commission. You may read and copy any document that we file and obtain copies at prescribed rates from the Commission's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1 (800) SEC-0330. The Commission maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission. Further information about our company is available on our website at http://www.scorpiotankers.com. The information on our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.
 
Information Incorporated by Reference
 
The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" information that we file with it. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those filed documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Commission prior to the termination of this offering will also be considered to be part of this prospectus and will automatically update and supersede previously filed information, including information contained in this document.
 
We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and certain future filings made with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
 
 
·
Our Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Commission on March 29, 2013 which contains our audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which those statements have been filed.
 
 
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·
Our Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on February 25, 2013; February 26, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); February 28, 2013; March 6, 2013; March 7, 2013; March 15, 2013; March 26, 2013; April 1, 2013; April 4, 2013 (all three Form 6-Ks); April 8, 2013; April 15, 2013 (both Form 6-Ks); April 26, 2013; April 29, 2013 (both Form 6-Ks, except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); May 13, 2013; May 30, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); June 5, 2013; June 7, 2013; July 2, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); July 25, 2013; July 29, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); August 6, 2013; August 7, 2013; August 28, 2013; September 19, 2013; October 15, 2013; October 21, 2013; October 29, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); October 29, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein); November 5, 2013; November 20, 2013; December 3, 2013; and December 30, 2013 (except as to information specifically excluded from incorporation herein).
 
We are also incorporating by reference all subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F that we file with the Commission and certain current reports on Form 6-K that we furnish to the Commission after the date of this prospectus supplement (if they state that they are incorporated by reference into this prospectus) until the completion of this offering. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus or the prospectus supplement.
 
We have authorized only the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We have not, and the selling shareholders have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information. We and the selling shareholders take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any information that others may give you. We are not, and the selling shareholders are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement as well as the information we previously filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference, is accurate as of the dates of those documents only. Our business, financial condition and results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
 
You may request a free copy of the above mentioned filing or any subsequent filing we incorporated by reference into this prospectus by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
 
     
MONACO
 
NEW YORK
 
9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco 98000
 
Tel: +377-9798-5716
 
150 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10155
 
Tel: 1-212-542-1616
 
Information Provided by the Company
 
As a "foreign private issuer," we are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders. While we furnish proxy statements to shareholders in accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, those proxy statements do not conform to Schedule 14A of the proxy rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, as a "foreign private issuer," our officers and directors are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act relating to short swing profit reporting and liability.
 
 
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Prospectus
 

SCORPIO TANKERS INC.
 
Common Shares, Preferred Shares, Debt Securities, Guarantees, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Rights and Units
 
 
Through this prospectus, we or any selling shareholder may periodically offer:
 
(1) our common shares,
 
(2) our preferred shares,
 
(3) our debt securities, which may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries,
 
(4) our warrants,
 
(5) our purchase contracts,
 
(6) our rights, and
 
(7) our units.
 
The prices and other terms of the securities that we or any selling shareholder will offer will be determined at the time of their offering and will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from a sale of securities by the selling shareholders.
 
Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STNG."
 
The securities issued under this prospectus may be offered directly or through underwriters, agents or dealers.  The names of any underwriters, agents or dealers will be included in a supplement to this prospectus.
 
An investment in these securities involves a high degree of risk. See the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 8 of this prospectus, and other risk factors contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The date of this prospectus is February 22, 2013.

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
1
RISK FACTORS
8
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
10
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
11
USE OF PROCEEDS
12
CAPITALIZATION
13
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON SHARES
14
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
15
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
17
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
18
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
24
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
33
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
34
DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS
35
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
36
EXPENSES
37
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
38
LEGAL MATTERS
46
EXPERTS
46
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
46
 
We prepare our financial statements, including all of the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in U.S. dollars and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.  We have a fiscal year end of December 31.
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, using a shelf registration process. Under the shelf registration process, we or any selling shareholder may sell our common shares, preferred shares, debt securities (and related guarantees), warrants, purchase contracts and units described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we or any selling shareholder may offer. Each time we or a selling shareholder offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the offered securities. We may file a prospectus supplement in the future that may also add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. You should read carefully both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described below.
 
This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are part of a registration statement we filed with the Commission and do not contain all the information in the registration statement.  Forms of the indentures and other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.  Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers.  You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters.  For further information about us or the securities offered hereby, you should refer to the registration statement, which you can obtain from the Commission as described below under the section entitled "Where You Can Find Additional Information."
 
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement.  We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information.  If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.  We will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.  You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and the applicable supplement to this prospectus is accurate as of the date on its respective cover, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise.  Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
 
 
(i)

 
 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
This section summarizes some of the key information that is contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. It may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. As an investor or prospective investor, you should review carefully the entire prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein, including the section of this prospectus entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 8.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this prospectus, the terms "Scorpio Tankers," the "Company," "we," "our" and "us" refer to Scorpio Tankers Inc. and its subsidiaries. "Scorpio Tankers Inc." refers only to Scorpio Tankers Inc. and not its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "dollars" and "$" in this prospectus are to the lawful currency of the United States. We use the term deadweight tons, or dwt, expressed in metric tons, each of which is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms, in describing the size of tankers.
 
Our Company
 
We are Scorpio Tankers Inc., a company incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We provide seaborne transportation of crude oil and other petroleum products worldwide. We began our operations in October 2009 with three vessel-owning and operating subsidiary companies. In April 2010, we completed our initial public offering of 12,500,000 common shares at a public offering price of $13.00 per share and commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol "STNG."  We have since expanded our fleet, and as of the date of this prospectus, our fleet consists of 13 wholly-owned tankers (four LR1 tankers, one Handymax tanker, six MR tankers, one LR2 tanker and one post-Panamax tanker), 19 time chartered-in tankers (five Handymax tankers, eight MR tankers, three LR1 tankers and three LR2 tankers, including one vessel we expect to be delivered to us in 2013) and we have contracted for 16 newbuilding MR tankers and four Handymax tankers, two of which are expected to be delivered to us by April 2013 and the remaining 18 by the end of 2014.
 
We intend to continue to grow our fleet through timely and selective acquisitions of modern, high-quality tankers. We expect to focus future vessel acquisitions primarily on medium-sized product or coated tankers. However, we will also consider purchasing other classes of tankers if we determine that those vessels would, in our view, present favorable investment opportunities.
 
Our founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Emanuele Lauro, is a member of the Lolli-Ghetti family, which has been involved in shipping since the early 1950s through the Italian company Navigazione Alta Italia, or NAI. The Lolli-Ghetti family owns and controls the Scorpio Group, which includes: Scorpio Ship Management S.A.M. and Scorpio Commercial Management S.A.M., which provide us and third parties with technical and commercial management services, respectively; Scorpio Services Holding Limited, which provides us with administrative services; and other affiliated entities. Our President, Mr. Robert Bugbee, also has a senior management position at Scorpio Group, and was formerly the President and Chief Operating Officer of OMI Corporation, which was a publicly traded shipping company.
 
Our Fleet
 
Below is our fleet list as of the date of this prospectus:
 
             
Ice
               
 
Vessel Name
 
Year Built
 
DWT
 
Class
 
Employment
 
Vessel type
       
 
Owned vessels
                           
  1
STI Highlander
 
2007
 
37,145
 
1A
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
       
  2
STI Amber
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
       
  3
STI Topaz
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
       
  4
STI Ruby
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
       
  5
STI Garnet
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
       
  6
STI Onyx
 
2012
 
52,000
 
      -
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
       
  7
STI Sapphire
 
2013
 
52,000
 
      -
 
Spot
 
MR
       
  8
Noemi
 
2004
 
72,515
 
      -
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
       
  9
Senatore
 
2004
 
72,514
 
      -
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
       
10
STI Harmony
 
2007
 
73,919
 
1A
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
       
11
STI Heritage
 
2008
 
73,919
 
1A
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
       
12
Venice
 
2001
 
81,408
 
 1C
 
 SPTP (2)
 
Post-Panamax
       
13
STI Spirit
 
2008
 
113,100
 
      -
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
       
 
Total owned DWT
   
836,520
                   
 
 
1

 
 
                       
Time Charter Info
 
 
Time Chartered-In vessels
               
 
     
         
Ice
        Daily Base      
 
Vessel Name
 
Year Built
 
DWT
 
Class
 
Employment
 
Vessel type
Rate
 
Expiry (5)
 
14
Kraslava
 
2007
 
37,258
 
1B
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,070
 
18-Jul-13
(6)
15
Krisjanis Valdemars
2007
 
37,266
 
1B
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,000
 
14-Jun-13
(7)
16
Histria Azure
 
2007
 
40,394
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$12,000
 
04-Apr-14
(8)
17
Histria Coral
 
2006
 
40,426
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$13,000
 
17-Jul-13
(9)
18
Histria Perla
 
2005
 
40,471
 
-
 
 SHTP (1)
 
Handymax
$13,000
 
15-Jul-13
(9)
19
STX Ace 6
 
2007
 
46,161
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,150
 
17-May-14
(10)
20
Pacific Duchess
 
2009
 
46,697
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$13,800
 
17-Mar-13
(11)
21
Targale
 
2007
 
49,999
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,500
 
17-May-14
(12)
22
Ugale
 
2007
 
49,999
 
1B
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,000
 
15-Jan-14
(13)
23
Freja Lupus
 
2012
 
50,385
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$14,760
 
26-Apr-14
(14)
24
Valle Bianca
 
2007
 
50,633
 
-
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$12,000
 
22-Mar-13
(15)
25
Gan-Trust
 
2013
 
51,561
 
-
 
Spot
 
MR
$16,250
 
06-Jan-16
(16)
26
Usma
 
2007
 
52,684
 
1B
 
SMRP(4)
 
MR
$13,500
 
03-Jan-14
(17)
27
SN Federica
 
2003
 
72,344
 
-
 
Spot
 
LR1
$11,250
 
28-Feb-15
(18)
28
Hellespont Promise
2007
 
73,669
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$12,500
 
16-Dec-13
(19)
29
FPMC P Eagle
 
2009
 
73,800
 
-
 
 SPTP (2)
 
LR1
$12,800
 
09-Sep-13
(20)
30
FPMC P Hero
 
2011
 
99,995
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$14,750
 
13-Oct-13
(21)
31
FPMC P Ideal
 
2012
 
99,993
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$14,750
 
09-Jul-13
(21)
32
Fair Seas
 
2008
 
115,406
 
-
 
SLR2P (3)
 
LR2
$16,000
 
27-Jul-13
(22)
 
Total time chartered-in DWT
1,129,141
                   
                               
 
 
Newbuildings currently under construction
 
 
               
      Ice                
 
Vessel Name
     
DWT
 
Class
     
Vessel type
       
33
Hull 2451
     
37,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
     
(23)
34
Hull 2452
     
37,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
     
(23)
35
Hull 2453
     
37,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
     
(23)
36
Hull 2454
     
37,000
 
1A
     
Handymax
     
(23)
37
Hull 2362
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
38
Hull 2369
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
 
 
2

 
 
39
Hull 2389
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
40
Hull 2390
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
41
Hull 2391
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
42
Hull 2392
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
43
Hull 2449
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
44
Hull 2450
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(23)
45
Hull S1138
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
46
Hull S1139
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
47
Hull S1140
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
48
Hull S1141
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
49
Hull S1142
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
50
Hull S1143
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
51
Hull S1144
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
52
Hull S1145
     
