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 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2023
Commission File Number: 001-34153
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
c/o Global Ship Lease Services Limited
25 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1LW
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Results of 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
On June 6, 2023, Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement furnished to shareholders on or about May 2, 2023, were approved and adopted:
| 1. | to elect each of Michael Gross, Menno van Lacum and Alain Wils, to serve as Term III Directors until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until such time as his successor has been duly elected and qualified; and |
| 2. | to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. |
Attached to this report on Form 6-K (this “
Report”) as
Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of the Company, dated June 6, 2023, reporting the results of the Meeting.
The information contained in this Report is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-231509, 333-258800 and 333-267468) and Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-258992 and 333-264113).
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.
| GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC. |
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Dated: June 9, 2023 |
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| By: | /s/ Ian J. Webber
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| Ian J. Webber |
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| Chief Executive Officer |
