Exhibit 99.1

INDEX TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
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F-1

TORO CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data)

       
December 31,
   
June 30,
 
ASSETS
 
Note
   
2023
   
2024
 
CURRENT ASSETS:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents
       
$
155,235,401
   
$
189,190,680
 
Due from related parties, current
 
3
     
3,923,315
     
1,651,486
 
Accounts receivable trade, net
         
4,132,282
     
661,199
 
Inventories
         
260,555
     
213,824
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
         
1,584,015
     
618,727
 
Investment in equity securities, current
  7
            446,766  
Total current assets
         
165,135,568
     
192,782,682
 
                     
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
                     
Vessels, net
 
3,5
     
88,708,051
     
74,885,936
 
Restricted cash
 
6
     
350,000
     
 
Due from related parties
 
3
     
1,590,501
     
1,590,501
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets, non-current
         
357,769
     
357,769
 
Deferred charges, net
 
4
     
1,420,574
     
698,562
 
Investment in equity securities
  7             2,537,179  
Investment in related party
  3
      50,541,667       50,555,556  
Total non-current assets
         
142,968,562
     
130,625,503
 
Total assets
       
$
308,104,130
   
$
323,408,185
 
                     
LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                     
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                     
Current portion of long-term debt, net
 
6
     
1,311,289
     
 
Due to related parties
  3
      315,000       322,778  
Accounts payable
         
3,187,728
     
1,918,396
 
Deferred revenue
         
310,000
     
859,643
 
Accrued liabilities
         
2,735,007
     
2,528,898
 
Total current liabilities
         
7,859,024
     
5,629,715
 
                     
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                     
Long-term debt, net
 
6
     
3,902,497
     
 
Total non-current liabilities
         
3,902,497
     
 
                     
Commitments and contingencies
 
10
             
                     
MEZZANINE EQUITY:
                     
1.00% Series A fixed rate cumulative perpetual convertible preferred shares:140,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively, aggregate liquidation preference of $140,000,000 as of  December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively
 
8
     
119,601,410
     
121,111,110
 
Total mezzanine equity
     
119,601,410
     
121,111,110
 
 
                     
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
                     
Common shares, $0.001 par value: 3,900,000,000 shares authorized; 19,021,758 and 19,093,853 shares issued; 18,978,409 (net of treasury shares) and 19,093,853 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively
 
7,11
     
19,022
     
19,094
 
Preferred shares, $0.001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; Series B preferred shares: 40,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively
 
7
     
40
     
40
 
Additional paid-in capital
         
57,244,290
     
55,909,889
 
Treasury shares: 43,349 and 0 shares as of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, respectively
 
7
      (223,840 )      
Retained Earnings
         
119,701,687
     
140,738,337
 
Total shareholders’ equity
         
176,741,199
     
196,667,360
 
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity
       
$
308,104,130
   
$
323,408,185
 

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

F-2

TORO CORP.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data)

       
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
Note
   
2023
   
2024
 
REVENUES:
                 
Time charter revenues
 
14
   
$
5,519,288
   
$
6,518,240
 
Voyage charter revenues
 
14
     
389,119
     
1,310,662
 
Pool revenues
 
14
     
50,104,276
     
4,649,522
 
Total vessel revenues
         
56,012,683
     
12,478,424
 
                     
EXPENSES:
                     
Voyage expenses (including $715,183 and $156,130 to related party for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, respectively)
 
3,15
     
(1,242,116
)
   
(1,100,402
)
Vessel operating expenses
 
15
     
(11,190,295
)
   
(4,909,348
)
Management fees to related parties
 
3
     
(1,657,500
)
   
(970,426
)
Recovery of provision/(provision) for doubtful accounts
         
266,732
     
(25,369
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
4,5
     
(3,785,684
)
   
(2,354,631
)
General and administrative expenses (including $1,102,777 and $1,599,000 to related party for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, respectively)
 
3,12
     
(1,841,586
)
   
(4,698,176
)
Gain on sale of vessels
  3,5
      40,548,776       19,559,432  
Total expenses
       
$
21,098,327
   
$
5,501,080
 
                     
Operating income
       
$
77,111,010
   
$
17,979,504
 
                     
OTHER (EXPENSES)/INCOME:
                     
Interest and finance costs
 
16
     
(668,815
)
   
(283,104
)
Interest income
         
1,210,769
     
4,328,318
 
Dividend income from related party
  3,17             1,263,889  
Foreign exchange losses
         
(21,352
)
   
(2,281
)
Dividend income on equity securities
  7             4,136  
Loss on equity securities
  7             (13,837 )
Total other income, net
       
$
520,602
   
$
5,297,121
 
                     
Net income, before taxes
       
$
77,631,612
   
$
23,276,625
 
Income taxes
         
(290,625
)
   
(22,497
)
Net income and comprehensive income
       
$
77,340,987
   
$
23,254,128
 
Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
 
3,13
     
(451,111
)
   
(707,778
)
Deemed dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
 
9
     
(931,034
)
   
(1,509,700
)
Net income attributable to common shareholders
       
$
75,958,842
   
$
21,036,650
 
Earnings per common share, basic
 
13
     
5.13
     
1.12
 
Earnings per common share, diluted
 
13
     
1.30
     
0.50
 
Weighted average number of common shares, basic
 
13
     
14,810,147
     
17,416,746
 
Weighted average number of common shares, diluted
 
13
     
59,492,793
     
45,141,763
 

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

F-3

TORO CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND MEZZANINE EQUITY
For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data)

 
                                Treasury stock                            
Mezzanine equity
 
 
 
# of
Series B
Preferred
Shares
   
Par
Value of
Preferred
Series B shares
   
# of
Common
shares
   
Par
Value of
Common
Shares
   
Additional
Paid-in
capital
   
# of
shares
    Amount     Due from Stockholder
   
Former
Parent
Company
Investment
   
(Accumulated
deficit)/
Retained
Earnings
   
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
   
# of
Series A
Preferred
Shares
   
Mezzanine
Equity
 
Balance, December 31, 2022
   
     
     
1,000
     
1
     
                  (1 )    
140,496,912
     
(32
)
   
140,496,880
     
     
 
Net income and comprehensive income
   

     

     

     

     

     
                 
17,339,332
     
60,001,655
     
77,340,987
     

     

