Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (NASDAQ: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced that the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders was duly held in Cyprus today, pursuant to a Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated October 18, 2017 ("the Notice").
At the meeting, each of the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Notice and the Company's Proxy Statement were approved and adopted:
- The re-election of Messrs. Tom Softeland, Mahesh Balakrishnan and Nikolaos Karellis as Class A Directors of the Company to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and
- The appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors-Accountants S.A., as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.