Star Bulk Announces the Date of its 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Internet Availability of its 2010 Annual Report on Form 20-F and its Proxy Materials
News Release
Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
September 15, 2011
ATHENS, GREECE, September 14, 2011 - Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced today that it plans to hold its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") at the Radisson Blu Hotel located at Zurich Airport 8058 Zurich, Switzerland on October 21, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. local time. The Company's board of directors has fixed the close of business on August 23, 2011 as the record date for the determination of the Company's shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Company's Notice of the Meeting and Proxy Statement were mailed to the Company's shareholders on or about September 9, 2011. These materials and the Company's annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (the "Annual Report") may be found on the Company's website at www.starbulk.com. Shareholders may also (i) access the Annual Report, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 31, 2011, on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov or (ii) receive a hard copy of the Annual Report free of charge upon written request to the Company.
About Star Bulk
Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks such as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "SBLK." Currently, Star Bulk's fleet consists of fifteen dry bulk carriers, including seven Capesize vessels, eight Supramax vessels and definitive agreements for the construction of one Capesize vessel. The fleet has a combined cargo carrying capacity of 1,626,399 dwt and a dwt-weighted average age of approximately 11 years.
The Company's Notice of the Meeting and Proxy Statement were mailed to the Company's shareholders on or about September 9, 2011. These materials and the Company's annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (the "Annual Report") may be found on the Company's website at www.starbulk.com. Shareholders may also (i) access the Annual Report, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 31, 2011, on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov or (ii) receive a hard copy of the Annual Report free of charge upon written request to the Company.
About Star Bulk
Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks such as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "SBLK." Currently, Star Bulk's fleet consists of fifteen dry bulk carriers, including seven Capesize vessels, eight Supramax vessels and definitive agreements for the construction of one Capesize vessel. The fleet has a combined cargo carrying capacity of 1,626,399 dwt and a dwt-weighted average age of approximately 11 years.