Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
November 16 2020 - 6:31AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR
15D-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: November 16, 2020
Commission File No. 001-34104
NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION
7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2
Monte Carlo, MC 98000 Monaco
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
☒ Form 20-F
☐ Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Yes ☐ No ☒
Information Contained in this Report on Form 6-K
Attached hereto is a copy of the Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation,
dated November 16, 2020, for the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders to be held on Monday, December 21, 2020.
November 16, 2020
Dear Stockholder,
We cordially invite you to
attend our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders to be held at 11:00 a.m., local time, on Monday, December 21, 2020 at our offices at 7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2, Monaco.
When you have finished reading the proxy statement, please promptly vote your shares of common stock by marking, signing, dating and returning
the proxy card in the enclosed envelope. We encourage you to vote by proxy so that your shares will be represented and voted at the meeting, whether or not you can attend.
Sincerely,
Angeliki Frangou
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTICE OF 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
November 16, 2020
TIME: 11:00
a.m., local time
DATE: Monday, December 21, 2020
PLACE: Offices of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, 7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2, Monaco
PURPOSES:
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To elect two Class C directors, whose terms will expire in 2023 (Proposal One).
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To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A. as our
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 (Proposal Two).
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To consider any other business that is properly presented at the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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WHO MAY VOTE:
You may
vote if you were the record owner of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (we, us or our) common stock at the close of business on Friday, November 13, 2020. A list of stockholders of
record will be available at the meeting and, during the 10 days prior to the meeting, at the office of the Secretary at the above address.
IT IS
IMPORTANT TO VOTE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY. THE VOTE OF EVERY STOCKHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION IN RETURNING YOUR EXECUTED PROXY PROMPTLY WILL
BE APPRECIATED. ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL THE PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.
If you
attend the annual meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote in person.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vasiliki Papaefthymiou
Secretary
NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION
7 AVENUE DE GRANDE BRETAGNE, OFFICE 11B2
MONTE CARLO, MC 98000 MONACO
PROXY
STATEMENT FOR
NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION
2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020
GENERAL
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ANNUAL MEETING
Why Did You Send Me this Proxy Statement?
We sent you this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card because our Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2020 annual
meeting of stockholders and any adjournments of the meeting to be held at 11:00 a.m., local time, on Monday, December 21, 2020, at our offices at 7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2, Monaco. This proxy statement, along with the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, summarizes the purposes of the meeting and the information you need to know to vote at the annual meeting.
On November 16, 2020, we began sending this proxy statement, the attached notice of annual meeting and the enclosed proxy card to all
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. You can find a copy of our 2019 Annual Report on Form 20-F on the Internet through our website at www.navios-acquisition.com or the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commissions electronic data system called EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Who Can Vote?
Only stockholders who owned our common stock at the close of business on November 13, 2020 are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. On
this record date, there were 17,103,371 shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Our common stock is our only class of voting stock. The shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
NNA.
You do not need to attend the annual meeting to vote your shares. Shares represented by valid proxies, received in time
for the meeting and not revoked prior to the meeting, will be voted at the meeting. A stockholder may revoke a proxy before the proxy is voted by delivering to our Secretary a signed statement of revocation or a duly executed proxy card bearing a
later date. Any stockholder who has executed a proxy card but attends the meeting in person may revoke the proxy and vote at the meeting.
How Many
Votes Do I Have?
Each share of our common stock that you own entitles you to one vote.
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How Do I Vote?
Whether you plan to attend the annual meeting or not, we urge you to vote by proxy. Voting by proxy will not affect your right to attend the
annual meeting. If your shares are registered directly in your name through our stock transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, or you have stock certificates, you may vote:
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By mail. Complete and mail the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed postage prepaid envelope. Your proxy will be
voted in accordance with your instructions. If you sign the proxy card but do not specify how you want your shares voted, they will be voted as recommended by our Board of Directors.
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In person at the meeting. If you attend the meeting, you may deliver your completed proxy card in person or you
may vote by completing a ballot, which will be available at the meeting.
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If your shares are held in street
name (held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee), you must provide the bank, broker or other nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares and can do so as follows:
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By mail. You will receive instructions from your bank, broker or other nominee explaining how to vote your
shares.
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In person at the meeting. Contact the bank, broker or other nominee who holds your shares to obtain a
brokers proxy card and bring it with you to the meeting. You will not be able to vote at the meeting unless you have a proxy card from your broker.
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Street name holders may vote by telephone or Internet if their bank, broker or other nominee makes those methods available, in
which case the bank, broker or other nominee will enclose the instructions with the proxy materials. The telephone and Internet voting procedures are designed to authenticate stockholders identities, to allow stockholders to vote their shares,
and to confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly.
How Does the Board of Directors Recommend That I Vote on the Proposals?
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote as follows:
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FOR the election of the nominees for the Class C directors; and
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FOR ratification of the selection of independent registered public accounting firm for our current
fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
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If any other matter is presented, the proxy card provides that your shares
will be voted by the proxy holder listed on the proxy card in accordance with his or her best judgment. At the time this proxy statement was printed, we knew of no matters that needed to be acted on at the annual meeting, other than those discussed
in this proxy statement.
