Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. Announces the Results of the 2010 Annual General Meeting and the Appointment of Mr. Dale Plough
July 22 2010 - 9:51AM
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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: SHIP)
(NASDAQ: SHIPW) announced today the results of the annual meeting
of its shareholders held on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the
Company's executive offices.
At the meeting the following proposals were approved and
adopted: 1) the election of Messrs. Elias Culucundis, Dimitrios
Panagiotopoulos, Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos and George Taniskidis,
as Class A Directors to serve until the 2013 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, 2) the amendment of the Company's Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of
authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share from
201,000,000 to 501,000,000 shares and 3) the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. as the Company's Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year ending December 31,
2010.
Mr. George Koutsolioutsos, Chairman and Director to the Board,
has resigned from his position as the Chairman and Director.
Following the annual meeting of its shareholders, the Board of
Directors thanked Mr. Koutsolioutsos for his contribution to
Seanergy and appointed Mr. Dale Ploughman, CEO and Director, as the
Chairman of the Board. Seanergy's Board now consists of nine
members.
About Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., the successor to Seanergy
Maritime Corp., is a Marshall Islands corporation with its
executive offices in Athens, Greece. The Company is engaged in the
transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and
operation of dry bulk carriers.
The Company's initial fleet comprised two Panamax, two Supramax,
one Handymax and one Handysize dry bulk carriers that Seanergy
purchased and took delivery of in the third and fourth quarters of
2008 from companies associated with members of the Restis family.
In August 2009, the Company acquired a controlling interest in Bulk
Energy Transport (Holdings) Limited, which owns four Capesize and
one Panamax dry bulk carriers. In May 2010, the Company acquired a
controlling interest in Maritime Capital Shipping Limited, which
owns nine Handysize dry bulk carriers.
The Company's current controlled fleet includes 20 drybulk
carriers (four Capesize, three Panamax, two Supramax, one Handymax
and 10 Handysize vessels) with a total carrying capacity of
approximately 1,292,544 dwt and an average fleet age of 12.7
years.
The Company's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ
Global Market under the symbols "SHIP" and "SHIP.W,"
respectively.
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 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 Securities and Exchange Commission ("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 SEC. 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 Holdings Corp. Dale Ploughman - Chief Executive
Officer Christina Anagnostara - Chief Financial Officer Tel: +30
210 9638461 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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