-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MReAv/hOOw7Ce+bTd7kXRiGEiqGFc7YrSAt/Tamu9kIL2JXkK3E0K3CpAmBp74YQ eLNH7DxVhZ5J6JorZGmCQQ== 0000950136-07-008582.txt : 20071231 0000950136-07-008582.hdr.sgml : 20071231 20071231170606 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-07-008582 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 93 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071231 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071231 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20071231 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Delfini Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422247 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-07 FILM NUMBER: 071334887 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fountana Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422249 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-09 FILM NUMBER: 071334889 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mylos Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422258 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-14 FILM NUMBER: 071334894 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pelineo Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422264 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-19 FILM NUMBER: 071334900 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rahi Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422268 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-24 FILM NUMBER: 071334905 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROBIN SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372589 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-34 FILM NUMBER: 071334915 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KITE SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372571 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-41 FILM NUMBER: 071334922 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JAEGER SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372574 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-43 FILM NUMBER: 071334924 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERON SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372575 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-45 FILM NUMBER: 071334926 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Golden Eagle Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001384718 IRS NUMBER: 980513249 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-49 FILM NUMBER: 071334930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC. STREET 2: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC. STREET 2: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARDINAL SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372569 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-53 FILM NUMBER: 071334934 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Agali Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422240 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-02 FILM NUMBER: 071334882 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422246 IRS NUMBER: 980526922 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-06 FILM NUMBER: 071334886 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kampia Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422251 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-10 FILM NUMBER: 071334890 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Saker Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422271 IRS NUMBER: 980545590 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-17 FILM NUMBER: 071334897 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Petrel Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422265 IRS NUMBER: 980545586 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-20 FILM NUMBER: 071334901 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pyrgi Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422267 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-22 FILM NUMBER: 071334903 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sandpiper Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422272 IRS NUMBER: 980545592 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-25 FILM NUMBER: 071334906 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422278 IRS NUMBER: 980534321 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-31 FILM NUMBER: 071334912 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Crested Eagle Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422244 IRS NUMBER: 980526925 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-05 FILM NUMBER: 071334885 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Marmaro Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422253 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-12 FILM NUMBER: 071334892 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nenita Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422261 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-16 FILM NUMBER: 071334896 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Puffin Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422266 IRS NUMBER: 980545587 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-21 FILM NUMBER: 071334902 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Swift Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422279 IRS NUMBER: 980545595 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-32 FILM NUMBER: 071334913 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KITTIWAKE SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372570 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-40 FILM NUMBER: 071334921 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KESTREL SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372573 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-42 FILM NUMBER: 071334923 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HAWK SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372576 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-46 FILM NUMBER: 071334927 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONDOR SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372568 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-52 FILM NUMBER: 071334933 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Avalona Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422243 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-04 FILM NUMBER: 071334884 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Drosata Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422248 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-08 FILM NUMBER: 071334888 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mesta Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422256 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-13 FILM NUMBER: 071334893 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Olympi Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422262 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-18 FILM NUMBER: 071334899 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Raptor Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422269 IRS NUMBER: 980545597 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-23 FILM NUMBER: 071334904 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sirikari Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422274 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-27 FILM NUMBER: 071334908 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TERN SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372609 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-33 FILM NUMBER: 071334914 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRIFFON SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372578 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-48 FILM NUMBER: 071334929 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Shrike Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422273 IRS NUMBER: 980526930 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-26 FILM NUMBER: 071334907 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERLIN SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372581 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-39 FILM NUMBER: 071334920 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EAGLE SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL (USA) LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372567 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-51 FILM NUMBER: 071334932 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nagos Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422259 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-15 FILM NUMBER: 071334895 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEREGRINE SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372587 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-35 FILM NUMBER: 071334916 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OSPREY SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372585 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-36 FILM NUMBER: 071334917 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FALCON SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372580 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-50 FILM NUMBER: 071334931 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARRIER SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372577 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-47 FILM NUMBER: 071334928 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Snipe Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422276 IRS NUMBER: 980545594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-29 FILM NUMBER: 071334910 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Skua Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422275 IRS NUMBER: 980526936 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-28 FILM NUMBER: 071334909 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001384750 IRS NUMBER: 980513249 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-44 FILM NUMBER: 071334925 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC. STREET 2: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC. STREET 2: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kofina Shipping S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422252 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-11 FILM NUMBER: 071334891 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ORIOLE SHIPPING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001372586 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-148417-37 FILM NUMBER: 071334918 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-785-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 477 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1405 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Spilia Shipping S.A. 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As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on December 31, 2007

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.
*And the additional registrants listed on the Table of Additional Registrants

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Republic of the Marshall Islands 4412 98-0453513
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
477 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 785-2500
  Alan S. Ginsberg
Chief Financial Officer
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
477 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 785-2500
(Address and telephone
number of Registrant’s
principal executive offices)
  (Name, address and telephone
number of agent for service)
  Copies to:  
Gary J. Wolfe, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
(212) 574-1200 (telephone number)
(212) 480-8421 (facsimile number)
  Stacy J. Kanter, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212) 735-3000 (telephone number)
(917) 777-2000 (facsimile number)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ]

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are being offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [X]

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. [ ]

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Price Per
Unit(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee(3)
Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share        
Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share        
Debt Securities        
Guarantees        
Warrants        
Purchase Contracts        
Units        
Total        
(1) Not applicable pursuant to Form S-3 General Instruction II(E).
(2) Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units with other securities registered hereunder. An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, guarantees, warrants, purchase contracts and units of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is being registered as may from time to time be issued at currently indeterminable prices and as may be issuable upon conversion, redemption, repurchase, exchange or exercise of any securities registered hereunder, including under any applicable anti-dilution provisions. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities.
(3) In accordance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r), the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.





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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS


Exact Name of Additional Registrants* State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or
Organization
Primary Standard Industrial
Classification
Code No.
IRS Employee
Identification Number
Agali Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Anemi Maritime Services S.A. Liberia 4412 n.a.
Avalona Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Cardinal Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0453520
Condor Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450454
Crested Eagle Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0526925
Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0526922
Delfini Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Drosata Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450528
Falcon Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450453
Fountana Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Golden Eagle Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0513249
Griffon Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0453521
Harrier Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450451
Hawk Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450449
Heron Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 66-0665177
Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0513252
Jaeger Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499622
Kampia Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Kestrel Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499623
Kite Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450447
Kittiwake Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499630
Kofina Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Marmaro Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Merlin Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 66-0665179
Mesta Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Mylos Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Nagos Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Nenita Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Olympi Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Oriole Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499628
Osprey Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450446
Pelineo Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Peregrine Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0453519
Petrel Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545586
Puffin Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545587
Pyrgi Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Rahi Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Raptor Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545597
Roadrunner Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545589
Robin Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499625
Saker Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545590
Sandpiper Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545592
Shrike Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0526930
Sirikari Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Skua Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0526936
Snipe Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545594
Sparrow Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0450436
Spilia Shipping S.A. Marshall Islands 4412 n.a.
Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0534321
Swift Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0545595
Tern Shipping LLC Marshall Islands 4412 98-0499632




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* The agent for service for each of the Additional Registrants is:
Alan S. Ginsberg
Chief Financial Officer
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
477 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 785-2500
The address and telephone number for each of the Additional Registrants is:
C/o Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
477 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 785-2500




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Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

Through this prospectus, we may periodically offer:

(1) our common shares;

(2) our preferred shares;

(3) our debt securities, which may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries;

(4) our warrants;

(5) our purchase contracts; and

(6) our units.

The prices and other terms of the securities that we will offer will be determined at the time of their offering and will be described in a supplement to this prospectus.

Our common shares are currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ‘‘EGLE.’’

The securities issued under this prospectus may be offered directly or through underwriters, agents or dealers. The names of any underwriters, agents or dealers will be included in a supplement to this prospectus.

An investment in these securities involves risks. See the sections entitled ‘‘Risk Factors’’ beginning on page 19 of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar references in this prospectus are to U.S. dollars and financial information presented in this prospectus that is derived from financial statements incorporated by reference is prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or Commission, using a shelf registration process. Under the shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units described in this prospectus in one or more offerings at an unspecified aggregate initial offering price. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the offered securities. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. You should read carefully both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described below.

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This prospectus does not contain all the information provided in the registration statement that we filed with the Commission. For further information about us or the securities offered hereby, you should refer to that registration statement, which you can obtain from the Commission as described below under ‘‘Where You Can Find Additional Information.’’

In this prospectus, all references to ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘our,’’ ‘‘us’’ and the ‘‘Company’’ shall refer to Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. and, unless the context requires otherwise, its consolidated subsidiaries.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This section summarizes some of the information that is contained later in this prospectus or in other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. As an investor or prospective investor, you should review carefully the risk factors beginning on page 19 of our Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2006 and the more detailed information that appears later in this prospectus or is contained in any supplements to this prospectus or in the documents that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus.

Our Company

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., or the Company, is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and headquartered in New York, New York. We are engaged primarily in the ocean transportation of a broad range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes. As of September 30, 2007, we owned and operated a modern fleet of 18 oceangoing vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 915,502 deadweight tons, or dwt, and an average age of 6 years. In addition to our operating fleet of 18 vessels, we have also entered into contracts for 31 newbuilding vessels which are scheduled to be constructed and delivered to us between August 2008 and April 2012. These vessels will bring our total operating and fleet to 49 vessels with a cargo carrying capacity of 2.7 million dwt.

We are a leading global owner of Supramax dry bulk vessels, which are dry bulk vessels that range in size from 50,000 dwt to 60,000 dwt. We believe that the cargo handling flexibility and cargo carrying capacity of the Supramax class vessels make them attractive to charterers.

We carry out the commercial and strategic management of our fleet through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company that was formed in January 2005 and maintains its principle executive offices in New York, New York. Each of our vessels is owned by us through a separate wholly-owned Marshall Islands limited liability company. We maintain our principal executive offices at 477 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Our telephone number at that address is (212) 785-2500. Our website address is www.eagleships.com. Information contained on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus.

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Our Fleet

The following table presents certain information concerning our fleet as of September 30, 2007.


Vessel Year
Built
Dwt Delivered to
Charterer
Time Charter Expiration(1) Daily Time
Charter
Hire Rate
Cardinal 2004 55,408 June 21, 2007 May 2008 to August 2008 $ 28,000
Condor(2) 2001 50,296 March 19, 2007 May 2009 to August 2009 $ 20,500
Falcon(3) 2001 50,296 April 22, 2005 February 2008 to June 2008 $ 20,950
Griffon 1995 46,635 March 18, 2007 March 2009 to June 2009 $ 20,075
Harrier(4) 2001 50,296 June 21, 2007 June 2009 to September 2009 $ 24,000
Hawk I 2001 50,296 April 1, 2007 April 2009 to June 2009 $ 22,000
Heron(5) 2001 52,827 December 11, 2005 December 2007 to February 2008 $ 24,000
Jaeger(6) 2004 52,248 July 12, 2007 July 2008 to September 2008 $ 27,500
Kestrel I(7) 2004 50,326 July 1, 2006 December 2007 to April 2008 $ 18,750
Kite 1997 47,195 August 11, 2007 September 2009 to January 2010 $ 21,000
Merlin(8) 2001 50,296 October 26, 2005 October 2007 to December 2007 $ 24,000
Osprey I(9) 2002 50,206 September 1, 2005 July 2008 to November 2008 $ 21,000
Peregrine 2001 50,913 December 16, 2006 December 2008 to March 2009 $ 20,500
Sparrow(10) 2000 48,225 January 27, 2007 December 2007 to March 2008 $ 24,000
Tern(11) 2003 50,200 July 3, 2006 December 2007 to April 2008 $ 19,000
Shrike(12) 2003 53,343 April 24, 2007 April 2009 to August 2009 $ 24,600
Skua(13) 2003 53,350 June 20, 2007 May 2009 to August 2009 $ 24,200
Kittiwake(14) 2002 53,146 June 27, 2007 May 2008 to August 2008 $ 30,400
(1) The date range provided represents the earliest and latest date on which the charterer may redeliver the vessel to us upon the termination of the charter.
(2) The charterer of the CONDOR has exercised its option to extend the charter period by 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $22,000 per day.
(3) Upon conclusion of the current charter, the FALCON commences a new time charter with a rate of $39,500 per day for 21 to 23 months. The charterer has an option to extend the charter period by 11 to 13 months at a daily time charter rate of $41,000.
(4) The daily rate for the HARRIER is $27,000 for the first year and $21,000 for the second year. Revenue recognition is based on an average daily rate of $24,000.
(5) Upon conclusion of the current charter, the HERON commences a new time charter with a rate of $26,375 per day for 36 to 39 months. The charterer has an option for a further 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $27,375 per day. The charterer has a second option for a further 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $28,375 per day.
(6) The charter rate for the JAEGER may reset at the beginning of each month based on the average time charter rate for the Baltic Supramax Index, but in no case less than $22,500 per day.
(7) The charterer of the KESTREL I has exercised its option to extend the charter period by 11 to 13 months at a daily time charter rate of $20,000 per day.
(8) Upon conclusion of the current charter, the MERLIN commences a new 36 to 39 month time charter. The daily rate is $27,000 for the first year, $25,000 for the second year and $23,000 for the third year. Revenue recognition is based on an average daily rate of $25,000.

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(9) The charterer of the OSPREY I has exercised its option to extend the charter period by up to 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $25,000 per day. The charterer has an additional option to extend for a further 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $25,000 per day.
(10) The SPARROW is on a time charter at a base rate of $24,000 per day for 11 to 13 months with a profit share of 30% of up to the first $3,000 per day over the base rate. Upon conclusion of the charter, the SPARROW commences a new 24 to 26 month time charter at a rate of $34,500 per day.
(11) The charterer of the TERN has exercised its option to extend the charter period by 11 to 13 months at a time charter rate of $20,500 per day.
(12) We took delivery of the SHRIKE on April 24, 2007 and the vessel was immediately delivered to the charterer at a time charter rate of $24,600 per day for 24 to 27 months. The charterer has an option to extend the charter period by 12 to 14 months at a daily time charter rate of $25,600.
(13) We took delivery of the SKUA on June 20, 2007 and the vessel was immediately delivered to the charterer at a time charter rate of $24,200 per day for 23 to 25 months. The charterer has an option to extend the charter period by 11 to 13 months at a daily time charter rate of $25,200.
(14) We took delivery of the KITTIWAKE on June 27, 2007 and the vessel was immediately delivered to the charterer at a time charter rate of $30,400 per day for 11 to 13 months. The charter rate may reset at the beginning of each month based on the average time charter rate for the Baltic Supramax Index, but in no case less than $24,400 per day.

As of September 30, 2007, we had contracted for 31 vessels to be constructed. The following table presents certain information about these newbuilding vessels and their employment upon delivery:


Vessel Dwt Year Built-
Expected
Delivery(1)
Time Charter
Employment
Expiration(2)
Daily Time
Charter Hire
Rate(3)
Profit Share
Crowned Eagle 56,000 Nov 2008 Charter Free
Crested Eagle 56,000 Feb 2009 Charter Free
Stellar Eagle 56,000 Apr 2009 Charter Free
Golden Eagle 56,000 Jan 2010 Charter Free
Imperial Eagle 56,000 Feb 2010 Charter Free
Wren  53,100 Aug 2008 Feb 2012
Feb 2012 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019
$24,750
$18,000

50% over $22,000
Woodstar  53,100 Oct 2008 Jan 2014
Jan 2014 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019
$18,300
$18,000

50% over $22,000
Thrush  53,100 Sep 2009 Charter Free
Thrasher  53,100 Nov 2009 Feb 2016 $ 18,400
      Feb 2016 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Avocet  53,100 Dec 2009 Mar 2016 $ 18,400
      Mar 2016 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Bittern 58,000 Sep 2009 Dec 2014  $ 18,850
      Dec 2014 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Canary  58,000 Oct 2009 Jan 2015 $ 18,850
      Jan 2015 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Crane 58,000 Nov 2009 Feb 2015 $ 18,850
      Feb 2015 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Egret(4) 58,000 Dec 2009 Sep 2012 to Jan 2013 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Gannet(4) 58,000 Jan 2010 Oct 2012 to Feb 2013 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Grebe(4) 58,000 Feb 2010 Nov 2012 to Mar 2013 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000

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Vessel Dwt Year Built-
Expected
Delivery(1)
Time Charter
Employment
Expiration(2)
Daily Time
Charter Hire
Rate(3)
Profit Share
Ibis(4) 58,000 Mar 2010 Dec 2012 to Apr 2013 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Jay  58,000 Apr 2010 Sep 2015 $ 18,500 50% over $21,500
      Sep 2015 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Kingfisher 58,000 May 2010 Oct 2015 $ 18,500 50% over $21,500
      Oct 2015 to Dec 2018/Apr 2019 $ 18,000 50% over $22,000
Martin 58,000 Jun 2010 Dec 2016 to Dec 2017 $ 18,400
Nighthawk  58,000 Mar 2011 Sep 2017 to Sep 2018 $ 18,400
Oriole 58,000 Jul 2011 Jan 2018 to Jan 2019 $ 18,400
Owl  58,000 Aug 2011 Feb 2018 to Feb 2019 $ 18,400
Petrel(4) 58,000 Sep 2011 Jun 2014 to Oct 2014 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Puffin(4) 58,000 Oct 2011 Jul 2014 to Nov 2014 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Roadrunner(4) 58,000 Nov 2011 Aug 2014 to Dec 2014 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Sandpiper(4) 58,000 Dec 2011 Sep 2014 to Jan 2015 $ 17,650 50% over $20,000
Snipe 58,000 Jan 2012 Charter Free
Swift 58,000 Feb 2012 Charter Free
Raptor 58,000 Mar 2012 Charter Free
Saker 58,000 Apr 2012 Charter Free
(1) Vessel build and delivery dates are estimates based on guidance received from shipyard.
(2) The date range represents the earliest and latest date on which the charterer may redeliver the vessel to us upon the termination of the charter.
(3) The time charter hire rate presented are gross daily charter rates before brokerage commissions ranging from 2.25% to 6.25% to third party ship brokers.
(4) The charterer has an option to extend the charter by 2 periods of 11 to 13 months each.

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The Securities

We may use this prospectus to offer:

  our common shares;
  our preferred shares;
  our debt securities, which may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries;
  our warrants;
  our purchase contracts; and
  our units.

We may also offer securities of the types listed above that are convertible or exchangeable into one or more of the securities listed above.