52,000
         
MR
     
(24)
 
Total newbuilding DWT
 
980,000
                   
                               
                               
 
Total DWT
     
2,945,661
                   
_____________
 
(1)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio Handymax Tanker Pool (SHTP). SHTP is operated by Scorpio Commercial Management (SCM). SHTP and SCM are related parties to the Company.
(2)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio Panamax Tanker Pool (SPTP). SPTP is operated by SCM. SPTP is a related party to the Company.
(3)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio LR2 Pool (SLR2P). SLR2P is operated by SCM. SLR2P is a related party to the Company.
(4)
This vessel operates in or is expected to operate in the Scorpio MR Pool (SMRP). SMRP is operated by SCM. SMRP is a related party to the Company.
(5)
Redelivery from the charterer is plus or minus 30 days from the expiry date.
(6)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,070 per day.
(7)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,000 per day.  The agreement also contains a 50% profit and loss sharing provision whereby we split all of the vessel's profits and losses above or below the daily base rate with the vessel's owner.
(8)
In April 2013, the daily base rate will increase to $12,600 per day for one year thereafter. We have an option to extend the term of the charter for an additional year at $13,550 per day.
(9)
Represents the average rate for the two year duration of the agreement.  The rate for the first year is $12,750 per day and the rate for the second year is $13,250 per day. We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $14,500 per day.
(10)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,150 per day.
(11)
We have an option for the Company to extend the charter for an additional year at $14,800 per day.
(12)
We have options to extend the charter for up to three consecutive one year periods at $14,850 per day, $15,200 per day and $16,200 per day, respectively.
(13)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $15,000 per day.
(14)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $16,000 per day.
(15)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional six months at $13,000 per day.
(16)
The daily base rate represents the average rate for the three year duration of the agreement.  The rate for the first year is $15,750 per day, the rate for the second year is $16,250 per day, and the rate for the third year is $16,750 per day. We have options to extend the charter for up to two consecutive one year periods at $17,500 per day and $18,000 per day, respectively.
(17)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $14,500 per day.
(18)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $12,500 per day.  We have also entered into an agreement with the owner whereby we split all of the vessel's profits above the daily base rate.
(19)
We have an option to extend the charter for an additional six months at $14,250 per day.
(20)
We have options to extend the charter for up to two consecutive one year periods at $13,400 per day and $14,400 per day, respectively.  We have also entered into an agreement with a third party whereby we split all of the vessel's profits and losses above or below the daily base rate.
(21)
We have options to extend the charters for three consecutive six month periods at $15,000 per day, $15,250 per day, and $15,500 per day respectively. FPMC P Hero is expected to be delivered in April 2013 and FPMC P Ideal was delivered in January 2013.
(22)
We have options to extend the charter for three consecutive six month periods at $16,250 per day, $16,500 per day, and $16,750 per day respectively.
(23)
These Newbuilding vessels are being constructed at HMD (Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. of South Korea).  Two vessels are expected to be delivered between March 2013 and April 2013, and the remaining 10 are expected to be delivered by October 2014.
(24)
These Newbuilding vessels are being constructed at SPP (SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of South Korea ).  These eight vessels are expected to be delivered by the end of 2014.

 
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Chartering Strategy
 
Generally, we operate our vessels in commercial pools (such as the Scorpio MR Pool, Scorpio LR2 Pool, Scorpio Panamax Tanker Pool, and Scorpio Handymax Tanker Pool), on time charters or in the spot market.
 
Commercial Pools
 
To increase vessel utilization and thereby revenues, we participate in commercial pools with other shipowners of similar modern, well-maintained vessels. By operating a large number of vessels as an integrated transportation system, commercial pools offer customers greater flexibility and a higher level of service while achieving scheduling efficiencies. Pools employ experienced commercial managers and operators who have close working relationships with customers and brokers, while technical management is performed by each shipowner. Pools negotiate charters with customers primarily in the spot market. The size and scope of these pools enable them to enhance utilization rates for pool vessels by securing backhaul voyages and contracts of affreightment, or COAs, thus generating higher effective time charter equivalent, or TCE, revenues than otherwise might be obtainable in the spot market.
 
Time Charters
 
Time charters give us a fixed and stable cash flow for a known period of time. Time charters also mitigate, in part, the seasonality of the spot market business, which is generally weaker in the second and third quarters of the year. In the future, we may opportunistically look to enter our vessels into time charter contracts. We may also enter into time charter contracts with profit sharing agreements, which enable us to benefit if the spot market increases.
 
Spot Market
 
A spot market voyage charter is generally a contract to carry a specific cargo from a load port to a discharge port for an agreed freight per ton of cargo or a specified total amount. Under spot market voyage charters, we pay voyage expenses such as port, canal and bunker costs. Spot charter rates are volatile and fluctuate on a seasonal and year-to-year basis. Fluctuations derive from imbalances in the availability of cargoes for shipment and the number of vessels available at any given time to transport these cargoes. Vessels operating in the spot market generate revenue that is less predictable, but may enable us to capture increased profit margins during periods of improvements in tanker rates.
 
Management of Our Fleet
 
Commercial and Technical Management
 
Our vessels are commercially managed by Scorpio Commercial Management S.A.M., or SCM, and technically managed by Scorpio Ship Management S.A.M., or SSM, pursuant to a Master Agreement. SCM and SSM are related parties of us. We expect that additional vessels that we may acquire in the future will also be managed under the Master Agreement.
 
SCM's services include securing employment, in the spot market and on time charters, for the Company's vessels. SCM also manages the Scorpio Group Pools. We pay SCM as our commercial manager a fee of $250 per vessel per day for each post-Panamax, LR1, LR2 vessel and $300 per vessel per day for each of our Handymax and MR vessels, plus 1.25% commission on gross revenues per charter fixture when SCM provides commercial management services for vessels that are not in any of the Scorpio Group Pools.  The Scorpio Handymax Tanker Pool, Scorpio Panamax Tanker Pool, Scorpio LR2 Pool and Scorpio MR Pool and participants collectively pay SCM a pool management fee of $250 per vessel per day with respect to our LR2 vessels, $300 per vessel per day with respect to each of our Panamax vessels and $325 per vessel per day with respect to each of our Handymax and MR vessels, plus 1.50% commission on gross revenues per charter fixture.  These are the same fees that SCM charges other vessels in these pools, including third party owned vessels.
 
 
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SSM facilitates vessel support, such as crew, provisions, deck and engine stores, insurance, maintenance and repairs, and other services as necessary to operate the Company's vessels, such as drydocks and vetting/inspection. We currently pay SSM $548 per vessel per day to provide technical management services for each of our vessels. This fee is the same charged to third parties by SSM, and therefore the Company believes it represents a market rate for such services.
 
Administrative Services Agreement
 
We have an Administrative Services Agreement with Scorpio Services Holding Limited, or SSH or our Administrator, for the provision of administrative staff and office space, and administrative services, including accounting, legal compliance, financial and information technology services. SSH is a related party to us.  Liberty Holding Company Ltd., or Liberty, a company affiliated with us, acted as our Administrator until March 13, 2012 when the Administrative Services Agreement was assigned to SSH. The effective date of the novation was November 9, 2009, the date that we first entered into the agreement with Liberty. We reimburse our current Administrator for the reasonable direct or indirect expenses it incurs in providing us with the administrative services described above. Our Administrator also arranges vessel sales and purchases for us. The services provided to us by our Administrator may be sub-contracted to other entities within the Scorpio Group.
 
We pay our Administrator a fee for arranging vessel purchases and sales for us, equal to 1% of the gross purchase or sale price, payable upon the consummation of any such purchase or sale. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we paid our Administrator $0.5 million, in aggregate, relating to the sales of STI Conqueror, STI Gladiator and STI Matador, and $1.9 million, in aggregate, relating to the purchase and delivery of our first five newbuilding vessels. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we paid our Administrator $0.7 million in fees relating to vessel acquisitions. We believe this 1% fee on purchases and sales is customary in the tanker industry.
 
Further, pursuant to our administrative services agreement, our Administrator, has agreed that it will not directly own product or crude tankers ranging in size from 35,000 dwt to 200,000 dwt.
 
Our administrative services agreement, whose effective commencement began in December 2009, was automatically renewed on December 31, 2012 for an additional term of two years.
 
Corporate Structure
 
We were incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands pursuant to the Marshall Islands Business Corporation Act on July 1, 2009.  We currently maintain our principal executive offices at 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco 98000 and our telephone number at that location is +377-9798-5716. We also maintain an office in the United States at 150 East 58th Street, New York, New York 10155 and the telephone number at that address is 212-542-1616. We own each of the vessels in our owned fleet, and expect to own each additional vessel that we acquire into our owned fleet in the future, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The vessels in our time chartered-in fleet are chartered-in to our wholly-owned subsidiary, STI Chartering and Trading Ltd.
 
RECENT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
 
Public Offerings
 
In December 2012, we closed on a follow-on public offering of 21,639,774 common shares at the offering price of $6.10 per share.  We received net proceeds of approximately $127.2 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses. Jefferies & Company, Inc. and RS Platou Markets AS acted as placement agents. The net proceeds of the offering were used to partially repay outstanding indebtedness under the Company's 2010 Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes, including vessel acquisitions and working capital.
 
 
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In February 2013, we closed on a follow-on public offering of 30,672,000 common shares at the offering price of $7.50 per share.  We received net proceeds of approximately $222.1 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses. RS Platou Markets AS, Clarkson Capital Markets, DNB Markets, Inc. and Evercore Group L.L.C. acted as placement agents. The net proceeds of the offering are being used for vessel acquisitions, working capital and other general corporate purposes.
 
Newbuilding Vessels
 
In December 2012, we exercised options with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea, or HMD, for the construction of two MR product tanker newbuildings and we also signed an agreement with SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. of South Korea, or SPP, for the construction of four MR product tanker newbuildings. These six newbuildings are scheduled to be delivered to us in the second and third quarters of 2014. The contract price for each of the newbuildings is approximately $33.0 million.
 
In January 2013, we took delivery of STI Sapphire, the sixth vessel under our Newbuilding program. The vessel was partially financed under our $150 million senior secured term loan facility, which we refer to as our 2011 Credit Facility.
 
In January 2013, we entered into an agreement with HMD for the construction of two additional MR product tankers for approximately $32.5 million each. These vessels are scheduled to be delivered to us in May and June 2014.
 
In February 2013, we exercised options with HMD for the construction of four Handymax, ice class 1A product tankers (37,000 DWT) for approximately $30.0 million each. These vessels are scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter of 2014. In conjunction with these contracts, we received four fixed price options for similar vessels which would be delivered in the first half of 2015.
 
In February 2013, we reached an agreement with SPP for the construction of four MR product tankers for approximately $32.5 million each, two of which are the exercise of options from a previous contract. These vessels will be delivered in the third and fourth quarters of 2014. In conjunction with these contracts, we received extensions on several previously agreed options and received four new fixed price options for similar vessels which would be delivered in 2015.
 