 
Net increase in Former Parent Company investment
   
     
     
     
     
                       
211,982
     
     
211,982
     
     
 
Cancellation of common shares due to spin off
                (1,000 )     (1 )                       1                                
Capitalization at spin off, including Issuance of capital and preferred stock, net of costs (Note 9)
    40,000       40       9,461,009       9,461       38,156,985                         (158,048,226 )           (119,881,740 )     140,000       117,172,135  
Issuance of common shares pursuant to private placement
                8,500,000       8,500       18,638,736                                     18,647,236              
Dividend on Series A preferred shares (Note 8)
                                                          (451,111 )     (451,111 )            
Deemed dividend on Series A preferred shares (Note 9)
                                                          (931,034 )     (931,034 )           931,034  
Balance, June 30, 2023
   
40,000
     
40
     
17,961,009
     
17,961
     
56,795,721
                       
     
58,619,478
     
115,433,200
     
140,000
     
118,103,169
 
 
                                                                                                       
Balance, December 31, 2023
   
40,000
     
40
     
19,021,758
     
19,022
     
57,244,290
      (43,349 )     (223,840 )          
     
119,701,687
     
176,741,199
     
140,000
     
119,601,410
 
Net income and comprehensive income
   

     

     

     

     

     
           
     

     
23,254,128
     
23,254,128
     

     

 
Issuance of restricted stock and compensation cost (Note 12)
                760,000       760       2,616,759                                     2,617,519              
Repurchase of common shares (Note 8)
   
     
     
(687,905
)
   
(688
)
   
(3,951,160
)
    43,349       223,840            
     
     
(3,728,008
)
   
     
 
Dividend on Series A preferred shares (Note 9)
   
     
     
     
     
                       
     
(707,778
)
   
(707,778
)
   
     
 
Deemed dividend on Series A preferred shares (Note 9)
   
     
     
     
     
                       
     
(1,509,700
)
   
(1,509,700
)
   
     
1,509,700
 
Balance, June 30, 2024
   
40,000
     
40
     
19,093,853
     
19,094
     
55,909,889
                       
     
140,738,337
     
196,667,360
     
140,000
     
121,111,110
 

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

F-4

TORO CORP.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

         
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
Note
   
2023
   
2024
 
Cash Flows (used in)/provided by Operating Activities:
                 
Net income
       
$
77,340,987
   
$
23,254,128
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in)/provided by Operating activities:
                     
Depreciation and amortization
 
4,5
     
3,785,684
     
2,354,631
 
Amortization of deferred finance charges
 
16
     
115,074
     
43,414
 
Gain on sale of vessels
  5       (40,548,776 )     (19,559,432 )
Provision for doubtful accounts
                25,369  
Stock based compensation cost
  3,12             2,617,519  
Unrealized loss on equity securities
  7
            20,144  
Realized loss on sale of equity securities
  7
            770  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                     
Accounts receivable trade, net
         
5,817,705
     
3,445,393
 
Inventories
         
(66,884
)
   
46,731
 
Due from/to related parties
         
(4,035,130
)
   
2,258,262
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
         
3,144,511
     
965,288
 
Accounts payable
         
3,039,191
     
(946,287
)
Accrued liabilities
         
751,189
     
(466,174
)
Deferred revenue
         
440,425
     
549,643
 
Dry-dock costs paid
         
(1,447,121
)
   
(769,513
)
Net Cash provided by Operating Activities
         
48,336,855
     
13,839,886
 
                     
Cash flow (used in)/provided by Investing Activities:
                     
Vessel acquisitions and other vessel improvements
 
5
     
(37,778,507
)
   
(34,660
)
Advances for vessel acquisition
          (3,390,000 )      
Net proceeds from sale of vessels
          69,102,804       32,490,120  
Purchase of equity securities
  7
            (3,073,093 )
Proceeds from sale of equity securities
  7
            68,234  
Net cash provided by Investing Activities
         
27,934,297
     
29,450,601
 
                     
Cash flows (used in)/provided by Financing Activities:
                     
Net increase in Former Parent Company Investment
         
211,982
     
 
Issuance of Series B Preferred shares
 
8
     
40
     
 
Issuance of common shares pursuant to private placement
          19,415,001        
Payment of Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
  9
      (151,667 )     (700,000 )
Repayment of long-term debt   6
      (7,320,000 )     (5,257,200 )
Payment for repurchase of common shares
  8
     
     
(3,728,008
)
Payments related to Spin-Off
 
3
     
(2,667,044
)
   
 
Net cash provided by/(used in) Financing Activities
         
9,488,312
     
(9,685,208
)
                     
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
         
85,759,464
     
33,605,279
 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
         
42,479,594
     
155,585,401
 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
       
$
128,239,058
     
189,190,680
 
                     
RECONCILIATION OF CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
                     
Cash and cash equivalents
       
$
127,889,058
   

189,190,680
 
Restricted cash, non-current
         
350,000
     
 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
         
128,239,058
     
189,190,680
 

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

F-5

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)

1.
Basis of Presentation and General information:


Toro Corp. (“Toro”) was formed on July 29, 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Castor Maritime Inc. (“Castor”, or the “Former Parent Company”) under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands under the name Tankco Shipping Inc. and changed its name to Toro Corp. on September 29, 2022. On March 7, 2023 (the “Distribution Date”), Castor completed the Spin-Off (as defined herein) of Toro based on the terms approved by the independent disinterested directors of Castor following the recommendation of its special committee of independent disinterested directors. In the Spin-Off, Castor separated its tanker fleet from its dry bulk and container fleet by, among other actions, contributing to Toro its interest in the subsidiaries comprising its tanker fleet, each owning one tanker vessel and Elektra Shipping Co. (the “Toro Subsidiaries”) in exchange for (i) 9,461,009 common shares of Toro, (ii) the issuance to Castor of 140,000 1.00% Series A fixed rate cumulative perpetual convertible preferred shares of Toro (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) having a stated amount of $1,000 per share and a par value of $0.001 per share and (iii) the issuance at par to Pelagos Holdings Corp, a company controlled by the Toro’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of 40,000 Series B preferred shares of Toro, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Shares”). Toro’s common shares were distributed on March 7, 2023 pro rata to the shareholders of record of Castor as of February 22, 2023 at a ratio of one Toro common share for every ten Castor common shares. The foregoing transactions are referred to collectively herein as the “Spin-Off”. Toro began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”), under the symbol “TORO”.