A prospectus supplement will describe the specific types, amounts, prices, and detailed terms of any of these securities that we or a selling shareholder may offer and may describe certain risks associated with an investment in the securities. Terms used in the prospectus supplement will have the meanings described in this prospectus, unless otherwise specified.

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RISK FACTORS

We have identified a number of risk factors which you should consider before buying our common shares or our other securities. These risk factors are incorporated by reference into this registration statement from the Company’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006 filed with the Commission on February 28, 2007. Please see ‘‘Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.’’ In addition, you should also consider carefully the risks set forth under the heading ‘‘Risk Factors’’ in a prospectus supplement, if any, that will describe the specific amounts, prices and terms of the offered securities before investing in any of the securities offered by this prospectus. The occurrence of one or more of those risk factors could adversely impact our results of operations or financial condition.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless we specify otherwise in any prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by this prospectus to make vessel acquisitions and for capital expenditures, repayment of indebtedness, working capital, and general corporate purposes.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Matters discussed in this prospectus may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including changes in charterhire rates and vessel values, changes in demand that may affect attitudes of time charterers to scheduled and unscheduled drydocking, changes in our vessel operating expenses, including dry-docking and insurance costs, or actions taken by regulatory authorities, ability of our counterparties to perform their obligations under sales agreements and charter contracts on a timely basis, potential liability from future litigation, domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents and political events or acts by terrorists.

Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by us with the Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated:


Period Period from
January 26, 2005
(inception) to
December 31, 2005
Year ended
December 31, 2006
Nine Months ended
September 30, 2007
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.9 4.1 3.5

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell or distribute the securities included in this prospectus through underwriters, through agents, to dealers, in private transactions, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices.

In addition, we may sell some or all of the securities included in this prospectus through:

  block trades, in which a broker-dealer may resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
  purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; or
  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers.

In addition, we may enter into option or other types of transactions that require us to deliver common shares to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the common shares under this prospectus. We may enter into hedging transactions with respect to our securities. For example, we may:

  enter into transactions involving short sales of the common shares by broker-dealers;
  sell common shares short themselves and deliver the shares to close out short positions;
  enter into option or other types of transactions that require us to deliver common shares to a broker-dealer, who will then resell or transfer the common shares under this prospectus; or
  loan or pledge the common shares to a broker-dealer, who may sell the loaned shares or, in the event of default, sell the pledged shares.

We may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of shares, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of shares. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition, we may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities short using this prospectus. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.

Any broker-dealers or other persons acting on our behalf in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters and any commissions received or profit realized by them on the resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. As of the date of this prospectus, we are not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding between any broker or dealer and us with respect to the offer or sale of the securities pursuant to this prospectus.

We may indemnify underwriters, agents and dealers, as applicable, against liabilities relating to offerings of securities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or we may agree to contribute to payments that the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make relating to these liabilities.

At the time that any particular offering of securities is made, to the extent required by the Securities Act, a prospectus supplement will be distributed, setting forth the terms of the offering, including the aggregate number of securities being offered, the purchase price of the securities, the initial offering price of the securities, the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other items constituting compensation from us and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers.

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Underwriters or agents could make sales in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an ‘‘at the market’’ offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, which includes sales made directly on or through the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the existing trading market for our common shares, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange.

We will bear costs relating to all of the securities being registered under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Pursuant to a requirement by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or NASD, the maximum commission or discount to be received by any NASD member or independent broker/dealer may not be greater than eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds received by us for the sale of any securities being registered pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Our description of capital stock can be found under the heading ‘‘Description of Capital Stock’’ in our registration statement on Form 8-A, (File No. 000-51366) as amended, filed with the Commission on June 20, 2005. You should read the applicable prospectus supplement relating to an offering of shares of our common stock, or of securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of our common stock, for the terms of such offering, including the number of shares of common stock offered, the initial offering price and market prices and dividend information relating to our common stock.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SHARES

The material terms of any series of preferred shares that we offer through a prospectus supplement, as well as any material United States federal income tax considerations, will be described in that prospectus supplement.

Subject to shareholder approval, our board of directors has the authority to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to determine the rights, preferences and restrictions, with respect to, among other things, dividends, conversion, voting, redemption, liquidation and the number of shares constituting any series. The issuance of preferred shares may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us without further action by the shareholders. The issuance of preferred shares with voting and conversion rights may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common shares.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants to purchase our debt or equity securities or securities of third parties or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered:

  the title of such warrants;
  the aggregate number of such warrants;
  the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued;
  the currency or currencies in which the price of such warrants will be payable;
  the securities or other rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing, purchasable upon exercise of such warrants;
  the price at which and the currency or currencies, in which the securities or other rights purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased;
  the date on which the right to exercise such warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire;
  if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants which may be exercised at any one time;
  if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;
  if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;

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  information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and
  any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such warrants.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES

We may issue debt securities, which may be convertible from time to time in one or more series, under one or more indentures, each dated as of a date on or prior to the issuance of the debt securities to which it relates. We may issue senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities pursuant to separate indentures, a senior indenture and a subordinated indenture, respectively, in each case between us and the trustee named in the indenture. These indentures will be filed either as exhibits to an amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or a prospectus supplement, or as an exhibit to a Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, report that will be incorporated by reference to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or a prospectus supplement. We will refer to any or all of these reports as ‘‘subsequent filings.’’ The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, are sometimes referred to individually as an ‘‘indenture’’ and collectively as the ‘‘indentures.’’ Each indenture will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act. The aggregate principal amount of debt securities which may be issued under each indenture will be unlimited and each indenture will contain the specific terms of any series of debt securities or provide that those terms must be set forth in or determined pursuant to, an authorizing resolution, as defined in the applicable prospectus supplement, and/or a supplemental indenture, if any, relating to such series.

Certain of our subsidiaries may guarantee the debt securities we offer. Those guarantees may or may not be secured by liens, mortgages, and security interests in the assets of those subsidiaries. The terms and conditions of any such subsidiary guarantees, and a description of any such liens, mortgages or security interests, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement that will accompany this prospectus.

Our statements below relating to the debt securities and the indentures are summaries of their anticipated provisions, are not complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the applicable indenture and any applicable U.S. federal income tax consideration, as well as any applicable modifications of or additions to the general terms described below in the applicable prospectus supplement or supplemental indenture.

General

Neither indenture limits the amount of debt securities which may be issued, and each indenture provides that debt securities may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount from time to time. The debt securities may be issued in one or more series. The senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank on a parity with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Each series of subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and subordinated to all present and future senior indebtedness of debt securities will be described in an accompanying prospectus supplement.

You should read the subsequent filings relating to the particular series of debt securities for the following terms of the offered debt securities:

  the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations;
  the issue price, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount;
  the maturity date;
  the interest rate per annum, if any;
  if the offered debt securities provide for interest payments, the date from which interest will accrue, the dates on which interest will be payable, the date on which payment of interest will commence and the regular record dates for interest payment dates;

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  any optional or mandatory sinking fund provisions or conversion or exchangeability provisions;
  the date, if any, after which and the price or prices at which the offered debt securities may be optionally redeemed or must be mandatorily redeemed and any other terms and provisions of optional or mandatory redemptions;
  if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which offered debt securities of the series will be issuable;
  if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of offered debt securities of the series which will be payable upon acceleration or provable in bankruptcy;
  any events of default not set forth in this prospectus;
  the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which principal, premium and interest will be payable, if other than the currency of the United States of America;
  if principal, premium or interest is payable, at our election or at the election of any holder, in a currency other than that in which the offered debt securities of the series are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, the election may be made;
  whether interest will be payable in cash or additional securities at our or the holder’s option and the terms and conditions upon which the election may be made;
  if denominated in a currency or currencies other than the currency of the United States of America, the equivalent price in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of determining the voting rights of holders of those debt securities under the applicable indenture;
  if the amount of payments of principal, premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a coin or currency other than that in which the offered debt securities of the series are stated to be payable, the manner in which the amounts will be determined;
  any restrictive covenants or other material terms relating to the offered debt securities, which may not be inconsistent with the applicable indenture;
  whether the offered debt securities will be issued in the form of global securities or certificates in registered or bearer form;
  any terms with respect to subordination;
  any listing on any securities exchange or quotation system;
  additional provisions, if any, related to defeasance and discharge of the offered debt securities;
  the applicability of any guarantees;
  the amount of discount or premium, if any, with which such securities will be issued;
  whether the debt securities are convertible or exchangeable into common stock or other of our equity securities and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected;
  if applicable, a discussion of any material United States federal income tax considerations; and
  additional terms not inconsistent with the terms of the indenture.

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subsequent filings or a supplemental indenture, principal, premium and interest will be paid by checks mailed to the holders at their registered addresses.

Unless otherwise indicated in subsequent filings with the Commission, the debt securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with these debt securities.

Some or all of the debt securities may be issued as discounted debt securities, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates, to be sold at a substantial discount below the stated principal amount. United States federal income consequences and other special considerations applicable to any discounted securities will be described in subsequent filings with the Commission relating to those securities.

We refer you to applicable subsequent filings with respect to any deletions or additions or modifications from the description contained in this prospectus.

Senior Debt

We will issue senior debt securities under the senior debt indenture. These senior debt securities will rank on an equal basis with all our other unsecured debt except subordinated debt.

Subordinated Debt

We will issue subordinated debt securities under the subordinated debt indenture. Subordinated debt will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent set forth in the subordinated debt indenture, to all our senior debt (both secured and unsecured).

In general, the holders of all senior debt are first entitled to receive payment of the full amount unpaid on senior debt before the holders of any of the subordinated debt securities are entitled to receive a payment on account of the principal or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities in certain events.

If we default in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any senior debt when it becomes due and payable after any applicable grace period, then, unless and until the default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, we cannot make a payment on account of or redeem or otherwise acquire the subordinated debt securities.

If there is any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other similar proceeding relating to us or our property, then all senior debt must be paid in full before any payment may be made to any holders of subordinated debt securities.

Furthermore, if we default in the payment of the principal of and accrued interest on any subordinated debt securities that is declared due and payable upon an event of default under the subordinated debt indenture, holders of all our senior debt will first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash before holders of such subordinated debt can receive any payments.

Senior debt means:

  the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other amounts owing in respect of our indebtedness for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by us, including the senior debt securities or letters of credit;
  all capitalized lease obligations;
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  all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of obligations of the type referred to above;

but senior debt does not include:

  subordinated debt securities; and
  any indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, our subordinated debt securities.

Covenants

Any series of offered debt securities may have covenants in addition to or differing from those included in the applicable indenture which will be described in subsequent filings prepared in connection with the offering of such securities, limiting or restricting, among other things:

  the ability of us or our subsidiaries to incur either secured or unsecured debt, or both;
  the ability to make certain payments, dividends, redemptions or repurchases;
  our ability to create dividend and other payment restrictions affecting our subsidiaries;
  our ability to make investments;
  mergers and consolidations by us or our subsidiaries;
  sales of assets by us;
  our ability to enter into transactions with affiliates;
  our ability to incur liens; and
  sale and leaseback transactions.

Modification of the Indentures

Each indenture and the rights of the respective holders may be modified by us only with the consent of holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series under the respective indenture affected by the modification, taken together as a class. But no modification that:

(1)  changes the amount of securities whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2)  reduces the rate of or changes the interest payment time on any security or alters its redemption provisions (other than any alteration to any such section which would not materially adversely affect the legal rights of any holder under the indenture) or the price at which we are required to offer to purchase the securities;
(3)  reduces the principal or changes the maturity of any security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(4)  waives a default or event of default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any security (except a rescission of acceleration of the securities of any series by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(5)  makes the principal of or interest, if any, on any security payable in any currency other than that stated in the security;
(6)  makes any change with respect to holders’ rights to receive principal and interest, the terms pursuant to which defaults can be waived, certain modifications affecting shareholders or certain currency-related issues; or
(7)  waives a redemption payment with respect to any security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any securities will be effective against any holder without his consent. In addition, other terms as specified in subsequent filings may be modified without the consent of the holders.

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Events of Default

Each indenture defines an event of default for the debt securities of any series as being any one of the following events:

  default in any payment of interest when due which continues for 30 days;
  default in any payment of principal or premium when due;
  default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when due;
  default in the performance of any covenant in the debt securities or the applicable indenture which continues for 60 days after we receive notice of the default;
  default under a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for borrowed money by us or our subsidiaries (to the extent we are directly responsible or liable therefor) having a principal amount in excess of a minimum amount set forth in the applicable subsequent filing, whether such indebtedness now exists or is hereafter created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled or cured within 30 days after we receive notice of the default; and
  events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

An event of default of one series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities.

There may be such other or different events of default as described in an applicable subsequent filing with respect to any class or series of offered debt securities.

In case an event of default occurs and continues for the debt securities of any series, the applicable trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities then outstanding of that series may declare the principal and accrued but unpaid interest of the debt securities of that series to be due and payable. Any event of default for the debt securities of any series which has been cured may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series then outstanding.

Each indenture requires us to file annually after debt securities are issued under that indenture with the applicable trustee a written statement signed by two of our officers as to the absence of material defaults under the terms of that indenture. Each indenture provides that the applicable trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any default if it considers it in the interest of the holders to do so, except notice of a default in payment of principal, premium or interest.

Subject to the duties of the trustee in case an event of default occurs and continues, each indenture provides that the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under that indenture at the request, order or direction of holders unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to these provisions for indemnification and the rights of the trustee, each indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series then outstanding have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee as long as the exercise of that right does not conflict with any law or the indenture.

Defeasance and Discharge

The terms of each indenture provide us with the option to be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities issued thereunder upon the deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money or U.S. government obligations, or both, which through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay any installment of principal, premium and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities on the stated maturity of the payments in accordance with the terms of

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the debt securities and the indenture governing the debt securities. This right may only be exercised if, among other things, we have received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the ‘‘IRS’’) a ruling to the effect that such a discharge will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to holders. This discharge would not apply to our obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust.

Defeasance of Certain Covenants

The terms of the debt securities provide us with the right to omit complying with specified covenants and that specified events of default described in a subsequent filing will not apply. In order to exercise this right, we will be required to deposit with the trustee money or U.S. government obligations, or both, which through the payment of interest and principal will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities on the stated maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms of the debt securities and the indenture governing such debt securities. We will also be required to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that we have received from, or there has been published by, the IRS a ruling to the effect that the deposit and related covenant defeasance will not cause the holders of such series to recognize income, gain o r loss for federal income tax purposes.

A subsequent filing may further describe the provisions, if any, of any particular series of offered debt securities permitting a discharge defeasance.

Subsidiary Guarantees

Certain of our subsidiaries may guarantee the debt securities we offer. In that case, the terms and conditions of the subsidiary guarantees will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we indicate differently in the applicable prospectus supplement, if any of our subsidiaries guarantee any of our debt securities that are subordinated to any of our senior indebtedness, then the subsidiary guarantees will be subordinated to the senior indebtedness of such subsidiary to the same extent as our debt securities are subordinated to our senior indebtedness.

Global Securities

The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depository identified in an applicable subsequent filing and registered in the name of the depository or a nominee for the depository. In such a case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt securities of the series to be represented by the global security or securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities in definitive certificated form, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depository for the global security to a nominee of the depository or by a nominee of the depository to the depository or another nominee of the depository or by the depository or any nominee to a successor depository for that series or a nominee of the successor depository and except in the circumstances described in an applicable subsequent filing.

We expect that the following provisions will apply to depository arrangements for any portion of a series of debt securities to be represented by a global security. Any additional or different terms of the depository arrangement will be described in an applicable subsequent filing.

Upon the issuance of any global security, and the deposit of that global security with or on behalf of the depository for the global security, the depository will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the principal amounts of the debt securities represented by that global security to the accounts of institutions that have accounts with the depository or its nominee. The accounts to be credited will be designated by the underwriters or agents engaging in the distribution of the debt securities or by us, if the debt securities are offered and sold directly by us. Ownership of beneficial

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interests in a global security will be limited to participating institutions or persons that may hold interest through such participating institutions. Ownership of beneficial interests by participating institutions in the global security will be shown on, and the transfer of the beneficial interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depository for the global security or by its nominee. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global security by persons that hold through participating institutions will be shown on, and the transfer of the beneficial interests within the participating institutions will be effected only through, records maintained by those participating institutions. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of the securities in certificated form. The foregoing limitations and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in the global securities.

So long as the depository for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global security, the depository or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable subsequent filing and except as specified below, owners of beneficial interests in the global security will not be entitled to have debt securities of the series represented by the global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of debt securities of the series in certificated form and will not be considered the holders thereof for any purposes under the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in the global security must rely on the procedures of the depository and, if such person is not a participating institution, on the proced ures of the participating institution through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the indenture.

The depository may grant proxies and otherwise authorize participating institutions to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture. We understand that, under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or any owner of a beneficial interest in the global security desires to give any notice or take any action a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, the depository would authorize the participating institutions to give the notice or take the action, and participating institutions would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participating institutions to give the notice or take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable subsequent filings, payments of principal, premium and interest on debt securities represented by global security registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will be made by us to the depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global security.

We expect that the depository for any debt securities represented by a global security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will credit participating institutions’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global security as shown on the records of the depository. We also expect that payments by participating institutions to owners of beneficial interests in the global security held through those participating institutions will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers registered in street names, and will be the responsibility of those participating institutions. None of us, the trustees or any agent of ours or the trustees will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in a global security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial interests.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable subsequent filings, a global security of any series will be exchangeable for certificated debt securities of the same series only if:

  the depository for such global securities notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository or such depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by us within 90 days after we receive the notice or become aware of the ineligibility;

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  we in our sole discretion determine that the global securities shall be exchangeable for certificated debt securities; or
  there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default under the applicable indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series.

Upon any exchange, owners of beneficial interests in the global security or securities will be entitled to physical delivery of individual debt securities in certificated form of like tenor and terms equal in principal amount to their beneficial interests, and to have the debt securities in certificated form registered in the names of the beneficial owners, which names are expected to be provided by the depository’s relevant participating institutions to the applicable trustee.

In the event that the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, acts as depository for the global securities of any series, the global securities will be issued as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s partnership nominee.

DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a ‘‘banking organization’’ within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a ‘‘clearing corporation’’ within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a ‘‘clearing agency’’ registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participating institutions deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among participating institutions of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participating institutions’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct participating institutions include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporatio ns and other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its direct participating institutions and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the NASD. Access to the DTC system is also available to others, such as securities brokers and dealers and banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participating institution, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participating institutions are on file with the Commission.

To facilitate subsequent transfers, the debt securities may be registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of the debt securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. will effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the debt securities. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participating institutions to whose accounts debt securities are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participating institutions remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

Delivery of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participating institutions, by direct participating institutions to indirect participating institutions, and by direct participating institutions and indirect participating institutions to beneficial owners of debt securities are governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. consents or votes with respect to the debt securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails a proxy to the issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those direct participating institution to whose accounts the debt securities are credited on the record date.

If applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of the debt securities of a series represented by global securities are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participating institutions in that issue to be redeemed.

To the extent that any debt securities provide for repayment or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, a beneficial owner shall give notice of any option to elect to have its interest in the global security repaid by us, through its participating institution, to the applicable trustee, and shall effect delivery of the interest in a global security by causing the direct participating institution to transfer the direct participating institution’s interest in the global security or securities representing the

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interest, on DTC’s records, to the applicable trustee. The requirement for physical delivery of debt securities in connection with a demand for repayment or repurchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the global security or securities representing the debt securities are transferred by direct participating institutions on DTC’s records.

DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository for the debt securities at any time. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depository is not appointed, debt security certificates are required to be printed and delivered as described above.

We may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through the securities depository. In that event, debt security certificates will be printed and delivered as described above.

The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for its accuracy.

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DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS

We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase or sale of:

  debt or equity securities issued by us or securities of third parties, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement;
  currencies; or
  commodities.

Each purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to purchase or sell, and obligate us to sell or purchase, on specified dates, such securities, currencies or commodities at a specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may, however, satisfy our obligations, if any, with respect to any purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies, by delivering the underlying currencies, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also specify the methods by which the holders may purchase or sell such securities, currencies or commodities and any acceleration, cancellation or termination provisions or other provisions relating to the settlement of a purchase contract. The applicable prospectus supplement will also describe any material United States federal income tax considerations.

The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The purchase contracts may require the holders thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are issued. Our obligation to settle such pre-paid purchase contracts on the relevant settlement date may constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, pre-paid purchase contracts will be issued under either the senior indenture or the subordinated indenture.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of two or more purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, preferred shares, common shares or any combination of such securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:

  the terms of the units and of the purchase contracts, warrants, debt securities, preferred shares and common shares comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be traded separately;
  a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units; and a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange or the units; and
  if applicable, a discussion of any material United States federal income tax considerations.

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TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a discussion of the material Marshall Islands and United States federal income tax considerations relevant to an investment decision by a United States Holder and a Non-United States Holder, each as defined below, with respect to the common shares. This discussion does not purport to deal with the tax consequences of owning the common shares to all categories of investors, some of which (such as financial institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, persons holding our common shares as part of a hedging, integrated, conversion or constructive sale transaction or a straddle, traders in securities that have elected the mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities, persons liable for alternative minimum tax, persons who are investors in pass-through entities, dealers in securities or currencies, persons who own 10% or more of our common shares and investors w hose functional currency is not the United States dollar) may be subject to special rules. This discussion deals only with holders who purchase common shares and own the common shares as a capital asset. You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under United States federal, state, local or foreign law of the ownership of our common shares.

Marshall Islands Tax Considerations

In the opinion of Seward & Kissel LLP, the following are the material Marshall Islands tax consequences of our activities to us and shareholders of our common shares. We are incorporated in the Marshall Islands. Under current Marshall Islands law, we are not subject to tax on income or capital gains, and no Marshall Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon payments of dividends by us to our shareholders.

United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

In the opinion of Seward & Kissel LLP, our United States counsel, the following are the material United States federal income tax consequences to us of our activities and to United States Holders and to Non-United States Holders of our common shares. The following discussion of United States federal income tax matters is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. In addition, the discussion below is based, in part, on the description of our business as described in ‘‘Business’’ in our report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2007 and assumes that we conduct our business as described in that section.

We have made, or will make, special United States federal income tax elections in respect of each of our ship owning or operating subsidiaries that is potentially subject to tax as a result of deriving income attributable to the transportation of cargoes to or from the United States. The effect of the special U.S. tax elections is to ignore or disregard the subsidiaries for which elections have been made as separate taxable entities and to treat them as part of their parent, the ‘‘Company.’’ Therefore, for purposes of the following discussion, the Company, and not the subsidiaries subject to this special election, will be treated as the owner and operator of the vessels and as receiving the income therefrom.

United States Federal Income Taxation of Our Company

Taxation of Operating Income: In General

The Company currently earns, and we anticipate that the Company will continue to earn, substantially all its income from the hiring or leasing of vessels for use on a time or voyage charter basis or from the performance of services directly related to those uses, all of which we refer to as ‘‘shipping income.’’

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Unless exempt from United States federal income taxation under the rules of Section 883 of the Code, or Section 883, as discussed below, a foreign corporation such as ourselves will be subject to United States federal income taxation on its ‘‘shipping income’’ that is treated as derived from sources within the United States, to which we refer as ‘‘United States source shipping income.’’ For tax purposes, ‘‘United States source shipping income’’ includes 50% of shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.

Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between non-United States ports will be considered to be 100% derived from sources outside the United States. Shipping income derived from sources outside the United States will not be subject to any United States federal income tax.

Shipping income attributable to transportation exclusively between United States ports is considered to be 100% derived from United States sources. However, the Company is not permitted by United States law to engage in the transportation of cargoes that produces 100% United States source income.

Unless exempt from tax under Section 883, the Company’s gross United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed without allowance for deductions as described below.

Exemption of Operating Income from United States Federal Income Taxation

Under Section 883 and the regulations thereunder, a foreign corporation will be exempt from United States federal income taxation on its United States source shipping income if:

(1)  it is organized in a qualified foreign country, which is one that grants an ‘‘equivalent exemption’’ from tax to corporations organized in the United States in respect of each category of shipping income for which exemption is being claimed under Section 883 and to which we refer as the ‘‘Country of Organization Test’’; and
(2)  one of the following tests is met:
(A)  more than 50% of the value of its shares is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by qualified shareholders, which as defined includes individuals who are ‘‘residents’’ of a qualified foreign country, to which we refer as the ‘‘50% Ownership Test;’’
(B)  its shares are ‘‘primarily and regularly traded on an established securities market’’ in a qualified foreign country or in the United States, to which we refer as the ‘‘Publicly-Traded Test’’; or
(C)  it is a ‘‘controlled foreign corporation’’ and satisfies an ownership test, to which, collectively, we refer as the ‘‘CFC Test.’’

The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the jurisdiction where the Company is incorporated, has been officially recognized by the IRS as a qualified foreign country that grants the requisite ‘‘equivalent exemption’’ from tax in respect of each category of shipping income the Company earns and currently expects to earn in the future. Therefore, the Company will be exempt from United States federal income taxation with respect to its United States source shipping income if it satisfies any one of the 50% Ownership Test, the Publicly-Traded Test, or the CFC Test.

Both before and after the issuance of the common shares to which the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part relates, we believe that we will satisfy the Publicly-Traded Test, as discussed below. The Company does not currently anticipate a circumstance under which it would be able to satisfy the 50% Ownership Test or the CFC Test before or after the issuance of the common shares to which the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part relates.

Publicly-Traded Test

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securities markets in that country exceeds the number of shares in each such class that are traded during that year on established securities markets in any other single country. The Company’s common shares, which will be its sole class of issued and outstanding shares, are ‘‘primarily traded’’ on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Under the regulations, the Company’s common shares will be considered to be ‘‘regularly traded’’ on an established securities market if one or more classes of its shares representing more than 50% of its outstanding shares, by both total combined voting power of all classes of shares entitled to vote and total value, are listed on such market, to which we refer as the ‘‘listing threshold.’’ Since all our common shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, we believe that we satisfy the listing threshold.

It is further required that with respect to each class of shares relied upon to meet the listing threshold, (i) such class of shares is traded on the market, other than in minimal quantities, on at least 60 days during the taxable year or 1/6 of the days in a short taxable year; and (ii) the aggregate number of shares of such class of shares traded on such market during the taxable year is at least 10% of the average number of shares of such class of shares outstanding during such year or as appropriately adjusted in the case of a short taxable year. We believe the Company will satisfy the trading frequency and trading volume tests. Even if this were not the case, the regulations provide that the trading frequency and trading volume tests will be deemed satisfied if, as is the case with the Company’s common shares, such class of shares is traded on an established market in the United States and such shares are regularly quoted by dealers making a market in such shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the regulations provide, in pertinent part, that a class of shares will not be considered to be ‘‘regularly traded’’ on an established securities market for any taxable year in which 50% or more of the vote and value of the outstanding shares of such class are owned, actually or constructively under specified share attribution rules, on more than half the days during the taxable year by persons who each own 5% or more of the vote and value of such class of outstanding shares, to which we refer as the ‘‘5 Percent Override Rule.’’

For purposes of being able to determine the persons who actually or constructively own 5% or more of the vote and value of the Company’s common shares, or ‘‘5% Shareholders,’’ the regulations permit the Company to rely on those persons that are identified on Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D filings with the Commission, as owning 5% or more of the Company’s common shares. The regulations further provide that an investment company which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, will not be treated as a 5% Shareholder for such purposes.

In the event the 5 Percent Override Rule is triggered, the regulations provide that the 5 Percent Override Rule will nevertheless not apply if the Company can establish that within the group of 5% Shareholders, there are sufficient qualified shareholders for purposes of Section 883 to preclude non-qualified shareholders in such group from owning 50% or more of the Company’s common shares for more than half the number of days during the taxable year, which we refer to as the ‘‘5 Percent Override Exception.’’

The Company does not believe that it is currently subject to the 5 Percent Override Rule. Therefore, the Company believes that it currently qualifies for the Publicly-Traded Test. However, there is no assurance that the Company will continue to satisfy the Publicly-Traded Test. For example, the Company’s shareholders could change in the future, and thus the Company could become subject to the 5 Percent Override Rule.

Taxation In Absence of Section 883 Exemption

If the benefits of Section 883 are unavailable, the Company’s United States source shipping income would be subject to a 4% tax imposed by Section 887 of the Code on a gross basis, without the benefit of deductions, to the extent that such income is not considered to be ‘‘effectively connected’’ with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below. Since under the sourcing rules described above, no more than 50% of the Company’s shipping income would be treated as being United States source shipping income, the maximum effective rate of United States

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federal income tax on our shipping income would never exceed 2% under the 4% gross basis tax regime. Based on the current operation of our vessels, if we were subject to 4% gross basis tax, our United States federal income tax liability would be approximately $200,000 per year. However, we can give no assurance that the operation of our vessels, which are under the control of third party charterers, will not change such that our United States federal income tax liability would be substantially higher.

To the extent the Company’s United States source shipping income is considered to be ‘‘effectively connected’’ with the conduct of a United States trade or business, as described below, any such ‘‘effectively connected’’ United States source shipping income, net of applicable deductions, would be subject to United States federal income tax, currently imposed at rates of up to 35%. In addition, the Company may be subject to the 30% ‘‘branch profits’’ tax on earnings effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, as determined after allowance for certain adjustments, and on certain interest paid or deemed paid attributable to the conduct of the Company’s United States trade or business.

The Company’s United States source shipping income would be considered ‘‘effectively connected’’ with the conduct of a United States trade or business only if:

  the Company has, or is considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of United States source shipping income; and
  substantially all of the Company’s United States source shipping income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States.

The Company does not intend to have, or permit circumstances that would result in having, any vessel sailing to or from the United States on a regularly scheduled basis. Based on the foregoing and on the expected mode of the Company’s shipping operations and other activities, we believe that none of the Company’s United States source shipping income will be ‘‘effectively connected’’ with the conduct of a United States trade or business.

United States Taxation of Gain on Sale of Vessels

If the Company qualifies for exemption from tax under Section 883 in respect of the shipping income derived from the international operation of its vessels, then gain from the sale of any such vessel should likewise be exempt from tax under Section 883. If, however, the Company’s shipping income from such vessels does not for whatever reason qualify for exemption under Section 883 and assuming that any decision on a vessel sale is made from and attributable to the United States office of the Company, as we believe likely to be the case as the Company is currently structured, then any gain derived from the sale of any such vessel will be treated as derived from United States sources and subject to United States federal income tax as ‘‘effectively connected’’ income (determined under rules different from those discussed above) under the above described net income tax regime.

United States Federal Income Taxation of United States Holders

As used herein, the term ‘‘United States Holder’’ means a beneficial owner of common shares that is an individual United States citizen or resident, a United States corporation or other United States entity taxable as a corporation, an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

If a partnership holds our common shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding our common shares, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor.

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dividends to the extent of the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of such earnings and profits will be treated first as a nontaxable return of capital to the extent of the United States Holder’s tax basis in his common shares on a dollar-for-dollar basis and thereafter as capital gain. Because the Company is not a United States corporation, United States Holders that are corporations will not be entitled to claim a dividends received deduction with respect to any distributions they receive from us. Dividends paid with respect to the Company’s common shares will generally be treated as ‘‘passive category income’’ for purposes of computing allowable foreign tax credits for United States foreign tax credit purposes.

Dividends paid on the Company’s common shares to a United States Holder who is an individual, trust or estate (a ‘‘United States Non-Corporate Holder’’) will generally be treated as ‘‘qualified dividend income’’ that is taxable to such United States Non-Corporate Holder at preferential tax rates (through 2010) provided that (1) the common shares is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States (such as the Nasdaq Global Select Market on which the Company’s common shares is traded); (2) the Company is not a passive foreign investment company for the taxable year during which the dividend is paid or the immediately preceding taxable year (which we do not believe we have been, are or will be); (3) the United States Non-Corporate Holder has owned the common shares for more than 60 days in the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the date on which the common shares becomes ex-d ividend; and (4) the United States Non-Corporate Holder is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. There is no assurance that any dividends paid on the Company’s common shares will be eligible for these preferential rates in the hands of a United States Non-Corporate Holder, although we believe that they will be so eligible. Legislation has been recently introduced in the U.S. Congress which, if enacted in its present form, would preclude our dividends from qualifying for such preferential rates prospectively from the date of enactment. Any dividends out of earnings and profits the Company pays which are not eligible for these preferential rates will be taxed as ordinary income to a United States Non-Corporate Holder.

Special rules may apply to any ‘‘extraordinary dividend’’—generally, a dividend in an amount which is equal to or in excess of 10% of a shareholder’s adjusted basis in a common share—paid by the Company. If the Company pays an ‘‘extraordinary dividend’’ on its common shares that is treated as ‘‘qualified dividend income,’’ then any loss derived by a United States Non-Corporate Holder from the sale or exchange of such common shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such dividend.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Common Shares

Assuming the Company does not constitute a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, a United States Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s common shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized by the United States Holder from such sale, exchange or other disposition and the United States Holder’s tax basis in such shares. Such gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the United States Holder’s holding period is greater than one year at the time of the sale, exchange or other disposition. Such capital gain or loss will generally be treated as United States source income or loss, as applicable, for United States foreign tax credit purposes. Long-term capital gains of United States Non-Corporate Holders are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. A United States Holder’s ability to deduct capit al losses is subject to certain limitations.

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Passive Foreign Investment Company Status and Significant Tax Consequences

Special United States federal income tax rules apply to a United States Holder that holds shares in a foreign corporation classified as a ‘‘passive foreign investment company’’ for United States federal income tax purposes. In general, the Company will be treated as a passive foreign investment company with respect to a United States Holder if, for any taxable year in which such holder holds the Company’s common shares, either

  at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other than in the active conduct of a rental business); or
  at least 50% of the average value of our assets during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income.

Income earned, or deemed earned, by the Company in connection with the performance of services would not constitute passive income. By contrast, rental income would generally constitute ‘‘passive income’’ unless the Company was treated under specific rules as deriving its rental income in the active conduct of a trade or business.

Based on the Company’s current operations and future projections, we do not believe that the Company has been or is, nor do we expect the Company to become, a passive foreign investment company with respect to any taxable year. Although there is no legal authority directly on point, our belief is based principally on the position that, for purposes of determining whether the Company is a passive foreign investment company, the gross income it derives from its time chartering and voyage chartering activities should constitute services income, rather than rental income. Accordingly, such income should not constitute passive income, and the assets that the Company owns and operates in connection with the production of such income, in particular, the vessels, should not constitute passive assets for purposes of determining whether the Company is a passive foreign investment company. We believe there is substantial legal authority supporting our position consis ting of case law and IRS pronouncements concerning the characterization of income derived from time charters and voyage charters as services income for other tax purposes. In addition, we have obtained an opinion from our counsel, Seward & Kissel LLP, that, based upon the Company’s operations as described herein, its income from time charters and voyage charters should not be treated as passive income for purposes of determining whether it is a passive foreign investment company. However, in the absence of any legal authority specifically relating to the statutory provisions governing passive foreign investment companies, the IRS or a court could disagree with our position. In addition, although the Company intends to conduct its affairs in a manner to avoid being classified as a passive foreign investment company with respect to any taxable year, we cannot assure you that the nature of its operations will not change in the future.

As discussed more fully below, if the Company were to be treated as a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, a United States Holder would be subject to different taxation rules depending on whether the United States Holder makes an election to treat the Company as a ‘‘Qualified Electing Fund,’’ which election we refer to as a ‘‘QEF election.’’ As an alternative to making a QEF election, a United States Holder should be able to make a ‘‘mark-to-market’’ election with respect to the Company’s common shares, as discussed below.