Currently, we have contracts for the construction of 20 product tankers with HMD and SPP, consisting of 16 MR and four Handymax vessels. Of these 20 newbuilding product tankers, two are scheduled to be delivered to us by April 2013 and 18 are scheduled to be delivered to us by the end of 2014. As of February 19, 2013, we have paid $50.9 million of installment payments related to these newbuilding product tankers, and are committed to make additional installment payments of $604.4 million. In addition, we have unfunded fixed price options with HMD and SPP for the construction of an additional 14 product tankers.
 
Time Chartered-in Vessels
 
    In November 2012, we entered into time charter-in agreements for two LR1 tankers and a LR2 tanker.  The terms of the contracts are summarized as follows:
 
 
·
A 2007-built, 73,669 DWT LR1 product tanker on a one year time charter-in agreement at $12,500 per day, with an option for us to extend the charter for an additional six months.  This vessel was delivered to us in December 2012.
 
 
·
A 2003-built, 72,344 DWT LR1 product tanker on a two year time charter-in agreement at $11,250 per day, with an option for us to extend the charter for an additional year at $12,500 per day. Additionally, we have entered into a profit sharing arrangement whereby 50% of the profits above the charterhire rate are being shared with the owner of the vessel.  This vessel was delivered to us in January 2013.
 
 
 
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·
A 2008-built, 115,406 DWT LR2 product tanker on a six month time charter-in agreement at $16,000 per day, with an option for us to extend the charter for three consecutive six month periods at $16,250 per day, $16,500 per day and $16,750 per day, respectively.  This vessel was delivered to us in January 2013.
 
In December 2012, we agreed to time charter-in two product tankers. The terms of the contracts are summarized as follows:
 
 
·
A 2007 built, 52,684 DWT MR ice-class 1B product tanker on a one year time charter-in agreement at $13,500 per day. The agreement includes an option for us to extend the charter for an additional year at $14,500 per day. This vessel was delivered to us in January 2013.
 
 
·
A 2007 built Handymax product tanker, which already is time chartered-in by us, will be time chartered-in for one additional year at $12,600 per day and is expected to commence in April 2013. The agreement includes an option for us to extend the charter for an additional year at $13,550 per day.
 
    In January 2013, we agreed to time charter-in and took delivery of a 2007  built, 49,999 DWT MR ice-class product tanker on a one year time charter-in agreement at $14,000 per day. The agreement also contains an option for us to extend the charter by one year at $15,000 per day.
 
    Additionally, in January 2013, we took delivery of the following vessels that we previously agreed to time charter-in.
 
 
·
A 2013 built, 51,561 DWT MR product tanker on a three year time charter-in agreement.  This vessel is a sister ship of our newbuilding vessels from HMD.  The rate for the first year is $15,750 per day, the rate for the second year is $16,250 per day, and the rate for the third year is $16,750 per day. We have options to extend the charter for up to two consecutive one year periods at $17,500 per day and $18,000 per day, respectively.
 
 
·
A 2012 built, 99,993 DWT LR2 product tanker on a one year time charter-in agreement for $14,750 per day.  We have options to extend the charter for three consecutive six month periods at $15,000 per day, $15,250 per day, and $15,500 per day respectively.
 

 
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RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk.  You should carefully consider the risks set forth below and in any documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.  In addition, you should also consider carefully the risks set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in any prospectus supplement before investing in the securities offered by this prospectus.  You should also carefully consider the risks described in any future reports that summarize the risks that may materially affect our business, before making an investment in our securities. Please see the section of this prospectus entitled "Where You Can Find Additional Information—Information Incorporated by Reference." The occurrence of one or more of those risk factors could adversely impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Risks Relating to Our Common Shares
 
The price of our common shares after this offering may be volatile.
 
The price of our common shares may fluctuate due to factors such as:
 
 
·
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly and annual results and those of other public companies in our industry;
 
 
·
mergers and strategic alliances in the crude tanker and product tanker industries;
 
 
·
market conditions in the crude tanker and product tanker industries;
 
 
·
changes in government regulation;
 
 
·
the failure of securities analysts to publish research about us after this offering, or shortfalls in our operating results from levels forecast by securities analysts;
 
 
·
announcements concerning us or our competitors; and
 
 
·
the general state of the securities market.
 
The seaborne transportation industry has been highly unpredictable and volatile. The market for our common shares in this industry may be equally volatile. Consequently, you may not be able to sell the common shares at prices equal to or greater than those paid by you in this offering.
 
We are incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which does not have a well-developed body of corporate law and, as a result, shareholders may have fewer rights and protections under Marshall Islands law than under a typical jurisdiction in the United States.
 
Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws and by the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, or BCA. The provisions of the BCA resemble provisions of the corporation laws of a number of states in the United States. However, there have been few judicial cases in the Republic of the Marshall Islands interpreting the BCA. The rights and fiduciary responsibilities of directors under the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands are not as clearly established as the rights and fiduciary responsibilities of directors under statutes or judicial precedent in existence in certain United States jurisdictions. Shareholder rights may differ as well. While the BCA does specifically incorporate the non-statutory law, or judicial case law, of the State of Delaware and other states with substantially similar legislative provisions, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions by management, directors or controlling shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a United States jurisdiction. Please see the section of this prospectus titled "Enforcement of Civil Liabilities" beginning on page 17.
 
 
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It may be difficult to serve process on or enforce a United States judgment against us, our officers and our directors.
 
We and many of our subsidiaries are incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and a substantial portion of our assets and those of our subsidiaries are located outside the United States.  In addition, some of our directors and officers and a substantial portion of the assets of our directors and officers are located outside the United States. It may be difficult or impossible for U.S. investors to serve process within the United States upon us, our subsidiaries or our directors and officers or to enforce a judgment against us for civil liabilities in U.S. courts. You may also have difficulty enforcing, both in and outside the United States, judgments you may obtain in U.S. courts against us or any of these persons in any action, including actions based upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal or state securities laws In addition, you should not assume that courts in the countries in which we or our subsidiaries are incorporated or where our assets or the assets of our subsidiaries and directors and officers are located (i) would enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions against us or our subsidiaries and directors and officers based upon the civil liability provisions of applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws or (ii) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or our subsidiaries and directors and officers based on those laws.
 
We may issue additional common shares or other equity securities without your approval, which would dilute your ownership interests and may depress the market price of our common shares.
 
We may issue additional common shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank in the future in connection with, among other things, future vessel acquisitions, repayment of outstanding indebtedness, or our equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval, in a number of circumstances.
 
Our issuance of additional common shares or other equity securities of equal or senior rank would have the following effects:
 
 
·
our existing shareholders' proportionate ownership interest in us will decrease;
 
 
·
the amount of cash available for dividends payable on our common shares may decrease;
 
 
·
the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding common share may be diminished; and
 
 
·
the market price of our common shares may decline.
 
 
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Matters discussed in this document 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 document 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.  The words "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
 
The forward-looking statements in this document 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.  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 and matters discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charterhire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker vessel markets, changes in the company's operating expenses, including bunker prices, insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities including those that may limit the commercial useful lives of tankers, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports we file with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.  We caution readers of this prospectus and any prospectus supplement not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.  We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.  These forward looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance, and actual results and future developments may vary materially from those projected in the forward looking statements.
 
 
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
The following table sets forth our unaudited ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and each of the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007.
 
   
Nine months ended
 
Years ended December 31,
   
September 30, 2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
Earnings:
                       
Add:
                       
(Loss) / income before income taxes
 
($21,656,048)
 
($82,726,592)
 
($2,822,098)
 
$3,418,037
 
$12,185,924
 
$12,053,792
Fixed charges (calculated below)
 
6,600,533
 
7,491,765
 
3,244,335
 
730,037
 
1,915,413
 
1,953,344
Amortization of capitalized interest
 
9,628
                   
Less:
                       
Interest capitalized
 
(2,832,417)
 
(573,224)
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
Earnings
 
(17,878,305)
 
(75,808,051)
 
422,237
 
4,148,074
 
14,101,337
 
14,007,136
Fixed charges:
                       
Interest expensed and capitalized on bank loans
 
4,591,904
 
5,523,811
 
2,984,765
 
699,115
 
1,710,907
 
1,953,344
Amortization of deferred financing fees
 
865,831
 
985,881
 
246,130
 
-
 
-
 
-
Interest component of rent
 
1,142,797
 
982,073
 
13,440
 
30,922
 
204,506
 
-
Fixed charges
 
6,600,533
 
7,491,765
 
3,244,335
 
730,037
 
1,915,413
 
1,953,344
                         
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
 
(2.71) (1)
 
(10.12) (1)
 
0.13 (1)
 
5.68
 
7.36
 
7.17
____________
(1)
Our earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges and accordingly, the ratio was less than 1:1.  We would have needed to generate additional earnings of $24,478,838, $83,299,816, and $2,822,098 to achieve coverage of 1:1 in the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 
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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.  We will not receive any proceeds from sales of our securities by selling shareholders.
 
 
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CAPITALIZATION
 
Each prospectus supplement will include information about our capitalization.
 
 
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON SHARES
 
Our common shares trade on the NYSE under the symbol "STNG." The high and low market prices of our common shares on the NYSE are presented for the periods listed below.

                 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
12.18
 
 
 
4.28
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
7.50
 
 
 
5.14
 
 
 
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
March 31, 2011
 
 
10.82
 
 
 
9.62
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
12.18
 
 
 
9.25
 
September 30, 2011
 
 
10.08
 
 
 
4.93
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
7.03
 
 
 
4.28
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
7.50
 
 
 
4.93
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
7.50
 
 
 
5.14
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
6.88
 
 
 
5.14
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
7.14
 
 
 
5.19
 

                 
MOST RECENT SIX MONTHS
 
HIGH
 
 
LOW
 
August 2012
 
 
6.47
 
 
 
5.19
 
September 2012
 
 
6.24
 
 
 
5.20
 
October 2012
 
 
6.07
 
 
 
5.19
 
November 2012
 
 
6.63
 
 
 
5.30
 
December 2012
 
 
7.14
 
 
 
6.11
 
January 2013
 
 
8.43
 
 
 
7.05
 
February 2013 (February 1 through February 20)
 
 
8.67
 
 
 
7.72
 
 
 
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We or any selling shareholder may sell or distribute our securities included in this prospectus through underwriters, through agents, to dealers, in private transactions, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices.
 
In addition, we or the selling shareholders may sell our securities included in this prospectus through:
 
 
·
a block trade in which a broker-dealer may resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
 
 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; or
 
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers.
 
In addition, we or the selling shareholders may enter into option or other types of transactions that require us or them to deliver our securities to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the securities under this prospectus. We or any selling shareholder may enter into hedging transactions with respect to our securities. For example, we or any selling shareholder may:
 
 
·
enter into transactions involving short sales of our common shares by broker-dealers;
 
 
·
sell common shares short and deliver the shares to close out short positions;
 
 
·
enter into option or other types of transactions that require us or the selling shareholder to deliver common shares to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the common shares under this prospectus; or
 
 
·
loan or pledge the common shares to a broker-dealer, who may sell the loaned shares or, in the event of default, sell the pledged shares.
 
We or any selling shareholder may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us, any selling shareholder or borrowed from us or any selling shareholder or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from us or any selling shareholder in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition, we or any selling shareholder may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities short using this prospectus. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.
 
