Exhibit 99.1
GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
Globus
Maritime Announces annual meeting of sHAREholders
Athens, Greece, August 2, 2017
- Globus Maritime Limited (“Globus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLBS), a dry bulk shipping company, announced
today that the annual meeting of shareholders will be held at the offices of Globus Shipmanagement Corp. at 128 Vouliagmenis Avenue
in Glyfada, Greece, on September 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. local time.
Shareholders of record at the close of
business on July 18, 2017 are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting, or any adjournments thereof.
Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and Proxy Statement are available free of charge on the Company’s website: www.globusmaritime.gr.
Formal notice of the meeting and the Company’s
proxy statement will be sent to shareholders of the Company in due course.
About Globus Maritime Limited
Globus is an integrated dry bulk shipping
company that provides marine transportation services worldwide and presently owns, operates and manages a fleet of dry bulk vessels
that transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina and other dry bulk cargoes internationally. Globus’s
subsidiaries own and operate five vessels with a total carrying capacity of 300.571dwt and a weighted average age of 9.1 years
as of March 31, 2017.
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 files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Registered office: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
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P.O. Box 1405, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960
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Comminucations Address: c/o Globus Shipmanagement Corp.
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128
Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3
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Floor, 166 74 Glyfada, Greece
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Tel:
+30 210 9608300, Fax: +30 210 9608359, e-mail:
info@globusmaritime.gr
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www.globusmaritime.gr
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GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
For further information please contact:
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Globus Maritime Limited
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+30 210 960 8300
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Athanasios Feidakis
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Capital Link – New York
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+1 212 661 7566
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Nicolas Bornozis
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globus@capitallink.com
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Registered office: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island,
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P.O. Box 1405, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH 96960
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Comminucations Address: c/o Globus Shipmanagement Corp.
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128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3
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Floor, 166 74 Glyfada, Greece
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Tel: +30 210 9608300,
Fax: +30 210 9608359, e-mail:
info@globusmaritime.gr
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www.globusmaritime.gr
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Exhibit 99.2
GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
August 2, 2017
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
Enclosed is a Notice of Annual Meeting
of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Globus Maritime Limited (the “Company”), which will be held at the offices
of Globus Shipmanagement Corp. located at 128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3rd floor, Glyfada, 16674 Athens, Greece on September 7, 2017
at 11:00 a.m. local time, and related materials.
At the Meeting, the shareholders of the
Company will consider and vote upon the following proposals:
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To elect two Class I directors to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders (“Proposal
One”);
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2.
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To approve the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as
the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (“Proposal Two”); and
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3.
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To transact any other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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Adoption of Proposal One requires the affirmative
vote of a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, provided
that a quorum is present. Adoption of Proposal Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders
present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, provided that a quorum is present.
You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. If you attend the Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote your shares
in person. If your shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to attend the Meeting, you must
bring a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee in order to vote.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING,
PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN
THE UNITED STATES. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION IN RETURNING YOUR EXECUTED PROXY PROMPTLY WILL
BE APPRECIATED.
ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED
WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.
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Very truly yours,
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Athanasios Feidakis
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President, Chief Executive Officer
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and Chief Financial Officer
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GLOBUS MARITIME LIMITED
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
September 7, 2017
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the annual
meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting of Shareholders”) of Globus Maritime Limited (the “Company”)
will be held at the offices of Globus Shipmanagement Corp., located at 128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3rd floor, Glyfada, 16674 Athens,
on September 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. local time, for the following purposes, of which items 1 and 2 are more completely set forth
in the accompanying Proxy Statement:
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To elect two Class I directors to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Proposal
One”);
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2.
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To approve the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as
the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (“Proposal Two”); and
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To transact any other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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The board of directors of the Company has
fixed the close of business on July 18, 2017 as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice
of and to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof.
You are cordially invited to attend the
Meeting in person. If you attend the Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person. If your shares are held
in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to attend the Meeting, you must bring a legal proxy from your broker,
bank or other nominee in order to vote.
To constitute a quorum, there must be present
either in person or by proxy shareholders of record holding at least a majority of the voting power of the aggregate number of
the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE
POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION IN RETURNING YOUR EXECUTED
PROXY PROMPTLY WILL BE APPRECIATED. ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL PROPOSALS PRESENTED
IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.
If you attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and do not hold your shares through an account with a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, you may revoke your proxy and vote
in person. If you hold your shares through an account with a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please follow the instructions
you receive from them to vote your shares and revoke your vote, if necessary.
The Company’s 2016 Annual Report
on Form 20-F (the “2016 Annual Report”), which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2016, is available on the Company’s website at www.globusmaritime.gr. Any shareholder may receive
a hard copy of the Company’s 2016 Annual Report, free of charge upon request.
This Notice of the Meeting, the Proxy Statement and
related materials, including the
Company’s 2016 Annual Report, can also be found at
http://globusmaritime.agmdocuments.com/agm2017.html
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By Order of the Board of Directors
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Olga Lambrianidou
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Secretary
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August 2, 2017
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GLOBUS
MARITIME LIMITED
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PROXY
STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
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INFORMATION
CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf
of the board of directors of Globus Maritime Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Company”), for use at the
annual meeting of shareholders to be held at the offices of Globus Shipmanagement Corp., located at 128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3rd
floor, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece, on September 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. local time, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof
(the “Meeting”), for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy are expected to be mailed to shareholders of the Company entitled to vote
at the Meeting on or about August 2, 2017.
VOTING RIGHTS AND OUTSTANDING SHARES
On July 18, 2017
(the “Record
Date”), the Company had outstanding 27,645,085 common shares, par value $0.004 per share (the “Common Shares”).
Each shareholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each Common Share then held.
