FreeSeas Inc. announces results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
FreeSeas Inc. ("FreeSeas" or the "Company"), a transporter of dry-bulk cargoes through the ownership and operation of two Handysize vessels and an owner of a controlling stake in a company commercially operating tankers and dry-bulkers, announced that at the annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders held on Dec. 22.
The shareholders:
(i) elected Mr. Dimitris Papadopoulos to the Board of Directors for a three year term;
(ii) ratified the appointment of RBSM LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016;
(iii) granted discretionary authority to the Company’s board of directors to (A) amend the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, pursuant to which the shares of common stock would be combined and reclassified into one share of common stock at a ratio within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-10,000 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) and (B) determine whether to arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by shareholder entitled thereto, to pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share of common stock as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or to entitle shareholder to receive from the Corporation’s transfer agent, in lieu of any fractional share, the number of shares of common stock rounded up to the next whole number, provided that, (X) that the Corporation shall not effect Reverse Stock Splits that, in the aggregate, exceeds 1-for-10,000, and (Y) any Reverse Stock Split is completed no later than the first anniversary of the date of the Annual Meeting; and (iv) approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to increase the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 750,000,000 to 10,000,000,000.
About FreeSeas Inc.
FreeSeas Inc. is a Marshall Islands corporation with principal offices in Athens, Greece. FreeSeas is engaged in the transportation of drybulk cargoes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carriers and also is an owner of a controlling stake in a company commercially operating tankers and dry-bulkers. Currently, it has a fleet of Handysize vessels. FreeSeas' common stock trades on the OTCQB Stock Market under the symbol “FREEF”.
