UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of October 2020

 

Commission File Number: 001-34985

 

Globus Maritime Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3rd Floor, Glyfada, Attica, Greece, 166 74
(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F     x          Form 40-F     ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

  

On September 24, 2020, Globus Maritime Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (“we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company”) held our annual shareholders meeting. Among other proposals, our shareholders approved the following:

 

1. One or more amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series B preferred shares by an aggregate ratio of not more than one-for-100, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof in its discretion, at any time or times after approval of the amendments, and to authorize the Company’s Board of Directors to implement one or more reverse stock splits by filing one or more amendments with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Reverse Split”); and

2. An amendment and restatement of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Amendment and Restatement”).

 

On October 21, 2020, the Company effected a 1:100 Reverse Split. This Reverse Split reduced the number of outstanding common shares from -100 to 1 common shares (adjustments were made based on fractional shares), and from 30,000 Series B preferred shares to 300 Series B preferred shares.

 

The Amendment and Restatement was filed with the Marshall Islands registrar on October 22, 2020. The following is a description of our capital stock subsequent to the Amendment and Restatement:

 

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

The following summary description of our capital stock is not complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws. The Business Corporations Act of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the BCA, may also affect the terms of our capital stock.

 

For purposes of the following description of capital stock, references to “us”, “we” and “our” refer only to Globus Maritime Limited and not any of its subsidiaries. All references herein to our “articles of incorporation” and “bylaws” are references to our amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Purpose

 

Our objects and purposes, as provided in Section 1.3 of our articles of incorporation, are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the BCA.

 

Authorized Capitalization

 

The authorized number of shares of us consist of (1) 500,000,000 common shares, par value $0.004 per share, (2) 100,000,000 Class B common shares, par value $0.001 per share, which we refer to as the Class B shares, and (3) 100,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share, which we refer to as the preferred shares No Class B shares have yet been issued. Our articles of incorporation require us at all times to reserve and keep available, out of our authorized but unissued common shares, such number of common shares as would become issuable upon the conversion of all Class B shares then outstanding.

 

 

 

 

Two series of preferred shares have been designated. No Series A preferred shares and 300 Series B preferred shares are presently outstanding. There is no limitation on the right to own securities or the rights of non-resident shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our securities under Marshall Islands law or our articles of incorporation or bylaws. All of our shares are in registered form. Our articles of incorporation do not permit the issuance of bearer shares. We do not hold any of our shares in treasury.

 

We have financed our operations through funds raised in public and private placements of common shares and through debt. We also issued shares to our directors, officers and employees.

 

Common Shares, Class B Shares, and Series B Preferred Shares

 

Generally, Marshall Islands law provides that the holders of a class of stock of a Marshall Islands corporation are entitled to a separate class vote on any proposed amendment to the relevant articles of incorporation that would change the aggregate number of authorized shares or the par value of that class of shares or alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of that class so as to affect the class adversely. Except as described below, holders of our common shares, Series B preferred shares, and Class B shares have equivalent economic rights, but holders of our common shares are entitled to one vote per share while holders of our Class B shares are entitled to 20 votes per share and the holder of our Series B preferred shares is entitled to 25,000 votes per share (subject to the limitation described in “Preferred Shares” below). Each holder of Class B shares (not including the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries) may convert, at its option, any or all of the Class B shares held by such holder into an equal number of common shares.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the BCA, holders of our common shares, Class B shares, and Series B preferred shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, including the election of directors.

 

The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our shares are subject to the rights of the holders of our Series B preferred shares and any preferred shares which we may issue in the future.

 

Holders of our common shares do not have conversion, redemption or pre-emptive rights to subscribe to any of our securities.

 

Preferred Shares

 

Our articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to establish and issue up to 100 million preferred shares and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred shares, the rights and preferences of that series, including:

 

  ¨ the designation of the series;

 

  ¨ the number of preferred shares in the series;

 

  ¨ the preferences and relative participating option or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series; and

 

  ¨ the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series.

 

In April 2012 we issued an aggregate of 3,347 (number not adjusted for any reverse stock splits) Series A Preferred Shares to two persons who were then executive officers, but as of the date hereof no Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding. The holders of our Series A Preferred Shares were entitled to receive, if funds were legally available, dividends payable in cash in an amount per share to be determined by unanimous resolution of our Remuneration Committee, in its sole discretion. Our board of directors or Remuneration Committee determined whether funds were legally available under the BCA for such dividend. Any accrued but unpaid dividends did not bear interest. Except as may be provided in the BCA, holders of our Series A Preferred Shares did not have any voting rights. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our Series A Preferred Shares were entitled to a preference in the amount of the declared and unpaid dividends, if any, as of the date of liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Our Series A Preferred Shares were not convertible into any of our other capital stock. The Series A Preferred Shares were redeemable at the written request of the Remuneration Committee, at par value plus all declared and unpaid dividends as of the date of redemption plus any additional consideration determined by a unanimous resolution of the Remuneration Committee. We redeemed and cancelled 780 Series A Preferred Shares in January 2013 and the remaining 2,567 were redeemed and cancelled in July 2016. (These figures do not reflect any of our reverse stock splits which occurred afterwards.)

  

 

 

 

On June 12, 2020, we entered into a stock purchase agreement and issued 5,000 newly-designated Series B Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, to Goldenmare Limited, a company controlled by our Chief Executive Officer, Athanasios Feidakis, in return for $150,000. In July 2020, we issued an additional 25,000 Series B preferred shares to Goldenmare Limited in return for another $150,000. The $150,000 was paid, in each instance, by reducing, on a dollar for dollar basis, the amount payable by the Company to Goldenmare Limited pursuant to a consultancy agreement. In addition, in July 2020 we increased the maximum voting rights under the Series B preferred shares from 49.0% to 49.99%. (These share figures in this paragraph do not reflect the 1:100 reverse stock split which occurred in October 2020.)