Taxation of United States Holders Making a Timely QEF Election

If a United States Holder makes a timely QEF election, which United States Holder we refer to as an ‘‘Electing Holder,’’ the Electing Holder must report for United States federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of the Company’s ordinary earnings and net capital gain, if any, for each taxable year of the Company for which it is a passive foreign investment company that ends with or within the taxable year of the Electing Holder, regardless of whether or not distributions were received from the Company by the Electing Holder. No portion of any such inclusions of ordinary earnings will be treated as ‘‘qualified dividend income.’’ Net capital gain inclusions of United States Non-Corporate Holders would be eligible for preferential capital gains tax rates. The Electing

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Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares will be increased to reflect taxed but undistributed earnings and profits. Distributions of earnings and profits that had been previously taxed will result in a corresponding reduction in the adjusted tax basis in the common shares and will not be taxed again once distributed. An Electing Holder would not, however, be entitled to a deduction for its pro rata share of any losses that the Company incurs with respect to any year. An Electing Holder would generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s common shares. A United States Holder would make a timely QEF election for shares of the Company by filing one copy of IRS Form 8621 with his United States federal income tax return for the first year in which he held such shares when the Company was a passive foreign investment company. If the Company were to be treated as a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, the Company would pr ovide each United States Holder with all necessary information in order to make the QEF election described above.

Taxation of United States Holders Making a ‘‘Mark-to-Market’’ Election

Alternatively, if the Company were to be treated as a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year and, as we anticipate, its shares are treated as ‘‘marketable stock,’’ a United States Holder would be allowed to make a ‘‘mark-to-market’’ election with respect to the Company’s common shares, provided the United States Holder completes and files IRS Form 8621 in accordance with the relevant instructions and related Treasury regulations. If that election is made, the United States Holder generally would include as ordinary income in each taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the common shares at the end of the taxable year over such holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares. The United States Holder would also be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the United States Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares over its fair mar ket value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. A United States Holder’s tax basis in his common shares would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amount. Gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s common shares would be treated as ordinary income, and any loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the common shares would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent that such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included by the United States Holder. No ordinary income inclusions under this election will be treated as ‘‘qualified dividend income.’’

Taxation of United States Holders Not Making a Timely QEF or Mark-to-Market Election

Finally, if the Company were to be treated as a passive foreign investment company for any taxable year, a United States Holder who does not make either a QEF election or a ‘‘mark-to-market’’ election for that year, whom we refer to as a ‘‘Non-Electing Holder,’’ would be subject to special rules with respect to (1) any excess distribution (i.e., the portion of any distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder on the common shares in a taxable year in excess of 125% of the average annual distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder in the three preceding taxable years, or, if shorter, the Non-Electing Holder’s holding period for the common shares), and (2) any gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s common shares. Under these special rules:

  the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the Non-Electing Holder’s aggregate holding period for the common shares;
  the amount allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which the Company was a passive foreign investment company, would be taxed as ordinary income and would not be ‘‘qualified dividend income’’; and
  the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year.

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connection with its acquisition of the Company’s common shares. If the Company is a passive foreign investment company and a Non-Electing Holder who is an individual dies while owning the Company’s common shares, such holder’s successor generally would not receive a step-up in tax basis with respect to such shares.

United States Federal Income Taxation of ‘‘Non-United States Holders’’

A beneficial owner of common shares (other than a partnership) that is not a United States Holder is referred to herein as a ‘‘Non-United States Holder.’’

If a partnership holds our common shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in a partnership holding our common shares, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor.

Dividends on Common Shares

Non-United States Holders generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax or withholding tax on dividends received from the Company with respect to its common shares, unless that income is effectively connected with the Non-United States Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If the Non-United States Holder is entitled to the benefits of a United States income tax treaty with respect to those dividends, that income is taxable only if it is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Common Shares

Non-United States Holders generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax or withholding tax on any gain realized upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of the Company’s common shares, unless:

  the gain is effectively connected with the Non-United States Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if the Non-United States Holder is entitled to the benefits of an income tax treaty with respect to that gain, that gain is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States); or
  the Non-United States Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of disposition and other conditions are met.

If the Non-United States Holder is engaged in a United States trade or business for United States federal income tax purposes, the income from the common shares, including dividends and the gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of the shares, that is effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business will generally be subject to regular United States federal income tax in the same manner as discussed in the previous section relating to the taxation of United States Holders. In addition, if you are a corporate Non-United States Holder, your earnings and profits that are attributable to the effectively connected income, which are subject to certain adjustments, may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a rate of 30%, or at a lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

In general, dividend payments, or other taxable distributions, made within the United States to you will be subject to information reporting requirements if you are a non-corporate United States Holder. Such payments or distributions may also be subject to backup withholding tax if you are a non-corporate United States Holder and you:

  fail to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;
  are notified by the IRS that you have failed to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns; or
  in certain circumstances, fail to comply with applicable certification requirements.

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Non-United States Holders may be required to establish their exemption from information reporting and backup withholding by certifying their status on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8IMY, as applicable.

If you are a Non-United States Holder and you sell your common shares to or through a United States office of a broker, the payment of the proceeds is subject to both United States backup withholding and information reporting unless you certify that you are a non-United States person, under penalties of perjury, or you otherwise establish an exemption. If you sell your common shares through a non-United States office of a non-United States broker and the sales proceeds are paid to you outside the United States, then information reporting and backup withholding generally will not apply to that payment. However, United States information reporting requirements, but not backup withholding, will apply to a payment of sales proceeds, even if that payment is made to you outside the United States, if you sell your common shares through a non-United States office of a broker that is a United States person or has some other contacts with the United States. Such informati on reporting requirements will not apply, however, if the broker has documentary evidence in its records that you are a non-United States person and certain other conditions are met, or you otherwise establish an exemption.

Backup withholding tax is not an additional tax. Rather, you generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules that exceed your income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.

EXPERTS

Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements and schedule included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement.  Our financial statements and schedules and management’s assessment are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, New York with respect to matters of U.S. and Marshall Islands law and various other legal matters will be passed upon for us by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We file annual and special reports within the Commission. You may read and copy any document that we file at the Public Reference Room maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1 (800) SEC-0330, and you may obtain copies at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at its principal office in Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows us to ‘‘incorporate by reference’’ information that we file with it. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those filed documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Commission will also be considered to be part of this prospectus and will automatically update and supersede previously filed information, including information contained in this document. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over

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different information included in this prospectus or the prospectus supplement. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2007;
  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2007, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 8, 2007 and our Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on November 9, 2007;
  Our ‘‘Description of Capital Stock’’ contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, (File No. 000-51366) as amended, filed with the Commission on June 20, 2005;
  Our Current Reports filed with the Commission on January 3, 2007, February 15, 2007, February 28, 2007, March 6, 2007, March 23, 2007, April 18, 2007, April 24, 2007, July 30, 2007 (Items 1.01 and 9.01 only), August 15, 2007, September 21, 2007, October 25, 2007, November 13, 2007 and November 15, 2007;
  Our Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed on April 24, 2007; and
  All documents we file with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus (if they state that they are incorporated by reference into this prospectus) until we file a post-effective amendment indicating that the offering of the securities made by this prospectus has been terminated.

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. We have not, and any underwriters have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement as well as the information we previously filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference, is accurate as of the dates on the front cover of those documents only. Our business, financial condition and results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information is incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement where such information under applicable Forms and regulations of the Commission is not deemed to be ‘‘filed’’ under Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless we indicate in the report or filing containing such information that the information is to be considered ‘‘filed’’ under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. You may access our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those documents filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the Commission free of charge at the Commission’s website or our website at www.eagleships.com soon as reasonably practicable after such mater ial is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Commission. The reference to our website does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained in our website. We do not consider information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website to be part of this prospectus or the related registration statement. You may request a free copy of the above mentioned filings or any subsequent filing we incorporated by reference to this prospectus by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
477 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 785-2500

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DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON
INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

The Business Corporation Act (the ‘‘BCA’’) of the Marshall Islands authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties. Our bylaws include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Our Bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs) to our directors and offices and carry directors’ and officers’ insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive offices.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of a Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, that Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the claim has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

We estimate the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of securities in this offering to be as follows:


Registration Fee $ # 
NASD Fee 75,500
Printing and Engraving Expenses 15,000
Legal Fees and Expenses 100,000
Accountants’ Fees and Expenses 15,000
Transfer Agent’s Fees and Expenses 20,000
Miscellaneous Costs 75,000
Total $ 285,500
# Deferred in reliance on Rules 456(b) and 457(r)

Item 15.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The bylaws of the Company provide that every director and officer of the Company shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against:

(1)    all civil liabilities, loss, damage or expense (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any applicable foreign law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable) incurred or suffered by him as such director or officer acting in the reasonable belief that he has been so appointed or elected notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election, provided always that such indemnity shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to any Marshall Islands statute from time to time in force concerning companies insofar as the same applies to the Company (the ‘‘Companies Acts’’); and

(2)    all liabilities incurred by him as such director or officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favor, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.

Section 60 of the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands provides as follows:

Indemnification of directors and officers.

(1)    Actions not by or in right of the corporation. A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonable believed to be in or not opposed to the bests interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

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(2)    Actions by or in right of the corporation. A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not, opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim s, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

(3)    When director or officer successful. To the extent that a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (1) or (2) of this section, or in the defense of a claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

(4)    Payment of expenses in advance. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section.

(5)    Continuation of indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

(6)    Insurance. A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such capacity whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section.

Item 16.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

A list of exhibits included as part of this registration statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 17.    Undertakings.

A.    The Company hereby undertakes:

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement,

(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range

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may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the ‘‘Calculation of Registration Fee’’ table in the effective registration statement.

(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(A)    Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i)    Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement.

(ii)    Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of this registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to 415(a)(1), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bon a fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5)    The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)    Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)    Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

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(iii)    The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)    Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report, to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

(8)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules an regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(9)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of a registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, that registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.
By:   /s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas                                        
Name: Sophocles N. Zoullas
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Sophocles N. Zoullas, Alan S. Ginsberg and Stacy J. Kanter his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on December 31, 2007 in the capacities indicated.

Signature Title
/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Sophocles N. Zoullas
/s/ Jon Tomasson Director
Jon Tomasson
/s/ Alexis P. Zoullas Director
Alexis P. Zoullas
/s/ David B. Hiley Director
David B. Hiley
/s/ Douglas P. Haensel Director
Douglas P. Haensel
/s/ Forrest E. Wylie Director
Forrest E. Wylie
/s/ Joseph Cianciolo Director
Joseph Cianciolo
/s/ Alan S. Ginsberg Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Agali Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Anemi Maritime Services S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Avlona Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

CARDINAL SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Cardinal Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

CONDOR SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Condor Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Crested Eagle Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Delfini Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Drosato Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL (USA) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

FALCON SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Falcon Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Fountana Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

GOLDEN EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Golden Eagle Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

GRIFFON SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Griffon Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

HARRIER SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Harrier Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

HAWK SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Hawk Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

HERON SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Heron Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

IMPERIAL EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

JAEGER SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Jaeger Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Kampia Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

KESTREL SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Kestrel Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

KITE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Kite Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

KITTIWAKE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Kittiwake Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Kofina Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Marmaro Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

MERLIN SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Merlin Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Mesta Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Mylos Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Nagos Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Nenita Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Olympi Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

ORIOLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Oriole Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

OSPREY SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Osprey Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Pelineo Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

PEREGRINE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Peregrine Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

PETREL SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Petrel Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Puffin Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Pyrgi Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

RAHI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Rahi Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Raptor Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Roadrunner Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

ROBIN SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Robin Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SAKER SHIPPING LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Saker Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Shrike Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Sirikari Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SKUA SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Skua Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SNIPE SHIPPING LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Snipe Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SPARROW SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Sparrow Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Spilia Shipping S.A., has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

SWIFT SHIPPING LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Swift Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By: Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on December 31, 2007.

TERN SHIPPING LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Tern Shipping LLC, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 31, 2007.

EAGLE BULK (DELAWARE) LLC
By:   Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., its Sole Member
By:   /s/ Alan S. Ginsberg                                        
Name: Alan S. Ginsberg
Title: Chief Financial Officer




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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement*
3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form S-1/A (file no. 333-123817)).
3.2 Amended and Restated By Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form S-1/A (file no. 333-123817)).
3.3 Certification of Formation of Eagle Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.4 Certificate of Amendment of Eagle Shipping LLC (changing name to Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.5 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.6 Certificate of Formation of Condor Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.7 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Condor Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.8 Certificate of Formation of Hawk Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.9 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Hawk Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.9 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.10 Certificate of Formation of Falcon Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.10 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.11 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Falcon Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.11 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.12 Certificate of Formation of Harrier Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.12 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.13 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harrier Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.13 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.14 Certificate of Formation of Osprey Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.14 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.15 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Osprey Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.15 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.16 Certificate of Formation of Kite Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.16 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.17 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kite Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.17 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.18 Certificate of Formation of Sparrow Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.18 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.19 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sparrow Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.19 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.20 Certificate of Formation of Griffon Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.20 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).




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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.21 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Griffon Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.21 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.22 Certificate of Formation of Shikra Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.22 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.23 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Shikra Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.23 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.24 Certificate of Formation of Peregrine Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.24 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.25 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Peregrine Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.25 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.26 Certificate of Formation of Cardinal Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.26 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.27 Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Cardinal Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.27 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.28 Certificate of Formation of Heron Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.28 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.29 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Heron Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.29 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.30 Certificate of Formation of Merlin Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.30 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.31 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Merlin Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.31 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.32 Certificate of Formation of Jaeger Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.32 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.33 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Jaeger Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.33 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.34 Certificate of Formation of Kestrel Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.34 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.35 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kestrel Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.35 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.36 Certificate of Formation of Tern Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.36 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.37 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Tern Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.37 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.38 Certificate of Formation of Kittiwake Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.38 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.39 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kittiwake Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.39 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.40 Certificate of Formation of Oriole Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.40 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.41 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oriole Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.41 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.42 Certificate of Formation of Robin Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.42 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.43 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Robin Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.43 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).




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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.44 Certificate of Formation of Eagle Bulk (Delaware) LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.44 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.45 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Eagle Bulk (Delaware) LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.45 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-137003)).
3.46 Certificate of Formation of Golden Eagle Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.46 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
3.47 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Golden Eagle Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.47 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
3.48 Certificate of Formation of Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.48 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
3.49 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.49 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
3.50 Certificate of Formation of Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.51 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.52 Certificate of Formation of Snipe Shipping LLC**
3.53 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Snipe Shipping LLC**
3.54 Certificate of Formation of Swift Shipping LLC**
3.55 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Swift Shipping LLC**
3.56 Certificate of Formation of Crested Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.57 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crested Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.58 Certificate of Formation of Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.59 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC**
3.60 Certificate of Formation of Petrel Shipping LLC**
3.61 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Petrel Shipping LLC**
3.62 Certificate of Formation of Puffin Shipping LLC**
3.63 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Puffin Shipping LLC**
3.64 Certificate of Formation of Raptor Shipping LLC**
3.65 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Raptor Shipping LLC**
3.66 Certificate of Formation of Shrike Shipping LLC**
3.67 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Shrike Shipping LLC**
3.68 Certificate of Formation of Skua Shipping LLC**
3.69 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Skua Shipping LLC**
3.70 Certificate of Formation of Sandpiper Shipping LLC**
3.71 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Sandpiper Shipping LLC**
3.72 Certificate of Formation of Roadrunner Shipping LLC**
3.73 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Roadrunner Shipping LLC**
3.74 Certificate of Formation of Saker Shipping LLC**
3.75 Limited Liability Company Agreement of Saker Shipping LLC**
3.76 Articles of Incorporation of Agali Shipping S.A.**
3.77 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Agali Shipping S.A.**
3.78 Bylaws of Agali Shipping S.A.**
3.79 Articles of Incorporation of Avlona Shipping S.A.**
3.80 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Avlona Shipping S.A.**




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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.81 Bylaws of Avlona Shipping S.A.**
3.82 Articles of Incorporation of Delfini Shipping S.A.**
3.83 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Delfini Shipping S.A.**
3.84 Bylaws of Delfini Shipping S.A.**
3.85 Articles of Incorporation of Drosata Shipping S.A.**
3.86 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Drosata Shipping S.A.**
3.87 Bylaws of Drosata Shipping S.A.**
3.88 Articles of Incorporation of Fountana Shipping S.A.**
3.89 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Fountana Shipping S.A.**
3.90 Bylaws of Fountana Shipping S.A.**
3.91 Articles of Incorporation of Kampia Shipping S.A.**
3.92 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Kampia Shipping S.A. **
3.93 Bylaws of Kampia Shipping S.A. **
3.94 Articles of Incorporation of Mylos Shipping S.A. **
3.95 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Mylos Shipping S.A.**
3.96 Bylaws of Mylos Shipping S.A.**
3.97 Articles of Incorporation of Mesta Shipping S.A.**
3.98 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Mesta Shipping S.A. **
3.99 Bylaws of Mesta Shipping S.A. **
3.100 Articles of Incorporation of Marmaro Shipping S.A. **
3.101 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Marmaro Shipping S.A.**
3.102 Bylaws of Marmaro Shipping S.A.**
3.103 Articles of Incorporation of Kofina Shipping S.A.**
3.104 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Kofina Shipping S.A.**
3.105 Bylaws of Kofina Shipping S.A.**
3.106 Articles of Incorporation of Rahi Shipping S.A.**
3.107 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Rahi Shipping S.A.**
3.108 Bylaws of Rahi Shipping S.A.**
3.109 Articles of Incorporation of Sirikari Shipping S.A.**
3.110 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Sirikari Shipping S.A.**
3.111 Bylaws of Sirikari Shipping S.A.**
3.112 Articles of Incorporation of Spilia Shipping S.A.**
3.113 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Spilia Shipping S.A.**
3.114 Bylaws of Spilia Shipping S.A. **
3.115 Articles of Incorporation of Nagos Shipping S.A. **
3.116 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Nagos Shipping S.A. **
3.117 Bylaws of Nagos Shipping S.A. **
3.118 Articles of Incorporation of Nenita Shipping S.A. **
3.119 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Nenita Shipping S.A.**
3.120 Bylaws of Nenita Shipping S.A.**
3.121 Articles of Incorporation of Olympi Shipping S.A.**
3.122 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Olympi Shipping S.A.**




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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
3.123 Bylaws of Olympi Shipping S.A.**
3.124 Articles of Incorporation of Pelineo Shipping S.A.**
3.125 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Pelineo Shipping S.A.**
3.126 Bylaws of Pelineo Shipping S.A.**
3.127 Articles of Incorporation of Pyrgi Shipping S.A.**
3.128 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Pyrgi Shipping S.A.**
3.129 Bylaws of Pyrgi Shipping S.A.**
3.130 Articles of Incorporation of Anemi Maritime Services S.A. (formerly Tsangaris Marine Services Inc.)**
3.131 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Anemi Maritime Services S.A. (formerly Tsangaris Marine Services Inc.)**
3.132 Articles of Amendment of Incorporation of Anemi Maritime Services S.A.**
3.133 Bylaws of Anemi Maritime Services S.A. (formerly Tsangaris Marine Services Inc.) **
4.1 Specimen Common Share Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form S-1/A (file no. 333-123817)).
4.2 Specimen Preferred Share Certificate*
4.3 Form of Common Share warrant agreement*
4.4 Form of Preferred Share warrant agreement*
4.5 Form of Purchase Contract warrant agreement*
4.6 Form of Unit warrant agreement*
4.7 Form of Senior Indenture (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
4.8 Form of Subordinated Indenture (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of Form S-3 (file no. 333-139745)).
5.1 Opinion of Seward & Kissel LLP, counsel to the Company, on the validity of the common shares**
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**
21 Subsidiaries of the Company**
23.1 Consent of Seward & Kissel LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP**
24 Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)**
25.1 Form of T-1 Statement of Eligibility (senior indenture)*
25.2 Form of T-1 Statement of Eligibility (subordinated indenture)*
* To be filed either as an amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Registrant and incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
** Filed herewith.



