Explanatory Note
Except as specifically amended and supplemented by this Amendment
No. 14 (this “Amendment No. 14”), and by
Amendment No. 1 filed on February 2, 2005, Amendment
No. 2 filed on May 27, 2005, Amendment No. 3 filed
on July 29, 2005, Amendment No. 4 filed on
February 16, 2006, Amendment No. 5 filed on May 18,
2007, Amendment No. 6 filed on June 5, 2007, Amendment
No. 7 filed on October 28, 2010, Amendment No. 8
filed on April 29, 2014, Amendment No. 9 filed on
May 15, 2015, Amendment No. 10 filed on April 12,
2007, Amendment No. 11 filed on April 13, 2018, Amendment
No. 12 filed on September 9, 2019, and Amendment
No. 13 filed on January 10, 2022, all other disclosure
contained in the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on
December 16, 2004 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) remain
in full force and effect. The Original Schedule 13D together with
each of the Amendments thereto is referred to herein as the
“Schedule 13D.” Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in
the Original Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of Issuer.
(a) Ms. Frangou beneficially owns and has the sole voting
power and/or dispositive power over an aggregate of 13,188,483
shares of Common Stock, such shares representing approximately
40.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Issuer based on 22,824,328 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding as of March 31, 2022 (excluding 2,414,263 shares
of Common Stock held as of March 31, 2022 by Navios
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, that are
considered treasury shares), based on information provided by the
Issuer, plus the 9,483,147 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate
underlying vested options and the Convertible Debenture described
herein which shares of Common Stock are (although not yet issued)
deemed outstanding and included pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) under the Act. The
number of shares beneficially owned by Ms. Frangou includes
vested options to purchase 350,000 shares of Common Stock held by
Ms. Frangou, as well as 1,272,793 shares of Common Stock owned
indirectly through Amadeus Maritime S.A., 1,374,219 shares of
Common Stock owned indirectly through Raymar Investments S.A., and
the 9,133,147 shares of Common Stock that are (although not yet
issued) initially issuable upon conversion of a Convertible
Debenture described herein as of April 4, 2022 owned
indirectly through NSM.