Equity Offerings

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Equity [Abstract]

Equity Offerings

Equity Offerings

On December 13, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with certain investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Investors in a private placement exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (the “December Private Placement”) approximately 22.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $4.50 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $100.0 million. On January 20, 2017, the Company closed the previously announced December Private Placement for aggregate net proceeds of $96.0 million. The Company principally used the proceeds to acquire two Ultramax vessels and for a portion of the payments required to acquire the Greenship Vessels (as defined in "Note 4. Vessels" to the condensed consolidated financial statements).