StealthGas Inc. (StealthGas) owns a fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers providing international seaborne transportation services to LPG producers and users, as well as product tankers chartered to oil producers and refiners. The Company carries various petroleum gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene and vinyl chloride monomer, which are all by-products of the production of crude oil and natural gas. As of June 15, 2009, the Company’s fleet included 39 LPG carriers with an average age of 11.1 years and two product carriers. In addition, as of June 15, 2009, StealthGas had contracted to acquire one resale newbuilding LPG carrier, five newbuilding LPG carriers and two resale newbuilding medium range product carriers.