 

The issuances of the Series B preferred shares to Goldenmare Limited were each approved by an independent committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, which in each case received a fairness opinion from an independent financial advisor that the transaction was for a fair value.

 

The Series B preferred shares have the following characteristics:

 

Voting. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Series B preferred share entitles the holder hereof to 25,000 votes per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company, provided however, that no holder of Series B preferred shares may exercise voting rights pursuant to Series B preferred shares that would result in the aggregate voting power of any beneficial owner of such shares and its affiliates (whether pursuant to ownership of Series B preferred shares, common shares or otherwise) to exceed 49.99% of the total number of votes eligible to be cast on any matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the holders of Series B preferred shares shall have no special voting or consent rights and shall vote together as one class with the holders of the common shares on all matters put before the shareholders.

 

ConversionThe Series B preferred shares are not convertible into common shares or any other security.

 

RedemptionThe Series B preferred shares are not redeemable.

 

DividendsThe Series B preferred shares have no dividend rights.

 

Liquidation PreferenceUpon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the Series B preferred shares are entitled to receive a payment with priority over the common shareholders equal to the par value of $0.001 per share. The Series B preferred shareholder has no other rights to distributions upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

 

Transferability. All issued and outstanding Series B preferred shares must be held of record by one holder, and the Series B preferred shares shall not be transferred without the prior approval of our Board of Directors.

 

Proportional Adjustment. In the event the Company (i) declares any dividend on its common shares, payable in common shares, (ii) subdivides the outstanding common shares or (iii) combines the outstanding common shares into a smaller number of shares, there shall be a proportional adjustment to the number of outstanding Series B preferred shares.

 

Liquidation

 

In the event of our dissolution, liquidation or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment in full of the amounts, if any, required to be paid to our creditors, the payment of the par value of $0.001 per share to the holder of our Series B Preferred Shares, and the holders of preferred shares, our remaining assets and funds shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of our common shares and Class B shares, and the holders of common shares and the holders of Class B shares shall be entitled to receive the same amount per share in respect thereof. Other than their receipt of the par value of $0.001 per Series B preferred share, the holder of our Series B Preferred Shares do not participate in distributions upon liquidation.

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

Declaration and payment of any dividend is subject to the discretion of our board of directors. The timing and amount of dividend payments to holders of our shares will depend on a series of factors and risks described under “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 20-F and in prospectuses we may file from time to time, and includes risks relating to earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, restrictions in our current and future loan arrangements, the provisions of the Marshall Islands law affecting the payment of dividends and other factors. The BCA generally prohibits the payment of dividends other than from surplus or while we are insolvent or if we would be rendered insolvent upon paying the dividend.

  

Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common shares and Class B shares will be entitled to share equally (pro rata based on the number of shares held) in any dividends that our board of directors may declare from time to time out of funds legally available for dividends. Series B preferred shares do not participate in dividends.

 

Conversion

 

Our common shares are not convertible into any other shares of our capital stock. Each of our Class B shares is convertible at any time at the election of the holder thereof into one of our common shares. We may reissue or resell any Class B shares that shall have been converted into common shares. Neither the Common Shares nor the Class B Shares may be reclassified, subdivided or combined unless such reclassification, subdivision or combination occurs simultaneously and in the same proportion for each such class of Common Stock.

 

Directors

 

Our directors are elected by the vote of the plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote in the election. Our articles of incorporation provide that our board of directors must consist of at least three members. Shareholders may change the number of directors only by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding capital stock (subject to the rights of any holders of preferred shares). The board of directors may change the number of directors by a majority vote of the entire board of directors.

 

No contract or transaction between us and one or more of our directors or officers will be void or voidable solely for the following reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of our board of directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if (1) the material facts as to such director’s interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the board of directors or committee, and the board of directors or committee approves such contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote of such interested director, or, if the votes of the disinterested directors are insufficient to constitute an act of the board, by unanimous vote of the disinterested directors; or (2) the material facts as to such director’s interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and such contract or transaction is approved by vote of such shareholders.

 

Our board of directors has the authority to fix the compensation of directors for their services.

 

Classified Board of Directors

 

Our articles of incorporation provide for a board of directors serving staggered, three-year terms. Approximately one-third of our board of directors will be elected each year.

 

 

 

 

Removal of Directors; Vacancies

 

Our articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed with or without cause upon the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Our articles of incorporation also permit the removal of directors for cause upon the affirmative vote of 66-2/3% of the members of the board of directors then in office. Our bylaws require parties to provide advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors other than the board of directors and shareholders holding 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

No Cumulative Voting

 

Our articles of incorporation prohibit cumulative voting.

 

Shareholder Meetings

 

Under our bylaws, annual shareholder meetings will be held at a time and place selected by our board of directors. The meetings may be held in or outside of the Marshall Islands. Special meetings may be called by the chairman of our board of directors, by resolution of our board of directors or by holders of 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting. Our board of directors may set a record date between 15 and 60 days before the date of any meeting to determine the shareholders that will be eligible to receive notice and vote at the meeting.

 

Dissenters’ Right of Appraisal and Payment

 

Under the BCA, our shareholders may have the right to dissent from various corporate actions, including certain amendments to our articles of incorporation and certain mergers or consolidations or the sale or exchange of all or substantially all of our assets not made in the usual course of our business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares, subject to exceptions. The right of a dissenting shareholder to receive payment of the fair value of his shares is not available for the shares of any class or series of stock, which shares at the record date fixed to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the meeting of shareholders to act upon the agreement of merger or consolidation or any sale or exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation not made in the usual course of its business, were either (1) listed on a securities exchange or admitted for trading on an interdealer quotation system or (2) held of record by more than 2,000 holders. In the event of any further amendment of our articles of incorporation, a shareholder also has the right to dissent and receive payment for his or her shares if the amendment alters certain rights in respect of those shares. The dissenting shareholder must follow the procedures set forth in the BCA to receive payment. In the event that we and any dissenting shareholder fail to agree on a price for the shares, the BCA procedures involve, among other things, the institution of proceedings in the high court of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or in any appropriate court in any jurisdiction in which our shares are primarily traded on a local or national securities exchange to fix the value of the shares.

