SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD

(Last) (First) (Middle)
299 PARK AVENUE
12TH FLOOR

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10171

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Baltic Trading Ltd [ BALT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/28/2013
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Stock (1) 05/28/2013 J(2) 128,383 (1) (1) Common Stock 128,383 $0 5,827,471 I(3) See Footnote(3)
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each share of Class B Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Common Stock, for no additional consideration. In accordance with the instructions to Form 4, holdings of shares of Class B Stock are reported in Table II.
2. The 128,383 shares of Class B Stock of the Issuer received in the transaction reported on this form are received pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (the "Subscription Agreement"), dated March 3, 2010, between the Issuer and Genco Investments LLC ("Genco Investments"). For so long as Genco Investments or its affiliates holds at least 10% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of the Issuer's Common Stock and Class B Stock, Genco Investments is entitled to receive an additional number of shares of Class B Stock equal to 2% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued by the Issuer, excluding any shares of Common Stock issued as an award or issuable upon exercise of an award under the Issuer's Equity Inventive Plan.
3. The securities received in the transaction reported in this form are owned by Genco Investments and may be deemed beneficially owned by Genco Shipping & Trading Limited ("Genco") by virtue of its ownership of Genco Investments. Genco disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission that Genco has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.
Remarks:
/s/ John C. Wobensmith, CFO 05/28/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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