EX-3.50 2 file2.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING

Exhibit 3.50

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 26th day of April, 2007.

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 


EX-3.51 3 file3.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.51

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC
A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

 

Formation

2

2.2

 

Name

2

2.3

 

Purpose

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

3

2.6

 

Term

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

 

Liability

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

6

5.4

 

Expenses

6

5.5

 

Severability

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

7

8.3

 

Headings

8

8.4

 

Severability

8

8.5

 

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 26th day of April, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on April 26, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

STELLAR EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

 

 

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5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

 

 

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5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

 

 

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8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and it affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 Ownership of LLC Shares

Member

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

100.0

Total LLC Shares

100.0

 

 

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EX-3.52 4 file4.htm CERTIFICATION OF FORMATION OF SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.52

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 


/s/Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.53 5 file5.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.53

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

2

2

 

ORGANIZATION

3

2.1

 

Formation.

3

2.2

 

Name.

3

2.3

 

Purpose

3

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent.

3

2.5

 

Principal Office.

3

2.6

 

Term.

4

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

4

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

4

3.1

 

Capital Contributions.

4

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions.

4

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties.

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

6

5.1

 

Liability.

6

5.2

 

Exculpation.

6

5.3

 

Indemnification.

6

5.4

 

Expenses.

6

5.5

 

Severability.

7

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights.

7

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash.

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records.

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year.

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters.

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement.

8

8.2

 

Governing Law.

8

8.3

 

Headings.

8

8.4

 

Severability.

8

8.5

 

Amendment.

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SNIPE SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Snipe Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

 

SNIPE SHIPPING LLC

 

 

 


By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

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Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

 

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EX-3.54 6 file6.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.54

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

 

 



3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

 

Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.55 7 file7.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.55

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

 

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

 

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

 

2.2

 

Name

 

2

 

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

 

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

 

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

 

2.6

 

Term

 

3

 

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

 

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

 

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

 

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

 

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

 

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

5

 

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

 

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

 

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

 

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

 

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

 

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

 

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

 

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

 

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

 

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

 

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

 

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

 

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

 

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

 

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

 

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

 

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

 

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

 

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

 

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

 

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SWIFT SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Swift Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote.

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

SWIFT SHIPPING LLC

 

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

 

         

By: 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

6

 



Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and it affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

 

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EX-3.56 8 file8.htm CERT. OF FORMATION OF CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.56

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 22nd day of February, 2007.

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.57 9 file9.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.57

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

2.2

 

Name

 

2

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

2.6

 

Term

 

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 22nd day of February, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on February 22, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Crested Eagle Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office: Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

 

 

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(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

 

CRESTED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

 

By: 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall solely be the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

 

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Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

 

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EX-3.58 10 file10.htm CERT. OF FORMATION OF CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.58

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 22nd day of February, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.59 11 file11.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.59

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

 

Formation

2

2.2

 

Name

2

2.3

 

Purpose

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

3

2.6

 

Term

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

 

Liability

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

6

5.4

 

Expenses

6

5.5

 

Severability

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS:

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

7

8.3

 

Headings

8

8.4

 

Severability

8

8.5

 

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

 



This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 22nd day of February, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their

 

 

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respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on February 22, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

CROWNED EAGLE SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

 

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Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

100.0

Total LLC Shares

100.0

 

 

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EX-3.60 12 file12.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PETREL SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.60

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

PETREL SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: PETREL SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 


EX-3.61 13 file13.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF PETREL SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.61

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
PETREL SHIPPING LLC
A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

2.2

 

Name

 

2

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

2.6

 

Term

 

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of PETREL SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Petrel Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office: Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

 

PETREL SHIPPING LLC

 

 

 


By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

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Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

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EX-3.62 14 file14.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.62

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.63 15 file15.htm LIMITED LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.63

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

         

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

2.2

 

Name

 

2

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

2.6

 

Term

 

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 



This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Puffin Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office: Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares: Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

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individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

PUFFIN SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

By:

Name:

Title:

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered  

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Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

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EX-3.64 16 file16.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.64

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.65 17 file17.htm LIMITED LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.65

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

 

Formation

2

2.2

 

Name

2

2.3

 

Purpose

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

3

2.6

 

Term

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

 

Liability

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

6

5.4

 

Expenses

6

5.5

 

Severability

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

7

8.3

 

Headings

8

8.4

 

Severability

8

8.5

 

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 

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(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Raptor Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office: Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 

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2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating

 

 

4

 



individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

RAPTOR SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

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(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered

 

 

6

 



Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

 

 

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7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

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EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

100.0

Total LLC Shares

100.0

 

 

9

 


EX-3.66 18 file18.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.66

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 22nd day of February, 2007.

 

/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 


EX-3.67 19 file19.htm LIMITED LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.67

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

2.2

 

Name

 

2

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

2.6

 

Term

 

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

 



 

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 22nd day of February, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or  

 



any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on February 22, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Shrike Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

 



2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting Aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

 



(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

SHRIKE SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

By:

Name:

Title:

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

 



5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

 



5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

 



8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 



SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 


EX-3.68 20 file20.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF SKUA SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.68

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SKUA SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SKUA SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 22nd day of February, 2007.

 


/s/Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.69 21 file21.htm LTD. LIABILITY COMPANY AGMT. OF SKUA SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.69

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SKUA SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

 

Formation

2

2.2

 

Name

2

2.3

 

Purpose

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

3

2.6

 

Term

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

 

Liability

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

6

5.4

 

Expenses

6

5.5

 

Severability

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

6

 

 



 

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

7

8.3

 

Headings

8

8.4

 

Severability

8

8.5

 

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SKUA SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 22nd day of February, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 



(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on February 22, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Skua Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 



2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and

 

 



arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

SKUA SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole

 

 



Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent

 

 



jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the

 

 



Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

 

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 



SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

100.0

Total LLC Shares

100.0

 

 


EX-3.70 22 file22.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.70

 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.71 23 file23.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.71

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

Formation

2

2.2

Name

2

2.3

Purpose

2

2.4

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

Principal Office

3

2.6

Term

3

2.7

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

Management By Member

4

4.2

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

Liability

5

5.2

Exculpation

5

5.3

Indemnification

6

5.4

Expenses

6

5.5

Severability

6

5.6

No Third Party Rights

6

6

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

 

 



 

6.1

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

Books and Records

7

7.2

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

Tax Matters

7

8

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

Governing Law

7

8.3

Headings

8

8.4

Severability

8

8.5

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their

 

 



respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Sandpiper Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

 

 



2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

 

 



(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

SANDPIPER SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

By:

Name:

Title:

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

 

 



Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any

 

 



action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

 

 



8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

 

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 


By: 

/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 



SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

 


EX-3.72 24 file24.htm CERT. OF FORMATION OF ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.72

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 


EX-3.73 25 file25.htm LTD. LIABILITY AGMT. OF ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.73

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

2

2.1

 

Formation

2

2.2

 

Name

2

2.3

 

Purpose

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

3

2.6

 

Term

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5

5.1

 

Liability

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

6

5.4

 

Expenses

6

5.5

 

Severability

6

5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

6

 

 



 

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

7

8.3

 

Headings

8

8.4

 

Severability

8

8.5

 

Amendment

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

 



(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Roadrunner Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 

 



2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and

 

 



arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

ROADRUNNER SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Name: 

 

 

 

 

Title: 

 

 

 

 

4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole

 

 



Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent

 

 



jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S.

 

 



federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

 

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 



SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

 

Member

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

100.0

Total LLC Shares

100.0

 

 


EX-3.74 26 file26.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF SAKER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.74

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SAKER SHIPPING LLC

UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The undersigned, in order to form a limited liability company under and pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Act”), does certify as follows:

1. The name of the Limited Liability Company is: SAKER SHIPPING LLC

2. The address of its registered agent in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

3. The formation date of the Limited Liability Company is the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation with the Registrar of Corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation on this 2nd day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Arthur Lichtenstein

 

 

Arthur Lichtenstein
Authorized Person

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.75 27 file27.htm LIMITED LIABILITY AGREEMENT OF SAKER SHIPPING LLC

Exhibit 3.75

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SAKER SHIPPING LLC

A Marshall Islands Limited Liability Company

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

1

2

 

ORGANIZATION

 

2

2.1

 

Formation

 

2

2.2

 

Name

 

2

2.3

 

Purpose

 

2

2.4

 

Registered Office; Registered Agent

 

3

2.5

 

Principal Office

 

3

2.6

 

Term

 

3

2.7

 

Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

 

3

3

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3

3.1

 

Capital Contributions

 

3

3.2

 

No Interest on Capital Contributions

 

3

4

 

MANAGEMENT

 

4

4.1

 

Management By Member

 

4

4.2

 

Delegation of Authority and Duties

 

5

5

 

LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

5

5.1

 

Liability

 

5

5.2

 

Exculpation

 

5

5.3

 

Indemnification

 

6

5.4

 

Expenses

 

6

5.5

 

Severability

 

6

 



5.6

 

No Third Party Rights

 

6

6

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

7

6.1

 

Distributions/Available Cash

 

7

7

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

 

7

7.1

 

Books and Records

 

7

7.2

 

Fiscal Year

 

7

7.3

 

Tax Matters

 

7

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7

8.1

 

Complete Agreement

 

7

8.2

 

Governing Law

 

7

8.3

 

Headings

 

8

8.4

 

Severability

 

8

8.5

 

Amendment

 

8

Schedule 1: Ownership of LLC Shares

 



LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Agreement”) of SAKER SHIPPING LLC (the “Company”), is made and entered into effective as of the 2nd day of August, 2007, by Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Member”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member is the sole Member of the Company and desires to organize the Company and provide for the management of the Company and its affairs and for the conduct of its business.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

1 DEFINED TERMS

The terms used in this Agreement, with their initial letters capitalized, shall, unless the context thereof otherwise requires, have the meanings specified in this Article 1. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement as originally executed and as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) “Business” shall mean engaging in any lawful business, purpose or activity permitted by the Act.

(e) “Certificate” shall mean the Certificate of Formation filed pursuant to the Act with the Republic of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations pursuant to which the Company was organized as a Marshall Islands limited liability company.

 



(f) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

(g) “Covered Person” means the Member, an Affiliate of the Member, any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any current or former officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(h) “LLC Shares” shall mean the aggregate limited liability company interests of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement.

(i) “Member” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall have the same meaning as the term “member” under the Act.

(j) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, limited liability company, or any other juridical entity.

2 ORGANIZATION

2.1 Formation.

The Company was formed as a limited liability company under the Act on August 2, 2007, by the filing of the Certificate with the office of the Marshall Islands Registrar of Corporations. Any and all actions in connection with such formation are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

2.2 Name.

The name of the Company formed by the filing of the Certificate is “Saker Shipping LLC” and all Business of the Company shall be conducted in the name set forth in the Certificate or such other names that comply with applicable law as the Member may from time to time designate.

2.3 Purpose.

The purpose for which the Company is established is to engage in the Business and in any lawful activity permitted by the Act as the Company may deem necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the Business.

2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

The registered office of the Company required by the Act to be maintained in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the Company in the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Member may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.

 



2.5 Principal Office.

The principal office of the Company shall be the Company’s registered office except as otherwise may be determined by the Member.

2.6 Term.

The Company commenced its existence on the date the Certificate was accepted for filing by the Registrar of Corporations, and shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the Act.

2.7 Authorized LLC Shares; Vote

(a) The aggregate number of LLC Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is one hundred (100).

(b) The Member’s ownership of LLC Shares in the Company is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each LLC Share owned by a Member shall entitle the Member to one (1) vote on any matter brought before the Member for a vote. The Member shall own all of the LLC Shares issued and outstanding.

3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Capital Contributions.

The Member shall contribute such sums and/or assets as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its Business.

3.2 No Interest on Capital Contributions.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Member shall not receive any interest on its capital contributions to the Company.

4 MANAGEMENT

4.1 Management By Member.

The management of the Company shall be vested exclusively in the Member. The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, may make all decisions and take all actions for the Company as in its sole discretion it shall deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out the purposes for which the Company was formed including, without limitation, the following:

 



(a) entering into, making and performing contracts, agreements, undertakings and guarantees of whatsoever kind and nature in the name and on behalf of the Company;

(b) setting aside reserves, opening and maintaining bank and investment accounts and arrangements, drawing checks and other orders for the payment of money, and designating individuals with authority to sign or give instructions with respect to those accounts and arrangements;

(c) selling, conveying, mortgaging, pledging, exchanging and disposing of property;

(d) incurring liabilities, borrowing money, issuing notes, bonds and other obligations and securing any of the Company’s obligations by mortgage or pledge of any of the Company’s property or income;

(e) collecting sums due to the Company; bringing and defending on behalf of the Company actions and proceedings at law or in equity before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or otherwise;

(f) selecting, removing, and changing the authority and responsibility of lawyers, auditors and other advisers and consultants;

(g) issuing Powers of Attorney in favor of such persons as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1; and

(h) the adoption of such resolutions, including by unanimous written consent, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to approve any decisions made or actions taken on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Section 4.1.

Any correspondence sent by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company and any agreements, contracts, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other documents executed by the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, on behalf of the Company shall be signed by the Member as follows:

SAKER SHIPPING LLC

By: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., its Sole Member

By:

Name:

Title:

 



4.2 Delegation of Authority and Duties.

(a) Any person dealing with the Company may rely upon the authority of the Member, in its capacity as sole Member in taking any action in the name of the Company without inquiry into the provisions of this Agreement or compliance herewith, regardless of whether that action actually is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or the Member, in its capacity as sole Member, no agent or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose.

5 LIABILITY, EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Liability.

Except as otherwise provided by the Act, all debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company (including, without limitation, under a judgment, decree or order of a court), whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person.

5.2 Exculpation.

No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement.

5.3 Indemnification.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved; as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to such indemnification with respect to any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful breach of this Agreement; provided, that any indemnity under this Section 5.3 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability on account thereof.

 



5.4 Expenses.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding relating to or arising out of their performance of their duties on behalf of the Company shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 5.3.

5.5 Severability.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if any portion of this Article 5 shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each Covered Person as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 5 that shall not have been invalidated.

5.6 No Third Party Rights.

Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this Article 5 shall be deemed to create or grant any rights in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation in favor of any insurer or surety. The rights of indemnification granted hereunder shall survive the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company.

6 DISTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Distributions/Available Cash.

The Member, in its capacity as sole Member, shall in its sole discretion determine from time to time to what extent (if any) the Company’s cash on hand exceeds the current and anticipated needs of the Company. To the extent any such excess exists, the Member may make distributions to itself as sole Member, subject to Section 40 of the Act.

7 BOOKS AND RECORDS; FISCAL YEAR; TAX MATTERS

7.1 Books and Records.

The books and records of the Company shall, at the cost and expense of the Company, be kept and cause to be kept by the Company at the principal office of the Company or at such other location as the Member may from time to time determine.

 



7.2 Fiscal Year.

Unless otherwise determined by the Member, the Company’s books and records shall be kept on a December 31 calendar year basis and shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for conducting the Company’s affairs.

7.3 Tax Matters.

The Member intends and acknowledges that, for so long as it remains the sole Member of the Company, the Company shall be disregarded as a separate entity from the sole Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Member shall file such elections with the U.S. tax authorities as may be required to assure such tax status as such.

8 MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Complete Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs and replaces and supersedes all prior agreements regarding the management and governance of the Company and its affairs.

8.2 Governing Law.

This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands without giving regard to principles of conflicts of law.

8.3 Headings.

All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

8.4 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

 



8.5 Amendment.

All amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Company and the Member.

 

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Limited Liability Company Agreement has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the sole Member as of the date first set forth above.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

By: 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Name: 

Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Title: 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 



SCHEDULE 1

Ownership of LLC Shares

Member

 

LLC Shares

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

 

100.0

Total LLC Shares

 

100.0

 

 


EX-3.76 28 file28.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.76

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

as of

March 13, 2007

being the date upon which existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand and seal on this
13th day of March 2007

 

 


/s/ [C. Kastrinakty]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

IN

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

March 13, 2007

/s/ [C. Kastrinakty]

Deputy Registrar

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be: AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

 



 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments;

 

 



to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law, of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

 



 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered, in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry

 

 



on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

 

 



E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and, address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by:


/s/ [S. Yioula]

 

 



On March 13, 2007 before to me personally came S. Yioula known to me be the individual described herein and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 


/s/

 


EX-3.77 29 file29.htm ARTICLES OF AMEND. OF INC. OF AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.77

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

 

 

 

August 21, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Denise M. Francis]

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

1

 



ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Agali Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Agali Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 13th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ [Sophocles . Zoullas]

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

2

 


EX-3.78 30 file30.htm BYLAWS OF AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.78

BYLAWS

OF

AGALI SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of

 

 

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the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through

 

 

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death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.79 31 file31.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.79

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE ASSOCIATIONS

LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

as of

March 30, 2007

Being the date upon which existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand and seal on this
30th day of March 2007.

