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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Diana Shipping Inc. · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rates
We
are
exposed
to
market
risks
associated
with
changes
in
interest
rates
related
to
our
loan
facilities,
under which we
pay interest at
term SOFR plus
a margin. Increases
in interest rates
could adversely affect
our results
of operations.
An increase
of 1%
in the
interest rates
of our
loan facilities
bearing a
variable
interest rate during 2025, could have increased our interest cost by
approximately $3.4 million.
We expect to continue
to have debt
outstanding, which could
impact our results
of operations and
financial
condition. We manage
our interest rate
exposure by maintaining a
mix of floating
and fixed interest rates
financing agreements.
During 2022, we refinanced certain portions of our loans bearing a floating interest
rate
through sale
and leaseback
transactions with
fixed rates.
In
2023, we
entered into
an
interest rate
swap for
$30 million
under which
we pay
fixed interest
and receive
floating. Through
these agreements
and our bond, which
also bears a fixed
interest rate, we
manage a portion of
our exposure to interest
rates
associated with the remaining agreements that bear floating interest
rates.
As of December
31, 2025, 2024
and 2023, and
as of the
date of this
annual report, we
did not and
have
not designated any financial instruments as accounting hedging
instruments.
Currency and Exchange Rates
We generate all of our revenues in U.S. dollars but incur less than half of our operating expenses (30% in
2025 and 29% in 2024) and
approximately half of our general and administrative expenses (49%
in 2025
and 46%
in 2024)
in currencies
other than
the U.S.
dollar,
primarily the
Euro. For
accounting purposes,
expenses incurred in Euros are translated
into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate
prevailing on the date of
each transaction. Because a
significant portion of our
expenses are incurred in
currencies other than the
U.S. dollar, our expenses
may from time
to time increase
relative to our
revenues as a
result of fluctuations
in
exchange
rates,
particularly
between
the
U.S.
dollar
and
the
Euro,
which
could
affect
our
results
of
operations
in
future
periods.
Currently,
we
do
not
consider
this
risk
to
be
material
to
our
results
of
operations, as in 2025 and 2024, non-US dollar
expenses represented 19% and 17%, respectively of our
revenues. Accordingly, we have not entered into derivative instruments to hedge this exposure.
While we
historically have
not mitigated
the risk
associated with
exchange rate
fluctuations through
the use
of financial
derivatives, we
may determine
to employ
such instruments
from time
to time
in the
future to
minimize this risk. Our use of
financial derivatives would involve
certain risks, including the risk
that losses
on a
hedged position
could exceed
the nominal
amount invested
in the
instrument and
the risk
that the
counterparty to the derivative transaction
may be unable or
unwilling to satisfy its
contractual obligations,
which could have an adverse effect on our results.