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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Business Combination [Abstract]  
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Note 2 — Business Combinations

On January 27, 2026, the Company acquired all of the remaining outstanding capital stock of Tankers (UK) Agencies Limited (“TUKA”), a privately-held joint venture between the Company and CMB.Tech, which serves as the commercial manager for the VLCC pool company – Tankers International Limited (“TIL”). The total purchase consideration was $10.0 million, which includes the fair value of our previously held equity interest in TUKA. TUKA owns 100% of the equity interest in TIL, which is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company has accounted for this transaction as a business combination. As a result of this business combination, TUKA will be consolidated under the voting interest entity model, and TIL will retain its classification as an unconsolidated VIE (see Note 8, Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”)).

The book value of the Company’s 50% ownership interest immediately prior to the acquisition date was $1.1 million. The acquisition of the additional 50% interest in TUKA was considered an acquisition achieved in stages and resulted in the remeasurement of the previously held equity interest to fair value of $5.0 million. The fair value attributed to the previously held equity interest was derived from the consideration transferred in the transaction and resulted in the recognition of a non-cash holding gain of $3.9 million for the difference between the fair value and the book value of the Company’s previously held equity interest. Such gain was recorded in holding gain on previously held equity interest in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.

The acquisition date fair value of the purchase consideration paid and the allocation of the purchase consideration paid to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values as of the date of acquisition was as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)

Amounts

Cash paid

$

5,000

Fair value of previously held equity interest

5,000

Total Purchase Consideration

10,000

Fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

Cash and cash equivalents

507

Other tangible assets

5,786

Other tangible liabilities

(3,917)

Total fair value of identifiable net assets acquired

2,376

Goodwill initially recognized(1)(2)

$

7,624

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(1)Goodwill is primarily attributable to the assembled workforce of TUKA and brand recognition of TIL.
(2)For segment reporting purposes, goodwill is included in the Crude Tankers reportable segment.