NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangaea
Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("Pangaea" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:
PANL), announced today its registration statement on Form S-3 that
was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and that covers the resale of shares held by certain of its
shareholders, as well as the issuance by the Company of up to
$100 million in primary shares or
registered securities, has been declared effective as of
February 13, 2018.
Ed Coll, Pangaea's Chief
Executive Officer, said, "Our focus continues to be providing our
clients with services that add value and generate positive cash
flow for the Company. Although we have no present plans to issue
new shares, we filed the Form S-3 to give us the flexibility to
move quickly when opportunities may arise. As a smaller public
company we are limited in the amount of new shares we are able to
issue under the Form S-3 to an amount not greater than one-third of
our public float in any 12-month period."
Further, Mr. Coll, who controls 19% of Pangaea's common shares,
and Pangaea's major investor Cartesian Capital Group, LLC
("Cartesian"), which controls 32% of Pangaea's common shares,
jointly announced their continued confidence in the future of the
Company, particularly given the improving shipping market. Both Mr.
Coll and Cartesian stated that they have no present intention to
sell Pangaea common shares they currently control. Peter Yu, Managing Partner of Cartesian, said,
"We remain long-term investors in Pangaea, and committed supporters
of Ed and the management team. We strongly support the Company's
efforts to improve the trading volume of the stock in order to
permit more institutional investors to participate in Pangaea's
continuing success and any public sale efforts will be done in a
gradual and orderly fashion."
About Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd.
Pangaea
Logistics Solutions Ltd. provides logistics services to a broad
base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a
wide variety of dry bulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot
briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and
limestone. The Company addresses the transportation needs of its
customers with a comprehensive set of services and activities,
including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, and
voyage planning. Learn more at www.pangaeals.com.
CONTACT:
INVESTOR RELATIONS:
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Partners
Thomas Rozycki
(646) 503-5657
trozycki@prosek.com
Kathleen Bentley
(646) 503-5179
kbentley@prosek.com
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