DRYSHIPS INC





UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549


FORM 6-K


REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the month of November 2013


Commission File Number 001-35298


OCEAN RIG UDW INC.


10 Skopa Street, Tribune House

2nd Floor, Office 202, CY 1075

Nicosia, Cyprus

(Address of principal executive offices)


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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT


Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (the “Company”), dated November 4, 2013: Ocean Rig UDW Inc. Reports Financial and Operating Results for the Third Quarter 2013.


This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 ASR (Registration No. 333-184450) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2012.



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                                                                     SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

OCEAN RIG UDW INC.

 

 

Dated:  November 4, 2013

By:  /s/George Economou    

 

 

George Economou

 

 

Chief Executive Officer




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Exhibit 99.1




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OCEAN RIG UDW INC. REPORTS FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER 2013


November 4, 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus. Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG), or Ocean Rig or the Company, an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013.


Third Quarter 2013 Financial Highlights


Ø

For the third quarter of 2013, the Company reported a net loss of $21.5 million, or $0.16 basic and diluted loss per share.


Included in the third quarter 2013 results are:


-

Non-cash write offs and breakage costs associated with the full repayment of the $800.0 million secured term loan agreement and the two $495.0 million senior secured credit facilities totaling $61.1 million or $0.46 per share.


      Excluding the above item, the Company’s net results would have amounted to a net income of $39.6

million, or $0.30 per share.


Ø

The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA of $161.4 million for the third quarter of 2013, as compared to $122.5 million for the third quarter of 2012.(1)


Recent Highlights


-

Achieved 98.4% average fleet wide operating performance for the third quarter of 2013.


-

On November 4, 2013, the Ocean Rig Mylos commenced drilling operations under the three year contract with Repsol Sinopec Brazil S.A.  


-

The deliveries of the newbuildings Ocean Rig Skyros and Ocean Rig Athena are rescheduled for January 2014 and February 2014 respectively, due to the late delivery of third party and sub-supplier equipment.


-

On October 29, 2013, we agreed with a major oil company to extend for 60 days the expiration of the previously announced Letter of Award for our ultra deepwater drillship Ocean Rig Skyros.






(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure; please see later in this press release for reconciliation to net income.



George Economou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company commented:


“We are very pleased with the 98.4% average operating efficiency of our fleet in the third quarter. Although unscheduled rig downtime is an unavoidable industry fact, our consistent efforts over the past year and our ongoing focus on operational excellence have resulted in three consecutive quarters of strong performance. We remain dedicated to our plan of becoming the preferred drilling contractor for our clients.


“In August we took delivery of the Ocean Rig Mylos, the first of our three 7th generation drillships being delivered in the coming months. I am very pleased to announce that the Ocean Rig Mylos mobilized to Brazil in record time, underwent a very smooth acceptance process and commenced drilling operations this week. At the same time, the scheduled delivery of the Ocean Rig Skyros and Ocean Rig Athena has unfortunately slipped to January and February 2014 due to the late delivery of third party and sub-supplier equipment. I note that the late delivery of the drillships has no negative implication under their respective employment contracts.


“During the third quarter, and as previously announced, we successfully completed the refinancing of the Nordea and Deutsche Bank facilities with a new $1.9 billion senior secured term loan facility comprised of two term loans. In addition we drew down $450 million under the $1.35 billion Bank/ECA facility, to finance the acquisition of Ocean Rig Mylos and agreed with the syndicate of commercial banks and export credit agencies to amend certain provisions of this facility to allow for incremental financial flexibility.


“Following the conclusion of several of our key strategic objectives, our focus now turns to implementing our value creation initiatives for our stakeholders. We are commencing the creation of a new Master Limited Partnership (MLP) subsidiary with a targeted Initial Public Offering (IPO) launch date within the second quarter of 2014.  In addition we plan to initiate a quarterly dividend of $25 million starting with cashflow from our first quarter 2014 operations and payable in mid May 2014.”








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Financial Review: 2013 Third Quarter


The Company recorded a net loss of $21.5 million, or $0.16 basic and diluted loss per share, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013, as compared to a net loss of $12.2 million, or $0.09 basic and diluted losses per share, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. Adjusted EBITDA was $161.4 million for the third quarter of 2013, as compared to $122.5 million for the same period in 2012. (2)


Revenues from drilling contracts increased by $42.8 million to $328.5 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013, as compared to $285.7 million for the same period in 2012.


Rig operating expenses decreased to $128.9 million and total depreciation and amortization increased to $61.2 million for the three-month period ended September 30 2013, from $160.1 million and $56.5 million, respectively, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. Total general and administrative expenses increased to $39.6 million in the third quarter of 2013 from $20.4 million during the comparative period in 2012.