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or other persons acting on our behalf or on the behalf of the selling shareholders that participate with us or the selling shareholders in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters and any commissions received or profit realized by them on the resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. As a result, we have or will inform the selling shareholders that Regulation M, promulgated under the Exchange Act, may apply to sales by the selling shareholders in the market.  The selling shareholders may agree to indemnify any broker, dealer or agent that participates in transactions involving the sale of our commons hares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
 
 
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In connection with the offering and sale of 30,672,000 of our common shares completed in February 2013 pursuant to a Placement Agency Agreement with RS Platou Markets, Inc., we, our directors and executive officers have agreed that, without the prior written consent of RS Platou Markets, Inc. on behalf of the placement agents, we and they will not, during the period ending 30-days from January 30, 2013:
 
 
·
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any common shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common shares; or
 
 
·
enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the common shares.
 
Except as set forth above, as of the date of this prospectus, we are not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding between any broker or dealer and us with respect to the offer or sale of the securities pursuant to this prospectus.
 
At the time that any particular offering of securities is made, to the extent required by the Securities Act, a prospectus supplement will be distributed, setting forth the terms of the offering, including the aggregate number of securities being offered, the purchase price of the securities, the initial offering price of the securities, the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other items constituting compensation from us and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers. Furthermore, we, our executive officers, our directors and the selling shareholders may agree, subject to certain exemptions, that for a certain period from the date of the prospectus supplement under which the securities are offered, we and they will not, without the prior written consent of an underwriter, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of our common shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common shares. However, an underwriter, in its sole discretion, may release any of the securities subject to these lock-up agreements at any time without notice. We expect an underwriter to exclude from these lock-up agreements securities exercised and/or sold pursuant to trading plans entered into by any selling shareholder pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, that are in place at the time of an offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement hereto that provide for periodic sales of the selling shareholders' securities on the basis of parameters described in such trading plans.
 
Underwriters or agents could make sales in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an at-the-market offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, which includes sales made directly on or through the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for our common shares, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange.
 
We will bear costs relating to the securities offered and sold by us under this Registration Statement.
 
As a result of requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the maximum commission or discount to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker/dealer may not be greater than eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds received by us or any selling shareholder for the sale of any securities being registered pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.
 
 
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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
 
We are a Marshall Islands company, and our principal executive office is located outside of the United States in Monaco, although we also have an office in New York. Some of our directors, officers and the experts named in this registration statement reside outside the United States. In addition, a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of certain of our directors, officers and experts are located outside of the United States. As a result, you may have difficulty serving legal process within the United States upon us or any of these persons. You may also have difficulty enforcing, both in and outside the United States, judgments you may obtain in United States courts against us or these persons.

 
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
The following is a description of the material terms of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws. Please see our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
 
Purpose
 
Our purpose, as stated in our amended and restated articles of incorporation, is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Business Corporations Act of the Marshall Islands, or the BCA. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws do not impose any limitations on the ownership rights of our shareholders.
 
Authorized Capital Stock
 
Under our amended and restated articles of incorporation our authorized capital stock consists of 250 million common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of which 94,499,846 shares are currently issued and outstanding (which excludes 1,170,987 shares held as treasury shares), and 25 million preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.
 
Share History
 
In April 2010, we closed the issuance of 12,500,000 common shares at $13.00 per share in our initial public offering and received net proceeds of $149.6 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses.
 
In May 2010, pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option that we granted in connection with our initial public offering, we closed the issuance of 450,000 common shares at $13.00 and received $5.2 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts.
 
In November 2010, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 4,575,000 common shares at $9.80 per share. After deducting underwriters' discounts and paying offering expenses, the net proceeds were $41.8 million, and 510,204 shares were issued in a concurrent private placement to a member of the Lolli-Ghetti family for total proceeds of $5.0 million. On December 2, 2010, we closed the issuance of 686,250 common shares at $9.80 and received $6.4 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts, when the underwriters in our follow-on public offering fully exercised their over-allotment option.
 
In May 2011, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 6,000,000 common shares and also closed on the underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase 900,000 additional common shares at the offering price of $10.50 per share. We received net proceeds of $68.5 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and offering expenses.
 
In December 2011, we closed on an underwritten follow-on public offering of 7,000,000 common shares at the offering price of $5.50 per share. We received net proceeds of $36.5 million, after deducting underwriters' discounts and estimated offering expenses.
 
In April 2012, we closed on a registered direct placement of 4,000,000 common shares at an offering price of $6.75 per share.  We received net proceeds of approximately $26.2 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
In December 2012, we closed on a registered direct placement of 21,639,774 common shares at the offering price of $6.10 per share.  We received net proceeds of approximately $127.2 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
 
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In February 2013, we closed on a registered direct placement of 30,672,000 common shares at the offering price of $7.50 per share. We received net proceeds of approximately $222.1 million, after deducting placement agents' discounts and expenses.
 
Description of Common Shares
 
Each outstanding common share entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common shares are entitled to receive ratably all dividends, if any, declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for dividends. Upon our dissolution or liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the holders of our common shares are entitled to receive pro rata our remaining assets available for distribution. Holders of common shares do not have conversion, redemption or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to any of our securities. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common shares are subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of preferred stock, which we may issue in the future.
 
Description of Preferred Shares
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to establish one or more series of preferred stock and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred stock, the terms and rights of that series, including:
 
 
·
the designation of the series;
 
 
·
the number of shares of the series;
 
 
·
the preferences and relative, participating, option or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series; and
 
 
·
the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series.
 
Registrar and Transfer Agent
 
The registrar and transfer agent for our common shares is Computershare, Inc.
 
Listing
 
Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "STNG."
 
Directors
 
Our directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote. There is no provision allowing for cumulative voting.
 
Our amended and restated bylaws require our board of directors to consist of at least one member. Our board of directors consists of five members. Our amended and restated bylaws may be amended by the vote of a majority of our entire board of directors.
 
Directors are elected annually on a staggered basis, and each shall serve for a three year term and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal, or the earlier termination of his term of office. Our board of directors, as advised by our Compensation Committee, has the authority to fix the amounts which shall be payable to the members of the board of directors for attendance at any meeting or for services rendered to us.
 
 
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Shareholder Meetings
 
Under our amended and restated bylaws, annual meetings of shareholders will be held at a time and place selected by our board of directors. The meetings may be held in or outside of the Republic of The Marshall Islands. Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or an officer of the Company who is also a director. Our board of directors may set a record date between 15 and 60 days before the date of any meeting to determine the shareholders that will be eligible to receive notice and vote at the meeting. One or more shareholders representing at least one-third of the total voting rights of our total issued and outstanding shares present in person or by proxy at a shareholder meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of the meeting.
 
Dissenters' Rights of Appraisal and Payment
 
Under the BCA, our shareholders have the right to dissent from various corporate actions, including any merger or consolidation and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets not made in the usual course of our business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares. In the event of any further amendment of our articles of incorporation, a shareholder also has the right to dissent and receive payment for his or her shares if the amendment alters certain rights in respect of those shares. The dissenting shareholder must follow the procedures set forth in the BCA to receive payment. In the event that we and any dissenting shareholder fail to agree on a price for the shares, the BCA procedures involve, among other things, the institution of proceedings in the high court of the Republic of The Marshall Islands or in any appropriate court in any jurisdiction in which our shares are primarily traded on a local or national securities exchange.
 
Shareholders' Derivative Actions
 
Under the BCA, any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action is a holder of common shares both at the time the derivative action is commenced and at the time of the transaction to which the action relates.
 
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
 
The BCA authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors' fiduciary duties. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
Our bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses (including attorney's fees and disbursements and court costs) to our directors and officers and carry directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and this insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.
 
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
 
There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.
 
 
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Anti-Takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and  Bylaws
 
Several provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are summarized below, may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, lessen our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our board of directors to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us. However, these anti-takeover provisions, which are summarized below, could also discourage, delay or prevent (1) the merger or acquisition of us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise that a shareholder may consider in its best interest and (2) the removal of incumbent officers and directors.
 
Blank Check Preferred Stock
 
Under the terms of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, our board of directors has authority, without any further vote or action by our shareholders, to issue up to 25 million shares of blank check preferred stock. Our board of directors may issue shares of preferred stock on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of us or the removal of our management.
 
Election and Removal of Directors
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our bylaws require parties other than the board of directors to give advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors. Our articles of incorporation also provide that our directors may be removed for cause upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote for those directors. These provisions may discourage, delay or prevent the removal of incumbent officers and directors.
 
Limited Actions by Shareholders
 
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and our bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by our shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of shareholders or by the unanimous written consent of our shareholders. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation and our bylaws provide that, unless otherwise prescribed by law, only a majority of our board of directors, the chairman of our board of directors or an officer of the Company who is also a director may call special meetings of our shareholders and the business transacted at the special meeting is limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Accordingly, a shareholder may be prevented from calling a special meeting for shareholder consideration of a proposal over the opposition of our board of directors and shareholder consideration of a proposal may be delayed until the next annual meeting.
 
Advance notice requirements for shareholder proposals and director nominations
 
Our bylaws provide that shareholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the corporate secretary. Generally, to be timely, a shareholder's notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 150 days nor more than 180 days prior to the one year anniversary of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder's notice. These provisions may impede shareholders' ability to bring matters before an annual meeting of shareholders or make nominations for directors at an annual meeting of shareholders.
 
Classified board of directors
 
As described above, our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide for the division of our board of directors into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered three year terms. Accordingly, approximately one-third of our board of directors will be elected each year. This classified board provision could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our shares or attempting to obtain control of us. It could also delay shareholders who do not agree with the policies of our board of directors from removing a majority of our board of directors for two years.
 
 
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Business combinations
 
Although the BCA does not contain specific provisions regarding "business combinations" between companies organized under the laws of the Marshall Islands and "interested shareholders," we have included these provisions in our articles of incorporation. Specifically, our articles of incorporation prohibit us from engaging in a "business combination" with certain persons for three years following the date the person becomes an interested shareholder. Interested shareholders generally include:
 
 
·
any person who is the beneficial owner of 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock; or
 
 
·
any person who is our affiliate or associate and who held 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock at any time within three years before the date on which the person's status as an interested shareholder is determined, and the affiliates and associates of such person.
 
Subject to certain exceptions, a business combination includes, among other things:
 
 
·
certain mergers or consolidations of us or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of ours;
 
 
·
any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of our assets or of any subsidiary of ours having an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all of our assets, determined on a combined basis, or the aggregate value of all of our outstanding stock;
 
 
·
certain transactions that result in the issuance or transfer by us of any stock of ours to the interested shareholder;
 
 
·
any transaction involving us or any of our subsidiaries that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of any class or series of stock, or securities convertible into any class or series of stock, of ours or any such subsidiary that is owned directly or indirectly by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder; and
 
 
·
any receipt by the interested shareholder of the benefit directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through us.
 