 

Shareholders’ Derivative Actions

 

Under the BCA, any of our shareholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the shareholder bringing the action is a holder of common shares or a beneficial interest therein both at the time the derivative action is commenced and at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or that the shares devolved upon the shareholder by operation of law, among other requirements set forth in the BCA.

 

Amendment to our Articles of Incorporation

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, any provision in our articles of incorporation requiring a vote of shareholders may only be amended by such a vote. Further, certain sections may only be amended by affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the voting shares.

 

Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Several provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are summarized below, may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, lessen our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our board of directors to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire our company. However, these anti-takeover provisions could also discourage, delay or prevent the merger or acquisition of our company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise that a shareholder may consider in its best interest and the removal of incumbent officers and directors, which could affect the desirability of our shares and, consequently, our share price.

 

 

 

 

Multi Class Stock. Our multi-class stock structure, which consists of common shares, Class B common shares, and preferred shares, can provide holders of our Class B common shares or preferred shares a significant degree of control over all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets, because our different classes of shares can have different numbers of votes.

 

For instance, while our common shares have one vote on matters before the shareholders, each of our 300 outstanding Series B preferred shares has 25,000 votes on matters before the shareholders; provided however, that no holder of Series B preferred shares may exercise voting rights pursuant to any Series B preferred shares that would result in the total number of votes a holder is entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company to exceed 49.99% of the total number of votes eligible to be cast on such matter. No Class B common shares are presently outstanding, but if and when we issue any, each Class B common share will have 20 votes on matters before the shareholders.

  

At present, and until a substantial number of additional securities are issued, our holder of Series B preferred shares exerts substantial control of the Company’s votes and is able to exert substantial control over our management and all matters requiring shareholder approval, including electing directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger. Such holder’s interest could differ from yours.

 

Blank Check Preferred Shares. Under the terms of our articles of incorporation, our board of directors has authority, without any further vote or action by our shareholders, to issue up to 100 million “blank check” preferred shares, almost all of which currently remain available for issuance. Our board could authorize the issuance of preferred shares with voting or conversion rights that could dilute the voting power or rights of the holders of common shares, in addition to preferred shares that are already outstanding. The issuance of preferred shares, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us or the removal of our management and may harm the market price of our common shares.

 

Classified Board of Directors. Our articles of incorporation provide for the division of our board of directors into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered, three-year terms beginning upon the expiration of the initial term for each class. Approximately one-third of our board of directors is elected each year. This classified board provision could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our shares or attempting to obtain control of us. It could also delay shareholders who do not agree with the policies of our board of directors from removing a majority of our board of directors for up to two years.

 

Election of Directors. Our articles of incorporation do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our bylaws require parties, other than the chairman of the board of directors, board of directors and shareholders holding 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, to provide advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors. These provisions may discourage, delay or prevent the removal of incumbent officers and directors.

 

Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations.

 

Our bylaws provide that shareholders, other than shareholders holding 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the corporate secretary.

 

Generally, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 150 days or more than 180 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder’s notice. These provisions may impede a shareholder’s ability to bring matters before an annual meeting of shareholders or make nominations for directors at an annual meeting of shareholders.

 

 

 

 

Calling of Special Meetings of Shareholders

 

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of our shareholders may be called only by the chairman of our board of directors, by resolution of our board of directors or by holders of 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Action by Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting

 

Our articles permit any action which may or is required by the BCA to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders to be authorized by consents in writing signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Presently and until and unless we issue a significant number of securities, Goldenmare Limited, a company affiliated with our Chief Executive Officer, holds Series B Preferred Shares controlling 49.99% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Goldenmare could, together with shareholders possessing a relatively small number of shares, act by written consent in lieu of a meeting and authorize major transactions on behalf of the Company, all without calling a meeting of shareholders.

 

Business Combinations

 

Although the BCA does not contain specific provisions regarding “business combinations” between corporations incorporated under or redomiciled pursuant to the laws of the Marshall Islands and “interested shareholders,” our articles of incorporation prohibit us from engaging in a business combination with an interested shareholder for a period of three years following the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested shareholder, unless, in addition to any other approval that may be required by applicable law:

 

  ¨ prior to the date of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder;

 

  ¨ upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85.0% of our voting shares outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned by (1) persons who are directors and officers and (2) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

  ¨ at or after the date of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of the voting shares that are not owned by the interested shareholder.

 

Among other transactions, a “business combination” includes any merger or consolidation of us or any directly or indirectly majority-owned subsidiary of ours with (1) the interested shareholder or any of its affiliates or (2) with any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested shareholder. Generally, an “interested shareholder” is any person or entity (other than us and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of ours) that:

 

  ¨ owns 15.0% or more of our outstanding voting shares;

 

  ¨ is an affiliate or associate of ours and was the owner of 15.0% or more of our outstanding voting shares at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested shareholder; or

 

  ¨ is an affiliate or associate of any person listed in the first two bullets, except that any person who owns 15.0% or more of our outstanding voting shares, as a result of action taken solely by us will not be an interested shareholder unless such person acquires additional voting shares, except as a result of further action by us and not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person.

 

Additionally, the restrictions regarding business combinations do not apply to persons that became interested shareholders prior to the effectiveness of our articles of incorporation.

 

 

 

 

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The BCA authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of certain directors’ fiduciary duties. Our articles of incorporation include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law (i.e., other than breach of duty of loyalty, acts not taken in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or transactions for which the director derived an improper personal benefit) and provides that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses to our directors and officers and expect to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance providing indemnification for our directors and officers for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification provisions and the directors’ and officers’ insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

 

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our articles of incorporation may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, may otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. In addition, an investor in our common shares may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

There is no pending material litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.