(2) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure; please see later in this press release for reconciliation to net income.











































Fleet List


The table below describes our fleet profile and drilling contract backlog as of October 31, 2013:


Drilling Rigs / Drillships:



Unit




Leiv Eiriksson

Year built/scheduled delivery


2001

Redelivery




       Q2 – 16

Operating area




Norway

Backlog ($m)




$489

Eirik Raude

2002

         Q3 – 14

Sierra Leone,  Ivory Coast

$229

Ocean Rig Corcovado

2011

Q2 – 15

Brazil

                $253

Ocean Rig Olympia

2011

Q3 – 15

Gabon, Angola

$378

Ocean Rig Poseidon

2011

Q2 – 16

Angola

$660

Ocean Rig Mykonos

2011

Q1 – 15

Brazil

$227

Ocean Rig Mylos

2013

Q3 – 16

Brazil

$667


Newbuildings

 

 

 

 

Ocean Rig Skyros (Expected delivery Jan. 2014)

2014

Q4 – 14

Angola

$187

 

 

Q4 – 20

Angola

$1,266(1)

Ocean Rig Athena (Expected delivery Feb. 2014)

2014

Q1 – 17

Angola

$752

Ocean Rig Apollo (Expected delivery Jan. 2015)

2015

Q1 – 18

 Congo

$670

Newbuilding TBN (Expected delivery Dec. 2015)

2015

N/A

N/A

N/A

Optional Newbuilding

2016

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total

 

 

 

$5,778







(1)  Letter of Award is subject to definitive documentation and other approvals.



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Ocean Rig UDW Inc.


Financial Statements

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations




(Expressed in Thousands of U.S. Dollars

except for share and per share data)

 


Three Months Ended

 September 30,

 


Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues, net

$

285,662

$

328,513

$

712,152

$

834,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drilling rig operating expenses

 

160,098

 

128,906

 

390,490

 

366,646

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

56,538

 

61,231

 

168,025

 

170,198

 

General and administrative expenses and other, net

 

20,369

 

39,618

 

60,252

 

85,686

 

Legal settlements and other, net

 

(1,870)

 

-

 

4,524

 

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

50,527

 

98,758

 

88,861

 

206,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSES):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and finance costs, net of interest income

 

(29,222)

 

(102,281)

 

(86,048)

 

(164,017)

 

Gain/(loss) on interest rate swaps

 

(21,174)

 

(8,871)

 

(32,114)

 

11,000

 

Other, net

 

(1,335)

 

1,439

 

582

 

5,513

 

Income taxes

 

(10,975)

 

(10,524)

 

(32,603)

 

(35,099)

 

Total other expenses

 

(62,706)

 

(120,237)

 

(150,183)

 

(182,603)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net  income/ (loss)


$

(12,179)


$

(21,479)


$

(61,322)


$

23,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/ (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

$

(0.09)

$

(0.16)

$

(0.47)

$

0.18

 

Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted

 

131,696,928

 

131,734,754

 

131,696,928

 

131,715,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Ocean Rig UDW Inc.


Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets


 

 

 

 

 

 


(Expressed in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)

 

December 31, 2012

   


September 30, 2013


 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (current and non-current)

$

510,061

$

528,605

 

Other current assets

 

242,447

 

318,478

 

Advances for drillships under construction and related costs

 

992,825

 

960,119

 

Drilling rigs, drillships, machinery and equipment, net

 

4,399,462

 

5,044,295

     Other non-current assets

 

80,319

 

117,755

 

Total assets

 

6,225,114

 

6,969,252

 

 

 

 

 

 



LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

 

2,853,410

 

3,560,809

Total other liabilities

 

463,189

 

469,713

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

                 2,908,515

 

2,938,730

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

6,225,114

$

6,969,252

 

 

 

 

 

 


























Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation


Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, class survey costs and gains or losses on interest rate swaps. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations, as determined by United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and our calculation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is included herein because it is a basis upon which the Company measures its operations and efficiency. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by our lenders as a measure of our compliance with certain covenants contained in our loan agreements and because the Company believes that it presents useful information to investors regarding a company's ability to service and/or incur indebtedness.


The following table reconciles net income/ (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA:




(Dollars in thousands)

 



Three Months Ended

September 30,

 



Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

Net income/ (loss)

$

(12,179)

$

(21,479)

$

(61,322)

$

23,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add: Net interest expense

 

29,222

 

102,281

 

86,048

 

164,017

Add: Depreciation and amortization

 

56,538

 

61,231

 

168,025

 

170,198

Add: Class survey costs

 

16,773

 

-

 

21,579

 

-

Add: Income taxes

 

10,975

 

10,524

 

32,603

 

35,099

Add: Loss/ (Gain) on interest rate swaps


21,174

 

8,871

 

32,114

 

(11,000)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

122,503

$

161,428

$

279,047

$

381,973



















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Drill Rigs Holdings Inc - Supplemental Information



Leiv Eiriksson


The Leiv Eiriksson is currently drilling offshore Norway under our three-year contract with Rig Management Norway. During the third quarter of 2013, the unit achieved approximately 100%  operating efficiency (defined as revenue earnings days over available drilling days).  