These provisions of our articles of incorporation do not apply to a business combination if:
 
 
·
before a person became an interested shareholder, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction in which the shareholder became an interested shareholder;
 
 
·
upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, other than certain excluded shares;
 
 
·
at or following the transaction in which the person became an interested shareholder, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interest shareholder;
 
 
·
the shareholder was or became an interested shareholder prior to the closing of our initial public offering in 2010;
 
 
·
a shareholder became an interested shareholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divested itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the shareholder ceased to be an interested shareholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a business combination between us and such shareholder, have been an interested shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; or
 
 
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the business combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required under our articles of incorporation which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the following sentence; (ii) is with or by a person who either was not an interested shareholder during the previous three years or who became an interested shareholder with the approval of the board; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the members of the board of directors then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any person becoming an interested shareholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors. The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to:
 
 
(i)
a merger or consolidation of us (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to the BCA, no vote of our shareholders is required);
 
 
(ii)
a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of us or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of ours (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to us) having an aggregate market value equal to 50% or more of either the aggregate market value of all of our assets determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding shares; or
 
 
(iii)
a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of our outstanding voting stock.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
 
We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series, under one or more indentures, each dated as of a date on or prior to the issuance of the debt securities to which it relates.  We may issue senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities pursuant to separate indentures, a senior indenture and a subordinated indenture, respectively, in each case between us and the trustee named in the indenture.  These indentures will be filed either as exhibits to an amendment to this Registration Statement, or as an exhibit to a Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Exchange Act, report that will be incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement or a prospectus supplement.  We will refer to any or all of these reports as "subsequent filings."  The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, are sometimes referred to individually as an "indenture" and collectively as the "indentures."  Each indenture will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act.  The aggregate principal amount of debt securities which may be issued under each indenture will be unlimited and each indenture will contain the specific terms of any series of debt securities or provide that those terms must be set forth in or determined pursuant to, an authorizing resolution, as defined in the applicable prospectus supplement, and/or a supplemental indenture, if any, relating to such series.
 
Certain of our subsidiaries may guarantee the debt securities we offer.  Those guarantees may or may not be secured by liens, mortgages, and security interests in the assets of those subsidiaries.  The terms and conditions of any such subsidiary guarantees, and a description of any such liens, mortgages or security interests, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement that will accompany this prospectus.
 
The following description of the terms of the debt securities sets forth certain general terms and provisions.  The statements below are not complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the applicable indenture. The specific terms of any debt securities that we may offer, including any modifications of, or additions to, the general terms described below as well as any applicable material U.S. federal income tax considerations concerning the ownership of such debt securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or supplemental indenture.  Accordingly, for a complete description of the terms of a particular issue of debt securities, the general description of the debt securities set forth below should be read in conjunction with the applicable prospectus supplement and indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
 
General
 
Neither indenture limits the amount of debt securities which may be issued, and each indenture provides that debt securities may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount from time to time.  The debt securities may be issued in one or more series.  The senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank in parity with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.  Each series of subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and subordinated to all present and future senior indebtedness. Any such debt securities will be described in an accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
You should read the subsequent filings relating to the particular series of debt securities for the following terms of the offered debt securities:
 
 
·
the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations;
 
 
·
the issue price, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount;
 
 
·
the maturity date;
 
 
·
the interest rate per annum, if any;
 
 
·
if the offered debt securities provide for interest payments, the date from which interest will accrue, the dates on which interest will be payable, the date on which payment of interest will commence and the regular record dates for interest payment dates;
 
 
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·
any optional or mandatory sinking fund provisions or conversion or exchangeability provisions;
 
 
·
the date, if any, after which and the price or prices at which the offered debt securities may be optionally redeemed or must be mandatorily redeemed and any other terms and provisions of optional or mandatory redemptions;
 
 
·
if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which offered debt securities of the series will be issuable;
 
 
·
if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of offered debt securities of the series which will be payable upon acceleration or provable in bankruptcy;
 
 
·
any events of default not set forth in this prospectus;
 
 
·
the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which principal, premium and interest will be payable, if other than the currency of the United States of America;
 
 
·
if principal, premium or interest is payable, at our election or at the election of any holder, in a currency other than that in which the offered debt securities of the series are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, the election may be made;
 
 
·
whether interest will be payable in cash or additional securities at our or the holder's option and the terms and conditions upon which the election may be made;
 
 
·
if denominated in a currency or currencies other than the currency of the United States of America, the equivalent price in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of determining the voting rights of holders of those debt securities under the applicable indenture;
 
 
·
if the amount of payments of principal, premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a coin or currency other than that in which the offered debt securities of the series are stated to be payable, the manner in which the amounts will be determined;
 
 
·
any restrictive covenants or other material terms relating to the offered debt securities, which may not be inconsistent with the applicable indenture;
 
 
·
whether the offered debt securities will be issued in the form of global securities or certificates in registered form;
 
 
·
any terms with respect to subordination;
 
 
·
any listing on any securities exchange or quotation system;
 
 
·
additional provisions, if any, related to defeasance and discharge of the offered debt securities; or
 
 
·
the applicability of any guarantees.
 
Unless otherwise indicated in subsequent filings with the Commission relating to the indenture, principal, premium and interest will be payable and the debt securities will be transferable at the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee.  Unless other arrangements are made or set forth in subsequent filings or a supplemental indenture, principal, premium and interest will be paid by checks mailed to the holders at their registered addresses.
 
Unless otherwise indicated in subsequent filings with the Commission, the debt securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.  No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with these debt securities.
 
 
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Some or all of the debt securities may be issued as discounted debt securities, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates, to be sold at a substantial discount below the stated principal amount.  United States federal income consequences and other special considerations applicable to any discounted securities will be described in subsequent filings with the Commission relating to those securities.
 
We refer you to applicable subsequent filings with respect to any deletions or additions or modifications from the description contained in this prospectus.
 
Senior Debt
 
We may issue senior debt securities under a senior debt indenture.  These senior debt securities would rank on an equal basis with all our other unsecured debt except subordinated debt.
 
Subordinated Debt
 
We may issue subordinated debt securities under a subordinated debt indenture.  Subordinated debt would rank subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent set forth in the subordinated debt indenture, to all our senior debt (both secured and unsecured).
 
In general, the holders of all senior debt are first entitled to receive payment of the full amount unpaid on senior debt before the holders of any of the subordinated debt securities are entitled to receive a payment on account of the principal or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities in certain events.
 
If we default in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any senior debt when it becomes due and payable after any applicable grace period, then, unless and until the default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, we cannot make a payment on account of or redeem or otherwise acquire the subordinated debt securities.
 
If there is any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other similar proceeding relating to us or our property, then all senior debt must be paid in full before any payment may be made to any holders of subordinated debt securities.
 
Furthermore, if we default in the payment of the principal of and accrued interest on any subordinated debt securities that is declared due and payable upon an event of default under the subordinated debt indenture, holders of all our senior debt will first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash before holders of such subordinated debt can receive any payments.
 
Senior debt means:
 
 
·
the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other amounts owing in respect of our indebtedness for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by us, including the senior debt securities or letters of credit;
 
 
·
all capitalized lease obligations;
 
 
·
all hedging obligations;
 
 
·
all obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property; and
 
 
·
all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of obligations of the type referred to above;
 
 
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but senior debt does not include:
 
 
·
subordinated debt securities; and
 
 
·
any indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, our subordinated debt securities.
 
Covenants
 
Any series of offered debt securities may have covenants in addition to or differing from those included in the applicable indenture which will be described in subsequent filings prepared in connection with the offering of such securities, limiting or restricting, among other things:
 
 
·
the ability of us or our subsidiaries to incur either secured or unsecured debt, or both;
 
 
·
the ability to make certain payments, dividends, redemptions or repurchases;
 
 
·
our ability to create dividend and other payment restrictions affecting our subsidiaries;
 
 
·
our ability to make investments;
 
 
·
mergers and consolidations by us or our subsidiaries;
 
 
·
sales of assets by us;
 
 
·
our ability to enter into transactions with affiliates;
 
 
·
our ability to incur liens; and
 
 
·
sale and leaseback transactions.
 
Modification of the Indentures
 
Each indenture and the rights of the respective holders may be modified by us only with the consent of holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series under the respective indenture affected by the modification, taken together as a class.  But no modification that:
 
(1)           changes the amount of securities whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
 
(2)           reduces the rate of or changes the interest payment time on any security or alters its redemption provisions (other than any alteration to any such section which would not materially adversely affect the legal rights of any holder under the indenture) or the price at which we are required to offer to purchase the securities;
 
(3)           reduces the principal or changes the maturity of any security or reduces the amount of, or postpones the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
 
(4)           waives a default or event of default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any security (except a rescission of acceleration of the securities of any series by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
 
(5)           makes the principal of or interest, if any, on any security payable in any currency other than that stated in the security;
 
 
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(6)           makes any change with respect to holders' rights to receive principal and interest, the terms pursuant to which defaults can be waived, certain modifications affecting shareholders or certain currency-related issues; or
 
(7)           waives a redemption payment with respect to any security or changes any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any securities;
 
will be effective against any holder without his consent.  Other terms as specified in subsequent filings may be modified without the consent of the holders.
 
Events of Default
 
Each indenture defines an event of default for the debt securities of any series as being any one of the following events:
 
 
·
default in any payment of interest when due which continues for 30 days;
 
 
·
default in any payment of principal or premium when due;
 
 
·
default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when due;
 
 
·
default in the performance of any covenant in the debt securities or the applicable indenture which continues for 60 days after we receive notice of the default;
 
 
·
default under a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for borrowed money by us or our subsidiaries (to the extent we are directly responsible or liable therefor) having a principal amount in excess of a minimum amount set forth in the applicable subsequent filing, whether such indebtedness now exists or is hereafter created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled or cured within 30 days after we receive notice of the default; and
 
 
·
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.
 
An event of default of one series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities.
 
There may be such other or different events of default as described in an applicable subsequent filing with respect to any class or series of offered debt securities.
 
In case an event of default occurs and continues for the debt securities of any series, the applicable trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities then outstanding of that series may declare the principal and accrued but unpaid interest of the debt securities of that series to be due and payable.  Any event of default for the debt securities of any series which has been cured may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series then outstanding.
 
Each indenture requires us to file annually after debt securities are issued under that indenture with the applicable trustee a written statement signed by two of our officers as to the absence of material defaults under the terms of that indenture.  Each indenture provides that the applicable trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any default if it considers it in the interest of the holders to do so, except notice of a default in payment of principal, premium or interest.
 
Subject to the duties of the trustee in case an event of default occurs and continues, each indenture provides that the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under that indenture at the request, order or direction of holders unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity.  Subject to these provisions for indemnification and the rights of the trustee, each indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series then outstanding have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee as long as the exercise of that right does not conflict with any law or the indenture.
 
 
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Defeasance and Discharge
 
The terms of each indenture provide us with the option to be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities issued thereunder upon the deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money or U.S. government obligations, or both, which through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay any installment of principal, premium and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities on the stated maturity of the payments in accordance with the terms of the debt securities and the indenture governing the debt securities.  This right may only be exercised if, among other things, we have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling to the effect that such a discharge will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to holders.  This discharge would not apply to our obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust.
 
Defeasance of Certain Covenants
 
The terms of the debt securities provide us with the right to omit complying with specified covenants and that specified events of default described in a subsequent filing will not apply. In order to exercise this right, we will be required to deposit with the trustee money or U.S. government obligations, or both, which through the payment of interest and principal will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities on the stated maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms of the debt securities and the indenture governing such debt securities. We will also be required to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that we have received from, or there has been published by, the IRS a ruling to the effect that the deposit and related covenant defeasance will not cause the holders of such series to recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
A subsequent filing may further describe the provisions, if any, of any particular series of offered debt securities permitting a discharge defeasance.
 
