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Anthony Argyropoulos Managing Director, Investment Banking Group Cantor Fitzgerald
Mr. Argyropoulos is a Partner of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co where he is responsible for the investment banking group's activities in the maritime sector. He has extensive investment banking expertise developed since early 1999 in the seaborne transportation industry. From 1999 through early 2004 he was a Senior Vice President with Jefferies & Company, Inc. where he was instrumental in developing their maritime investment banking practice. He has been involved with raising $1,7 billion in 11 initial public offerings (7 lead underwriter) and $1,3 billion in 14 follow-on offerings (10 lead underwriter), $580 million in high yield notes, advising on $2.7 billion in merger and acquisitions as well as the restructuring of $325 million in debt securities. From 1991 trough 1998 he worked in a financial management capacity for shipping company. Mr. Argyropoulos graduated from the Deree College in 1986 with a B.A. in Economics and from Bentley College, Waltham in 1991 with an M.B.A. in Finance. He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society of collegiate schools of business. He is a frequent speaker in global shipping events, contributor to several publications and recipient of a number of awards.
Transactions
2009
Aries Maritime Transport Ltd.
Sole Advisor to the Company; Acquisition by Grandunion, $498 million
Paragon Shipping Inc.
$84 million common stock follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
2008
OceanFreight, Inc.
$52 million common stock follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
DryShips Inc
$172 million common stock follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
Primelead Limited
Joint Financial Advisor- $926 million Acquisition of Ocean Rig ASA - Mandatory Offer
DryShips Inc
$103 million common stock follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
2007
Top Tankers Ltd
$72 million follow-on offering, Co-Manager
Star Maritime Acquisition Corp
Joint Financial Advisor- Acquisition of TMT fleet - Proxy Solicitation
Navios Maritime LP
$200 million Initial Public Offering, Co-Manager
Paragon Shipping
$176 million Initial Public Offering, Lead Advisor, Co-Manager
FreeSeas
$104 million follow-on offering, Co-Lead Underwriter
Euroseas LTD
$78 million follow-on offering, Co-Manager
Stealth Gas Inc
$138 million follow-on offering, Co-Lead Underwriter
OceanFreight Inc.
$247 million Initial Public Offering, Co-Lead Underwriter
Euroseas LTD
$47 million follow-on offering, Financial Advisor-Co-Manager
Camper & Nicholsons Marinas International Limited
€50 million AIM Closed End Fund Initial Public Offering Co-Lead Placing Agent
2006
Paragon Shipping
$90 million 144a Equity Offering, Co-Lead Placing Agent
Dryships Inc
$58 million follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
TOP Tankers, Inc.
$26 million follow-on offering, Sole Underwriter
2005
Maritrans Inc
$78 million follow-on offering, Co-Manager
Stealth Gas Inc
$116 million Initial Public Offering, Lead Underwriter
Quintana Maritime Limited
$192 million follow-on Initial Public offering, Co-Manager
Excel Maritime Carriers
$124 million follow-on offering, Lead Underwriter
DryShips Ltd.
$269 million Initial Public Offering, Lead Underwriter
2004
Excel Maritime Carriers
$55 million follow-on offering, Lead Underwriter
TOP Tankers, Inc.
$148 million follow-on offering, Lead Underwriter
$147 million Initial Public Offering, Lead Underwriter
2003
Ship Finance International
$580 million 8.5% Senior Notes of 2013, Lead Underwriter
2002
TORM
Advisor on Tender Offer for Norden $150 million,
Exclusive Advisor ADR listing on Nasdaq
Stelmar Shipping, Ltd.
$69 million follow-on offering, Lead Underwriter
Tsakos Energy Navigation
$115 million Initial Public Offering, Co-Manager
2001
Enterprises Shipholding Group
$175 million Senior Notes, Exclusive Financial Advisor, Out-of-court exchange Offer
General Maritime
$144 million Initial Public Offering, Co-Manager
Stelmar Shipping, Ltd.
$86 million Initial Public Offering, Lead Underwriter
1999 / 2000
Frontline, Ltd.
Exclusive Financial Advisor
$1.1 billion Acquisition of Golden Ocean Group in Chapter 11
Ermis Maritime Holdings, Inc.
Financial Advisor to Committee of Noteholders $150 million First Preferred Maritime Mortgage Notes Out-of-court Exchange Offer
Farrell Lines
Exclusive Financial Advisor
$130 million sale to P&O Nedlloyd
Awards
Marine Money
Private Equity of the year 2006 - Paragon Shipping
Lloyds List
Newsmaker of The Year 2005
Lloyds Shipping Economist
Innovative Shipping Finance Deal 2004 - Top Tankers
Marine Money
IPO of the year 2004 - Top Tankers
Marine Money
IPO of the year 2002 - Tsakos Energy Navigation
Marine Money
IPO of the year 2001 - Stelmar Shipping
Speeches
Marine Money Conference "Strategic Considerations for companies going Public" Athens, October 18, 2007.
Marine Money Week Raising Private Equity - "Private to Public Transactions Paragon Shipping, OceanFreight" New York June 21, 2007
Mare Forum Investments 2007 "Why is Money flowing into Shipping" Athens May 31, 2007
Capital Link Forum Key Note Speaker New York March 23, 2007
Lloyds Greek Ship Finance Conference "US Capital Markets" Athens May 25, 2005
Italy Ship Finance Forum "High Yield Bonds / Public Equity Markets and Italian Shipping Companies" Naples November 14 2003
Mare Forum A Tango for Two "Public Capital Markets: Access to the financing cycle…by invitation only" Amsterdam October 29, 2003
Maritime CEO/Investor Forum Key Note Address "Working with the equity markets" New York, June 18, 2003
Marine Money Week. "The Future of Ship Finance in the Capital Markets" New York, June 19-20, 2002
Norway Ship Finance Forum. "Appetite for LNG and Energy Projects in U.S. Debt Markets" Oslo, May 30, 2002.
Ship Finance Forum. "The U.S. Public Markets: Open or Closed" Athens,
October 18, 2001.
Marine Money Week "The Role of Investment Banks in Ship Finance" New York, June 18, 2001.
Norway Ship Finance Forum. "Initial Public Offerings - Why now?" Oslo,
May 30, 2001.
Lloyds Shipping Economist Conference, "U.S. Capital Markets - Tanker Equities" London, November 14, 2000.
Marine Money, Ship Finance Forum. "Public Equity United States: Desirable characteristics for a U.S. offering" Athens, October 31, 2000.
Hellenic / Norwegian American Chambers of Commerce, Sixth Annual Shipping Conference, "Innovation in Shipping", Finance Panel, New York, February 3, 2000.
Marine Money, Ship Finance Forum. "U.S. High Yield: Past, Present & Future" Athens October 21, 1999.
Ship Finance Forum "Strategies for Making Money in a Downturn", "The Asset, its Value and Role in Finance", New York, June 23-25, 1999.
The Shipping Industry, "An Overview of Concerns Affecting Issuers and Bondholders", Paine Webber, New York, January 21, 1999.
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