Navios Maritime (NMPRY) 6-K Current report (foreign)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE13a-16 OR15d-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Dated: January 17, 2018

Commission FileNo. 001-33311

NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2

Monte Carlo, MC 98000 Monaco

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form20-F or Form40-F:

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DVB Bank Facility Agreement

On December 21, 2017, Kleimar NV., a wholly owned subsidiary of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (“Navios Holdings” or the “Company”), entered into a facility agreement (the “Facility Agreement”) with DVB Bank SE for an amount up to $18,253,968.25 relating to the financing of the Navios Taurus, the Navios Northern Star and the Navios Amitie (“the DVB Facility”). The facility bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 325 basis points. The DVB Facility is repayable in 14 quarterly installments of $730,158.73 followed by a final balloon installment of $8,031,746.03. To date, the Facility Agreement has been fully drawn.

The Company is a guarantor of the obligations under the Facility Agreement. The Facility Agreement also requires compliance with certain financial covenants, including covenants under the indenture for Navios Holdings’ outstanding secured notes. Among other events, it will be an event of default under the Facility Agreement if the financial covenants are not complied with or if Angeliki Frangou and her affiliates, together, own less than 20% of the outstanding share capital of Navios Holdings.

The foregoing description is subject in all respects to the actual terms of the Facility Agreement. A copy of the Facility Agreement is furnished as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Results of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders

On December 15, 2017, the Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The record date for the Annual Meeting was October 17, 2017. As of the record date, a total of 119,547,372 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were 55,614,564 shares of common stock present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the stockholders, and the final voting results of each such proposal.

1. Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders voted to elect Angeliki Frangou and Vasiliki Papaefthymiou as Class C Directors of the Company, whose terms, upon election, will expire in 2020.

	For		Withhold
Angeliki Frangou		54,664,822		949,742
Vasiliki Papaefthymiou		54,068,366		1,546,198

2. Approval of an amendment to the Charter. Consistent with the Certificates of Designation for the Company’s Series G and Series H Preferred Stock (the “Certificates of Designation”), the Company proposed an amendment to the Charter to effectuate any and all such changes as may be necessary to permit the Series G and/or Series H Holders the ability to exercise certain voting rights pursuant to the Certificates of Designation. This proposal failed to receive the affirmative vote of holders oftwo-thirds of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting which was required to approve the proposal.

For	Against	Abstain
54,511,058	871,712	231,794

3. Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2017.

For	Against	Abstain
55,172,276	384,910	57,378

Operational and Financial Results

On November 21, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the operational and financial results for the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2017. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.

NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.
By:	/s/ Angeliki Frangou
	Angeliki Frangou
	Chief Executive Officer
	Date: January 17, 2018

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
10.1	Facility Agreement relating to a facility of up to $18,253,968.25, dated December 21, 2017, between Kleimar NV. and DVB Bank SE
99.1	Press Release, dated November 21, 2017: Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017.