 

 


/s/

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

IN

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

 

 

March 30, 2007

 

 

/s/

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation “shall” have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise, acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any, manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry an its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise Money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure, by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and, to aid by, loan,

 

 



subsidy, guaranty or, otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities, to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company; association or other business organization, domestic, or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, commodities and products. (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property, and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in Connection therewith or, otherwise to acquire trading privileges on, any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt-in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth;, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

 



 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, or hereafter engaged in any business Similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire, purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise, any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in-connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in-. connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the, shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any, person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others, and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 105

 

 

 

Majuro

 

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 30, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 


By:

/s/

 

 



On March 30, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 


/s/

 

 


EX-3.80 32 file32.htm ARTICLES OF AMEND. OF INC. OF AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.80

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2007

 

 


/s/ Denise M. Francis

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Avlona Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Avlona Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 30th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.”

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


/s/

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.81 33 file33.htm BYLAWS OF AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.81

BYLAWS

OF

AVLONA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of

 

 

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the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.82 34 file34.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.82

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE

ASSOCIATIONS LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

as of

March 30, 2007

Being the date upon which the existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand seal on this
30th day of March 2007

 

 


/s/ [C. Kastrinakty]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

IN

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

March 30, 2007

 

/s/ [C. Kastrinakty]

Deputy Registrar

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, ;for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name the Corporation shall be:

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may, now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorship tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 



subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, expert, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

 



 

(17)

To, cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions, which the Board of Directors may consider for, the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate, number, of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 30, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 by:


/s/ [S. Yioula]

 

 



On March 30, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 


/s/

 

 


EX-3.83 35 file35.htm ARTICLES OF AMEN. OF INC. OF DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.83

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

August 21, 2007

 

 

 

/s/ [Denise M. Francis]

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Delfini Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Delfini Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 30th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.”

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ [Sophocles N. Zoullas]

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.84 36 file36.htm BYLAWS OF DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.84

BYLAWS

OF

DELFINI SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of

 

 

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the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the share holders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through

 

 

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death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.85 37 file37.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.85

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE

ASSOCIATIONS LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

as of

March 13, 2007

being the date upon which existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand and seal on this

13th day of March 2007.

       

 

 

 

/s/

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in
accordance with section 5 of the
Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

 

 

 

 

March 13, 2007

       

 

 

 

/s/

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be Organized, under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own., use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell, or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint, or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, all trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 



 

subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever, issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise, to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of improvements, warehouses, factories, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, dwellings and all other property and improve and lands, and buildings, stores and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of.

 

 



 

purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or, any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of-the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out Any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory, or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for us or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for, the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of, any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize, it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law, of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent; contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation Shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation With the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 


/s/

 

 

 

 

 

 



On March 13, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the duly acknowledged to me foregoing instrument and she execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


/s/

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.86 38 file38.htm ARTICLES OF AMEN. OF INC. OF DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.86

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

August 21, 2007

 

 

/s/ Denise M. Francis

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Drosato Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Drosato Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 13th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.”

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.87 39 file39.htm BYLAWS OF DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.87

BYLAWS

OF

DROSATO SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of

 

 

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the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

 

 

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ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.88 40 file40.htm ARTICLES OF INC. OF FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.88

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE

ASSOCIATIONS LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

as of

February 22, 2007

being the date upon which existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand and seal on this

22nd day of February 2007

 

 


/s/ [C. Katrinaky]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

IN

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

 

 

 

 

February 22, 2007

 

 


/s/ [C. Katrinaky]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned; for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or, otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, ‘including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements, and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 



 

subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed,

 

 



 

tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which, the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal, concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the mariner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ [S. Yioula]

 

 

 

 

 

 



On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


/s/

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.89 41 file41.htm ARTICLES OF AMEN OF INC. OF FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.89

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2007

 

 


/s/ [Denise M. Francis]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Fountana Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Fountana Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of February 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.”

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

 

 

 


/s/ [ Sophocles N. Zoullas]

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.90 42 file42.htm BYLAWS OF FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.90

BYLAWS

OF

FOUNTANA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of

 

 

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the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive Committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is a corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer. The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

 

 

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Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.91 43 file43.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.91

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now, or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of-the foregoing,.: the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise - acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair,, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves,- dry -docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, wharehouseman, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general trader’s.

 

 

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(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To, purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any, manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to

 

 

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underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of .any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

 

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(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general :investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right, or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

(23)

To enter, into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done

 

 

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by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that Shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Island, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

 

 

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F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O.-Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioular

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.92 44 file44.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.92

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Kampia Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Kampia Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of February 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ Sophocoles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.93 45 file45.htm BYLAWS OF KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.93

BYLAWS

OF

KAMPIA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any

 

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annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or

 

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without cause. My vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertize the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

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EX-3.94 46 file46.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.94

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to dealing bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 



subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 

 



purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

 

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

 

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

 

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

 

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

 

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 



On March 13, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 


EX-3.95 47 file47.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.95

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Mylos Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Mylos Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the l3th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.96 48 file48.htm BYLAWS OF MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.96

BYLAWS

OF

MYLOS SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue

 

 

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any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any

 

 

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annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody, of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.97 49 file49.htm ART. OF INC. OF MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.97

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now, or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandler’s and general traders.

 

 



 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in an manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and

 

 



irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

 



 

(17)

To cause, to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any art of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry

 

 



on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

 

 



E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

 

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 

 

 

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 



On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.98 50 file50.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

 

 

 

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

 

 

 

 

 

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

DUPLICATE COPY

NON RESIDENT

 

 

 

 

The original of this Document was filed in
accordance with section 5 of the
Business Corporations Act on

 

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Denise M. Francis]

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 



Exhibit 3.98

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Mesta Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Mesta Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of February 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value.”

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorized by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.99 51 file51.htm BYLAWS OF MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.99

BYLAWS

OF

MESTA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death,

 

 

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resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer, and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.100 52 file52.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.100

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of ‘the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 



 

(4)

To, act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager or shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign, governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 



subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise, dispose of, and generally to deal in commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 



   

purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization; recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to tender general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, or any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. BOX 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
           Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 



On March 13, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 


EX-3.101 53 file53.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.101

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Marmaro Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Marmaro Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 13th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ [Sophocles N. Zoullas]

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.102 54 file54.htm BYLAWS OF MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.102

BYLAWS

OF

MARMARO SHIPPING S.A.

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death,

 

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resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it all require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

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EX-3.103 55 file55.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.103

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and, any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 

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(4)

To, act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by Purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 

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subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any, board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge,  hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 

 

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purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way, permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all, or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public- authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution, of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 

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(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be, voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 

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The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders, of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 30, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On March 30, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.104 56 file56.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.104

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Kofina Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Kofina Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 30th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorized by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on the 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.105 57 file57.htm BYLAWS OF KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.105

BYLAWS

OF

KOFINA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue

 

 

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any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any

 

 

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annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled only by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death,

 

 

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resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer. The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertize the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.106 58 file58.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

 

Exhibit 3.106

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

 

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(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in

 

 

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and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any

 

 

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liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

 

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(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

(29)

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc. The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

 

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Name

 

Post Office Address

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 

 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On March 13, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 


/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.107 59 file59.htm AMENDMENT OF INCORPORATION OF RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF

 

 

Exhibit 3.107

 

RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Rahi Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Rahi Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 13th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.108 60 file60.htm BYLAWS OF RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

BYLAWS
OF
RAHI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.108

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

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Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or

 

 

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unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise,

 

 

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to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors, directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity .

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President

 

 

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or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

 

 

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Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

 

 

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ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.109 61 file61.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SIRIKARI SHIPPING SA

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Exhibit 3.109

OF

SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

 

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(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or

 

 

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otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any

 

 

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part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation

 

 

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shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized, under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

 

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H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 13, 2007.

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

Incorporator

 

By: 

/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

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On March 13, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

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EX-3.110 62 file62.htm AMENDMENT OF INCORPORATION OF SIRIKARI SHIPPING SA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

Exhibit 3.110

 

SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Sirikari Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Sirikari Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 13th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorized by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.111 63 file63.htm BYLAWS OF SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.

BYLAWS
OF
SIRIKARI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.111

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

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Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any

 

 

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special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

 

 

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Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

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Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

 

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Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertize the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may

 

 

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be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.112 64 file64.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Exhibit 3.112

   

OF

 

   

SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

 

 

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A. The name of the Corporation shall be: SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

B. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

(1) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

(2) To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

(3) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

(4) To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

(5) To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

(6) To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of

 

 

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any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

(7) To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

(8) To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

(9) To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

(10) To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

(11) To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

(12) To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a

 

 

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corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or, created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other Public authority.

(13) To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

(14) To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

(15) To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

(16) To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection With any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

(17) To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

(18) To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

(19) To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any

 

 

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powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

(20) To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

(21) To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

(22) To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

(23) To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

(24) To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

(25) To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

(26) To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’

 

 

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quorum or vote.

(27) To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

(28) To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C. The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D. The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E. The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F. The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G. The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H. Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 30, 2007.

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

 

 

by:


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On March 30, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

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EX-3.113 65 file65.htm AMENDMENT OF INCORPORATION OF SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.113

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Spilia Shipping SA., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is Spilia Shipping S.A.

II. The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 30th day of March 2007.

III. Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV. Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V. The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.114 66 file66.htm BYLAWS OF SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

BYLAWS
OF
SPILIA SHIPPING S.A.

 

Exhibit 3.114

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may he called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Inc oration.

 

 

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Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may he determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall island nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or

 

 

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unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by the vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise,

 

 

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to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in the Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President

 

 

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or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or use to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

 

 

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Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertize the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

 

 

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ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.115 67 file67.htm ART. OF INCORP. OF NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

Republic of the Marshall Islands

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

Endorsement Certificate

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5

OF THE ASSOCIATIONS LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1990

I CERTIFY that I have endorsed “FILED” upon the Original Articles of Incorporation of

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

as of

March 16, 2007

being the date upon which existence of said corporation commenced.

I FURTHER CERTIFY that a Duplicate of said Articles of Incorporation has been filed with this office.

 

Given under my hand and seal on this
16th day of March 2007.

 

 

 

/s/ [C. Kastrinakis]

 

Deputy Registrar of Corporations

 

 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

INCORPORATED

IN

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

PURSUANT

TO

THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

DUPLICATE COPY

The original of this document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

NON RESIDENT

 

March 16, 2007

 

 

 

 

/s/ [C. Kastrinakis]

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 



 Exhibit 3.115

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL. ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with-the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship, brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any, such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do, any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to

 



aid by, loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company; association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein); and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange at other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 



purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in dash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of, the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or, other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger, of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title; or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shell not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value;

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 16, 2007.

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
           Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 



On March 16, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 


EX-3.116 68 file68.htm ART. OF AMEND OF INCORP. OF NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

 Exhibit 3.116

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Nagos Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Nagos Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 16th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


/s/        Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.117 69 file69.htm BYLAWS OF NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.117

BYLAWS

OF

NAGOS SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filed by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or Certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it I require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate .= alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.118 70 file70.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.118

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with, the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection, therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any, manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things, for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to

 

 



aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 

 



purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any, such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any Part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

to make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

(23)

To, enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the

 

 



carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

 

 



E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date Stated on these Articles.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
          Incorporator

 

By: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 



On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 


EX-3.119 71 file71.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

 

 

 

REPUBLIC OF TILE MARSHALL ISLANDS

REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS

DUPLICATE COPY

NON RESIDENT

 

 

 

 

The original of this Document was filed in

accordance with section 5 of the

Business Corporations Act on

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2007

 

 

 


/s/        [Denise M. Francis]

 

 

 

Deputy Registrar

 

 



Exhibit 3.119

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Nenita Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Nenita Shipping. S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of Feb. 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows :

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 29th day of August, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 


/s/        Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.120 72 file72.htm BYLAWS OF NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.120

BYLAWS

OF

NENITA SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of

 



bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at

 



any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 



ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, to from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive Committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of

 



Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the oration, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of

 



Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or

 



repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 


EX-3.121 73 file73.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.121

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHAIS,‘IEIANDSBUSINESS.CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act, or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers and general traders.

 

 



 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in, respect of any or all of the power’s herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its, corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with ,any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any, person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do, any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement, and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise,

 

 



and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued, or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign, governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any Manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise with or in any such properties.

 

 



 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so, acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person; and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out: any arrangements with any person or public authority; to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in, connection therewith or incidental thereto, and to, render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in, any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name, of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

(23)

To enter into any, lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry

 

 



on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted, by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company, with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Cor0Orktidfi by the shareholder for, that purpose.

 

 



E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name-and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

     

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
     Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 



On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 


/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.122 74 file74.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.122

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Olympi Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Olympi Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of February 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.123 75 file75.htm BYLAWS OF OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.123

BYLAWS

OF

OLYMPI SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive Committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.124 76 file76.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.124

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations, this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now, or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for; secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person; partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as, holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and, privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to

 

 



aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in; by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever, for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 

 



purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in ‘any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial; advisory or managerial services to, any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for. the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and Maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of Shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405

 

 

Majuro

 

 

Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors, as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on March 30, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 



On March 30, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 


EX-3.125 77 file77.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.125

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Pelineo Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Pelineo Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 30th day of March 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 

/s/ [Sophocles N. Zoullas]

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 


EX-3.126 78 file78.htm BYLAWS OF PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.126

BYLAWS

OF

PELINEO SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number: The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, ands may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

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EX-3.127 79 file79.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.127

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

PURSUANT TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file with the Registrar of Corporations this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A.

The name of the Corporation shall be:

PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

B.

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power:

 

(1)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels-and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and, all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, and outfit such vessels and ships.

 

(2)

To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce.

 

(3)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

 

 



 

(4)

To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, wharfingers, warehousemen, general traders.

 

(5)

To enter into, make and perform contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality, county, state, body politic, or government or colony or any dependency thereof.

 

(6)

To appoint or act as an agent, broker, or representative, general or special, in respect of any or all of the powers expressed herein or implied hereby; to appoint agents, brokers or representatives.

 

(7)

To carry on its business, to have one or more offices, and to exercise its powers in foreign countries, subject to the laws of the particular country.

 

(8)

To borrow or raise money and contract debts, when necessary, for the transaction of its business or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchise or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other instruments and evidences of indebtedness either secured by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or otherwise, or unsecured.

 

(9)

To give a guarantee not in furtherance of corporate purposes when authorized by majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote thereon and, when authorized by like vote, such guarantee may be secured by mortgage or pledge or creation of security interest in corporate property.

 

(10)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and description.

 

(11)

To apply for, secure by purchase or otherwise hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent, patent rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, relative to or useful in connection with any business of this corporation.

 

(12)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by, any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan,

 

 



subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority.

 

(13)

To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and any interest therein, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent Permitted by the laws of the Marshall Islands, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products, or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution.

 

(14)

To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever and to do all things incidental to such business.

 

(15)

To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidental thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and the making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused.

 

(16)

To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the

 

 



purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties.

 

(17)

To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person.

 

(18)

To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in the securities of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

(19)

To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose.

 

(20)

To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein.

 

(21)

To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or, incidental thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority.

 

(22)

To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of or operated by, any person, formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation.

 

 



 

(23)

To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

 

(24)

To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange.

 

(25)

To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in these Articles contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so.

 

(26)

To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Associations Law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote.

 

(27)

To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority.

 

(28)

To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general, to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of the Marshall Islands; to establish and maintain offices and agencies wherever situated; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights.

C.

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.

D.

The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

 

 



The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E.

The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act may have.

F.

The name and address of the incorporator is:

 

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.

 

P.O. Box 1405
Majuro
Marshall Islands

G.

The board of directors as well as the shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

H.

Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have executed this instrument on February 22, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Majuro Nominees Ltd.
Incorporator

 

by: 


/s/ S. Yioula

 

 

 

 

 

 



On February 22, 2007 before me personally came S. Yioula known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed.

 

 

 

 

/s/ [Authorized Signatory]

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.128 80 file80.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.128

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

I, Sophocles N. Zoullas, President of Pyrgi Shipping S.A., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the said Corporation hereby certify that:

I.

The name of the Corporation is Pyrgi Shipping S.A.

II.

The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Deputy Registrar of Corporations as of the 22nd day of February 2007.

III.

Section D of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

IV.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of this amendment, each share of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares will be cancelled.

V.

The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day August, 2007.

 

/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President

 

 

 

 


EX-3.129 81 file81.htm BYLAWS OF PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

Exhibit 3.129

BYLAWS

OF

PYRGI SHIPPING S.A.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be at such place or places as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Corporation may also have an office at such other places within or without the Marshall Islands as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on such day and at such time and place within or without the Marshall Islands as the board of directors may determine for the purpose of electing Directors and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Section 2. Special Meeting: Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose or purposes at any time by order of the board of directors or by any Officer whenever required in writing to do so by shareholders owning not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Such meetings shall be held at such place and at such time as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer of the Corporation calling any such meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 3. Notice Of Meetings: Notice of every annual and special meeting of shareholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter at least fifteen but not more than sixty days before such meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have his/her shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail, directed to the shareholder at his/her address as the same appears on the record of shareholders of the Corporation or at such address as to which the shareholder has given notice to the Secretary. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver without

 

 

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protesting prior to the conclusion thereof the lack of notice to him. If the Corporation shall issue any class of bearer shares, notice for all meetings shall be given in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4. Quorum: At all meetings of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, there must be present in person or by proxy shareholders holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but if less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Voting: If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote any shares on any manner to be voted upon at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote on such matter for each such share, and every holder of registered shares then entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy and every holder of bearer shares then entitled to vote may vote by tabling the stock certificate(s) or, if holders of bearer stock have presented their stock to the corporation within the time specified in the notice of the meeting in order to be considered “holders of record” then such holders of bearer stock may vote in person or by proxy. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number. The affairs, business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors to consist of at least one director. Within the limits fixed by these Bylaws, the number of directors may be determined by either a vote of a majority of the entire Board or by vote of shareholders. The directors need not be residents of the Marshall Islands nor shareholders of the Corporation. Corporations may, to the extent permitted by law, be elected directors.

Section 2. How Elected: Except as otherwise provided by law or Section 4 of this Article, the directors of the Corporation (other than the first Board of Directors if named in the Articles of Incorporation or designated by the Incorporator) shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his/her death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his/her term of office.