 

Risk Factors

 

The following should be read in conjunction with the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

The superior voting rights of our Series B preferred shares limits the ability of our common shareholders to control or influence corporate matters, and the interests of the holder of such shares could conflict with the interests of our other shareholders.

 

While our common shares have one vote per share, each of our 300 Series B preferred shares presently outstanding has 25,000 votes per share; however, the voting power of the Series B preferred shares is limited such that no holder of Series B preferred shares may exercise voting rights pursuant to any Series B preferred shares that would result in the total number of votes a holder is entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company to exceed 49.99% of the total number of votes eligible to be cast on such matter. The Series B preferred shares, however, have no dividend rights or distribution rights, other than the right upon dissolution to receive a priority payment equal to the par value per of $0.001 per share.

 

As of the date of this report on Form 6-K and until such time that we issue a significant number of securities, Goldenmare Limited, a company affiliated with our Chief Executive Officer, can therefore control 49.99% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Until such time that we issue a significant number of securities, Goldenmare Limited will have substantial control and influence over our management and affairs and over matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, even though Goldenmare Limited owns significantly less than 50% of the Company economically.

 

 

 

 

The superior voting rights of our Series B preferred shares limit our common shareholders’ ability to influence corporate matters. The interests of the holder of the Series B preferred shares may conflict with the interests of our common shareholders, and as a result, we may take actions that our common shareholders do not view as beneficial. Any such conflicts of interest could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, and the trading price of our common shares.

 

We further note that our articles permit any action which may or is required by the BCA to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders to be authorized by consents in writing signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Presently and until and unless we issue a significant number of securities, Goldenmare Limited, a company affiliated with our Chief Executive Officer, holds Series B Preferred Shares controlling 49.99% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Goldenmare could, together with shareholders possessing a relatively small number of shares, act by written consent in lieu of a meeting and authorize major transactions on behalf of the Company, all without calling a meeting of shareholders.

 

Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws may have anti-takeover effects, which could depress the trading price of our common shares.

 

Several provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are summarized below, may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, lessen our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our board of directors to maximize shareholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire our company. However, these anti-takeover provisions could also discourage, delay or prevent the merger or acquisition of our company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise that a shareholder may consider in its best interest and the removal of incumbent officers and directors, which could affect the desirability of our shares and, consequently, our share price.

 

Multi Class Stock. Our multi-class stock structure, which consists of common shares, Class B common shares, and preferred shares, can provide holders of our Class B common shares or preferred shares a significant degree of control over all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets, because our different classes of shares can have different numbers of votes.

 

For instance, while our common shares have one vote on matters before the shareholders, each of our 300 outstanding Series B preferred shares has 25,000 votes on matters before the shareholders; provided however, that no holder of Series B preferred shares may exercise voting rights pursuant to any Series B preferred shares that would result in the total number of votes a holder is entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company to exceed 49.99% of the total number of votes eligible to be cast on such matter. No Class B common shares are presently outstanding, but if and when we issue any, each Class B common share will have 20 votes on matters before the shareholders.

  

At present, and until a substantial number of additional securities are issued, our holder of Series B preferred shares exerts substantial control of the Company’s votes and is able to exert substantial control over our management and all matters requiring shareholder approval, including electing directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger. Such holder’s interest could differ from yours.

 

Blank Check Preferred Shares. Under the terms of our articles of incorporation, our board of directors has authority, without any further vote or action by our shareholders, to issue up to 100 million “blank check” preferred shares, almost all of which currently remain available for issuance. Our board could authorize the issuance of preferred shares with voting or conversion rights that could dilute the voting power or rights of the holders of common shares, in addition to preferred shares that are already outstanding. The issuance of preferred shares, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us or the removal of our management and may harm the market price of our common shares.

 

 

 

 

Classified Board of Directors. Our articles of incorporation provide for the division of our board of directors into three classes of directors, with each class as nearly equal in number as possible, serving staggered, three-year terms beginning upon the expiration of the initial term for each class. Approximately one-third of our board of directors is elected each year. This classified board provision could discourage a third party from making a tender offer for our shares or attempting to obtain control of us. It could also delay shareholders who do not agree with the policies of our board of directors from removing a majority of our board of directors for up to two years.

 

Election of Directors. Our articles of incorporation do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our bylaws require parties, other than the chairman of the board of directors, board of directors and shareholders holding 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, to provide advance written notice of nominations for the election of directors. These provisions may discourage, delay or prevent the removal of incumbent officers and directors.

 

Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations.

 

Our bylaws provide that shareholders, other than shareholders holding 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the corporate secretary.

 

Generally, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 150 days or more than 180 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders. Our bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a shareholder’s notice. These provisions may impede a shareholder’s ability to bring matters before an annual meeting of shareholders or make nominations for directors at an annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Calling of Special Meetings of Shareholders

 

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of our shareholders may be called only by the chairman of our board of directors, by resolution of our board of directors or by holders of 30% or more of the voting power of the aggregate number of our shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Action by Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting

 

Our articles permit any action which may or is required by the BCA to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders to be authorized by consents in writing signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Presently and until and unless we issue a significant number of securities, Goldenmare Limited, a company affiliated with our Chief Executive Officer, holds Series B Preferred Shares controlling 49.99% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Goldenmare could, together with shareholders possessing a relatively small number of shares, act by written consent in lieu of a meeting and authorize major transactions on behalf of the Company, all without calling a meeting of shareholders.

 

 

 

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This communication contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements provide the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts or that are not present facts or conditions. Words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “will” or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements for many reasons specifically as described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. Globus undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should, however, review the factors and risks Globus describes in the reports it will file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date of this communication. 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

99.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Globus Maritime Limited dated October 22, 2020
   
99.2 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Globus Maritime Limited dated October 20, 2020
   
99.3 Press release dated September 24, 2020: Globus Maritime Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE COMPANY’S REGISTRATION STATEMENTS: (A) ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-240042), FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 23, 2020 AND DECLARED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 6, 2020 (B) ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-239250), FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 31, 2020 AND DECLARED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 6, 2020, AND (C) ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-240265), FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 31, 2020 AND DECLARED EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 12, 2020.