In addition, Toro entered into various agreements effecting the separation of its business from Castor including a Contribution and Spin-Off Distribution Agreement entered into by Toro and Castor on February 24, 2023 (the “Contribution and Spin-Off Distribution Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) Castor agreed to indemnify Toro and the Toro Subsidiaries for any and all obligations and other liabilities arising from or relating to the operation, management or employment of vessels or subsidiaries that Castor retained after the Distribution Date and Toro agreed to indemnify Castor for any and all obligations and other liabilities arising from or relating to the operation, management or employment of the vessels contributed to it or the Toro Subsidiaries, and (ii) Toro agreed to replace Castor as guarantor under the $18.0 senior secured credit facility with Alpha Bank S.A. (the “$18.0 Million Term Loan Facility”) upon completion of the Spin-Off. The Contribution and Spin-Off Distribution Agreement also provided for the settlement or extinguishment of certain liabilities and other obligations between Castor and Toro and provides Castor with certain registration rights relating to Toro’s common shares, if any, issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares issued to Castor in connection with the Spin-Off. Following the successful completion of the Spin Off on March 7, 2023, Toro reimbursed Castor for expenses related to the Spin-Off that were incurred by Castor, except for any of these expenses that were incurred or paid by any of Toro’s subsidiaries, after March 7, 2023.


The Spin-off has been accounted for as a transfer of business among entities under common control. Accordingly, these accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been presented as if the Toro Subsidiaries were consolidated subsidiaries of the Company for all periods presented and using the historical carrying costs of the assets and the liabilities of the subsidiaries listed below, from their dates of incorporation. As a result, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Toro and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”).


The Company is currently engaged in the worldwide transportation of refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gas through its vessel-owning subsidiaries.


Castor Ships S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Castor Ships”), a related party controlled by Toro’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, provides ship management and chartering services to the vessels owned by the Company’s vessel-owning subsidiaries with effect from July 1, 2022. Such services are provided through subcontracting agreements with unrelated third-party managers, entered into with the Company’s consent, for all of the Company’s vessels. During the period ended December 31, 2021 and until June 30, 2022, Castor Ships provided only commercial ship management and chartering services to such subsidiaries. As a part of the Spin-Off, the Company entered into a master management agreement with Castor Ships with respect to its vessels in substantially the same form as Castor’s Master Management Agreement previously in place for its vessels. The vessel management agreements with Castor Ships previously entered into for each of the vessels by the applicable vessel-owning subsidiary remain in effect for each such vessel. Upon the acquisition of the LPG carrier vessels in the second and third quarters of 2023, the relevant vessel owning subsidiaries entered into management agreements with Castor Ships on substantially the same terms as the existing vessel-owning subsidiaries.


F-6

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
1.
Basis of Presentation and General information: (continued)

The wholly owned subsidiaries which are included in the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented are listed below.

Consolidated vessel owning subsidiaries:

Company
 
Country of
incorporation
 
Date of
incorporation
 
Vessel Name
 
DWT

Year
Built
 
Delivery date to
Vessel owning company
1
Vision Shipping Co. (“Vision”)
 
Marshall Islands
 
04/27/2021
 
M/T Wonder Mimosa
 
36,718
2006
 
May 31, 2021
2
Zatanna Shipping Co. (“Zatanna”)
  Marshall Islands   05/02/2023   LPG Dream Terrax   4,743 2020   May 26, 2023
3
Starfire Shipping Co. (“Starfire”)
  Marshall Islands   05/02/2023   LPG Dream Arrax   4,753 2015   June 14, 2023
4
Cyborg Shipping Co. (“Cyborg”)
  Marshall Islands   05/02/2023   LPG Dream Syrax   5,158 2015   July 18, 2023
5
Nightwing Shipping Co. (“Nightwing”)
  Marshall Islands   05/02/2023   LPG Dream Vermax   5,155 2015   August 4, 2023

Consolidated non-vessel owning subsidiaries:

1
Toro RBX Corp. (“Toro RBX”) (1)
2
Elektra Shipping Co. (“Elektra”) (2)
3
Rocket Shipping Co. (“Rocket”) (3)
4
Drax Shipping Co. (“Drax”) (4)
5
Colossus Shipping Co. (“Colossus”) (5)
6
Hawkeye Shipping Co. (“Hawkeye”) (6)
7
Xavier Shipping Co. (“Xavier”) (7)
8
Starlord Shipping Co. (“Starlord”) (8)
9
Gamora Shipping Co. (“Gamora”) (9)

(1)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on October 3, 2022, this entity serves as the cash manager of the Company’s subsidiaries with effect from March 7, 2023.
(2)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on April 27, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Arcturus on May 9, 2022, for a gross sale price of $13.15 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on July 15, 2022.
(3)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on January 13, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Polaris on May 18, 2023, for a gross sale price of $34.5 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on June 26, 2023.
(4)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on November 22, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Bellatrix on May 12, 2023, for a gross sale price of $37.0 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on June 22, 2023.
(5)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on April 27, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Musica on June 15, 2023, for a gross sale price of $28.0 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on July 6, 2023.
(6)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on April 27, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Avior on April 28, 2023, for a gross sale price of $30.1 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on July 17, 2023.
(7)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on April 27, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Formosa on September 1, 2023, for a gross sale price of $18.0 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on November 16, 2023.
(8)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on April 15, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Vega on September 5, 2023, for a gross sale price of $31.5 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on December 21, 2023.
(9)
Incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands on January 13, 2021, no longer owns any vessel following the sale of the M/T Wonder Sirius on January 8, 2024, for a gross sale price of $33.8 million and delivery of such vessel to an unaffiliated third-party on January 24, 2024.

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
1.
Basis of Presentation and General information: (continued)


The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”).


The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that management considers necessary for a fair presentation of its condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.

2.
Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements:


A discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies can be found in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report. Apart from the below, there have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies in the six-month period ended June 30, 2024.