To constitute a quorum, there must be present either in person or by proxy shareholders of record holding at least a majority of
the voting power of the aggregate number of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. The Common Shares
represented by any proxy in the enclosed form will be voted in accordance with the instructions given on the proxy if the proxy
is properly executed and is received by the Company prior to the close of voting at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement
thereof. Any proxies returned without instructions will be voted FOR the proposals set forth on the Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders.
The Common Shares are listed on the NASDAQ
Capital Market under the symbol “GLBS.”
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
A shareholder of record giving a proxy
may revoke it at any time before it is exercised. A proxy may be revoked by filing with the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s
office at c/o Globus Shipmanagement Corp., located at 128 Vouliagmenis Avenue, 3rd floor, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece a written
notice of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person. If you hold
shares in street name, through a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please contact the brokerage firm, bank or other nominee
to revoke your proxy.
SOLICITATION
The cost of preparing and soliciting proxies
will be borne by the Company. Solicitation will be made primarily by mail, but shareholders may be solicited by telephone, e-mail
or personal contact.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability
of Proxy Materials for the Shareholders Meeting to be Held on September 7, 2017
The Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and Proxy Statement is available free of charge at www.globusmaritime.gr
PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTORS
The Company currently has four directors
on its board, which is divided into three classes. As provided in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, after the initial
term, each director is elected to serve for a three year term and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified,
except in the event of removal, resignation or death prior to the annual meeting of shareholders in which such director’s
term of office expires. The term of the Company’s Class I directors expires at the Meeting. Accordingly, the board of directors
of the Company has nominated each of Mr. Athanasios (“Thanos”) Feidakis and Mr. Ioannis Kazantzidis, both Class I directors,
for re-election as directors whose term would expire at the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders.
Unless the proxy is marked to indicate
that such authorization is expressly withheld, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote the shares authorized thereby
FOR the election of the following nominees. It is expected that the nominee will be able to serve, but if before the election it
develops that such nominee is unavailable, the persons named in the accompanying proxy will vote for the election of such substitute
nominee as the current board of directors of the Company may recommend.
Nominees for Election to the Company’s Board of Directors
Information concerning the nominees for
directors of the Company is set forth below:
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Age
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Position
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Athanasios (“Thanos”) Feidakis
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Class I Director
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Ioannis Kazantzidis
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Class I Director
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Athanasios (“Thanos”)
Feidakis
a Class I director, was appointed to our board of directors in July 2013 to fill a vacancy in our board of
directors. As of December 28, 2015 he was also appointed our President, Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer. From
October 2011 through June 2013, Mr. Athanasios Feidakis worked for our operations and chartering department as an operator.
Prior to that and from September 2010 to May 2011, Mr. Feidakis worked for ACM, a shipbroking firm, as an S&P broker, and
from October 2007 to April 2008, he worked for Clarksons, a shipbroking firm, as a chartering trainee on the dry cargo
commodities chartering and on the sale and purchase of vessels. From April 2011 to April 2016, Mr. Feidakis was a director of
F.G. Europe S.A., a company controlled by his family, specializing in the distribution of well known brands in Greece, the
Balkans, Turkey and Italy. F.G. Europe is also active in the air-conditioning and white/brown electric goods market and in
power generation and mobile telephony in Greece. From December 2008 to December 2015, Mr. Feidakis was the President of
Cyberonica S.A., a family owned company specializing in real estate development. Mr. Feidakis holds a B.Sc. in Business
Studies, an M.Sc. in Shipping Trade and Finance from the Cass Business School (City University London) and an MBA from London
School of Economics. In addition, Mr. Feidakis has professional qualifications in dry cargo chartering and operations from
the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
Ioannis Kazantzidis
, a Class I director,
was appointed to our board in November 2016 to fill a vacancy in our board of directors. Mr. Kazantzidis has been the principal
of Porto Trans Shipping LLC, a shipping and logistics company based in the United Arab Emirates, since 2007. Between 1987 and 2007,
Mr. Kazantzidis was with HSBC Group, where he served in managerial positions participating in the development and implementation
of financial systems in multiple locations. Mr. Kazantzidis has since 2009 been a director of Saeed Mohammed Heavy Equipment Trading
LLC, a general trading company, and a senior partner in Porto Trans Auto Services Company, both based in Jebel Ali, UAE. Mr. Kazantzidis
has served as the Chairman of Nazaki Corporation, a private investment company based in the British Virgin Islands, since 1988.
Mr. Kazantzidis has served, since 2015, as the Chairman of W.M.Mendis Hotel Pvt Ltd in the Republic of Sri Lanka. From 1989 to
2015, he was the Chairman of Fishermans Wharf Pvt Ltd, and a director of Dow Corning Lanka Pvt Ltd from 2000 to 2013 and Propasax
Pvt Ltd from 2010 to 2015.
Required Vote
. Adoption of Proposal
One requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to
vote at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of Proposal One.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTORS. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE, PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR
OF SUCH PROPOSED DIRECTORS UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
PROPOSAL TWO
APPROVAL
OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The board of directors of the Company is
submitting for approval at the Meeting the selection of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as the Company’s
independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A.
has advised the Company that it does not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the Company, nor has it had any such
interest in connection with the Company during the past three fiscal years other than in its capacity as the Company’s independent
auditors.
All services rendered by the independent
auditors are subject to review by the Company’s Audit Committee.
Required Vote
. Adoption of Proposal
Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to
vote at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of Proposal Two.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
ERNST & YOUNG (HELLAS) CERTIFIED AUDITORS ACCOUNTANTS S.A. AS INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2017. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE, PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT
WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH APPROVAL UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
OTHER MATTERS
No other matters are expected to be presented
for action at the Meeting. Should any additional matter come before the Meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying
form will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons named in the proxy.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Olga Lambrianidou
Secretary
August 2, 2017
