UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):
May 12, 2011
GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
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001-34228
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
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66-071-6485
(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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(212) 763-5600
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
Not Applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) updates information disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2011 (the “Original Form 8-K”) relating to the General Maritime Corporation (the “Company”) 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 12, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future advisory votes on executive compensation.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, an advisory vote was conducted on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. A majority of the votes cast were in favor of holding such advisory votes every year. The Company’s Board of Directors considered the outcome of this advisory vote at a meeting held on July 26, 2011 and determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year, as the Board of Directors had recommended in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Leonidas J. Vrondissis | |
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Title: Vice President, Finance
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Date: August 1, 2011