New significant accounting policies adopted during the six months ended June 30, 2024



Investment in equity securities



The Company measures equity securities with readily determinable fair values (including other ownership interests, such as partnerships, unincorporated joint ventures, and limited liability companies, but excluding equity investments that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting or result in consolidation of an investee) at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income, in accordance with ASC 321 “Investments–Equity Securities” and the provisions enumerated under ASC 825 “Financial Instruments”. Any dividends subsequently distributed by the investee to the Company are recognized as income when received. Equity investments with readily determinable fair values are investments in publicly traded companies for which we do not exercise significant influence.



The Company has elected to measure equity securities without a readily determinable fair value that do not qualify for the practical expedient in ASC 820 Fair Value Measurement to estimate fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) at its cost minus impairment, if any. At each reporting period, the Company also evaluates indicators such as the investee’s performance and its ability to continue as a going concern and market conditions, to determine whether an investment is impaired, in which case the Company will estimate the fair value of the investment to determine the amount of the impairment loss. Equity investments without readily determinable fair values are non-marketable equity securities, which are investments in privately held companies for which we do not exercise significant influence.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:


There are no recent accounting pronouncements the adoption of which is expected to have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in the current period.

F-8

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
3.
Transactions with Related Parties:


As of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, balances with related parties consisted of the following:


   
December 31,
2023
   
June 30,
2024
 
Assets:
           
Due from Castor Ships (a) – current
  $ 3,923,315     $ 1,651,486  
Due from Castor Ships (a) – non-current
   
1,590,501
     
1,590,501
 
Investment in related party (c) – non-current
    50,541,667       50,555,556  
Liabilities:
               
Due to Former Parent Company (c) – current
 
$
315,000
   
$
322,778
 

(a)
Castor Ships:


Details of the Company’s transactions and arrangements with Castor Ships are discussed in Note 3(a) to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report.
    

As of June 30, 2024, in accordance with the provisions of the Master Management Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2023, by and among the Company, its shipowning subsidiaries and Castor Ships, Castor Ships had subcontracted to a third-party ship management company the technical management of all the Company’s vessels, except the M/T Wonder Mimosa, for which Castor Ships has provided the technical management since June 7, 2023. Castor Ships pays, at its own expense, the third-party technical management company a fee for the services it has subcontracted to such company without any additional cost to Toro.


During the six months ended June 30, 2023, and the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company’s subsidiaries were charged the following fees and commissions by Castor Ships (i) management fees amounting to $1,657,500 and $970,426, respectively, (ii) charter hire commissions amounting to $715,183 and $156,130, respectively, and (iii) sale and purchase commission in the six months ended June 30, 2023 amounting to $1,083,150 (comprising (a) $715,000, related to the sale of the vessels M/T Wonder Bellatrix and M/T Wonder Polaris and (b) $368,150 related to the acquisition of the vessels LPG Dream Terrax and LPG Dream Arrax), and sale and purchase commission in the six months ended June 30, 2024 amounting to $338,000 in connection with the sale of the vessel M/T Wonder Sirius (Note 5), respectively.



In addition, until March 7, 2023, part of the general and administrative expenses incurred by Castor has been allocated on a pro rata basis within General and administrative expenses of the Company based on the proportion of the number of ownership days of the Toro Subsidiaries’ vessels to the total ownership days of Castor’s fleet. These expenses consisted mainly of administration costs charged by Castor Ships, investor relations, legal, audit and consultancy fees. During the period from January 1 through March 7, 2023 the above mentioned administration fees charged by Castor Ships to Castor that were allocated to the Company amounted to $144,445 and are included in ‘General and administrative expenses’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For the period of March 7 through June 30, 2023, the Company recognized as pro rata allocation of days of Flat Management Fee in the amount of $958,332, which is included in ‘General and administrative expenses’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. As a result, in the six months ended June 30, 2023, and in the same period of 2024, the aggregate amounts of $1,102,777 and $1,599,000, respectively, are included in ‘General and administrative expenses’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

F-9

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
3.
Transactions with Related Parties: (continued)



The Master Management Agreement also provides for advance funding equal to two months of vessel daily operating costs to be deposited with Castor Ships as a working capital guarantee, refundable in case a vessel is no longer under Castor Ship’s management. As of June 30, 2024, the working capital guarantee advances to Castor Ships amounted to $1,590,501, which are presented in ‘Due from related parties, non-current’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2024, $1,651,486 of ‘Due from related parties, current’ represents working capital guarantee deposits relating to third-party managers and operating expense payments made on behalf of the Company in excess of amounts advanced.

(b)
Pool Agreement:


During the period September 30, 2022 to December 12, 2022, all Aframax/LR2 tanker vessels, entered into a series of separate agreements with V8 Pool Inc. (“V8”), a member of Navig8 Group of companies, for the participation of the vessels in the V8 plus pool (the “V8 Plus Pool”), a pool operating Aframax tankers aged fifteen (15) years or more. In February 2023, the agreement relating to the M/T Wonder Sirius’s participation in the V8 Plus Pool was terminated and the vessel commenced a period time charter. In December 2023 after the termination of the period time charter, the M/T Wonder Sirius entered back into V8 Plus Pool. The pool agreement with V8 was terminated following the completion of the sale of M/T Wonder Sirius on January 24, 2024 (Note 5). The V8 Plus Pool is managed by V8 Plus Management Pte. Ltd., a company in which the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, has had a minority equity interest. Following the sales of the M/T Wonder Bellatrix, M/T Wonder Polaris, M/T Wonder Avior, M/T Wonder Musica and M/T Wonder Vega from the second to fourth quarter of 2023, the vessels’ respective pool agreements with the V8 Plus Pool were terminated. As of June 30, 2024, none of the Company’s vessels participated in the V8 Plus Pool.
 
(c)
Former Parent Company:


In connection with the Spin-Off as discussed in Note 1, on March 7, 2023, Toro issued 140,000 1.00% Series A Preferred Shares to Castor having a stated amount of $1,000 per share and a par value of $0.001 per share (Note 9). The amount of accrued dividend on Series A Preferred Shares due to Castor as of December 31,2023 and June 30, 2024 was $315,000 and $322,778, respectively and is presented net in ‘Due to related parties, current’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.



In the period ending June 30, 2023, the Company reimbursed Castor $2,667,044 for expenses related to the Spin-Off that were incurred by Castor. As of June 30, 2023, the outstanding expenses to be reimbursed by the Company amounted to $27,602 and are presented in ‘Due from related parties, current’, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of June 30, 2024, there are no outstanding expenses to be reimbursed by the Company.



