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Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 6)*
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
John F. Hartigan, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
300 S. Grand Avenue, 22nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 612-2500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D is filed by: (i) Apollo Centre Street Partnership, L.P., (ii) Apollo Franklin Partnership, L.P., (iii) Apollo Credit Opportunity Trading Fund III LP, (iv) AEC (Lux) S.à.r.l., (v) AES (Lux) S. à.r.l., (vi) ANS U.S. Holdings Ltd., (vii) Apollo Special Opportunities Managed Account, L.P., (viii) Apollo Zeus Strategic Investments, L.P., (ix) Apollo Centre Street Management, LLC, (x) Apollo Franklin Management, LLC, (xi) Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund III LP, (xii) Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund (Offshore) III LP, (xiii) Apollo Credit Opportunity Management III LLC, (xiv) Apollo European Credit Management, L.P., (xv) Apollo European Credit Management, LLC, (xvi) Apollo European Strategic Management, L.P., (xvii) Apollo European Strategic Management LLC, (xviii) Apollo SK Strategic Investments, L.P., (xix) Apollo SK Strategic Management, LLC, (xx) Apollo SOMA Advisors, L.P., (xxi) Apollo SOMA Capital Management, LLC, (xxii) Apollo Principal Holdings II, L.P., (xxiii) Apollo Principal Holdings II GP, LLC, (xxiv) Apollo SVF Management, L.P., (xxv) Apollo SVF Management GP, LLC, (xxvi) Apollo Zeus Strategic Management, LLC, (xxvii) Apollo Capital Management, L.P., (xxviii) Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, (xxix) Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., and (xxx) Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC and supplements and amends the Statement on Schedule 13D filed on February 26, 2016, Amendment No. 1 thereto filed June 10, 2016, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed June 30, 2016, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed October 11, 2016, Amendment No. 4 thereto filed October 14, 2016 and Amendment No. 5 thereto filed October 28, 2016 (together, the “Initial Schedule 13Ds”).
Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Initial Schedule 13Ds.
Responses to each item of this Statement on Schedule 13D/A are incorporated by reference into the response to each other item, as applicable.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
Item 2. Identity and Background
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented with the following:
On December 19, 2016, Jason Scheir was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (the “Issuer”). Mr. Scheir was recommended to serve on the Board by Apollo Global Management, LLC (“Apollo”) and constitutes the Board designee of funds managed by Apollo pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement (as defined in Item 4 of Amendment No. 3). Mr. Scheir’s term expires at the Issuer’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Scheir joined Apollo in 2008 and currently serves as a Managing Director at Apollo Management.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
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