Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2017 (March 3, 2017)

GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of the Marshall Islands		001-33393		98-043-9758
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission file number)		(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

299 Park Avenue

12th Floor

(Address of principal executive offices)

10171

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 443-8550

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 3, 2017, Eugene I. Davis, a director of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (the “Company”) notified the Company that he has decided that he will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company when his term expires at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for May 17, 2017. Mr. Davis stated that his departure did not reflect any disagreement with the Company.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Genco Shipping & Trading Limited has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.