On August 7, 2023, the Company agreed to purchase 50,000 5.00% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Shares of Castor, having a stated value of $1,000 and par value of $0.001 per share (the “Castor Series D Preferred Shares”), for aggregate cash consideration of $50.0 million. The distribution rate on the Castor Series D Preferred Shares is 5.00% per annum, which rate will be multiplied by a factor of 1.3 on the seventh anniversary of the issue date of the Castor Series D Preferred Shares and annually thereafter, subject to a maximum distribution rate of 20% per annum in respect of any quarterly dividend period. Dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of January, April, July and October in each year, subject to Castor’s board of directors’ approval. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company received a dividend on the Castor Series D Preferred Shares, amounting to $1.3 million.

F-10

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
3.
Transactions with Related Parties: (continued)



The Series D Preferred Shares are convertible, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option to common shares of Castor from the first anniversary of their issue date at the lower of (i) $7.00 per common share, and (ii) the 5-day-value-weighted average price immediately preceding the conversion. On March 27, 2024, Castor effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of its common stock without any change in the number of authorized common shares. As a result of the reverse stock split, the number of Castor’s outstanding shares as of March 27, 2024, was decreased to 9,662,354 while the par value of its common shares remained unchanged to $0.001 per share. The conversion price of the Castor Series D Preferred Shares is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, including the occurrence of splits and combinations (including a reverse stock split) of the common shares and was adjusted to $7.00 per common share on March 27, 2024 from $0.70 per common share following effectiveness of the 1-for-10 reverse stock split. The minimum conversion price of the Series D Preferred Shares is $0.30 per common share.



This transaction and its terms were approved by the independent members of the board of directors of each of Castor and the Company at the recommendation of their respective special committees composed of independent and disinterested directors, which negotiated the transaction and its terms.



As of June 30, 2024, the aggregate value of the investment in Castor amounted to $50,555,556, including $555,556 of accrued dividends and is presented as ‘Investment in related party’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of June 30, 2024, the Company did not identify any impairment or any observable prices for identical or similar investments of the same issuer.


(d) 
Equity incentive plan:


As of June 30, 2024, the Company maintains an Equity Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed in Note 12) under which the Company’s board of directors has made and may make awards of certain securities of the Company or cash to directors, officers and employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and consultants and service providers to (including persons who are employed by or provide services to any entity that is itself a consultant or service provider to) the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.



The stock based compensation cost for the non-vested shares under the Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024 amounted to $2,617,519 and is included in ‘General and administrative expenses’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the stock based compensation cost for the non-vested shares was $0, as the Equity Incentive Plan was adopted by the Company’s board of directors on September 6, 2023.

4.
Deferred Charges, net:


The movement in deferred charges net, which represents deferred dry-docking costs, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets is as follows:

 
Dry-docking costs
 
Balance December 31, 2023
 
$
1,420,574
 
Additions
   
738,274
 
Amortization
   
(197,494
)
Disposals     (1,262,792 )
Balance June 30, 2024
 
$
698,562
 

As of June 30, 2024, the 
M/T Wonder Mimosa was undergoing its scheduled drydocking repairs.

F-11

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
5.
Vessels, net:


The amounts in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:

 
Vessel Cost
   
Accumulated
depreciation
   
Net Book Value
 
Balance December 31, 2023
 
$
94,124,368
   
$
(5,416,317
)
 
$
88,708,051
 
Improvements, and other vessel costs
   
2,918
     
     
2,918
 
Vessel disposals
   
(13,765,451
)
   
2,097,555
     
(11,667,896
)
Depreciation
   
     
(2,157,137
)
   
(2,157,137
)
Balance June 30, 2024
 
$
80,361,835
   
$
(5,475,899
)
 
$
74,885,936
 


On January 8, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the sale of the M/T Wonder Sirius for a gross sale price of $33.8 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owners on January 24, 2024. In connection with this sale, the Company recognized a gain of $19.6 million which is presented in ‘Gain on sale of vessels’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The sale of the above vessel took place due to a favorable offer.



The Company reviewed all its vessels for impairment and none were found to have an indication of impairment as the fair value was in excess of carrying value on June 30, 2024.


6.
Long-Term Debt:


The amounts of long-term debt shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024, are analyzed as follows:

Loan facilities
 
Borrowers
 
As of December 31,
2023
   
As of June 30,
2024
 
$18.0 Million Term Loan Facility
 
Rocket- Gamora
   
5,257,200
     
 
Total long-term debt
     
$
5,257,200
   
$
 
Less: Deferred financing costs
       
(43,414
)
   
 
Total long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs
       
5,213,786
     
 
                     
Presented:
                   
Current portion of long-term debt
     
$
1,345,600
   
$
 
Less: Current portion of deferred finance costs
       
(34,311
)
   
 
Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs
     
$
1,311,289
   
$
 
                   
Non-Current portion of long-term debt
 
   
3,911,600
     
 
Less: Non-Current portion of deferred finance costs
 
   
(9,103
)
   
 
Non-Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs
 
 
$
3,902,497
   
$
 

F-12

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
6.
Long-Term Debt: (continued)


$18.0 Million Term Loan Facility


Details of the Company’s $18.0 million senior secured term loan facility between Alpha Bank S.A, Rocket and Gamora may be found in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report.


During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company used part of the proceeds of the sale of the M/T Wonder Sirius (Note 5) to fully repay the remaining outstanding balance of $5.3 million under the $18.0 Million Term Loan Facility. As a result, the Company had no outstanding indebtedness under any facility as of June 30, 2024.


Restricted cash as of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024, non-current, comprised $0.4 million and $0 million of minimum liquidity deposits required pursuant to the $18.0 Million Term Loan Facility, respectively.


The weighted average interest rate on long-term debt for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, was 7.9% and 8.6%, respectively.