Eirik Raude


Following the completion of the ExxonMobil contract, the Eirik Raude mobilized  for approximately 23 days from Ireland to offshore West Africa and commenced the six well contract with Lukoil on August 21, 2013. During the mobilization period the Eirik Raude was earning zero revenue and the majority of the operating expenses relating to the unit incurred during this period were capitalized. During the third quarter of 2013, the unit achieved  approximately 100%  operating efficiency.


Summary Financials of Drill Rig Holdings Inc.:



 

Year ended

December 31, 2012

 

Nine Months ended

September 30, 2013

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Total revenue………………………………

                   

$

295,327

EBITDA..……………………….

 

 

159,916

Total assets…………………………………

            $             1,271,829

 

1,360,162

Total debt, net of financing fees………..

(781,001)

 

(783,583)

Shareholders equity………………………

(337,086)

 

(444,816)

Total cash and cash equivalents……….…

$                   62,429

$

49,677










    EBITDA reconciliation of Drill Rig Holdings Inc.:




(Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

Net Income/(loss)

$

(6,947)

$

44,428

$

87

$

74,257

Add: Net interest expense

 

10,292

 

12,570

 

23,566

 

28,784

Add: Depreciation and amortization

 

17,799

 

19,225

 

55,205

 

54,269

Add: Class survey costs

 

16,773

 

-

 

21,579

 

-

Add: Income taxes

 

4,775

 

(165)

 

6,245

 

2,606

EBITDA

$

42,692

$

76,058

$

106,682

$

159,916



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Conference Call and Webcast: November 5, 2013


As announced, the Company’s management team will host a conference call, on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time to discuss the Company's financial results.


Conference Call Details


Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 1(866) 819-7111 (from the US), 0(800) 953-0329 (from the UK) or +(44) (0) 1452 542 301 (from outside the US). Please quote "Ocean Rig"


A replay of the conference call will be available until November 12, 2013. The United States replay number is 1(866) 247-4222; from the UK 0(800) 953-1533; the standard  international replay number is (+44) (0) 1452 550 000 and the access code required for the replay is: 55592075#.


A replay of the conference call will also be available on the Company’s website at www.ocean- rig.com under the Investor Relations section.


Slides and audio webcast:


There will also be a simultaneous live webcast over the Internet, through the Ocean Rig UDW Inc. website www.ocean-rig.com. Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.


About Ocean Rig UDW Inc.


Ocean Rig is an international offshore drilling contractor providing oilfield services for offshore oil and gas exploration, development and production drilling, and specializing in the ultra-deepwater and harsh-environment segment of the offshore drilling industry. The company owns and operates 11 offshore ultra deepwater drilling units, comprising of 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs and 9 ultra deepwater drillships, 2 of which are scheduled to be delivered to the Company during 2014 and 2 of which are scheduled to be delivered during 2015.

Ocean Rig’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market where it trades under the symbol “ORIG”


Visit the Company’s website at www.ocean-rig.com



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Forward-Looking Statement


Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with such safe harbor legislation.


Forward- looking statements relate to Ocean Rig’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements may be identified by the use of words like “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “seek,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements reflect Ocean Rig’s current views and assumptions with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties.


The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, may of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in Ocean Rig’s records and other data available from third parties. Although Ocean Rig believes 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 Ocean Rig’s control, Ocean Rig cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections described in the forward- looking statements contained herein. Actual and future results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements.


Important factors that, in Ocean Rig’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include (i) factors related to the offshore drilling market, including supply and demand, utilization, day rates and customer drilling programs; (ii);hazards inherent in the drilling industry and marine operations causing personal injury or loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage, claims by third parties or customers and suspension of operations; (iii) changes in laws and governmental regulations, particularly with respect to environmental matters; (iv) the availability of competing offshore drilling vessels; (v) political and other uncertainties, including risks of terrorist acts, war and civil disturbances; piracy; significant governmental influence over many aspects of local economies, seizure; nationalization or expropriation of property or equipment; repudiation, nullification, modification or renegotiation of contracts; limitations on insurance coverage, such as war risk coverage, in certain areas; political unrest; foreign and U.S. monetary policy and foreign currency fluctuations and devaluations; the inability to repatriate income or capital; complications associated with repairing and replacing equipment in remote locations; import-export quotas, wage and price controls imposition of trade barriers; regulatory or financial requirements to comply with foreign bureaucratic actions; changing taxation policies; and other forms of government regulation and economic conditions that are beyond our control; (vi) the performance of our rigs; (vii) our ability to procure or have access to financing and comply with our loan covenants; (viii) our ability to successfully employ our drilling units; (ix) our capital expenditures, including the timing and cost of completion of capital projects; and (x) our revenues and expenses. Due to such uncertainties and risks, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon such forward-looking statements.


Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by Ocean Rig UDW Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Investor Relations / Media:


Nicolas Bornozis

Capital Link, Inc. (New York) Tel. 212-661-7566

E-mail: oceanrig@capitallink.com