Exhibit 1
June 21, 2024
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF EUROSEAS LTD.
Enclosed is a Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Euroseas Ltd. (the “Company”) which will be held at the
offices of Seward & Kissel LLP, 901 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20001, on July 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM. The Company’s Proxy Statement, annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”), and certain other related materials may be found on the Company’s website at http://euroseas.agmdocuments.com/agm2024.html. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company’s proxy materials,
including its Annual Report, free of charge upon written request to the Company at 4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece.
At this Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”), shareholders of the Company will consider and vote upon proposals:
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To elect one Class B Director to serve for a term of three years until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Proposal One”);
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To approve the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants, S.A. as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (“Proposal Two”);
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To transact other such business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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Adoption of Proposal One requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote
and voting at the Meeting. Adoption of Proposal Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and voting at the Meeting.
You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. If you attend the Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote
your shares in person.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN
AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION IN RETURNING YOUR EXECUTED PROXY PROMPTLY WILL BE APPRECIATED.
ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.
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Very truly yours,
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Aristides J. Pittas
Chief Executive Officer |
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4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece
Tel: +30-211-1804005, Fax: +30-211-1804097
e-mail: aha@euroseas.gr
website: http:///www.euroseas.gr
Tel: +30-211-1804005, Fax: +30-211-1804097
e-mail: aha@euroseas.gr
website: http:///www.euroseas.gr
EUROSEAS LTD.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 16, 2024
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 16, 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Euroseas Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held on July 16,
2024, at 11:00 AM, at the offices of Seward & Kissel LLP, 901 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20001, for the following purposes, of which items 1 and 2 are more completely set forth in the Proxy Statement:
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To elect one Class B Director to serve for a term of three years until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Proposal One”);
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To approve the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants, S.A. as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (“Proposal Two”);
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To transact other such business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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The Company’s Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on June 10, 2024 as the record date for the determination
of the shareholders entitled to receive notice and to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION IN RETURNING YOUR EXECUTED PROXY PROMPTLY WILL BE APPRECIATED. ANY SIGNED PROXY
RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.
The Notice of the Annual Meeting, the Proxy Statement and certain other related materials, such as the Company’s annual
report on Form 20-F that contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”), may be found on the Company’s website at http://euroseas.agmdocuments.com/agm2024.html. Any shareholder
may receive a hard copy of the Company’s proxy materials, including its Annual Report, free of charge upon written request to the Company at 4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece. If you attend the annual meeting, you may revoke
your proxy and vote in person.
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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Stephania Karmiri
Secretary |
June 21, 2024
Maroussi, Greece
Maroussi, Greece
EUROSEAS LTD.
4 MESSOGIOU & EVROPIS STREET
151 24 MAROUSSI, GREECE
4 MESSOGIOU & EVROPIS STREET
151 24 MAROUSSI, GREECE
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PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 16, 2024
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 16, 2024
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INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Euroseas Ltd., a Marshall Islands
corporation (the “Company”), for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the offices of Seward & Kissel LLP, 901 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20001, on July 16, 2024, at 11:00 AM, or at any adjournment or postponement
thereof (the “Meeting”), for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Notice of the Annual Meeting and the form of proxy are expected to be mailed to shareholders of the Company entitled to
vote at the Meeting on or about June 21, 2024. These materials, together with the Proxy Statement, the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the
“Annual Report”), and certain other related materials may be found on the Company’s website at http://euroseas.agmdocuments.com/agm2024.html. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company’s proxy materials, including its Annual Report, free
of charge upon written request to the Company at 4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece.
VOTING RIGHTS AND OUTSTANDING SHARES
On June 10, 2024 (the “Record Date”), the Company had outstanding 6,953,831 shares of common stock, par value $0.03 per
share (the “Common Shares”). Each holder of Common Shares of record at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each Common Share then held. One or more shareholders representing at least a majority of the total votes
eligible to be cast at the Meeting that are present in person or by proxy at the Meeting shall be a quorum for the purposes of the Meeting. The shares represented by any proxy in the enclosed form will be voted in accordance with the instructions
given on the proxy if the proxy is properly executed and is received by the Company prior to the close of voting at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Any proxies returned without instructions will be voted FOR the proposals set
forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The Common Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ESEA.”
