As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2011
Registration No. 333-174133
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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| Republic of the Marshall Islands | | 66-071-6485 |
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION 2011 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
(212) 763-5600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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John P. Tavlarios
President
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
(212) 763-5600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Thomas E. Molner, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 715-9100
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Deregistration of Securities
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S−8 (this “Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S−8 (File No. 333-174133), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”), by General Maritime Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Registrant”). The Registration Statement registered the sale of 7,500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Registrant’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. This Amendment is being filed to deregister all unsold Shares registered pursuant to, and terminates the effectiveness of, the Registration Statement.
In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Shares which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration the Shares registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 20, 2011.
| | GENERAL MARITIME CORPORATION |
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| | By: | /s/ Jeffrey D. Pribor |
| | Name: | Jeffrey D. Pribor |
| | Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on December 20, 2011 in the capacities indicated.
| Name | | Title | | Date |
| * | | Chairman of the Board and Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| Peter C. Georgiopoulos | | | | |
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| * | | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| John P. Tavlarios | | (Principal Executive Officer) | | |
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| /s/ Jeffrey D. Pribor | | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | | December 20, 2011 |
| Jeffrey D. Pribor | | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | |
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| * | | Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| William J. Crabtree | | | | |
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| * | | Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| Rex W. Harrington | | | | |
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| * | | Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| George J. Konomos | | | | |
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| * | | Director | | December 20, 2011 |
| Peter S. Shaerf | | | | |
*Pursuant to the powers of attorney executed by each of the above named officers and directors and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| * By: | /s/ Jeffrey D. Pribor |
| | Jeffrey D. Pribor, attorney in fact |