Subsidiary Guarantees
 
Certain of our subsidiaries may guarantee the debt securities we offer.  In that case, the terms and conditions of the subsidiary guarantees will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.  Unless we indicate differently in the applicable prospectus supplement, if any of our subsidiaries guarantee any of our debt securities that are subordinated to any of our senior indebtedness, then the subsidiary guarantees will be subordinated to the senior indebtedness of such subsidiary to the same extent as our debt securities are subordinated to our senior indebtedness.
 
Global Securities
 
The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depository identified in an applicable subsequent filing and registered in the name of the depository or a nominee for the depository.  In such a case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt securities of the series to be represented by the global security or securities.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities in definitive certificated form, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depository for the global security to a nominee of the depository or by a nominee of the depository to the depository or another nominee of the depository or by the depository or any nominee to a successor depository for that series or a nominee of the successor depository and except in the circumstances described in an applicable subsequent filing.
 
 
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We expect that the following provisions will apply to depository arrangements for any portion of a series of debt securities to be represented by a global security.  Any additional or different terms of the depository arrangement will be described in an applicable subsequent filing.
 
Upon the issuance of any global security, and the deposit of that global security with or on behalf of the depository for the global security, the depository will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the principal amounts of the debt securities represented by that global security to the accounts of institutions that have accounts with the depository or its nominee. The accounts to be credited will be designated by the underwriters or agents engaging in the distribution of the debt securities or by us, if the debt securities are offered and sold directly by us. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to participating institutions or persons that may hold interest through such participating institutions.  Ownership of beneficial interests by participating institutions in the global security will be shown on, and the transfer of the beneficial interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depository for the global security or by its nominee.  Ownership of beneficial interests in the global security by persons that hold through participating institutions will be shown on, and the transfer of the beneficial interests within the participating institutions will be effected only through, records maintained by those participating institutions. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of the securities in certificated form.  The foregoing limitations and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in the global securities.
 
So long as the depository for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global security, the depository or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable subsequent filing and except as specified below, owners of beneficial interests in the global security will not be entitled to have debt securities of the series represented by the global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of debt securities of the series in certificated form and will not be considered the holders thereof for any purposes under the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in the global security must rely on the procedures of the depository and, if such person is not a participating institution, on the procedures of the participating institution through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the indenture.
 
The depository may grant proxies and otherwise authorize participating institutions to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture. We understand that, under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or any owner of a beneficial interest in the global security desires to give any notice or take any action a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, the depository would authorize the participating institutions to give the notice or take the action, and participating institutions would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participating institutions to give the notice or take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.
 
Unless otherwise specified in applicable subsequent filings, payments of principal, premium and interest on debt securities represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will be made by us to the depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global security.
 
We expect that the depository for any debt securities represented by a global security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will credit participating institutions' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global security as shown on the records of the depository.  We also expect that payments by participating institutions to owners of beneficial interests in the global security held through those participating institutions will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers registered in street names, and will be the responsibility of those participating institutions. None of us, the trustees or any agent of ours or the trustees will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in a global security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial interests.
 
 
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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable subsequent filings, a global security of any series will be exchangeable for certificated debt securities of the same series only if:
 
 
·
the depository for such global securities notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository or such depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by us within 90 days after we receive the notice or become aware of the ineligibility;
 
 
·
we in our sole discretion determine that the global securities shall be exchangeable for certificated debt securities; or
 
 
·
there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default under the applicable indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series.
 
Upon any exchange, owners of beneficial interests in the global security or securities will be entitled to physical delivery of individual debt securities in certificated form of like tenor and terms equal in principal amount to their beneficial interests, and to have the debt securities in certificated form registered in the names of the beneficial owners, which names are expected to be provided by the depository's relevant participating institutions to the applicable trustee.
 
In the event that the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, acts as depository for the global securities of any series, the global securities will be issued as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC's partnership nominee.
 
DTC is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, a limited-purpose trust company under New York State banking law and a registered clearing agency with the Commission. Established in 1973, DTC was created to reduce costs and provide clearing and settlement efficiencies by immobilizing securities and making "book-entry" changes to ownership of the securities. DTC provides securities movements for the net settlements of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, or NSCC, and settlement for institutional trades (which typically involve money and securities transfers between custodian banks and broker/dealers), as well as money market instruments.
 
DTC is a subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Company, or DTCC. DTCC is a holding company established in 1999 to combine DTC and NSCC. DTCC, through its subsidiaries, provides clearing, settlement and information services for equities, corporate and municipal bonds, government and mortgage backed securities, money market instruments and over the-counter derivatives. In addition, DTCC is a leading processor of mutual funds and insurance transactions, linking funds and carriers with their distribution networks. DTCC's customer base extends to thousands of companies within the global financial services industry. DTCC serves brokers, dealers, institutional investors, banks, trust companies, mutual fund companies, insurance carriers, hedge funds and other financial intermediaries – either directly or through correspondent relationships.
 
DTCC is industry-owned by its customers who are members of the financial community, such as banks, broker/dealers, mutual funds and other financial institutions. DTCC operates on an at-cost basis, returning excess revenue from transaction fees to its member firms. All services provided by DTC are regulated by the Commission.
 
The 2012 DTCC Board of Directors is composed of 19 directors serving one-year terms. Thirteen directors are representatives of clearing agency participants, including international broker/dealers, custodian and clearing banks, and investment institutions; of these, two directors are designated by DTCC's preferred shareholders, which are NYSE Euronext and FINRA. Three directors are from non-participants. The remaining three are the chairman and chief executive officer, president, and chief operating officer of DTCC. All of the Board members except those designated by the preferred shareholders are elected annually.
 
To facilitate subsequent transfers, the debt securities may be registered in the name of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co.  The deposit of the debt securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. will effect no change in beneficial ownership.  DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the debt securities.  DTC's records reflect only the identity of the direct participating institutions to whose accounts debt securities are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners.  The participating institutions remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
 
 
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Delivery of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participating institutions, by direct participating institutions to indirect participating institutions, and by direct participating institutions and indirect participating institutions to beneficial owners of debt securities are governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect.
 
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. consents or votes with respect to the debt securities.  Under its usual procedures, DTC mails a proxy to the issuer as soon as possible after the record date.  The proxy assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those direct participating institution to whose accounts the debt securities are credited on the record date.
 
If applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co.  If less than all of the debt securities of a series represented by global securities are being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participating institutions in that issue to be redeemed.
 
To the extent that any debt securities provide for repayment or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, a beneficial owner shall give notice of any option to elect to have its interest in the global security repaid by us, through its participating institution, to the applicable trustee, and shall effect delivery of the interest in a global security by causing the direct participating institution to transfer the direct participating institution's interest in the global security or securities representing the interest, on DTC's records, to the applicable trustee. The requirement for physical delivery of debt securities in connection with a demand for repayment or repurchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the global security or securities representing the debt securities are transferred by direct participating institutions on DTC's records.
 
DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository for the debt securities at any time.  Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depository is not appointed, debt security certificates are required to be printed and delivered as described above.
 
We may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through the securities depository.  In that event, debt security certificates will be printed and delivered as described above.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
 
We may issue warrants to purchase our debt or equity securities or securities of third parties or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered:
 
 
·
the title of such warrants;
 
 
·
the aggregate number of such warrants;
 
 
·
the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued;
 
 
·
the currency or currencies, in which the price of such warrants will be payable;
 
 
·
the securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing, purchasable upon exercise of such warrants;
 
 
·
the price at which and the currency or currencies, in which the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased;
 
 
·
the date on which the right to exercise such warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire;
 
 
·
if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants which may be exercised at any one time;
 
 
·
if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;
 
 
·
if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;
 
 
·
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
 
 
·
if applicable, a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations; and
 
 
·
any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such warrants.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
 
We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase or sale of:
 
 
·
debt or equity securities issued by us or securities of third parties, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement; or
 
 
·
currencies.
 
Each purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to purchase or sell, and obligate us to sell or purchase, on specified dates, such securities or currencies at a specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may, however, satisfy our obligations, if any, with respect to any purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies, by delivering the underlying currencies, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also specify the methods by which the holders may purchase or sell such securities or currencies and any acceleration, cancellation or termination provisions, provisions relating to U.S. federal income tax considerations, if any, or other provisions relating to the settlement of a purchase contract.
 
The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or pre-funded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require the holders thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are issued. Our obligation to settle such pre-paid purchase contracts on the relevant settlement date may constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, pre-paid purchase contracts will be issued under either the senior indenture or the subordinated indenture.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS
 
We may issue rights to purchase our equity securities. These rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered by this prospectus and may or may not be transferable by the shareholder receiving the rights in the rights offering. In connection with any rights offering, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with one or more underwriters pursuant to which the underwriter will purchase any securities that remain unsubscribed for upon completion of the rights offering.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement relating to any rights will describe the terms of the offered rights, including, where applicable, the following:
 
 
·
the exercise price for the rights;
 
 
·
the number of rights issued to each shareholder;
 
 
·
the extent to which the rights are transferable;
 
 
·
any other terms of the rights, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the rights;
 
 
·
the date on which the right to exercise the rights will commence and the date on which the right will expire;
 
 
·
the amount of rights outstanding;
 
 
·
the extent to which the rights include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities; and
 
 
·
the material terms of any standby underwriting arrangement entered into by us in connection with the rights offering.
 
The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any rights we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable rights certificate or rights agreement, which will be filed with the Commission if we offer rights. For more information on how you can obtain copies of any rights certificate or rights agreement if we offer rights, see "Where You Can Find Additional Information" of this prospectus. We urge you to read the applicable rights certificate, the applicable rights agreement and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
 
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or more rights, purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities (and related guarantees), preferred shares, common shares or any combination of such securities.  The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:
 
 
·
the terms of the units and of the rights, purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities (and related guarantees), preferred shares and common shares comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately;
 
 
·
a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units;
 
 
·
if applicable, a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations; and
 
 
·
a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units.
 
 
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EXPENSES
 
The following are the estimated expenses of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, all of which will be paid by us.
 
 
$
(1)
 
SEC Registration Fee
$
 
*
Printing and Engraving Expenses
$
 
*
Legal Fees and Expenses
$
 
*
Accountants' Fees and Expenses
$
 
*
NYSE Supplemental Listing Fee
$
 
*
FINRA Fee
$
225,500
 
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses
$
 
*
Transfer Agent's Fees and Expenses
$
 
*
Miscellaneous Costs
$
 
*
Total
$
 
*

(1)
The Registrant is registering an indeterminate amount of securities under the registration statement in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the registrant is deferring payment of the registration fee in connection with such securities until the time the securities are sold under the registration statement pursuant to a prospectus supplement.
 
*
To be provided by a prospectus supplement or as an exhibit to report on Form 6-K that is incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
 
 
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TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
Marshall Islands Tax Considerations
 
The following are the material Marshall Islands tax consequences of our activities to us and holders of our common shares. We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands. Under current Marshall Islands law, we are not subject to tax on income or capital gains, and no Marshall Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon payments of dividends by us to our shareholders.
 