Total interest incurred on long-term debt for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, amounted to $495,701 and $30,041, respectively, and is included in ‘Interest and finance costs’ (Note 16) in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

7.
Investment in equity securities:


The amounts of our investment in equity securities in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets is presented in the table below:

   
December 31,
2023
   
June 30,
2024
 
Investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values (a)
  $    
$
446,766
 
Investment in equity securities without readily determinable fair values (b)
  $    
$
2,537,179
 

(a)
Investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values


A summary of the movement in equity securities with readily determinable fair values for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 is presented in the table below:

   
Equity securities
with readily
determinable
fair values
 
Balance December 31, 2023
 
$
 
Equity securities acquired
   
535,914
 
Proceeds from sale of equity securities
   
(68,234
)
Realized loss from sale of equity securities
   
(770
)
Unrealized loss on equity securities revalued at fair value at end of the period
   
(13,067
)
Unrealized foreign exchange loss
   
(7,077
)
Balance June 30, 2024
 
$
446,766
 


In the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company received dividends of $4,136 from its investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair values. The investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values with amount of $446,766 is presented in ‘Investment in equity securities, current’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

F-13

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
7.
Investment in equity securities: (continued)

(b)
Investment in equity securities without readily determinable fair values


A summary of the movement in equity securities without readily determinable fair values for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 is presented in the table below:

   
Equity securities
without readily
determinable
fair values
 
Balance December 31, 2023
 
$
 
Equity securities acquired
   
2,537,179
 
Balance June 30, 2024
 
$
2,537,179
 


In the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company received no dividends from its investments in equity securities without readily determinable fair values. The investment in equity securities without readily determinable fair values amounting to $2,537,179 is presented in ‘Investment in equity securities, non-current’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.


As of June 30, 2024, the Company did not identify any impairment or any observable prices for identical or similar investments of the same issuer.

8.
Equity Capital Structure:


Under Toro’s initial Articles of Incorporation dated July 29, 2022, Toro’s authorized capital stock consisted of 1,000 shares par value $0.001 per share. On March 2, 2023, the Company’s articles of incorporation were amended and restated and Toro’s authorized capital stock was increased to 3,900,000,000 common shares, par value $0.001 per share and 100,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share. For a further description of the terms and rights of the Company’s capital stock and details of its equity transactions prior to January 1, 2024, please refer to Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report. That description is supplemented by the below new activities during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024.



As of June 30, 2024, Toro had 19,093,853 common shares issued and outstanding including 2,000,000 restricted common shares issued pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan (as defined and discussed in Note 12).

Share Repurchase Program



On November 6, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of up to $5.0 million of the Company’s common shares commencing November 10, 2023, through to March 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased under its share repurchase program 222,600 shares of common stock in open market transactions at an average price of $4.69 per share, for an aggregate consideration of $1.0 million. On December 27, 2023, 179,251 of these repurchased common shares were cancelled and removed from the Company’s share capital and on January 3, 2024, the remaining 43,349 repurchased common shares were cancelled and removed from the Company’s share capital.



The share repurchase program was terminated on March 31, 2024 in accordance with its terms. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company repurchased under its share repurchase program an additional 644,556 shares of common stock in open market transactions at an average price of $5.77 per share, for an aggregate consideration of $3.7 million, which were cancelled and removed from the Company’s share capital. This brought the total number of shares repurchased under the program to 867,156 common shares at an average price of $5.50 per share.

F-14

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
9.
Mezzanine equity:

Series A Preferred Shares


The Company issued as part of the Spin-Off to Castor 140,000 Series A Preferred Shares with par value of $0.001 and a stated value of $1,000 each. Details of the Company’s Series A Preferred Shares are discussed in Note 8 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the 2023 Annual Report.



The Company uses an effective interest rate of 3.71% over the expected life of the preferred stock being nine years which is the expected earliest redemption date. This is consistent with the interest method, taking into account the discount between the issuance price and liquidation preference and the stated dividends, including “step-up” amounts. The amounts accreted during the period March 7, 2023 through June 30, 2023 and in the six months ended June 30, 2024, were $931,034 and $1,509,700, respectively, and is presented as ‘Deemed dividend on Series A Preferred Shares’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.


As of June 30, 2024, the net value of Mezzanine Equity amounted to $121,111,110, including the amount of  $1,509,700 of deemed dividend on the Series A Preferred Shares in the six months ended June 30, 2024, and is presented as ‘Mezzanine Equity’ in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company paid to Castor a dividend amounting to $700,000 on the Series A Preferred Shares for the period from October 15, 2023 to April 14, 2024. The accrued amount for the period from April 15, 2024 to June 30, 2024 (included in the dividend period ended July 14, 2024) amounted to $322,778 (Notes 3(c) and 18(a)).

10.
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Disclosures:


As of June 30, 2024, the principal financial assets of the Company consist of cash at banks, trade accounts receivable,  investment in equity securities, an investment in a related party, Castor, and amounts due from related parties. As of June 30, 2024, the principal financial liabilities of the Company consist of trade accounts payable and amounts due to related parties.


The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:



Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable trade, net, amounts due from/to related party/(ies) and accounts payable: The carrying values reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets for those financial instruments are reasonable estimates of their fair values due to their short-term maturity nature. Cash and cash equivalents are considered Level 1 items as they represent liquid assets with short term maturities.


Investment in related party: Investment in related party is initially measured at the transaction price and subsequently assessed for the existence of any observable market for the Castor Series D Preferred Shares and any observable price changes for identical or similar investments and the existence of any indications for impairment. As per the Company’s assessment no such case was identified as at June 30, 2024.


Investment in equity securities: The carrying value reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet for investment in equity securities with readily determinable fair values represents its fair value and is considered a Level 1 item of the fair value hierarchy as it is determined though quoted prices in an active market. Investment in equity securities without a readily determinable fair value is initially measured at the transaction price and subsequently assessed for the existence of any observable market and any observable price changes for identical or similar investments and the existence of any indications for impairment. As per the Company’s assessment, no such case was identified as at June 30, 2024.


Concentration of credit risk: Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, due from related parties and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, consisting mostly of deposits, with high credit qualified financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of the financial institutions in which it places its deposits. The Company limits its credit risk with accounts receivable by performing ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition.

F-15

TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
11.
Commitments and Contingencies:


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


The Company accrues for the cost of environmental liabilities when management becomes aware that a liability is probable and is able to reasonably estimate the probable exposure. As of the date of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements, management was not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities that should be disclosed or for which a provision should be established in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company is covered for liabilities associated with the vessels’ actions to the maximum limits as provided by Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, members of the International Group of P&I Clubs.