Section 3. Removal: Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders. Any director may be removed for cause by action of the Board of Directors.

 

 

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Section 4. Vacancies: Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by death, resignation, the creation of new directorships, the failure of the shareholders to elect the whole board at any annual election of directors, or, except as herein provided, for any other reason, including removal of directors for cause, may be filled either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, at any special meeting called for that purpose or at any regular meeting of the Board, except as otherwise prescribed by law or unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by vote of the shareholders. Vacancies occurring by removal of directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the shareholders.

Section 5. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at any regular meeting.

Section 6. Special Meeting: A Special meeting of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be called from time to time by any officer of the Corporation who is also a director. The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board upon written request directed to either of them by any two directors stating the time, place and purpose of such special meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall be held on a date and at such time and at such place as may be designated in the notice thereof by the officer calling the meeting.

Section 7. Notice of Special Meeting: Notice of the date, time and place of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least forty-eight hours prior to such meeting, unless the notice is given orally or delivered in person, in which case it shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. For the purpose of this Section, notice shall be deemed to have been given to a director if given personally (including by telephone) or if such notice be delivered to such director by mail, E-mail, telefax, cablegram, telex or teleprinter to his/her last known address. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before ort after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior to the conclusion thereof, the lack of notice to him/her.

Section 8. Quorum: A majority of the entire board, present in person or by proxy or by communications equipment, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 9. Voting: The vote of the majority of the directors, present in person or by proxy, in communication by telefax or conference telephone, at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board consent in writing thereto.

Section 10. Compensation of Directors and Members of Committees: The board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board of Directors and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Corporation.

 

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee and Other Committees: The Board may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members an Executive Committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate from among its members other committees to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, each of which shall perform such function and have such authority and powers as shall be delegated to it by said resolution or resolutions or as provided for in these Bylaws, except that only the Executive Committee may have and exercise the powers of the Board of Directors. Members of the Executive committee and any other committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the vote of the majority of the entire Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of the Board of Directors. Vacancies in the membership of such committees shall be filled by vote of the Board of Directors. Committees may adopt their own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such notice as they may determine. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. Number and Designation: The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. Officers may be of any nationality, need not be residents of the Marshall Islands and may be, but are not required to be, directors. Officers of the Corporation may be natural persons, corporations or other business entities. If an officer is corporation or other business entity, the duties of such officer may be carried out by any duly authorized representative of such corporation or other business entity acting in its name. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same natural person, corporation or other business entity.

The officers shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual election of directors, but in the event of the failure of the Board to so appoint any officer, such officer may be appointed at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The salaries of the officers and any other compensation paid to them shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any meeting appoint additional officers. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual election of directors and until his/her successor shall have been duly appointed and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his/her term of office through death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Any officer may be removed by the Board at any time

 

 

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with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 2. President or Managing Director (if applicable): The President or Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Corporation, together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President or Managing Director, except as specifically limited by appropriate written resolution of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors. If a natural person, the President or Managing Director shall preside at all meetings of shareholders at which he/she is present and if he/she is a director, at all meetings of the directors.

Section 3. Treasurer (if applicable): The Managing Director or, if there shall be no Managing Director, the Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities and other valuable effects of the Corporation and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such depositories as the board of directors may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, shall, whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Corporation, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Treasurer; and shall have the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or President.

Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall, if a natural person, act as Secretary of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she is present. The secretary shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Corporation; shall be the custodian of the corporate records and of the corporate seal of the Corporation; shall be empowered to affix the corporate seal to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him/her/it by the Board of Directors, Managing Director or the President.

Section 5. Other Officers: Officers other than those treated in section 2 through 4 of this article shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or by the President or Managing Director.

Section 6. Bond: The Board of Directors shall have the power to the extent permitted by law, to require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give bond for the faithful discharge of his/her duties in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

 

 

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ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Form and Issuance: The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in a form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board of Directors. Certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director. Signatures of the Officer and/or Director may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee.

Section 2. Transfer: The board of directors shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

Section 3. Loss of Stock Certificates: The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates thereof issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VII

DIVIDENDS

Section 1. Declaration and Form: Dividend may be declared in conformity with law by, and at the discretion of, the board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, stock, or other property of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 1. Corporate Seal: The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be circular in form, with the name of the corporation in the circumference and such other appropriate legend as the Board of directors may from time to time determine.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall be such period of twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. By the Shareholders: These Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock present and voting at such meeting provided notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon is inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2. By the Directors: If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, these Bylaws may be amended, added to, altered or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, subject, however, to the power of the shareholders to alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw as adopted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent of its powers granted under the provisions of, and in the situations described in, Section 60 of the Business Corporation Act.

 

 

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EX-3.130 82 file82.htm ART. OF INCORP. OF ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

Exhibit 3.130

The LISCR Trust Company
80 Broad Street
Monrovia
Liberia

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

PURSUANT TO THE LIBERIAN BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Liberian Business Corporation Act, does hereby make, subscribe, acknowledge and file in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs this instrument for that purpose, as follows:

A. The name of the Corporation shall be:

TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC.

B. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Liberian Business Corporation Act, without in any way limiting the foregoing, the special powers of the Corporation shall be:

(1) To purchase or otherwise acquire, underwrite, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of and generally to deal in, bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments or interests in the nature of securities created or issued by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association, or other business organizations, foreign or domestic, or by any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority, and exercise as holder or owner of any such securities all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any such securities and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities; to acquire or become interested in any such securities by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such securities be fully paid or subject to future payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to resale or investment or for any other lawful purpose; and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire and hold membership in or otherwise secure trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any securities are dealt in and to comply with the rules of any such institution; as used herein the term “securities” shall include bonds, debentures, notes, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, warrants, options, rights, certificates, receipts or any other instruments of interests in the nature of securities of any kind whatsoever which a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Act is legally permitted to acquire or deal in, by whomsoever issued or created; the term “person” shall include any person, partnership, firm, corporation, company, association or other business organization, domestic or foreign; and the term “public authority” shall include any domestic or foreign governmental, municipal or other public authority;

 

 

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(2) To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, turn to account in any manner, import, export, sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of, and generally to deal in, commodities and products (including any future interest therein) and merchandise, articles of commerce, materials, personal property and real property of every kind, character and description whatsoever, and wheresoever situated, and any interest therein, at any place or places in Liberia or abroad, either as principal or as a factor or broker, or as commercial, sales, business or financial agent or representative, general or special, or, to the extent permitted by the laws of Liberia, in any other capacity whatsoever for the account of any domestic or foreign person or public authority, and in connection therewith or otherwise to acquire trading privileges on any board of trade, exchange or other similar institution where any such products or commodities or personal or real property are dealt in, and to comply with the rules of any such institution;

(3) To engage in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever, within or without Liberia, and to do all things incidental to such business;

(4) To carry on the business of warehousing and all business incidentals thereto, including the issuing of warehouse receipts, negotiable or otherwise, and making of advances or loans upon the security of goods warehoused;

(5) To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, build, erect, construct, maintain, and operate, develop, improve and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of lands, and improvements, warehouses, factories, buildings, structures, piers, wharves, mills, dams, stores and dwellings and all other property and things of whatsoever kind and nature, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, within or without Liberia, and in any part of the world, suitable or necessary in connection with any of the purposes hereinabove or hereinafter set forth, or otherwise deal with or in any such properties;

(6) To acquire, hold, use, sell, assign, lease, and grant licenses or sub-licenses in respect of, pledge or otherwise dispose of, letters patent of Liberia or any foreign country, patent rights, licenses, privileges inventions, improvement processes, copyrights, trademarks and trade names relating to or useful in connection with any business of the Corporation,

(7) To cause to be formed, merged, reorganized or liquidated, and to promote, take charge of, in any way permitted by law, the formation, merger, reorganization or liquidation of any person in Liberia or abroad;

(8) To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct, to pay for the same in cash or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, and conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired;

(9) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, lease, charter, sub-charter, sell, build, and repair steamships, motorships, tankers, whaling

 

 

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vessels, sailing vessels, tugs, lighters, barges, and all other vessels and craft of any and all motive power whatsoever, including aircraft, landcraft, and any and all means of conveyance and transportation by land, water or air, together with engines, boilers, machinery equipment and appurtenances of all kinds, including masts, sails, boats, anchors, cables, tackle, furniture and all other necessities, thereunto appertaining and belonging, together with all materials, articles, tools, equipment and appliances necessary, suitable or convenient for the construction, equipment, use and operation thereof; and to equip, furnish, outfit such vessels and ships.

(10) To engage in ocean, coastwise and inland commerce, and generally in the carriage of freight, goods, cargo in bulk, passengers, mail and personal effects by water between the various ports of the world and to engage generally in waterborne commerce throughout the world.

(11) To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, use, operate, lease, build, repair, sell or in any manner dispose of docks, piers, quays, wharves, dry docks, warehouses and storage facilities of all kinds, and any property, real, personal and mixed, in connection therewith.

(12) To act as ship’s husband, ship brokers, custom house brokers, ship’s agents, manager of shipping property, freight contractors, forwarding agents, warehousemen, wharfingers, ship chandlers, and general traders.

(13) To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with any person or public authority, to obtain therefrom or otherwise to acquire by purchase, lease, assignment or otherwise any powers, rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, guarantees, grants and concessions, to acquire, hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, and to undertake and prosecute any business dependent thereon provided it is such a business as this Corporation may engage in; and to promote, cause to be formed and aid in any way any person for any such purpose;

(14) To make and issue trust receipts, deposit receipts, certificates of deposit, interim receipts, or any other receipts for, or certificates of deposit for, any securities or interest therein; to acquire and exercise any proxies or powers of attorney or other privileges pertaining to any securities or interest therein;

(15) To enter into, make, perform and carry out or cancel and rescind contracts for any lawful purposes pertaining to its business with any person or public authority;

(16) To render advisory, investigatory, supervisory, managerial or other like services, permitted to corporations, in connection with the promotion, organization, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, consolidation or merger of any person or in connection with the issuance, underwriting, sale or distribution of any securities issued in connection therewith or incident thereto; and to render general investment advisory or financial advisory or managerial services to any person or public authority;

(17) To cause or allow the legal title, or any legal or equitable estate, right or interest in any property, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, acquired, controlled or operated by the Corporation, to remain or to be vested or registered in the name of, or operated by, any person,

 

 

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formed or to be formed, either upon trust for or as agents or nominees of, this Corporation, or upon any other proper terms or conditions which the Board of Directors may consider for the benefit of the Corporation;

(18) To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concession or cooperation with any person or public authority, in the carrying on of any similar business which the Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation.

(19) To the extent suitable or necessary to carry out any of the purposes hereinbefore or hereinafter set forth, but only in so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Act, to buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange;

(20) To invest its uninvested funds and/or surplus from time to time to such extent as the Corporation may deem advisable in securities or in call and/or in time loans or otherwise, upon such security, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine, but the Corporation shall not engage in the banking business or exercise banking powers, and nothing in this Certificate contained shall be deemed to authorize it to do so;

(21) To make any guaranty so far as the same may be permitted to be done by a corporation organized under the Liberian Business Corporation Act.

(22) To borrow or raise monies for any of the purposes of the Corporation and from time to time, without limit as to amount to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issued promissory notes, drafts, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or non-negotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment thereof and of the interest thereon by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of the whole or any part of the assets of the Corporation, real, personal or mixed, including contract rights whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such securities of the Corporation for its corporate purposes;

(23) To issue, purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any securities of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Liberian Business Corporation Act; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock owned by the Corporation shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly, nor counted as outstanding for the purpose of any stockholders’ quorum or vote;

(24) To act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as agent, broker, or representative, general or special, for any person or public authority, including, but without limitation of the foregoing, to act as agent, broker or representative, general or special, for any person engaged in the business of writing insurance, but only to the extent permitted to corporations organized pursuant to the Liberian Business Corporation Act;

(25) To do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth, as principal, factor, agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or in company with others; and in general to carry on any other similar business which is incidental or conducive or convenient or proper to the attainment

 

 

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of the foregoing purposes or any of them and which is not forbidden by law; and to exercise any and all powers which now or hereafter may be lawful for the Corporation to exercise under the laws of Liberia; to establish and maintain offices and agencies within and anywhere outside of Liberia; and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights in Liberia and in any foreign countries.

The foregoing clauses shall be construed as both purposes and powers and the matters expressed in each clause shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, be in no ways limited by reference or inference from the terms of any other clause but shall be regarded as independent purposes and powers; and the enumerations of specific purposes and powers shall not be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the meaning of general terms or the general powers of the Corporation; nor shall the expression of one thing be deemed to exclude another, although it be of like nature, not expressed.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving the Corporation any rights, powers or privileges not now or hereafter permitted by the Liberian Business Corporation Act to Corporations formed there under.

C. The registered address of the Corporation in Liberia shall be 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address shall be The LISCR Trust Company.

D. The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value.

The Corporation shall mail notices and information to holders of bearer shares to the address provided to the Corporation by the shareholder for that purpose.

E. The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the Liberian Business Corporation Act may have.

F. The name and mailing address of each incorporator and subscriber of these Articles of Incorporation and the number of shares of stock subscribed by each incorporator is:

 

Name

 

Post Office Address

 

No. of Shares of Common Stock Subscribed

M. Lang

 

80 Broad Street

 

One Monrovia, Liberia

G. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is Two (2).

The number of directors may be increased up to five (5) either by resolution of the sole director or by resolution of the shareholder.

H. The Board of Directors as well as the Shareholders of the Corporation shall have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation.

 

 

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I. Corporate existence shall begin upon filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs as of the filing date stated on these Articles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument on September 1, 2005.

 

/s/ M. Lang

 

 

M. Lang

 

 

 

$12.00 REVENUE STAMPS ON ORIGINAL

On September 1, 2005 before me personally came M. Lang to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and he duly acknowledged to me that the execution thereof was his act and deed.

 

/s/

 

 

 

THE LISCR TRUST COMPANY

80 Broad Street

Monrovia, Liberia

The LISCR Trust Company hereby accepts the appointment with effect from the 1st day of September, 2005 as Registered Agent, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 of the Business Corporation Act 1977, The Associations Law, Title 5, as Amended, of the Liberian Code of Laws Revised, for

TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC.

Registration Number C - 107667

and hereby certifies that the office of The LISCR Trust Company is located at 80 Broad Street, City of Monrovia, County of Montserrado, Republic of Liberia.

Dated this 1st day of September, 2005

 

For and on behalf of
THE LISCR TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 


/s/ Joseph Keller

 

 

JOSEPH KELLER

 

 

 

General Manager

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.131 83 file83.htm ART. OF AMEND. OF INCORP. OF ANEMI MARITIME SRVCS.

Exhibit 3.131

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

We, Sophocles N. Zoullas, being the duly appointed, qualified and acting President and Secretary, and Alan Ginsberg, being the duly appointed, qualified and acting Treasurer, of Anemi Maritime Services S.A. (the “Corporation”), a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Liberia as of the 1st day of September 2005, with registration number C-107667, for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation hereby certify that:

I. The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the name TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC. as of the 1st day of September 2005.

II. A Previous Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was filed on the 11th day of October 2005, changing the name to ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

III. The within amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holder of all of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders.

IV. Section D of the Articles of Incorporation presently reads as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Five Hundred (500) bearer shares without par value”, and is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“The aggregate number of shares of stock that the Corporation is authorised to issue is five hundred (500) registered shares without par value”.

V. Upon filing of the within amendment, each shares of the Corporation’s bearer stock outstanding will be exchanged for a share of the Corporation’s registered stock, and all such bearer shares shall be cancelled.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed these Articles of Amendment on this 20th day of August, 2007.

 


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Sophocles N. Zoullas, President/Secretary

 

 

 

 


/s/ Alan Ginsberg

 

 

Alan Ginsberg, Treasurer

 

 

 

“$1.00 REVENUE STAMPS ON ORIGINAL”

 

 

 



 

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COUNTY OF NEW YORK

 

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On this the 20th day of August, 2007, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, qualified in New York County, personally appeared Sophocles N. Zoullas and Alan Ginsberg, to me known and known to me to be a the President/Secretary and the Treasurer, respectively, of Anemi Maritime Services S.A. and they jointly and severally duly acknowledged to me that the execution of the within amendment was their act and deed.

COUNTY CLERK

NEW YORK COUNTY

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

 

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)

 

ss

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

 

)

 

 

585412

I, NORMAN GOODMAN, County Clerk and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in and for the County of New York, a Court of Record, having by law a seal, DO HEREBY CERTIFY pursuant to the Executive Law of the State of New York, that

/s/ Elaine Bryant                        

whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit, deposition, certificate of acknowledgment or proof, was at the time of taking the same a NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of New York duly commissioned, sworn and qualified to act as such; that pursuant to law, a commission or a certificate of his official character, with his autograph signature has been filed in my office; that at the time of taking such proof, acknowledgment or oath, he was duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such NOTARY PUBLIC or have compared the signature on the annexed instrument with his autograph signature deposited in my office, and I believe that such signature is genuine.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand affixed my official seal this

/s/ AUG 21 2007

FEE PAID $3.00

 


/s/ Norman Goodman

 

 

County Clerk and Clerk of the Supreme Court, New York County

 

 

 

 

United States of America
State of New York

 

 

By 

 

 

 

Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez
Secretary of State and Custodian of the Great Seal Thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 



It is hereby certified, that Norman Goodman was Clerk of the County of New York in the State of New York and Clerk of the Supreme Court therein, being a Court of Record, on the day of the date of the annexed certificate, and duly authorized to grant same; that the seal affixed to said certificate is the seal of said County and Court; that the attestation thereof of said Clerk is in due form and executed by the proper officer; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to said Clerk’s official acts.

In Testimony Whereof, the Great Seal of the State is hereunto affixed.