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
A shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised unless such proxy is irrevocable. A proxy
may be revoked by filing with the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s executive office, Euroseas Ltd., 4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece, a written notice of revocation by a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or
by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
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PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTOR
The Company currently has a total of seven directors divided into three classes. As provided in the Company’s Bylaws, each
director is elected to serve for a three-year term and until such director’s successor is elected and has qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of his term of office. The term of our three
current Class A Directors expires in 2026, the term of our two current Class B directors expires in 2024 and the term of our two current Class C Directors expires in 2025. The Board has nominated Mr. Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos for re-election as a
Class B Director whose term would expire at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Unless the proxy is marked to indicate that such authorization is expressly withheld, the persons named in the enclosed
proxy intend to vote the shares authorized thereby “FOR” the election of the following nominee. It is expected that the nominee will be able to serve, but if before the election it develops that the nominee is unavailable, the persons named in the
accompanying proxy will vote for the election of such substitute nominee as the current Board may recommend.
Nominee for Election to the Company’s Board of Directors
Information concerning the nominee for Director of the Company is set forth below:
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Age
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Position
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Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
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63
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Class B Director
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Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
has been a member of our Board of Directors since our inception on May 5, 2005. Since July 2002, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of STAR INVESTMENTS S.A., one of the leading Mass Media Companies in Greece, running television and radio
stations. From July 1997 to July 2002 he was the C.E.O. of the Hellenic Post Group, the Universal Postal Service Provider, having the largest retail network in Greece for postal and financial services products. From March 1996 until July 1997, Mr.
Kyriakopoulos was the General Manager of ATEMKE SA, one of the leading construction companies in Greece listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. From December 1986 to March 1996, he was the Managing Director of Globe Group of Companies, a group active in
the areas of shipowning and management, textiles and food and distribution. The company was listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. From June 1983 to December 1986, Mr. Kyriakopoulos was an assistant to the Managing Director of Armada Marine S.A., a
company active in international trading and shipping, owning and managing a fleet of twelve vessels. Presently he is Chairman of the Hellenic Private Television Owners Association, BoD member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and BoD
member of Digea S.A. He has also been an investor in the shipping industry for more than 20 years. Mr. Kyriakopoulos has a B.Sc. degree in Marine Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, a MSc. degree in Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering with specialization in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Imperial College, London.
Required Vote. Approval
of Proposal One will require the affirmative vote of the plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and voting at the Meeting.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTOR. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE,
PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTOR UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
PROPOSAL TWO
APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board is submitting for approval at the Meeting the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants, S.A. as the
Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
Deloitte Certified Public Accountants, S.A. has advised the Company that the firm does not have any direct or indirect
financial interest in the Company, nor has such firm had any such interest in connection with the Company during the past three fiscal years other than in its capacity as the Company’s independent auditors.
All services rendered by the independent auditors are subject to review by the Audit Committee.
Required Vote. Approval
of Proposal Two will require the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote and voting at the Meeting.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS, S.A. AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE, PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH APPROVAL UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
SOLICITATION
The cost of preparing and soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. Solicitation will be made primarily by mail,
but shareholders may be solicited by telephone, e-mail, or personal contact.
EFFECT OF ABSTENTIONS
Abstentions will not be counted in determining whether Proposals One or Two have been approved. They will, however, be
counted in determining whether a quorum exists for the Meeting.
OTHER MATTERS
No other matters are expected to be presented for action at the Meeting. Should any additional matter come before the
Meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons named in the proxy.
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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Stephania Karmiri
Secretary |
June 21, 2024
Maroussi, Greece
Maroussi, Greece
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