 

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 22, 2020    
  GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
   
 

 
  By: /s/ Athanasios Feidakis  
  Name: Athanasios Feidakis
  Title:

President, Chief Executive Officer and

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

STATEMENT TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED

UNDER SECTION 93 OF THE

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

 

The undersigned, Athanasios Feidakis, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED, a Republic of the Marshall Islands corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation pursuant to Section 93 of the Business Corporations Act, hereby certifies that:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is: GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED

 

2. The Corporation was formed under the laws of Jersey on July 26, 2006 as a public company and redomiciled to the Marshall Islands on November 24, 2010, the date of the filing of Articles of Domestication and Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Marshall Islands.  Pursuant to Section 127(3) of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act (the “BCA”), the existence date of the Corporation is the date the Corporation was originally formed in Jersey. The Corporation’s articles of incorporation were amended on October 17, 2016 and October 11, 2018. A Statement of Designations with respect to the Corporation’s articles of incorporation was filed with the Registrar of Corporations of the Marshall Islands on each of April 24, 2012, June 12, 2020 and July 27, 2020.

 

3. Articles I, III, IV, V, VII and IX are hereby amended and replaced by the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation attached hereto. All Statements of Designation previously filed remain in effect.

 

4. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 88(1) and 93 of the Business Corporations Act.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation on this 22nd day of October, 2020.

 

 

  /s/ Athanasios Feidakis  
  Name: Athanasios Feidakis  
 

Title:  President, Chief Executive Officer &

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

NAME, REDOMICILIATION, PURPOSE, POWERS AND DURATION

 

Section 1.1 Name.  The name of the corporation shall be Globus Maritime Limited (the “Corporation”).

 

Section 1.2 Redomiciliation.  The Corporation was formed under the laws of Jersey on July 26, 2006 as a public company and redomiciled to the Marshall Islands as of November 24, 2010, the date of the filing of Articles of Domestication and Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Marshall Islands.  Pursuant to Section 127(3) of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act (the “BCA”), the existence date of the Corporation will be the date the Corporation was originally formed. 

 

Section 1.3 Purpose.  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the BCA.

 

Section 1.4 Powers.  The Corporation shall have every power which a corporation now or hereafter organized under the BCA may have, including, without limitation, the power to engage in any lawful act or activity relating to the business of maritime transportation, including owning subsidiaries which own, operate, charter or re-charter vessels to others and any other lawful act or activity customarily conducted in conjunction therewith.

 

Section 1.5 Duration.  The Corporation shall have a perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE II

 

REGISTERED ADDRESS AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

The registered address of the Corporation in the Marshall Islands is Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, P.O. Box 1405, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960.  The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may establish branches, offices or agencies in any place in the world and may appoint legal representatives anywhere in the world. 

   

ARTICLE III

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

The Corporation shall have authority to issue seven hundred million (700,000,000) shares of capital stock, of which (i) five hundred million (500,000,000) shares shall be registered shares of common stock, par value four-tenths of one United States cent (US$0.004) per share (the “Common Shares”); (ii) one hundred million (100,000,000) shares shall be registered shares of Class B common stock, par value one-tenth of one United States cent (US$0.001) per share (the “Class B Shares” and collectively with the Common Shares, the “Common Stock”); and (iii) one hundred million (100,000,000) shares shall be registered preferred shares, each with a par value of one-tenth of one United States cent (US$0.001) (the “Preferred Shares”).

 

In these Articles of Incorporation, unless specifically stated otherwise herein, the term “shares” means the Common Shares, the Class B Shares and the Preferred Shares, and the term “shareholders” means the holders of the Common Shares, the Class B Shares and the Preferred Shares.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CLASSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 4.1 Definitions.  As used in these Articles of Incorporation:

 

(a)          “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including, without limitation, a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof;

 

(b)          “Voting Power” means, with respect to a class or series of capital stock or classes of capital stock, as the context may require, the aggregate number of votes that the holder(s) of such class or series of capital stock or classes of capital stock, or any relevant portion thereof, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders, as the context may require, have; and

 

(c)          “Voting Shares” means, with respect to any corporation, shares of any class or series of capital stock entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors and/or all other matters submitted to a vote and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors or other governing body of such entity and/or all other matters submitted to a vote.

 

Section 4.2 Preferred Shares.

 

(a)             The Preferred Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series.  The Board of Directors is vested with authority, with respect to any series of Preferred Shares, to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, including, without limitation, (1) the designation of the series; (2) the number of shares in the series, which the Board of Directors may, except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Shares designation, increase or decrease, but not below the number of shares then outstanding; (3) whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or non-cumulative and the dividend rate of the series; (4) the dates at which dividends, if any, will be payable; (5) the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series; (6) the terms and amounts of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series; (7) the amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (8) whether the shares of the series will be convertible into shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation, and, if so, the specification of the other class or series or other security, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any rate adjustments, the date or dates as of which the shares will be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which the conversion may be made; (9) conditions or restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series of the Preferred Shares; (10) the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series; and (11) the rights to elect one or more directors of the Corporation.  In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status of undesignated Preferred Shares.

 

(b)            Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Shares shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by these Articles of Incorporation or by resolution of the Board of Directors adopted pursuant to authority herein granted relating to the issuance of such series and filed in accordance with Section 5 of the BCA (together with a statement prepared pursuant to Section 35(5) of the BCA setting forth a copy of the said resolution). For the avoidance of doubt, the Statement of Designations with respect to the Corporation’s articles of incorporation that was filed with the Registrar of Corporations of the Marshall Islands on each of April 24, 2012, June 12, 2020 and July 27, 2020 remain in full force and effect, and each is hereby incorporated by reference in full as if fully set forth herein, and the Series B Preferred Shares (as defined therein) remain outstanding and with their full rights and preferences.

