kl09018.htm
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): September 15,
2008
GENCO
SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Republic
of the Marshall Islands
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000-28506
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98-043-9758
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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299
Park Avenue
20th
Floor
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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10171
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (646) 443-8550
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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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On
September 16, 2008, the Company is making a presentation at the Jefferies 5th
Annual Shipping Logistics & Offshore Services Conference. The
Company’s slide presentation for this conference will be posted on
the Company’s website at www.gencoshipping.com. The
slide presentation includes a table of the vessels that are expected to join the
Company’s fleet with revised estimated delivery dates for the Genco Hadrian, the
Genco Thunder, and the Genco Eagle. Additional related information is set forth
the footnotes to this table. A copy of this table is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein solely for
purposes of this Item 7.01 disclosure.
"Safe Harbor"
Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995
This
report contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and
observations. Included among the important factors that, in our view, could
cause actual results to differ materially from the forward looking statements
contained in this report are the fulfillment of the closing conditions under, or
the execution of customary additional documentation for, the Company’s
agreements to acquire a total of 11 drybulk vessels; the decision of the
charterer of the Genco Hadrian with respect to the option mentioned in the
attached exhibit; and other factors listed from time to time in our public
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without
limitation, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2007 and its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K.
The
information set forth under “Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure” shall not be
deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as
amended, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1
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Vessel
Delivery Table.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Genco Shipping &
Trading Limited has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
GENCO
SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
DATE:
September
15, 2008
/s/ John C.
Wobensmith
John C.
Wobensmith
Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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99.1
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Vessel
Delivery Table.
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