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Star Bulk Announces Results of Its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
ATHENS, Greece, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (Nasdaq: SBLK, Oslo: SBLK), announced that the
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[{"type":"text","content":"ATHENS, Greece, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the \"Company\" or \"Star Bulk\") (Nasdaq: SBLK, Oslo: SBLK), announced that the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was duly held today in Cyprus pursuant to a Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated April 17, 2020 (“the Notice”).\n At the meeting, each of the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Notice and the Company’s Proxy statement were approved and adopted : The re-election of Messrs. Mahesh Balakrishnan and Nikolaos Karellis and the election of Mrs. Eleni Vrettou and Ms. Katherine Ralph, all as Class A directorsThe delisting of the Company’s common shares, par value $0.01 per share, from trading on the OSLO BORS under the ticker symbol SBLK The appointment of DELOITTE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS S.A. as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 Additionally, the Board elected today Mr. Nikolaos Karellis as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. About Star Bulk Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk’s vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain, and minor bulks, which include bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Oslo, New York, Cyprus and Singapore. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBLK”. Star Bulk operates a fleet of 116 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 12.9 million dwt, consisting of 17 Newcastlemax, 19 Capesize, 2 Mini Capesize, 7 Post Panamax, 35 Kamsarmax, 2 Panamax, 17 Ultramax and 17 Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 52,425 dwt and 209,537 dwt. Forward-Looking Statements Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are oth...