United States Federal Income Tax Considerations
 
The following are the material United States federal income tax consequences to us of our activities and to United States Holders and Non-United States Holders, each as defined below, of the ownership of common shares. The following discussion of United States federal income tax matters is based on the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the Code, judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, or the Treasury Regulations, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. The discussion below is based, in part, on the description of our business in this Report and assumes that we conduct our business as described herein. References in the following discussion to the "Company," "we," "our" and "us" are to Scorpio Tankers Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
 
United States Federal Income Taxation of Operating Income: In General
 
We earn and anticipate that we will continue to earn substantially all our income from the hiring or leasing of vessels for use on a time charter basis, from participation in a pool or from the performance of services directly related to those uses, all of which we refer to as "shipping income."
 
Unless exempt from United States federal income taxation under the rules of Section 883 of the Code, or Section 883, as discussed below, a foreign corporation such as the Company will be subject to United States federal income taxation on its "shipping income" that is treated as derived from sources within the United States, which we refer to as "United States source shipping income." For United States federal income tax purposes, "United States source shipping income" includes 50% of shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.
 
Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non-United States ports will be considered to be 100% derived from sources entirely outside the United States. Shipping income derived from sources outside the United States will not be subject to any United States federal income tax.
 
Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between United States ports is considered to be 100% derived from United States sources. However, we are not permitted by United States law to engage in the transportation of cargoes that produces 100% United States source shipping income.
 
Unless exempt from tax under Section 883, our gross United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed without allowance for deductions, as described more fully below.
 
Exemption of Operating Income from United States Federal Income Taxation
 
Under Section 883 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, a foreign corporation will be exempt from United States federal income taxation on its United States source shipping income if:
 
(1) it is organized in a "qualified foreign country," which is one that grants an "equivalent exemption" from tax to corporations organized in the United States in respect of each category of shipping income for which exemption is being claimed under Section 883; and
 
(2) one of the following tests is met:
 
 
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(A) more than 50% of the value of its shares is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by "qualified shareholders," which as defined includes individuals who are "residents" of a qualified foreign country, which we refer to as the "50% Ownership Test" or
 
(B) its shares are "primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market" in a qualified foreign country or in the United States, to which we refer as the "Publicly-Traded Test".
 
The Republic of The Marshall Islands, the jurisdiction where we and our ship-owning subsidiaries are incorporated, has been officially recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, as a qualified foreign country that grants the requisite "equivalent exemption" from tax in respect of each category of shipping income we earn and currently expect to earn in the future. Therefore, we will be exempt from United States federal income taxation with respect to our United States source shipping income if we satisfy either the 50% Ownership Test or the Publicly-Traded Test.
 
For our 2012 taxable year, we intend to take the position that we satisfy the Publicly-Traded Test and we anticipate that we will continue to satisfy the Publicly-Traded Test for future taxable years. However, as discussed below, this is a factual determination made on an annual basis. We do not currently anticipate a circumstance under which we would be able to satisfy the 50% Ownership Test.
 
Publicly-Traded Test
 
The Treasury Regulations under Section 883 provide, in pertinent part, that shares of a foreign corporation will be considered to be "primarily traded" on an established securities market in a country if the number of shares of each class of stock that are traded during any taxable year on all established securities markets in that country exceeds the number of shares in each such class that are traded during that year on established securities markets in any other single country. Our common shares, which constitute our sole class of issued and outstanding stock, are "primarily traded" on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE.
 
Under the Treasury Regulations, our common shares will be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market if one or more classes of our stock representing more than 50% of our outstanding stock, by both total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote and total value, are listed on such market, to which we refer as the "Listing Threshold." Since our common shares are listed on the NYSE, we expect to satisfy the Listing Threshold.
 
It is further required that with respect to each class of stock relied upon to meet the Listing Threshold, (i) such class of stock is traded on the market, other than in minimal quantities, on at least 60 days during the taxable year or one-sixth of the days in a short taxable year, or the "Trading Frequency Test" and (ii) the aggregate number of shares of such class of stock traded on such market during the taxable year is at least 10% of the average number of shares of such class of stock outstanding during such year or as appropriately adjusted in the case of a short taxable year, or the "Trading Volume Test." The Company currently satisfies and anticipates that it will continue to satisfy the Trading Frequency Test and Trading Volume Test. Even if this were not the case, the Treasury Regulations provide that the Trading Frequency Test and Trading Volume Tests will be deemed satisfied if, as is the case with our common shares, such class of stock is traded on an established securities market in the United States and such class of stock is regularly quoted by dealers making a market in such stock.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Treasury Regulations provide, in pertinent part, that a class of stock will not be considered to be "regularly traded" on an established securities market for any taxable year during which 50% or more of the vote and value of the outstanding shares of such class are owned, actually or constructively under specified attribution rules, on more than half the days during the taxable year by persons who each own 5% or more of the vote and value of such class of outstanding shares, to which we refer as the "5% Override Rule."
 
For purposes of being able to determine the persons who actually or constructively own 5% or more of the vote and value of our common shares, or "5% Shareholders," the Treasury Regulations permit us to rely on those persons that are identified on Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as owning 5% or more of our common shares. The Treasury Regulations further provide that an investment company which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, will not be treated as a 5% Shareholder for such purposes.
 
 
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In the event the 5% Override Rule is triggered, the Treasury Regulations provide that the 5% Override Rule will nevertheless not apply if we can establish that within the group of 5% Shareholders, there are sufficient qualified shareholders for purposes of Section 883 to preclude non-qualified shareholders in such group from owning 50% or more of our common shares for more than half the number of days during the taxable year. In order to benefit from this exception to the 5% Override Rule, the Company must satisfy certain substantiation requirements in regards to the identity of its 5% Shareholders.
 
We believe that we currently satisfy the Publicly-Traded Test and intend to take this position on our United States federal income tax return for the 2012 taxable year. However, there are factual circumstances beyond our control that could cause us to lose the benefit of the Section 883 exemption. For example, if we trigger the 5% Override Rule for any future taxable year, there is no assurance that we will have sufficient qualified 5% Shareholders to preclude nonqualified 5% Shareholders from owning 50% or more of our common shares for more than half the number of days during such taxable year, or that we will be able to satisfy the substantiation requirements in regards to our 5% Shareholders.
 
United States Federal Income Taxation In Absence of Section 883 Exemption
 
If the benefits of Section 883 are unavailable, our United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed by Section 887 of the Code on a gross basis, without the benefit of deductions, which we refer to as the "4% gross basis tax regime," to the extent that such income is not considered to be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below. Since under the sourcing rules described above, no more than 50% of our shipping income would be treated as being United States source shipping income, the maximum effective rate of United States federal income tax on our shipping income would never exceed 2% under the 4% gross basis tax regime.
 
To the extent our United States source shipping income is considered to be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below, any such "effectively connected" United States source shipping income, net of applicable deductions, would be subject to United States federal income tax, currently imposed at rates of up to 35%. In addition, we would generally be subject to the 30% "branch profits" tax on earnings effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, as determined after allowance for certain adjustments, and on certain interest paid or deemed paid attributable to the conduct of our United States trade or business.
 
    Our United States source shipping income would be considered "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business only if:
 
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we have, or are considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of United States source shipping income; and
 
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substantially all of our United States source shipping income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States.
 
    We do not currently have, intend to have, or permit circumstances that would result in having, any vessel sailing to or from the United States on a regularly scheduled basis. Based on the foregoing and on the expected mode of our shipping operations and other activities, it is anticipated that none of our United States source shipping income will be "effectively connected" with the conduct of a United States trade or business.
 
 
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United States Federal Income Taxation of Gain on Sale of Vessels
 
If we qualify for exemption from tax under Section 883 in respect of the shipping income derived from the international operation of our vessels, then gain from the sale of any such vessel should likewise be exempt from United States federal income tax under Section 883. If, however, our shipping income from such vessels does not for whatever reason qualify for exemption under Section 883, then any gain on the sale of a vessel will be subject to United States federal income tax if such sale occurs in the United States. To the extent possible, we intend to structure the sales of our vessels so that the gain therefrom is not subject to United States federal income tax. However, there is no assurance we will be able to do so.
 
United States Federal Income Taxation of United States Holders
 
The following is a discussion of the material United States federal income tax considerations relevant to an investment decision by a United States Holder, as defined below, with respect to our common shares. This discussion does not purport to deal with the tax consequences of owning common shares to all categories of investors, some of which may be subject to special rules. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under United States federal, state, local or foreign law of the ownership of common shares.
 
As used herein, the term "United States Holder" means a beneficial owner of common shares that is an individual United States citizen or resident, a United States corporation or other United States entity taxable as a corporation, an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
 
If a partnership holds our common shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding common shares, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor.
 
Distributions
 
Subject to the discussion of passive foreign investment companies below, any distributions made by us with respect to our common shares to a United States Holder will generally constitute dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of such earnings and profits will be treated first as a nontaxable return of capital to the extent of the United States Holder's tax basis in his common shares on a dollar-for-dollar basis and thereafter as capital gain. Because we are not a United States corporation, United States Holders that are corporations will not be entitled to claim a dividends received deduction with respect to any distributions they receive from us. Dividends paid with respect to our common shares will generally be treated as "passive category income" for purposes of computing allowable foreign tax credits for United States foreign tax credit purposes.
 
Dividends paid on our common shares to a United States Holder who is an individual, trust or estate (a "United States Non-Corporate Holder") will generally be treated as "qualified dividend income" that is taxable to such United States Non-Corporate Holder at preferential tax rates provided that (1) the common shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States (such as the NYSE, on which our common shares are traded); (2) we are not a passive foreign investment company for the taxable year during which the dividend is paid or the immediately preceding taxable year (which, as discussed below, we believe we have not been, believe we are not and do not anticipate being in the future); (3) the United States Non-Corporate Holder has owned the common shares for more than 60 days in the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the date on which the common shares become ex-dividend; and (4) the United States Non-Corporate Holder is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. Any distributions out of earnings and profits we pay which are not eligible for these preferential rates will be taxed as ordinary income to a United States Non-Corporate Holder.
 
Special rules may apply to any "extraordinary dividend"—generally, a dividend in an amount which is equal to or in excess of 10% of a shareholder's adjusted tax basis in his common shares—paid by us. If we pay an "extraordinary dividend" on our common shares that is treated as "qualified dividend income," then any loss derived by a United States Non-Corporate Holder from the sale or exchange of such common shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such dividend.
 
 
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Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Common Shares
 
Assuming we do not constitute a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, a United States Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized by the United States Holder from such sale, exchange or other disposition and the United States Holder's tax basis in such shares. Such gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the United States Holder's holding period is greater than one year at the time of the sale, exchange or other disposition. Such capital gain or loss will generally be treated as United States source income or loss, as applicable, for United States foreign tax credit purposes. Long-term capital gains of United States Non-Corporate Holders are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. A United States Holder's ability to deduct capital losses is subject to certain limitations.
 
3.8% Tax on Net Investment Income
 
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, a United States Holder that is an individual will generally be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the United States Holder's net investment income for the taxable year and (2) the excess of the United States holder's modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000). A United States Holder's net investment income will generally include dividends paid on our common shares and net gains from the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares. Similar rules apply to estates and, in certain cases, trusts. If you are a United States Holder that is an individual, estate or trust, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of these rules.
 