(a) Commitments under long-term lease contracts


The following table sets forth the future minimum contracted lease payments to the Company (gross of charterers’ commissions), based on the Company’s vessels’ commitments to non-cancelable time charter contracts as of June 30, 2024. Non-cancelable time charter contracts include fixed-rate time charters.

Twelve-month period ending June 30,
 
Amount
 
2025
 
$
10,033,178
 
Total
 
$
10,033,178
 


12.
Equity Incentive Plan:


As of June 30, 2024, the Company maintains an Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) under which the Company’s board of directors has made and may make awards of certain securities of the Company or cash to directors, officers and employees (including any prospective director, officer or employee) of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates and consultants and service providers to (including persons who are employed by or provide services to any entity that is itself a consultant or service provider to) the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Details of the Equity Incentive Plan are discussed in Note 11 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the 2023 Annual Report.



On May 31, 2024, a total of 760,000 restricted common shares were granted under the Equity Incentive Plan to one of our directors. The fair value of each restricted share was $4.52, based on the latest closing price of the Company’s common shares on the grant date.


The stock based compensation cost for the non-vested shares under the Equity Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2024 amounted to $2,617,519 and is included in ‘General and administrative expenses’ in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.


A summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested restricted shares as of June 30, 2024, and the movement during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, is presented below:

   
Number of
restricted shares
   
Weighted average grant
date fair value per
non-vested share
 
Non-vested, December 31, 2023
   
1,240,000
     
5.83
 
Granted
   
760,000
     
4.52
 
Non-vested, June 30, 2024
   
2,000,000
     
5.33
 


No shares vested during the period presented. The remaining unrecognized compensation cost relating to the shares granted amounting to $6,774,183 as of June 30, 2024, is expected to be recognized over the remaining period of three years, according to the contractual terms of those non-vested share awards.

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
13.
Earnings Per Common Share:


The computation of earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during that period and gives retroactive effect to the shares issued in connection with the Spin-Off.


The Company calculates earnings per common share by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the relevant period.



The Company calculates basic earnings per share in conformity with the two-class method required for companies with participating securities. The calculation of basic earnings per share does not consider the non-vested shares as outstanding until the time-based vesting restrictions have lapsed.


Diluted earnings per common share, if applicable, reflects the potential dilution that could occur if potentially dilutive instruments were exercised, resulting in the issuance of additional shares that would then share in the Company’s net income. For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per common share, the weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding includes (i) the conversion of outstanding Series A Preferred Shares (Note 9) calculated with the “if converted” method by using the average closing market price over the reporting period from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 and (ii) the incremental shares assumed to be issued, determined under the two-class method weighted for the periods the non-vested shares were outstanding, since the two-class method was more dilutive than the treasury stock method. The components of the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share in each of the periods comprising the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income are as follows:

   
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2024
 
Net income and comprehensive income
 
$
77,340,987
   
$
23,254,128  
Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
   
(451,111
)
   
(707,778
)
Deemed dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
   
(931,034
)
   
(1,509,700
)
Undistributed earnings to non-vested participating securities
          (1,533,501 )
Net income attributable to common shareholders, basic
 
$
75,958,842
   
$
19,503,149
 
Undistributed earnings to non-vested participating securities
          1,533,501  
Undistributed earnings reallocated to non-vested participating securities
          (619,392 )
Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
    451,111       707,778  
Deemed dividend on Series A Preferred Shares
    931,034       1,509,700  
Net income attributable to common shareholders, diluted
  $
77,340,987     $
22,634,736  
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic
   
14,810,147
     
17,416,746
 
Effect of dilutive shares
   
44,682,646
     
27,725,017
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, diluted
   
59,492,793
     
45,141,763
 
Earnings per common share, basic
 
$
5.13
   
$
1.12
 
Earnings per common share, diluted
 
$
1.30
   
$
0.50
 

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)

14.
Vessel Revenues:


The following table includes the voyage revenues earned by the Company by type of contract (time charters, voyage charters and pool agreements) in each of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, as presented in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income:

 
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2024
 
Time charter revenues
   
5,519,288
     
6,518,240
 
Voyage charter revenues
   
389,119
     
1,310,662
 
Pool revenues
   
50,104,276
     
4,649,522
 
Total Vessel Revenues
 
$
56,012,683
   
$
12,478,424
 


The Company generates its revenues from time charters, voyage contracts and pool arrangements.


The Company typically enters into time charters ranging from one month to twelve months, and, in isolated cases, for longer terms, depending on market conditions. The charterer has the full discretion over the ports visited, shipping routes and vessel speed, subject to the owner’s protective restrictions set forth in the agreed charterparty’s terms. Time charter agreements may have extension options that range over certain time periods, which are usually periods of months. The time charter party generally provides, among others, typical warranties regarding the speed and the performance of the vessel as well as owner protective restrictions such that the vessel is sent only to safe ports by the charterer, subject always to compliance with applicable sanction laws and war risks, and carry only lawful and non-hazardous cargo.



Vessels are also chartered under voyage charters, where a contract is made for the use of a vessel under which the Company is paid freight on the basis of transporting cargo from a loading port to a discharge port. Depending on charterparty terms, freight can be fully prepaid, or be paid upon reaching the discharging destination upon delivery of the cargo, at the discharging destination but before discharging, or during a ship’s voyage.



The Company employs certain of its vessels in pools. The main objective of pools is to enter into arrangements for the employment and operation of the pool vessels, so as to secure for the pool participants the highest commercially available earnings per vessel on the basis of pooling the revenue and expenses of the pool vessels and dividing it between the pool participants based on the terms of the pool agreement. The Company typically enters into pool arrangements for a minimum period of six months, subject to certain rights of suspension and/or early termination.



As of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, ‘Trade accounts receivable, net’, related to voyage charters, amounted to $303,577 and $72,917, respectively. This decrease by $230,660 in ‘Trade accounts receivable, net’ was mainly attributable to the timing of collections.



As of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, there were no deferred assets and no deferred liabilities related to voyage charters, respectively.