Witness my hand at the city of New York

this 21st day of August Two Thousand and Seven

Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez

Secretary of State

 


/s/ Joseph T. Amello

 

 

Joseph T. Amello
Special Deputy Secretary of State

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-3.132 84 file84.htm AMENDMENT INCORPORATION ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES SA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC

Exhibit 3.132

We, the undersigned, being the duly appointed, qualified and acting President/Treasurer/Director and V. President/Secretary/Director of “TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC” (the “Corporation”), a Corporation organized under the Laws of the Republic of Liberia on the 1st September 2005, with Registration Number C-107667, hereby

CERTIFY THAT:

1. The name of the corporation is “TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC”

2. The Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs as of the 1st day of September 2005.

3. No amendment has been made to the Articles of Incorporation prior to the filing of these Articles of Amendment.

4. The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorised by vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

5. Section A of the Articles of Incorporation presently reads as follows:

A.- The name of the corporation shall be:

TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC

Is hereby amended to read as follows:

A. The name of the Corporation shall be:

ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

6. The Restated Articles of Incorporation as here included restate but do not change the provisions of the original Articles of Incorporation as amended and there is no discrepancy between the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation as previously amended, and e provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation.

7. The Articles of Incorporation, as previously amended are restated as follows:

A.- The name of the Corporation shall be:

ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these Articles of Amendment on this 6th day of October 2005.

 

/s/ Ioannis Kouimanis

 

 

 

Ioannis Kouimanis

 

 

 

 

 



President/Treasurer/Director

 

/s/ Moschos Apostolidis

 

 

 

Moschos Apostolidis
V.President/Secretary/Director

 

 

 

NOTARIAL STATEMENT:

On this 6th day of October 2005 before me personally came Mr. Ioannis Kouimanis and Mr. Moschos Apostolidis known to me to be the individuals described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and they severally duly acknowledge to me that the execution thereof was the act and deed of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Nick Soutos

 

 

 

Nick Soutos
Consul General
Consulate General of Liberia

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-3.133 85 file85.htm BYLAWS OF ANEMI MARITIME SERVICES S.A.

BY-LAWS

Exhibit 3.133

“TSANGARIS MARINE SERVICES INC”

ARTICLE 1

OFFICES

The principal office of the Corporation shall be in Monrovia, Liberia. The corporation may also have an office or offices at such other places within or outside Liberia as the board of directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held at such place within or outside Liberia as the board of directors may determine on the day of ______ in each and every year (or if said day be a legal holiday) then on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday, at 10.00 o’clock in the forenoon for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be held at such places within or outside Liberia as the board of directors may determine upon call of the board of directors or the president or the holders of record of shares entitled in the aggregate to more than a majority of the number of votes which could at the time be cast by the holders of all shares of the capital stock of the corporation at the time outstanding and entitled to vote, at such time as may be fixed by the board of directors or the president of such stockholders, and as may be stated in the call and notice. The purpose for which a special meeting of stockholders may be held shall include the removal from office of any or all of the Directors, whether or not any cause exists for such removal, and the election of directors in place of those removed.

SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice (including notice by telegram, cablegram or radiogram) of the time, place and purpose or purposes of every meeting of stockholders, signed by any director or officer or an assistant secretary, shall be served upon or mailed to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and upon any stockholder would be entitled to have his stock appraised if such action were taken, not less than fifteen days nor more than sixty days before the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to such stockholder at his home or post-office address as it appears upon the records of the corporation. Such further notice shall be given by mail, publication or otherwise, as may be required by the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or by law. Meetings may be held without notice if all of the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting as aforesaid are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, or if notice is waived by those not so present or represented.

SECTION 4. Quorum. At every meeting of the stockholders the holders of record of shares entitled in the aggregate to more than a majority of the number of votes which could at the time be cast by the holders of all shares of the capital stock of the corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote if such holders were present or represented at the meeting, shall constitute a

 

 



quorum. If at any meeting there shall be no quorum, the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice them than announcement at the meeting, until such quorum shall have been obtained, when any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as first convened had been a quorum.

SECTION 5. Voting. At all meetings of the stockholders, each holder of record of outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereat, may so vote either in person or by proxy, appointed by instrument in writing (including telegraph, cable radiogram). No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution unless the stockholders executing it shall have specified therein a longer time during which it is to continue in force.

SECTION 6. Record of Stockholders. The board of directors may prescribe a period, not exceeding forty days prior to any meeting of the stockholders, during which no transfer of stock on the books of the corporation may be made. In lien of prohibiting the transfer of stock as aforesaid, the board of directors may fix a day and hour, not more than forty days prior to the holding of any such meeting, as the day as of which stockholders of record entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined, and all persons who were holders of record of voting stock at such time and no others shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Number. Subject to any by-law made by the stockholders of the corporation, the number of directors within the maximum limits provided for in the certificate of incorporation may be changed from time to time by the stockholders or by the board of directors.

SECTION 2. Meetings of the Board. Meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such place within or without Liberia as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the board, or as may be specified in the call of any meeting. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times as may from time to time be fixed by resolutions of the board. Notice need not be given of the regular meetings of the board held at times fixed by resolution of the Board. Special meetings of the board may be held at any time upon the call of the president or any directors by oral, telegraphic or written notice, duly served on or sent to or mailed to each director not less than one day before such meeting. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice, if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing.

SECTION 3. Annual Meeting of Directors. An annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held in each year after the adjournment of the annual stockholders’ meeting and on the same day. If a quorum of the directors be not present on the day appointed for the annual meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned to some convenient day. No notice need by given of the annual meeting of the board of directors.

 

 

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SECTION 4. Quorum. A majority of the directors at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but if any meeting of the board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall have been obtained.

SECTION 5. Vacancies. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors remaining in office even though less than a quorum, provided that in case of an increase in the number of directors the vacancy or vacancies so created shall be filled by the stockholders. The directors so chosen shall hold office, unless they are therefore removed from office by the stockholders, until the next annual election or until their successors shall be duly elected and qualify.

SECTION 6. Resignation. Any director of the corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the president or to the secretary of the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 7. Removal. Any or all of the directors may be removed without cause by vote of the shareholders.

SECTION 8. Organization. At such meeting of the board of directors, the president or, in the absence of the president, a chairman chosen by a majority of the directors present shall preside, and the secretary of the corporation or, in the absence of the secretary, a person appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. The board of directors may adopt such rules and regulations as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with law or with these by-laws, for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the affairs of the corporation.

SECTION 9. Powers. The board of directors shall have general power to manage the business of the corporation. The board of directors may authorize the president or any other officer or officers of the corporation to confer all kinds of powers of attorney upon any person, persons or entities (including power of attorney in favour of lawyers, solicitors or judicial agents, in order to enable them to carry on and perform the legal representation of the corporation in connection with any judicial process), with all the faculties and powers that he or they may deem convenient, and also to revoke the same in whole or in part.

SECTION 10. Compensation. In addition to reimbursement for his reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings or otherwise in connection with his attention to the affairs of the corporation, each director who is not a salaried officer of the corporation shall be entitled to receive such remuneration for serving as a director and as a member of any committees of the board as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. This by-law shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

 

 

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SECTION 1. Executive Committee. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board designate two or more of the members of the board to constitute an executive committee. The executive committee shall have and may exercise, so far as may be permitted by law, all of the powers of the board in the management of the affairs and property of the corporation, and the exercise of its corporate powers during the intervals between meetings of the board of directors and shall have power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but the executive committee shall not have power to fill vacancies in the executive committee, or to make or amend by -laws of the corporation. The board shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of or to dissolve the executive committee. The executive committee may hold meetings and make rules for the conduct of its business and appoint such committees and assistants as it shall from time to time deem necessary. A majority of the members of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum. All action of the executive committee shall be reported to the board at its meeting next succeeding such action.

SECTION 2. Other Committees. The board of directors may, in its direction, by resolution, appoint other committees which shall have and may exercise such powers as shall be conferred or authorized by the resolution appointing them. A majority of any such committee, composed of more than two members, may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the board of directors shall otherwise provide. The board shall have power at any time to change the membership of any such committee, to fill vacancies, and to discharge any such committee.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Officers and Agents. The board of directors shall appoint a president, a secretary, and treasurer for the corporation. The board of directors may also appoint from time to time one or more vice-presidents and such assistant secretaries, assistant treasurers and other officers, agents, factors and employees as may be deemed necessary. No officer except the president need be a director of the corporation. The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by the board of directors, and the fact that any officer is a director shall not preclude him from receiving a salary or from voting upon the resolution providing the same. Any person may hold two or more offices. Officers, agents, factors or employees of the corporation may be of any nationality and need not be residents of Liberia.

SECTION 2. Term of Office. The term of office of all officers shall be one year or until their respective successors are chosen and qualify, but any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board then in office.

SECTION 3. Powers and Duties. The officers, agents, factors and employees of the corporation shall each have such powers and duties in the management of the property and affairs of the corporation, subject to the control of the board of directors, as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be prescribed by

 

 

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the board of directors. The board of directors may require any such officer, agent factor, or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1. Certificate of Shares. The interest of each stockholder shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates for shares of stock of the corporation in such form as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The certificates of stock shall be signed by any director or the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or an assistant secretary and sealed with the seal of the corporation, and shall be countersigned and registered in such manner, if any, as the board may by resolution prescribe; provided that, in case such certificates are required by such resolution to be signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk and by a registar, the signatures of any director or the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or an assistant secretary and the seal of the corporation upon such certificates may be facsimiles, engraved or printed.

SECTION 2. Transfers. Shares in the capital stock of the corporation shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereof or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the corporation or its agents may reasonably require.

SECTION 3. Lost or Destroyed Stock Certificates. No certificates for shares of stock of the corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, except upon production of such evidence of the loss, theft or destruction and upon indemnification of the corporation and its agents to such extent and in such manner as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE VII

CHECKS, NOTES, ETC

All checks and drafts on the corporation’s bank accounts and all bills of exchange and promissory notes and all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed by such officer or officers or agent or agents as shall be there onto authorized from time to time by the board of directors.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty first day of December following.

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE SEAL

 

 

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The corporate seal have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and such other appropriate legend as the board of directors may from time to time determine. In lieu of the corporate seal, when so authorized by the board of directors or a duly empowered committee thereof, a facsimile thereof may be impressed or affixed or reproduced.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

The by-laws of the corporation may be amended, added to, rescinded or repealed at any meeting of the stockholders by the vote of the holders of record of shares entitled in the aggregate to more than a majority of the number of votes which could at the time be cast by the holders of all shares of the capital stock of the corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote if all such holders were present or represented at the meeting, provided notice of the proposed change is given in the notice of the meeting. The board of directors may, from time to time, amend these by-laws or make additional by - laws for the corporation at any regular or special meeting at which notice of the proposed change is given, subject, however, to the power of the stockholders to alter, amend, or repeal any by-laws made by the board of directors.

 

/s/ Ioannis Kouimanis

 

 

 

Ioannis Kouimanis

 

 

 

 

/s/ Moschos Apostolidis

 

 

 

Moschos Apostolidis

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-5.1 86 file86.htm OPINION OF SEWARD AND KISSEL

[Letterhead of Seward & Kissel LLP]

Exhibit 5.1

 

December 31, 2007  

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

477 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Re:

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (the “Company”) and each of the Company’s subsidiaries listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively the “Additional Registrants”) with respect to matters of Marshall Islands and Liberian law in connection with the Company’s filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as may be amended, the “Registration Statement”) and the prospectus included therein (as may be amended or supplemented, the “Prospectus”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 31, 2007, pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the public offering from time to time of securities of the Company which may include common shares, preferred shares, debt securities (which debt securities may be guaranteed by the Additional Registrants pursuant to one or more guarantee), warrants, purchase contracts and units (collectively the “Securities”). The Prospectus of the Company will be supplemented from time to time each time that the Securities are offered by the Company and the Additional Registrants pursuant to the Registration Statement.

We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Prospectus; and (iii) such corporate documents and records of the Company and each Additional Registrant and such other instruments, certificates and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such examinations, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or drafts of documents to be executed, the genuineness of all signatures and the legal competence or capacity of persons or entities to complete the execution of documents. As to various questions of fact which are material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied upon statements or certificates of public officials, directors of the Company, the Additional Registrants and others.

We have further assumed for the purposes of this opinion, without investigation, that (i) all documents contemplated by the Prospectus to be executed in connection with any offering of the Securities will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto other than the Company and the Additional Registrants, and (ii) the terms of any offering of Securities

 

 



Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
December 31, 2007
Page 2

 

will comply in all respects with the terms, conditions and restrictions described in the Prospectus and all of the instruments, agreements and other documents relating thereto or executed in connection therewith.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and having regard to such other legal considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Liberia:

(1) The Company has the authority pursuant to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated June 3, 2005 to issue up to 125 million shares of its capital stock, of which the Company may issue 100 million shares of common stock and 25 million shares of preferred stock, and upon the adoption by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) of a resolution in form and content as required by Marshall Islands law and upon the issuance and delivery of and the payment for shares of the Company’s common stock and preferred stock, as the case may be, in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as supplemented at the time of issuance, and assuming the Company has a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock, such shares of common stock and preferred stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;

(2) The Company has the authority to issue the debt securities, and the Additional Registrants have the authority to issue the guarantees, and when the debt securities and guarantees have been duly established in accordance with the applicable indenture and applicable law, and upon adoption by the Board of a resolution in form and content as required by Marshall Islands law and the adoption of each Additional Registrant of the necessary corporate authority as required by Marshall Islands or Liberian Law, as the case may be, and upon due authentication, execution and delivery of the debt securities and guarantees by the indenture trustee against payment therefore in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as supplemented at the time of issuance, the debt securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and the guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Additional Registrant issuing such guarantee, enforceable against such Additional Registrant in accordance with its terms;

(3) The Company has the authority to issue the warrants, and when the warrants have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with applicable law, and upon adoption by the Board of a resolution in form and content as required by Marshall Islands law and upon issuance and delivery of and payment for the warrants in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as supplemented at the time of issuance, the warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms;

(4) The Company has the authority to issue the purchase contracts, and when the purchase contracts have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with applicable law, and upon adoption by the Board of a resolution in form and content as required by Marshall Islands law and upon issuance and delivery of and payment for the purchase contracts in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as supplemented at the time of issuance, the purchase contracts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms; and

 

 



Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
December 31, 2007
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(5) The Company has the authority to issue the units, and when the units have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with applicable law, and upon adoption by the Board of a resolution in form and content as required by Marshall Islands law and upon issuance and delivery of and payment for the units in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as supplemented at the time of issuance, the units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

This opinion is limited to the law of the State of New York and the Federal law of the United States of America and the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and of the Republic of Liberia as in effect on the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to each reference to us and the discussions of advice provided by us under the headings “Tax Considerations—Marshall Islands Tax Considerations”, “Tax Considerations—United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus, without admitting we are “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 
/s/ Seward & Kissel LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 



Schedule I – Additional Registrants

 

 

Cardinal Shipping LLC
Condor Shipping LLC
Crested Eagle Shipping LLC
Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC
Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC
Falcon Shipping LLC
Golden Eagle Shipping LLC
Griffon Shipping LLC
Harrier Shipping LLC
Hawk Shipping LLC
Heron Shipping LLC
Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC
Jaeger Shipping LLC
Kestrel Shipping LLC
Kite Shipping LLC
Kittiwake Shipping LLC
Merlin Shipping LLC
Oriole Shipping LLC
Osprey Shipping LLC
Peregrine Shipping LLC
Petrel Shipping LLC
Puffin Shipping LLC
Raptor Shipping LLC
Roadrunner Shipping LLC
Robin Shipping LLC
Saker Shipping LLC
Sandpiper Shipping LLC
Shikra Shipping LLC
Shrike Shipping LLC
Skua Shipping LLC
Snipe Shipping LLC
Sparrow Shipping LLC
Stellar Eagle Shipping LLC
Swift Shipping LLC
Tern Shipping LLC

Agali Shipping S.A.
Anemi Maritime Services S.A.
Avlona Shipping S.A.
Delfini Shipping S.A.
Drosato Shipping S.A.
Fountana Shipping S.A.
Kampia Shipping S.A.
Kofina Shipping S.A.
Marmaro Shipping S.A.
Mesta Shipping S.A.
Mylos Shipping S.A.
Nagos Shipping S.A.
Nenita Shipping S.A.
Olympi Shipping S.A.
Pelineo Shipping S.A.
Pyrgi Shipping S.A.
Rahi Shipping S.A.
Sirikari Shipping S.A.
Spilia Shipping S.A.

 

 


EX-12 87 file87.htm RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES



     Exhibit 12


Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Calculation


Period ended

December 31, 2005

June 30, 2006

September 30, 2006

December 31, 2006

September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Net Income Per Statement (10Q or 10K)

$6,653,400

$20,184,237

$29,284,974

$33,801,540

$35,914,378

2.Fixed Charges (as per below)

7,208,641

4,183,673

7,364,009

10,808,196

13,045,890

3.Capitalized Interest (as per below)

(259,580)

(3,256,349)

Total Earnings

$13,862,041

$24,367,910

$36,648,983

$44,350,156

$45,703,919

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Charges

 

 

 

 

 

1. All Interest

$5,979,864

$4,117,448

$7,246,518

$10,370,370

$9,609,471

2a. Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs

98,065

66,225

117,491

178,246

180,070

2b. Write-Off of Debt Issuance Costs

1,130,712

 

3. Interest Portion of Rental Expense

4. Preferred Stock Dividends

5. Capitalized Interest

259,580

3,256,349

Total

$7,208,641

$4,183,673

$7,364,009

$10,808,196

$13,045,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

1.9

5.8

5.0

4.1

3.5






EX-21 88 file88.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF EAGLE BULK SHIPPING

Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

The following is a list of subsidiaries of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. as of the date of the registration statement of which it forms an exhibit.

 

Entity

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Formation

Agali Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Anemi Maritime Services S.A.

 

Liberia

Avalona Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Cardinal Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Condor Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Crested Eagle Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Crowned Eagle Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Delfini Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Drosato Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Eagle Bulk (Delaware) LLC

 

Delaware

Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Falcon Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Fountana Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Golden Eagle Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Griffon Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Harrier Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Hawk Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Heron Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Imperial Eagle Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Jaeger Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Kampia Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Kestrel Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Kite Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Kittiwake Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Kofina Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Marmaro Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Merlin Shipping LLC

 

Marshall Islands

Mesta Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Mylos Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Nagos Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Nenita Shipping S.A.

 

Marshall Islands

Olympi Shipping S.A.

 

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EX-23.2 89 file89.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP




Exhibit 23.2


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. for the registration of debt or equity securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 28, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


New York, New York

December 28, 2007






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