UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 29, 2020

 

 

 

Diamond S Shipping Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Republic of the Marshall Islands   1-38771   94-1480128

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.) 

   
33 Benedict Place, Greenwich, CT   06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 413-2000

 

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, $0.001 par value per share DSSI New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 29, 2020, Diamond S Shipping Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Company”), held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were a total of 40,308,504 common shares, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Shares”), outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on the record date of April 6, 2020. A total of 31,451,090 Common Shares, constituting a majority of the outstanding Common Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were represented at the Annual Meeting either in person or by proxy, and therefore a quorum was declared to be present. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following matters and cast their votes as described below.

 

Election of Directors

 

The following persons were elected as directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal, by the following number of votes:

 


Name

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
Alexandra Kate Blankenship 26,768,104 99,491 58,261 4,525,234
Gerasimos G. Kalogiratos 26,727,156 141,314 57,386 4,525,234
Harold L. Malone III 26,805,507 110,577 9,772 4,525,234
Nadim Z. Qureshi 26,810,553 105,125 10,178 4,525,234
Craig H. Stevenson, Jr. 26,810,672 105,709 9,475 4,525,234
Bart H. Veldhuizen 26,802,079 114,082 9,695 4,525,234
George Cambanis 26,764,018 95,198 66,640 4,525,234

 

Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, was approved by the following number of votes:

 

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
31,341,661 89,559 19,870

  

 

 

 

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.

 

         
Date: June 4, 2020
DIAMOND S SHIPPING INC.
 
       
       
  By:   /s/ Lorraine Annucci  
     

Name: Lorraine Annucci

Title: VP Accounting