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
15.
Vessel Operating and Voyage Expenses:


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

 
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
Voyage expenses
 
2023
   
2024
 
Brokerage commissions
   
197,796
     
156,644
 
Brokerage commissions - related party
   
715,183
     
156,130
 
Port & other expenses
   
97,532
     
196,704
 
Bunkers consumption
   
237,544
     
589,412
 
(Gain)/loss on bunkers
   
(5,939
)
   
1,512

Total Voyage expenses
 
$
1,242,116
   
$
1,100,402
 

 
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
Vessel Operating Expenses
  2023
   
2024
 
Crew & crew related costs
   
6,233,528
     
3,179,748
 
Repairs & maintenance, spares, stores, classification, chemicals & gases, paints, victualling
   
1,928,803
     
893,476
 
Lubricants
   
537,325
     
141,685
 
Insurance
   
641,335
     
217,911
 
Tonnage taxes
   
198,031
     
47,315
 
Other
   
1,651,273
     
429,213
 
Total Vessel operating expenses
 
$
11,190,295
   
$
4,909,348
 

16.
Interest and Finance Costs:


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

   
Six months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2023
   
2024
 
Interest on long-term debt
 
$
495,701
   
$
30,041
 
Amortization of deferred finance charges
   
115,074
     
43,414
 
Other finance charges
   
58,040
     
209,649
 
Total
 
$
668,815
   
$
283,104
 

17.
Segment Information:


In the second quarter of 2023, the Company established its LPG carrier operations through the acquisition of two LPG carrier vessels. With effect from the second quarter of 2023, the Company operated in three reportable segments: (i) the Aframax/LR2 tanker segment, (ii) the Handysize tanker segment and (iii) the LPG carrier segment. The reportable segments reflect the internal organization of the Company and the way the chief operating decision maker reviews the operating results and allocates capital within the Company. Further, the transport of crude oil (carried by Aframax/LR2 tankers), refined petroleum products (carried by Handysize tanker vessels) and liquefied petroleum gas (carried by LPG carriers) has different characteristics. In addition, the nature of trade, trading routes, charterers and cargo handling of liquefied petroleum gas, refined petroleum products and crude oil differs.

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
17.
Segment Information: (continued)


As a result of the sale of the M/T Wonder Sirius (Note 5), the Company no longer has any Aframax/LR2 vessels and management has determined that the Company operates in two reportable segments: (i) the Handysize tanker segment and (ii) the LPG carrier segment. The Company presents the historical Aframax/LR2 tanker segment results in its financial statements.
 

The table below presents information about the Company’s reportable segments for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2024. The accounting policies followed in the preparation of the reportable segments are the same as those followed in the preparation of the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Segment results are evaluated based on income from operations.

    Six months ended June 30, 2023     Six months ended June 30, 2024  
 
 
Aframax/LR2
tanker segment
   
Handysize
tanker
segment
   
LPG carrier
segment
   
Total
   
Aframax/LR2
tanker segment
   
Handysize
tanker
segment
   
LPG carrier
segment
   
Total
 
Time charter revenues
 
$
5,519,288
   
$
    $    
$
5,519,288
   
$
1,355
   
$
    $ 6,516,885    
$
6,518,240
 
Voyage charter revenues
   
1,032
     
      388,087      
389,119
     
     
      1,310,662      
1,310,662
 
Pool revenues
   
41,987,330
     
8,116,946
           
50,104,276
     
629,825
     
4,019,697
           
4,649,522
 
Total vessel revenues
 
$
47,507,650
   
$
8,116,946
    $ 388,087    
$
56,012,683
   
$
631,180
   
$
4,019,697
    $ 7,827,547    
$
12,478,424
 
Voyage expenses (including charges from related parties)
   
(834,590
)
   
(104,980
)
    (302,546 )    
(1,242,116
)
   
(23,741
)
   
(156,626
)
    (920,035 )    
(1,100,402
)
Vessel operating expenses
   
(8,013,227
)
   
(2,852,712
)
    (324,356 )    
(11,190,295
)
   
(352,940
)
   
(1,135,874
)
    (3,420,534 )    
(4,909,348
)
Management fees to related parties
   
(1,047,150
)
   
(352,950
)
    (257,400 )    
(1,657,500
)
   
(24,936
)
   
(189,098
)
    (756,392 )    
(970,426
)
Recovery of provision/(provision) for doubtful accounts
   
266,732
     
           
266,732
     
     
      (25,369 )    
(25,369
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
(2,805,193
)
   
(850,371
)
    (130,120 )    
(3,785,684
)
   
(35,305
)
   
(463,714
)
    (1,855,612 )    
(2,354,631
)
Gain on sale of vessels
    40,548,776                   40,548,776       19,559,432                   19,559,432  
Segments operating income/(loss)
 
$
75,622,998
   
$
3,955,933
    $ (626,335 )  
$
78,952,596
   
$
19,753,690
   
$
2,074,385
    $ 849,605    
$
22,677,680
 
Interest and finance costs
                           
(668,815
)
                           
(283,104
)
Interest income
                           
1,210,769
                             
4,328,318
 
Dividend income from related party
                                                          1,263,889  
Foreign exchange losses
                            (21,352 )                             (2,281 )
Dividend income on equity securities
                                                          4,136  
Loss on equity securities
                                                          (13,837 )
Less: Unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses (including related parties)
                            (1,841,586 )                             (4,698,176 )
Net income and comprehensive income, before taxes
                          $ 77,631,612                             $ 23,276,625  

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TORO CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars – except for share data unless otherwise stated)
17.
Segment Information: (continued)


A reconciliation of total segment assets to total assets presented in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets of December 31, 2023, and June 30, 2024, is as follows:

   
As of December 31,
2023
   
As of June 30,
2024
 
Aframax/LR2 tanker segment
 
$
22,802,392
   
$
990,699
 
Handysize tanker segment
   
10,445,507
     
9,707,242
 
LPG carrier segment
    71,651,775       69,749,676  
Cash and cash equivalents(1)
   
151,757,138
     
189,187,618
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets(1)
   
51,447,318
     
53,772,950
 
Total assets
 
$
308,104,130
   
$
323,408,185
 

(1)
Refers to assets of other, non-vessel owning, entities included in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

18.
Subsequent Events:


(a) Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares:  On July 15, 2024, the Company paid to Castor a dividend on the Series A Preferred Shares, which was declared on June 25, 2024, amounting to $350,000 for the dividend period from April 15, 2024 to July 14, 2024.

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