May I Revoke My Proxy?
If you give us your proxy, you may revoke it at any time before the annual meeting. You may revoke your proxy in any one of the following ways:
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signing a new proxy card and submitting it as instructed above;
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notifying our Secretary in writing before the annual meeting that you have revoked your proxy; or
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attending the meeting in person and voting in person. Attending the meeting in person will not in and of itself
revoke a previously submitted proxy unless you specifically request it.
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What Vote is Required to Approve Each Proposal and How are Votes Counted?
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Proposal 1: Elect Directors
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The nominees for Class C director who receive the most votes (also known as a plurality of the votes) will be elected. You may either vote FOR each of the nominees or WITHHOLD your vote from each of the nominees.
Votes that are withheld will not be included in the vote tally for the election of Class C directors. Brokerage firms do not have authority to vote customers unvoted shares held by the firms in street name for the election of directors.
As a result, any shares not voted by a beneficial owner will be treated as a broker non-vote. Such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this
vote.
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Proposal 2: Ratify Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
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The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the annual meeting is required to ratify the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm. Abstentions will
be treated as votes against this proposal. Brokerage firms have authority to vote customers unvoted shares held by the firms in street name on this proposal. If a broker does not exercise this authority, such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote. We are not required to obtain the approval of our stockholders to select our independent accountants. However, if our stockholders do not ratify the
selection of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A. as our independent accountants for 2020, our Audit Committee of our Board of Directors will reconsider its selection.
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What Constitutes a Quorum for the Meeting?
The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of no less than a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock is necessary to
constitute a quorum at the meeting. Votes of stockholders of record who are present at the meeting in person or by proxy, withheld votes, abstentions, and broker non-votes are counted for purposes of
determining whether a quorum exists.
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PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF CLASS C DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors consists of seven directors, who are divided into three classes. As provided in our Articles of Incorporation, each
director is elected to serve for a three-year term and until such directors successor is duly elected and qualified, except in the event of such directors death, resignation, removal or earlier termination of such directors term of
office. The terms of the two Class C directors will expire at the 2020 annual meeting. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has nominated Angeliki Frangou and Anna Kalathakis, each of whom is currently a Class C director, for election as
directors, whose terms would expire at our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
Unless the proxy is marked to indicate that such
authorization is expressly withheld, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote the shares authorized thereby FOR the election of the following two nominees. It is expected that each of these nominees will be able to serve, but if
before the election it develops that one or more of the nominees is unavailable, the persons named in the accompanying proxy will vote for the election of such substitute nominee or nominees as the current Board of Directors may recommend.
Nominees for Election as Class C Directors to the Board of Directors
Information concerning the nominees for the Class C directors is set forth below:
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Name
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Position
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Angeliki Frangou
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55
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Class C Director
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Anna Kalathakis
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50
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Class C Director
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Angeliki Frangou has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since our inception.
Ms. Frangou has also been Chairman and CEO of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM) our sponsor since August 2005. In addition, Ms. Frangou has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
(NYSE: NMM), an affiliated limited partnership, since August 2007, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Containers L.P. (Nasdaq: NMCI), an affiliated limited partnership, since April 2017. Ms. Frangou has been the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Navios South American Logistics Inc. since its inception in December 2007. Ms. Frangou is the Chairman of IRF European Finance Investments Ltd., listed on the SFM of the London Stock Exchange, and is also a
Member of the Board of the United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited. Since 2015, she has also been a Board Member of the Union of Greek Shipowners, as well as on the Board of Trustees of Fairleigh Dickinson
University. Since 2013, Ms. Frangou has been a Member of the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. Ms. Frangou also acts as Vice Chairman of the China Classification Society Mediterranean
Committee, and is a member of the International General Committee and of the Hellenic and Black Sea Committee of Bureau Veritas, and is also a member of the Greek Committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Ms. Frangou received a bachelors degree
in Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University.
Anna Kalathakis has been a member of our Board of Directors and Senior Vice President Legal Risk Management since May
2010. Ms. Kalathakis has been Chief Legal Risk Officer since November 2012 and Senior Vice President Legal Risk Management of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. from December 2005 until October 2012. Before joining Navios Maritime Holdings
Inc., Ms. Kalathakis was the General Manager of the Greek office of A Bilbrough & Co. Ltd. (Managers of the London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Limited, the London P&I Club) and an Associate
Director of the London P&I Club where she gained experience in the handling of liability and contractual disputes in both the dry and tanker shipping sectors (including collisions, oil pollution incidents, groundings, etc.). She previously
worked for a U.S. maritime law firm in New Orleans, having qualified as a lawyer in Louisiana in 1995, and also served in a similar capacity for
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a London maritime law firm. She qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1999 and was admitted to the Piraeus Bar in Greece in 2003. She received a bachelors degree in International
Relations from Georgetown University; she holds a Master of Business Administration degree from European University in Brussels; and a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School.
