Seanergy Maritime Corp. Announces the Results of the 2008 Annual General Meeting
December 19 2008 - 11:35AM
Marketwired
Seanergy Maritime Corp. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: SHIP) (NASDAQ:
SHIPW) announced today the results of the annual meeting of its
shareholders held on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at the Company's
executive offices. At the meeting the following proposals were
approved and adopted: 1) the election of three directors of the
Company, designated as Class A, consisting of Messrs. Dimitrios N.
Panagiotopoulos, Lambros Papakonstantinou and George Taniskidis to
serve until the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders, the election
of two directors of the Company, designated as Class B, consisting
of Ms. Christina Anagnostara and Mr. George Tsimpis to serve until
the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders and the election of two
directors of the Company, designated as Class C, consisting of
Messrs. Kyriakos Dermatis and Alexander Papageorgiou to serve until
the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders; and 2) the ratification of
KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2008.
About Seanergy Maritime Corp.
Seanergy Maritime is a Marshall Islands corporation with its
executive offices in Athens, Greece. Seanergy is engaged in the
transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and
operation of dry bulk carriers. Seanergy purchased and took
delivery of six dry bulk carriers in the third and fourth quarters
of 2008 from companies associated with members of the Restis
family. Its current fleet is comprised of two Panamax, two Supramax
and two Handysize dry bulk carriers with a combined cargo-carrying
capacity of 317,743 dwt and an average fleet age of approximately
10.5 years.
Seanergy's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Global
Market under the symbols SHIP and SHIPW, respectively. Prior to
October 15, 2008, Seanergy's common stock, warrants and units
traded on the NYSE Alternext US LLC (formally known as AMEX) under
the symbols SRG, SRG.W and SRG.U, respectively.
For further information please visit our website at
www.seanergymaritime.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as
defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
concerning future events and the Company's growth strategy and
measures to implement such strategy. Words such as "expects,"
"intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates," "hopes,"
"estimates," and variations of such words and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be
given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These
statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a
number of assumptions and estimates, which are inherently subject
to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially include, but are not limited to, the scope and timing of
SEC and other regulatory agency review, competitive factors in the
market in which the Company operates; risks associated with
operations outside the United States; and other factors listed from
time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company's filings can be obtained free of
charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained
herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with
respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any statement is based.
For further information please contact: Seanergy Maritime Corp.
Dale Ploughman Chief Executive Officer Tel: +30-210-963-8461
E-mail: ir@seanergymaritime.com Investor Relations / Media Capital
Link, Inc. Paul Lampoutis 230 Park Avenue Suite 1536 New York, NY
10169 Tel. (212) 661-7566 E-mail: seanergy@capitallink.com
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