 

 

 

 

Section 4.3 Common Shares.

 

At every meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, each holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each Common Share registered in such holder’s name on the stock ledger of the Corporation in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders.

 

Section 4.4 Class B Shares.

 

The Board of Directors shall have the authority to issue Class B Shares.  Each Class B share shall have identical designations, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions as a Common Share except as follows:

 

(a)            At every meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, each holder of Class B Shares shall be entitled to twenty (20) votes in person or by proxy for each Class B Share registered in such holder’s name on the stock ledger of the Corporation in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders.

 

(b)            Each holder of Class B Shares (not including the Corporation and the Corporation’s subsidiaries) may convert any or all of the Class B Shares held by such holder into an equal number of Common Shares by providing a written notice to the Corporation, accompanied by certificates, if any, for such Class B Shares and any payment required for documentary, stamp or similar issue or taxes, stating that such holder desires to convert such Class B Shares into the same number of Common Shares, and, subject to the sole discretion of the Corporation, if to be issued in certificated form, with such legends and transfer restrictions relating to applicable securities laws thereon as the Corporation may determine and the denominations in which such certificates are to be issued.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, such voluntary conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date such holder provides such written notice (and, if applicable, certificates) to the Corporation.

 

(c)            The Corporation may reissue or resell any Class B Shares that shall have been converted into Common Shares pursuant to or as permitted by the provisions of this Article IV, or any Class B Shares that shall have been acquired by the Corporation in any other manner.  The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued Common Shares, such number of Common Shares as would become issuable upon the conversion of all Class B Shares then outstanding.

 

Section 4.5 Voting as a Single Class.  Except as may be otherwise required by law or required or permitted by these Articles of Incorporation, the holders of Common Shares and Class B Shares shall vote together as a single class and their votes shall be counted and totaled together on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation.  Any provision of these Articles of Incorporation for conversion of Class B Shares into Common Shares on a one-for-one basis shall be deemed not to adversely affect the rights of the Common Shares, and every reference in these Articles of Incorporation to a majority or other proportion of the votes of Common Shares or Class B Shares shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes to which such Common Shares or Class B Shares are entitled.

 

Section 4.6 Authority to Pay Dividends.  The holders of the Common Shares and the Class B Shares are entitled to receive dividends.  Subject to any requirements imposed by the BCA, the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine whether to declare and pay dividends to the shareholders at any time, in accordance with the rights and preferences of the shares.  Dividends shall be paid in cash unless the Board of Directors has authorized a distribution in kind, such distribution in kind, including, without limitation, the distribution of shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors shall determine the fair market value of any dividend to be paid in kind.  No dividend shall be declared on each Class B Share unless an equal dividend is simultaneously declared on each Common Share, and no dividend shall be declared on each Common Share unless an equal dividend is simultaneously declared on each Class B Share.

 

 

 

 

Neither the Common Shares nor the Class B Shares may be reclassified, subdivided or combined unless such reclassification, subdivision or combination occurs simultaneously and in the same proportion for each such class of Common Stock.

 

Section 4.7 No Preemptive Rights.  No shares of capital stock of the Corporation of any class whether now or hereafter authorized and no other security of the Corporation shall carry with it, and no holder of any share or shares of capital stock of the Corporation of any class whether now or hereafter authorized or of any other security of the Corporation, solely by reason thereof, shall have any preferential or preemptive right to acquire additional shares of capital stock of the Corporation of any class whether now or hereafter authorized or of any other security of the Corporation.

 

Section 4.8 Distribution of Assets in case of Liquidation.  In the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment in full of the amounts, if any, required to be paid to the Corporation’s creditors and the holders of Preferred Shares, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of Common Shares and Class B Shares, and the holders of Common Shares and the holders of Class B Shares shall be entitled to receive the same amount per share in respect thereof.  For purposes of this Section 4.8, the voluntary sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into one or more other corporations or entities (whether or not the Corporation is the corporation surviving such consolidation or merger) shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, voluntary or involuntary.

 

Section 4.9 Action by Written Consent. Any action required by the BCA to be taken at a meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a shareholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a shareholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this section, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (a) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the shareholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the shareholder or proxyholder and (b) the date on which such shareholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission.

 

   

ARTICLE V

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 5.1 Powers.  The management of all the affairs, property and business of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors, who shall have and may exercise all powers except such as are exclusively conferred upon the shareholders by law or by these Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 5.2 Number and Class.  The number of persons constituting the Board of Directors shall not be less than three (3) or more than nine (9), as fixed from time to time by the vote of holders of a majority of the Voting Power of the aggregate Voting Shares of the Corporation (subject to any rights of the holders of Preferred Shares) or by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes (“Class I,” “Class II” and “Class III,” respectively), as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors permits, with the term of office of one or another of the three (3) classes expiring each year.  The initial term of office of the Class I directors expired at the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, the initial term of office of the Class II directors expired at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders and the initial term of office of the Class III directors expired at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders.  Directors elected at an annual meeting of shareholders to succeed those whose terms then expire shall be identified as being directors of the same class as the directors whom they succeed, and each of them shall hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until such director’s successor is elected and has qualified, unless such director is removed, resigns or dies prior to the annual meeting of shareholders in which such director’s term of office expires.

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more class or series of Preferred Shares shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the then authorized number of directors shall be increased by the number of directors to be elected, and the terms of the director or directors elected by such holders shall expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 5.3 Election.  Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote in the election.  Cumulative voting, as defined in Section 71(2) of the BCA, shall not be used to elect directors.  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law, if one or more class or series of Preferred Shares provides the holders thereof the right to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the provisions of this Section 5.3 shall not apply with respect to the director or directors elected by such holders of Preferred Shares.

