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Seanergy Maritime Corp. Announces the Results of the 2008 Annual General Meeting
| Source: Seanergy Maritime Corp.
ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - December 19, 2008) - Seanergy Maritime Corp. (the "Company")
(NASDAQ : SHIP ) (NASDAQ : SHIPW ) announced today the results of the annual
meeting of its shareholders held on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at the
Company's executive offices. At the meeting the following proposals were
approved and adopted: 1) the election of three directors of the Company,
designated as Class A, consisting of Messrs. Dimitrios N. Panagiotopoulos,
Lambros Papakonstantinou and George Taniskidis to serve until the 2010
annual meeting of shareholders, the election of two directors of the
Company, designated as Class B, consisting of Ms. Christina Anagnostara and
Mr. George Tsimpis to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders
and the election of two directors of the Company, designated as Class C,
consisting of Messrs. Kyriakos Dermatis and Alexander Papageorgiou to
serve until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders; and 2) the
ratification of KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2008.
About Seanergy Maritime Corp.
Seanergy Maritime is a Marshall Islands corporation with its executive
offices in Athens, Greece. Seanergy is engaged in the transportation of
dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and operation of dry bulk carriers.
Seanergy purchased and took delivery of six dry bulk carriers in the third
and fourth quarters of 2008 from companies associated with members of the
Restis family. Its current fleet is comprised of two Panamax, two Supramax
and two Handysize dry bulk carriers with a combined cargo-carrying capacity
of 317,743 dwt and an average fleet age of approximately 10.5 years.
Seanergy's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Global Market
under the symbols SHIP and SHIPW, respectively. Prior to October 15, 2008,
Seanergy's common stock, warrants and units traded on the NYSE Alternext US
LLC (formally known as AMEX) under the symbols SRG, SRG.W and SRG.U,
respectively.
For further information please visit our website at
www.seanergymaritime.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future events
and the Company's growth strategy and measures to implement such strategy.
Words such as "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates,"
"hopes," "estimates," and variations of such words and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove
to have been correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and
are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates, which are inherently
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not
limited to, the scope and timing of SEC and other regulatory agency review,
competitive factors in the market in which the Company operates; risks
associated with operations outside the United States; and other factors
listed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company's filings can be obtained free of charge
on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Company expressly disclaims any
obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to
any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in
the Company's expectations with respect thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.