Required Vote. Stockholders may cast their vote for or withhold authority to vote for Proposal One. The
directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by holders of the shares of our common stock, meaning that the two nominees for director receiving the highest number of shares voted for their election will be elected.
Withhold votes and broker non-votes are not considered votes cast and will have no effect on the election of directors.
Effect of withheld votes and broker non-votes. Withheld votes will not affect the
vote on Proposal One. Brokerage firms do not have authority to vote customers unvoted shares held by the firms in street name for the election of directors. As a result, any shares not voted by a beneficial owner will be treated as a broker non-vote. Such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THE ELECTION OF ANGELIKI FRANGOU AND ANNA KALATHAKIS AS CLASS C DIRECTORS, AND PROXIES
RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR THEREOF UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER HAS INDICATED OTHERWISE ON THE PROXY.
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PROPOSAL TWO
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors is submitting for approval the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A.
(Ernst & Young) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The Board of Directors proposes that the stockholders ratify this appointment.
Ernst & Young audited our financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.
Ernst &
Young has advised us that it does not have any direct or indirect financial interest in us, nor has it had any such interest in connection with us during the past three years other than in its capacity as our independent registered public
accounting firm.
All services rendered by Ernst & Young are subject to review by the Audit Committee of our Board of
Directors.
We are not required to obtain the approval of our stockholders to select our independent registered public accounting firm. In
the event the stockholders do not ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee will reconsider its appointment.
Required Vote. Approval of Proposal Two will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by
proxy and entitled to vote at the annual meeting.
Effect of Abstentions and Broker
Non-Votes. Abstentions will be treated as votes against Proposal Two. Brokerage firms have authority to vote customers unvoted shares held by the firms in street name on
Proposal Two. If a broker does not exercise this authority, such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, AND PROXIES RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH RATIFICATION UNLESS A STOCKHOLDER INDICATES OTHERWISE ON THE PROXY.
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SOLICITATION
The cost of preparing and soliciting proxies will be borne by us. Solicitation on behalf of the Board of Directors will be made primarily by
mail, but stockholders may be solicited by telephone, e-mail, other electronic means, or personal contact. Copies of materials for the annual meeting will be supplied to brokers, dealers, banks and voting
trustees, or their nominees, for the purpose of soliciting proxies from beneficial owners.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other business that will be presented to the annual meeting. If any other business is properly
brought before the annual meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons named in the proxies.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vasiliki Papaefthymiou
Secretary
November 16, 2020
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE TODAY. Vote by Internet - QUICK * * * EASY IMMEDIATE - 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week or by Mail
NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION Your Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card. Votes submitted electronically over the Internet must be received
by 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on December 20, 2020. INTERNET www.cstproxyvote.com Use the Internet to vote your proxy. Have your proxy card available when you access the above website. Follow the prompts to vote your shares. MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THE PROXY CARD IF YOU ARE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY. FOLD HERE DO NOT SEPARATE INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED PROXY Please mark your votes
like this THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSAL 2. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDATIONS, JUST SIGN BELOW. YOU NEED NOT MARK ANY BOXES.
1. Election of two Class C Directors (or if any nominee is not available for election, such substitute as the Board of Directors may designate): Proposal to elect Angeliki Frangou and Anna Kalathakis as Class C Directors of the Company, whose terms
will expire in 2023. FOR WITHHOLD VOTE (01) Angeliki Frangou [ ] [ ] (02) Anna Kalathakis [ ] [ ] FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 2. Proposal to ratify the appointment
of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. [ ] [ ]
[ ] IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. CONTROL NUMBER Signature Signature Date , 2020. Note: Please sign
exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint owners, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or corporate officer, please give title as such.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on December 21,
2020 To view the 2020 Proxy Statement and the 2020 Annual Report please go to: https://www.cstproxy.com/naviosmaritimeacquisition/2020 FOLD HERE DO NOT SEPARATE INSERT IN ENVELOPE PROVIDED PROXY THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION The undersigned, revoking any previous proxies relating to these shares of common stock, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice and Proxy Statement, dated November 16, 2020, in connection with the
2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 11:00 a.m., local time, on December 21, 2020 at our offices at 7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2, Monaco and hereby appoints Angeliki Frangou, Leonidas Korres and Vasiliki Papaefthymiou, and
each of them (with full power to act alone), the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with power of substitution to each, to vote all shares of the common stock of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation registered in the name provided in this
Proxy which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and at any adjournments of the meeting, with all the powers the undersigned would have if personally present at the meeting. Without limiting the general
authorization given by this Proxy, the proxies are, and each of them is, instructed to vote or act as follows on the proposals set forth in the Proxy. THIS PROXY WHEN EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF CLASS C DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSAL 2. If you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors recommendations, just sign on the reverse side. You need not mark any boxes. (Continued, and to be
marked, dated and signed, on the other side)
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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Date: November 16, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Angeliki Frangou
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Angeliki Frangou
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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