 

Section 5.4  Removal.  Any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the Voting Power of the aggregate Voting Shares of the Corporation cast at a meeting of the shareholders or for cause by the affirmative vote of 66-2/3% of the members of the Board of Directors then in office.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more class or series of Preferred Shares shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the provisions of this Section 5.4 shall not apply with respect to the director or directors elected by such holders of Preferred Shares and such director(s) shall be removed only pursuant to the provisions contained in the resolution(s) of the Board providing for the establishment of any such class or series of Preferred Shares.

 

Section 5.5 Vacancies.  Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the vote of not less than a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the term for which such directors shall have been chosen and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.  No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more class or series of Preferred Shares shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the provisions of this Section 5.5 shall not apply with respect to the director or directors elected by such holders of Preferred Shares and such director(s) shall be replaced only pursuant to the provisions contained in the resolution(s) of the Board providing for the establishment of any such class or series of Preferred Shares.

 

Section 5.6 Power of the Shareholders and Board of Directors Regarding Bylaws.  The shareholders have the authority to adopt, amend and repeal the bylaws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of holders of the majority of the Voting Power of the aggregate Voting Shares of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors shall also have the authority to adopt, amend and repeal the bylaws of the Corporation without a vote of the shareholders, except that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal the provisions of the bylaws for which it is specifically provided in the bylaws that they may be amended only by the affirmative vote of holders of no less than the majority of the Voting Power of the aggregate Voting Shares of the Corporation.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED SHAREHOLDERS

 

(a)             Definitions.  For the purpose of this Article VI only, the following terms shall have the meanings as described herein:

 

(i)        “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

 

(ii)       “Associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (1) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of Voting Shares; (2) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (3) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

 

(iii)      “Business Combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any Interested Shareholder (as defined below) of the Corporation, means:

 

(A)          any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with (1) the Interested Shareholder or any of its Affiliates; or (2) with any other Person if the merger or consolidation is caused by the Interested Shareholder;

 

(B)           any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation, to or with the Interested Shareholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation;

 

(C)           any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any shares of the Corporation, or any share of such subsidiary, to the Interested Shareholder, except: (1) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares of the Corporation, or shares of any such subsidiary, which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the Interested Shareholder became such; (2) pursuant to a merger with a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation solely for purposes of forming a holding company or changing the jurisdiction of incorporation; (3) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares of the Corporation, or shares of any such subsidiary, which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of shares subsequent to the time the Interested Shareholder became such; (4) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase shares made on the same terms to all holders of said shares; or (5) any issuance or transfer of shares by the Corporation; provided that in no case under items (3)-(5) of this subparagraph (C), shall there be an increase in the Interested Shareholder’s proportionate share of any class or series of shares of the Corporation;

 

(D)          any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of any class or series of shares, or securities convertible into any class or series of shares, or shares of any such subsidiary, or securities convertible into such shares of the Corporation, which is owned by the Interested Shareholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares not caused, directly or indirectly, by the Interested Shareholder; or

 

(E)           any receipt by the Interested Shareholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other similar benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subparagraphs (A)-(D) of this subsection(a)) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

 

 

 

(iv)         “Control,” including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of Voting Shares, by contract or otherwise.  A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares of any Person shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds Voting Shares, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this provision, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

 

(v)         “Interested Shareholder” means any person (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation), that (1) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation; (2) is an Affiliate or Associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation at any time within the three (3)-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an Interested Shareholder; or (3) the Affiliates and Associates of any person listed in clauses (1) and (2) above; provided that the term “Interested Shareholder” shall not include any Person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such Person shall be an Interested Shareholder if thereafter such Person acquires additional Voting Shares of the Corporation, except as a result of further action by the Corporation not caused, directly or indirectly, by such Person.  For the purpose of determining whether a Person is an Interested Shareholder, the Voting Shares of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include Voting Shares deemed to be Owned by such Person, but shall not include any other unissued shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

(vi)      “Owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any shares, means a person that individually or with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates:

 

(A)          beneficially owns such shares, directly or indirectly;

 

(B)           has (1) the right to acquire such shares (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided that a person shall not be deemed the owner of shares tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered shares is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (2) the right to vote such shares pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any shares because of such person’s right to vote such shares if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such shares arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

 

(C)           has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in paragraph (vi)(B)(2) of this Article VI) or disposing of such shares with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such shares.

 

(b)             The Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination with any Interested Shareholder for a period of three (3) years following the date of the transaction in which the person became an Interested Shareholder, unless:

 

(i)         prior to such date, the Board of Directors approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an Interested Shareholder;

 

(ii)        upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an Interested Shareholder, the Interested Shareholder owned at least 85% of the Voting Shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned by (1) persons who are directors and officers; and (2) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

 

 

 

(iii)       at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Power of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation that are not owned by the Interested Shareholder.

 

(c)             The restrictions contained in this Article VI shall not apply if:

 

(i)         (A) a shareholder becomes an Interested Shareholder inadvertently and (1) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the shareholder ceases to be an Interested Shareholder and (2) would not, at any time within the three (3)-year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Corporation and such shareholder, have been an Interested Shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership or (B) the shareholder became an Interested Shareholder prior to the effectiveness of this Article VI (including prior to the redomestication of the Corporation); or

 

(ii)        the Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of, and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of, a proposed transaction, which (A) constitutes one of the transactions described in the following sentence; (B) is with or by a person who either was not an Interested Shareholder during the previous three (3) years or who became an Interested Shareholder with the approval of the Board of Directors; and (C) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office (but not less than one (1)) who were directors prior to any person becoming an Interested Shareholder during the previous three (3) years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors.  The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to:

 

(A)        a merger or consolidation of the Corporation (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to the BCA, no vote of the shareholders of the Corporation is required);

 

(B)         a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Corporation) having an aggregate market value equal to 50% or more of either that aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation; or

 

(C)         a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation.

