Navigator Gas Announces Commencement of Secondary Public Offering by Selling Shareholder and Concurrent Repurchase of Shares by Navigator Gas
Rhea-AI Summary
Navigator Gas (NYSE: NVGS) announced a Secondary Offering by selling shareholder BW Group of 7,000,000 shares and a concurrent Company Share Repurchase of 3,500,000 shares to be purchased at the public offering price.
The Company will not receive proceeds from the Secondary Offering; the repurchase is expected to be funded with cash on hand and is conditioned on the offering's completion and customary closing conditions.
Positive
- Share repurchase of 3,500,000 shares at offering price
- Repurchase to be funded with cash on hand
- Board approval obtained for the Share Repurchase
Negative
- 7,000,000 shares sold by BW Group increases available float
- Company will not receive proceeds from the Secondary Offering
News Market Reaction – NVGS
In the Mar 20 session, NVGS declined 5.16%, reflecting a notable negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -2.4% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 5 alerts that day, indicating moderate trading interest and price volatility.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Previous Offering Reports
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12 | Offering pricing | Neutral | +3.6% | Upsized secondary offering by BW Group with concurrent 3.5M-share repurchase. |
| Jun 11 | Offering launch | Neutral | +3.6% | Commencement of 6M-share secondary and 3M-share repurchase using cash on hand. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Prior secondary offering plus repurchase announcements were followed by positive moves of about 3.59%, suggesting past market tolerance for this structure.
Recent same-tag history shows Navigator Gas using a similar structure of secondary offerings by BW Group combined with concurrent share repurchases funded by cash on hand. In June 2024, the company announced the commencement and later the upsized pricing of such a deal, involving 6–7M shares offered and 3–3.5M shares repurchased. Those events saw a roughly 3.59% positive move, indicating the market previously reacted constructively to this type of transaction.
Key Terms
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LONDON, March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NVGS) (“Navigator Gas,” the “Company,” “we,” or “our”) announced today that BW Group Limited, the selling shareholder of the Company (the “Selling Shareholder”), is offering for sale to the public a total of 7,000,000 shares (the “Offered Shares”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Secondary Offering”).
The Company is not offering any shares of its common stock in the Secondary Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of its shares of common stock in the Secondary Offering.
In addition, the Company intends to purchase from the underwriters in the Secondary Offering 3,500,000 shares of common stock (the “Share Repurchase”), at a price per share equal to the public offering price. No underwriting discount or commissions will be paid to the underwriters with respect to the shares of our common stock we intend to purchase from the underwriters. The Share Repurchase is expected to be funded with cash on hand. The terms and conditions of the Share Repurchase were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Share Repurchase is conditioned upon the completion of the Secondary Offering, as well as the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and is expected to close concurrently with the completion of the Secondary Offering. The completion of the Secondary Offering is not conditioned upon the completion of the Share Repurchase.
Citigroup, DNB Carnegie, Fearnley Securities and Pareto Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the Secondary Offering.
A shelf registration statement on Form F-3 relating to the shares of the Company’s common stock subject to this Secondary Offering was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 28, 2023 and declared effective on July 11, 2023. The Secondary Offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to be filed with the SEC that form a part of the registration statement. Prospective investors should read the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus or other documents that Navigator Gas has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Navigator Gas and the Secondary Offering. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus can be accessed for free through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from: Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 (Tel: 800-831-9146); DNB Carnegie, 30 Hudson Yards, 81st Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Compliance, (Email: compliance.marketsinc@dnb.no); Fearnley Securities, Dronning Eufemias Gate 8, P.O. Box 748 Sentrum, N-0194 Oslo (Email: prospectus@fearnleys.com); or Pareto Securities, Dronning Mauds Gate 3, P.O. Box 1411 Vika, 0115 Oslo (Email: pscomplianceoslo@paretosec.com).
Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS are not U.S. registered broker-dealers and may not make sales of any shares in the United States or to U.S. persons except in compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations. To the extent that either Fearnley Securities AS or Pareto Securities AS intends to effect sales of shares in the United States, it will do so only through its respective U.S. registered broker-dealer, Fearnley Securities Inc. or Pareto Securities Inc., or otherwise as permitted by applicable U.S. law. The activities of Fearnley Securities AS and Pareto Securities AS in the United States will be effected only to the extent permitted by Rule 15a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Navigator Gas
Navigator Gas is the owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers and a global leader in the seaborne transportation services of petrochemical gases, such as ethylene and ethane, liquefied petroleum gas and ammonia and owns a
Navigator Gas’ common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NVGS”.
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Navigator Gas Investor Relations
Email: investorrelations@navigatorgas.com
Randy Giveans
EVP - Investor Relations & Business Development
Email: randy.giveans@navigatorgas.com
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Tel: +1-713-373-6197
Alexander Walster
Media Contact
Email: communications@navigatorgas.com
Verde, 10 Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DH, UK
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Investor Relations / Media Advisors
Nicolas Bornozis / Paul Lampoutis
Capital Link – New York
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Email: navigatorgas@capitallink.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking” statements (as defined by the SEC), including statements concerning the conduct of the Secondary Offering, the size and terms of the Secondary Offering, the conduct of the Share Repurchase and the size and terms of the Share Repurchase. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify the forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “forecast,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “propose,” “potential,” “continue,” “scheduled,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those set forth in the periodic reports Navigator Gas files with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of future events, new information, a change in our views or expectations, or otherwise. We make no prediction or statement about the performance of our common stock.
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