UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):
March 20, 2012 (March 15, 2012)
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
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66-071-6485
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(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
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(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
(212) 763-5600
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
Not Applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01.
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Other Events.
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As previously disclosed, on November 17, 2011, voluntary petitions for relief were filed by General Maritime Corporation and substantially all of its subsidiaries (with the exception of those in Portugal, Russia and Singapore, as well as certain inactive subsidiaries) (collectively, the “Debtors”) under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”), which are being jointly administered under Case No. 11-15285 (MG).
On March 15, 2012, at a regularly scheduled omnibus hearing, the Bankruptcy Court approved, among other motions, a motion to extend the period during which the Debtors have the exclusive right to file a plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) from March 16, 2012 to May 15, 2012, and to extend the exclusive period for the solicitation of acceptances of the Plan from May 15, 2012 to July 14, 2012.
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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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey D. Pribor
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Name:
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Jeffrey D. Pribor
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Title:
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Date: March 20, 2012