 

(d)             The Corporation shall give not less than twenty (20) days notice to all Interested Shareholders prior to the consummation of any of the transactions described in clause (A) or (B) of the second sentence of this Article VI(c)(ii).  Any amendment of this Article VI shall not apply to any Business Combination between the Corporation and any person who became an Interested Shareholder of the Corporation at or prior to the time of such approval.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

LIMITATION ON DIRECTOR LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 7.1 Limitation of Director Liability.  To the fullest extent that the BCA or any other law of the Marshall Islands as it exists or as it may hereafter be amended permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for actions taken in their capacity as director or officer of the Corporation, including any fiduciary duties.  No amendment to or repeal of this Section 7.1 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

 

 

 

Section 7.2 Indemnification.  The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (the “Indemnitee”), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding unless a final and unappealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction has been made that he or she did not act in good faith or in a manner he or she did not reasonably believe to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

The Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

 

The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of no contest, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

The purpose of this provision is to fully indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by Section 60 of the BCA or any successor statute.

 

Section 7.3 Expenses Payable in Advance.  The right to be indemnified shall include, without limitation, the right of an Indemnitee to be paid expenses in advance of the final disposition of any proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder.

 

The purpose of this provision is to advance funds to the fullest extent permitted by Section 60 of the BCA or any successor statute.

 

Section 7.4 Expenses of Enforcement.  An Indemnitee shall also be paid reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees (including expenses) in connection with the enforcement of rights to the indemnification granted hereunder

 

Section 7.5 Non-exclusivity of Rights.  The rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled and shall not be limited by the provisions of Section 60 of the BCA or any successor statute.

 

 

 

 

Section 7.6 Insurance.  The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or serving in such capacity in another corporation at the request of the Corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in such capacity whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability by law or under the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 7.7 Other Action.  The Board of Directors may take such action as it deems necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions set forth in this Article VII, including, without limitation, adopting procedures for determining and enforcing the rights guaranteed hereunder, and the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, approve and amend from time to time such bylaws, resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangement as may be permitted by law.

 

Section 7.8 Amendment or Repeal of Article VII.  Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce any right to indemnification afforded by this Article VII to any person with respect to his or her status or any activities in his or her official capacities prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

 

Section 7.9 Amendment of BCA.  If the BCA is amended after the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or permitting indemnification to a fuller extent, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited, and indemnification shall be extended, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by the BCA, as so amended from time to time.  No repeal or modification of this Section 7.9 by the shareholders shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing by virtue of this Section 7.9 at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, any provision herein requiring a vote of shareholders may only be amended by such a vote.  Further, except as otherwise provided by law, Articles V, VI, VII and VIII may only be amended by affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Voting Power of the aggregate Voting Shares of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.1 Authorization.  These Articles of Incorporation were authorized by action of the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 9.2 Domicile.  The Corporation may transfer its corporate domicile from the Marshall Islands to any other place in the world.

 

Section 9.3 Article and Section Headings and References.  Article and Section headings in these Articles of Incorporation are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references to an “Article” or “Section” are to an Article or Section of these Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 9.4 Severability. If any provision or application of these Articles of Incorporation shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Articles of Incorporation and its remaining applications shall not be affected thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Section 9.5 Recordkeeping. The Corporation will comply with all applicable provisions of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, including retention, maintenance, and production of accounting, shareholder, beneficial owner and director and officer records in accordance with Division 8 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act.

 

 

 

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation on this 22nd day of October, 2020.

 

  GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED  
     
  By: /s/ Athanasios Feidakis  
    Name: Athanasios Feidakis  
    Title: President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer  

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO

THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 90 OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

 

I, Athanasios Feidakis, as the President Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Globus Maritime Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending the Articles of Incorporation of said Corporation pursuant to Section 90 of the Business Corporations Act, as amended, hereby certify:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is: Globus Maritime Limited

 

2. The Company was formed under the laws of Jersey on July 26, 2006 in Jersey and domesticated as a Corporation into Marshall Islands and filed its Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations as of November 24, 2010.

 

3. Article III of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:

 

“Reverse Stock Split. As of the commencement of business on October 21, 2020 (the “Reverse Stock Split Effective Date”), each 100 Common Shares and Series B preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share (“Series B Preferred Shares”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Date either issued and outstanding or held by the Corporation as treasury stock shall be combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common Share and Series B Preferred Share, respectively, without any further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof (the “Reverse Stock Split”); provided that no fractional shares shall be issued to any holder and that in lieu of issuing any such fractional shares, fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded down to the nearest whole share and provided, further, that shareholders holding Common Shares who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional shares because they hold a number of shares not evenly divisible by the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split will receive a cash payment (without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes) in an amount per share equal to the closing price per Common Share on NASDAQ on the trading day immediately preceding the Reverse Stock Split Effective Date, as adjusted for the reverse stock split as appropriate, and that shareholders holding Series B Preferred Shares who would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional shares because they hold a number of shares not evenly divisible by the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split will receive a cash payment (without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes) in an amount per share equal to an amount determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each certificate, if any, that immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Date represented Common Shares (“Old Certificates”), shall thereafter represent that number of Common Shares into which the Common Shares represented by the Old Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the elimination of fractional shares as described above. The reverse stock split described in this paragraph shall not change the number of Common Shares or Series B Preferred Shares authorized to be issued or the par value of the Common Shares or Series B Preferred Shares. The stated capital of the Corporation shall be reduced from $702,732.60 to $7,027.33, which may be further adjusted for the cancellation of fractional shares, and the reduction of $695,705.28, which may be further adjusted for the cancellation of fractional shares, shall be allocated to surplus. No change was made to the number of registered shares of Class B Shares or Preferred Shares the Corporation is authorized to issue or to the par value of Class B Shares or Preferred Shares.”

 

 

 

 

4. All of the other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation shall remain unchanged.

 

5. This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was authorized by vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation on this 20thday of October 2020.

 

 

  By: /s/ Athanasios Feidakis
    Athanasios Feidakis,  
   

President, Chief Executive Officer &

Chief Financial Officer