Passive Foreign Investment Company Status and Significant Tax Consequences
 
    Special United States federal income tax rules apply to a United States Holder that holds shares in a foreign corporation classified as a "passive foreign investment company", or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. In general, we will be treated as a PFIC with respect to a United States Holder if, for any taxable year in which such Holder holds our common shares, either:
 
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at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other than in the active conduct of a rental business); or
 
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at least 50% of the average value of our assets during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income.
 
    For purposes of determining whether we are a PFIC, we will be treated as earning and owning our proportionate share of the income and assets, respectively, of any of our subsidiary corporations in which we own at least 25% of the value of the subsidiary's stock. Income earned, or deemed earned, by us in connection with the performance of services would not constitute passive income. By contrast, rental income would generally constitute "passive income" unless we were treated under specific rules as deriving our rental income in the active conduct of a trade or business.
 
    Based on our current operations and future projections, we do not believe that we have been, are, nor do we expect to become, a passive foreign investment company with respect to any taxable year. Although there is no legal authority directly on point, our belief is based principally on the position that, for purposes of determining whether we are a passive foreign investment company, the gross income we derive or are deemed to derive from the time chartering and voyage chartering activities of our wholly-owned subsidiaries should constitute services income, rather than rental income. Accordingly, such income should not constitute passive income, and the assets that we own and operate in connection with the production of such income, in particular, the vessels, should not constitute assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income for purposes of determining whether we are a PFIC. Therefore, based on our current operations and future projections, we should not be treated as a PFIC with respect to any taxable year. There is substantial legal authority supporting this position, consisting of case law and IRS pronouncements concerning the characterization of income derived from time charters and voyage charters as services income for other tax purposes. However, there is also authority that characterizes time charter income as rental income rather than services income for other tax purposes. It should be noted that in the absence of any legal authority specifically relating to the statutory provisions governing PFICs, the IRS or a court could disagree with our position. Furthermore, although we intend to conduct our affairs in a manner to avoid being classified as a PFIC with respect to any taxable year, we cannot assure you that the nature of our operations will not change in the future.
 
 
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    As discussed more fully below, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, a United States Holder would be subject to different United States federal income taxation rules depending on whether the United States Holder makes an election to treat us as a "Qualified Electing Fund," which election we refer to as a "QEF election." As an alternative to making a QEF election, a United States Holder should be able to make a "mark-to-market" election with respect to our common shares, as discussed below. In addition, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year after 2010, a United States Holder would be required to file an annual report with the IRS for that year with respect to such Holder's common shares.
 
Taxation of United States Holders Making a Timely QEF Election
 
    If a United States Holder makes a timely QEF election, which United States Holder we refer to as an "Electing Holder," the Electing Holder must report for United States federal income tax purposes his pro rata share of our ordinary earnings and net capital gain, if any, for each taxable year of the Company during which it is a PFIC that ends with or within the taxable year of the Electing Holder, regardless of whether distributions were received from us by the Electing Holder. No portion of any such inclusions of ordinary earnings will be treated as "qualified dividend income." Net capital gain inclusions of United States Non-Corporate Holders would be eligible for preferential capital gain tax rates. The Electing Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares will be increased to reflect taxed but undistributed earnings and profits. Distributions of earnings and profits that had been previously taxed will result in a corresponding reduction in the adjusted tax basis in the common shares and will not be taxed again once distributed. An Electing Holder would not, however, be entitled to a deduction for its pro rata share of any losses that we incur with respect to any taxable year. An Electing Holder would generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares. A United States Holder would make a timely QEF election for our shares by filing one copy of IRS Form 8621 with his United States federal income tax return for the first year in which he held such shares when we were a PFIC. If we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, we would provide each United States Holder with all necessary information in order to make the QEF election described above.
 
Taxation of United States Holders Making a "Mark-to-Market" Election
 
    Alternatively, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year and, as we anticipate will be the case, our common shares are treated as "marketable stock," a United States Holder would be allowed to make a "mark-to-market" election with respect to our common shares, provided the United States Holder completes and files IRS Form 8621 in accordance with the relevant instructions and related Treasury Regulations. If that election is made, the United States Holder generally would include as ordinary income in each taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the common shares at the end of the taxable year over such Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares. The United States Holder would also be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the United States Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares over its fair market value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. A United States Holder's tax basis in his common shares would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amount. Gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares would be treated as ordinary income, and any loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the common shares would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent that such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included by the United States Holder.
 
Taxation of United States Holders Not Making a Timely QEF or Mark-to-Market Election
 
    Finally, if we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year, a United States Holder who does not make either a QEF election or a "mark-to-market" election for that year, whom we refer to as a "Non-Electing Holder," would be subject to special rules with respect to (1) any excess distribution (i.e., the portion of any distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder on the common shares in a taxable year in excess of 125% of the average annual distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder in the three preceding taxable years, or, if shorter, the Non-Electing Holder's holding period for the common shares), and (2) any gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares. Under these special rules:
 
 
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the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the Non-Electing Holder's aggregate holding period for the common shares;
 
 
 
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the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, would be taxed as ordinary income and would not be "qualified dividend income" and
 
 
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the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed tax deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year.
 
    United States Federal Income Taxation of "Non-United States Holders"
 
    A beneficial owner of common shares (other than a partnership) that is not a United States Holder is referred to herein as a "Non-United States Holder."
 
    If a partnership holds common shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding common shares, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor.
 
    Dividends on Common Stock
 
    A Non-United States Holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax or withholding tax on dividends received from us with respect to his common shares, unless that income is effectively connected with the Non-United States Holder's conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If the Non-United States Holder is entitled to the benefits of a United States income tax treaty with respect to those dividends, that income is subject to United Stated federal income tax only if it is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States.
 
    Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Common Shares
 
    Non-United States Holders generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax or withholding tax on any gain realized upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our common shares, unless:
 
 
·
the gain is effectively connected with the Non-United States Holder's conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if the Non-United States Holder is entitled to the benefits of a United States income tax treaty with respect to that gain, that gain is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States); or
 
 
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the Non-United States Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of disposition and other conditions are met.
 
    If the Non-United States Holder is engaged in a United States trade or business for United States federal income tax purposes, dividends on the common shares, and gains from the sale, exchange or other disposition of such shares, that are effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business will generally be subject to regular United States federal income tax in the same manner as discussed in the previous section relating to the taxation of United States Holders. In addition, if you are a corporate Non-United States Holder, your earnings and profits that are attributable to the effectively connected income, subject to certain adjustments, may be subject to an additional "branch profits" tax at a rate of 30%, or at a lower rate as may be specified by an applicable United States income tax treaty.
 
 
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    Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
 
    In general, dividend payments, or other taxable distributions, made within the United States to you will be subject to information reporting requirements if you are a non-corporate United States Holder. Such payments or distributions may also be subject to backup withholding if you are a non-corporate United States Holder and you:
 
 
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fail to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;
 
 
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are notified by the IRS that you have failed to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on your United States federal income tax returns; or
 
 
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in certain circumstances, fail to comply with applicable certification requirements.
 
    Non-United States Holders may be required to establish their exemption from information reporting and backup withholding by certifying their status on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8IMY, as applicable.
 
    If you are a Non-United States Holder and you sell your common shares to or through a United States office of a broker, the payment of the proceeds is subject to both United States backup withholding and information reporting unless you certify that you are a non-United States person, under penalties of perjury, or you otherwise establish an exemption. If you sell your common shares through a non-United States office of a non-United States broker and the sales proceeds are paid to you outside the United States, then information reporting and backup withholding generally will not apply to that payment. However, United States information reporting requirements, but not backup withholding, will apply to a payment of sales proceeds, even if that payment is made to you outside the United States, if you sell your common shares through a non-United States office of a broker that is a United States person or has some other contacts with the United States. Such information reporting requirements will not apply, however, if the broker has documentary evidence in its records that you are a non-United States person and certain other conditions are met, or you otherwise establish an exemption.
 
    Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, you generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules that exceed your United States federal income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.
 
    Pursuant to recently enacted legislation, individuals who are United States Holders (and to the extent specified in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain individuals who are Non- United States Holders and certain United States entities) who hold "specified foreign financial assets" (as defined in Section 6038D of the Code) are required to file IRS Form 8938 with information relating to the asset for each taxable year in which the aggregate value of all such assets exceeds $75,000 at any time during the taxable year or $50,000 on the last day of the taxable year (or such higher dollar amount as prescribed by applicable Treasury regulations). Specified foreign financial assets would include, among other assets, our common shares, unless the shares are held through an account maintained with a United States financial institution. Substantial penalties apply to any failure to timely file IRS Form 8938, unless the failure is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect. Additionally, in the event an individual United States Holder (and to the extent specified in applicable Treasury Regulations, an individual Non- United States Holder or a United States entity) that is required to file IRS Form 8938 does not file such form, the statute of limitations on the assessment and collection of United States federal income taxes of such holder for the related tax year may not close until three years after the date that the required IRS Form 8938 is filed. United States Holders (including United States entities) and Non- United States Holders are encouraged consult their own tax advisors regarding their reporting obligations under this legislation.
 
 
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LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, New York, with respect to matters of the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and with respect to matters of United States and New York law.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011, and the effectiveness of Scorpio Tankers Inc. and subsidiaries' internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
The sections included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20F for the year ended December 31, 2011 which have been attributed to Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd., including the section entitled "The International Oil Tanker Shipping Industry," have been reviewed by Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd., which has confirmed to us that such sections accurately describe the international tanker market, subject to the availability and reliability of the data supporting the statistical information presented.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, we filed a registration statement relating to the securities offered by this prospectus with the Commission.  This prospectus is a part of that registration statement, which includes additional information.
 
Government Filings
 
We file annual and special reports with the Commission.  You may read and copy any document that we file and obtain copies at prescribed rates from the Commission's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.  You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1 (800) SEC-0330.  The Commission maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission.  Further information about our company is available on our website at http://www.scorpiotankers.com.  The information on our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
 
Information Incorporated by Reference
 
The Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" information that we file with it. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those filed documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Commission prior to the termination of this offering will also be considered to be part of this prospectus and will automatically update and supersede previously filed information, including information contained in this document.
 
We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F that we file with the Commission and certain current reports on Form 6-K that we furnish to the Commission after the date of this prospectus (if they state that they are incorporated by reference into this prospectus) until we file a post-effective amendment indicating that the offering of the securities made by this prospectus has been terminated.  In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus or the prospectus supplement.
 
 
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Our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Commission on March 23, 2012, which contains our audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which those statements have been filed.
 
 
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Our Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on December 4, 2012, which contains Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation and our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related information and data as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012.
 
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement.  We have not, and any underwriters have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information.  If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.  We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.  You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement as well as the information we previously filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference, is accurate as of the dates on the front cover of those documents only.  Our business, financial condition and results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
 
You may request a free copy of the above mentioned filing or any subsequent filing we incorporated by reference to this prospectus by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
 
Monaco
New York
9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco 98000
150 East 58th Street - New York, NY 10155, USA
Tel: +377-9798-5716
Tel: +1 212 542 1616

Information Provided by the Company
 
We will furnish holders of our common shares with annual reports containing audited financial statements and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm. The audited financial statements will be prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. As a "foreign private issuer," we are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders. While we furnish proxy statements to shareholders in accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, those proxy statements do not conform to Schedule 14A of the proxy rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, as a "foreign private issuer," our officers and directors are exempt from the rules under the Securities Exchange Act relating to short swing profit reporting and liability.
 
 
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