Epic Shipping Holdings Limited acquired Pantheon Inc. on January 4, 2013. Post acquisition, the combined entity will operate as Epic Pantheon International Gas Shipping Ltd (E-P Gas). Concurrent with the merger, E-P Gas received significant new equity capital from Jefferies Capital Partners, Shipping & Intermodal Investment Management, the principals of Diamantis Pateras Maritime Ltd and certain members of the Board of Directors, including Chris Buttery, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, the parent company of Epic Shipping.

Linklaters, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Maples & Calder and Alan & Gledhill acted as legal advisors to Jefferies Capital Partners. Matthew Stratton, Mona Patel, Jeff Morgan, James Gilbertson, Richard Hyman, Clare Smith, Stephen Jarvis and Tanya Nash of Ince & Co. acted as legal advisor to Epic Shipping Holdings. Norton Rose acted as legal advisor to Pantheon Inc. Watson Farley acted as legal advisor to Lloyds TSB Bank and Debevoise acted as legal advisor to DVB. DVB Corporate Finance acted as financial advisor to Epic Shipping.

Epic Shipping Holdings Limited completed the acquisition of Pantheon Inc. on January 4, 2013.