SEC Form 4
FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Baltic Trading Ltd [ BALT ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/17/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Common Stock | 07/17/2015 | A | 100(1) | A | (1) | 100 | I(2) | see footnote(2) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Class B Stock | (3) | 07/17/2015 | D | 6,356,471 | (3) | (3) | Common Stock | 6,356,471 | (3) | 0 | I(4) | see footnote(4) |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. On July 17, 2015 (the "Effective Date"), Poseidon Merger Sub Limited ("Merger Sub"), a Marshall Islands corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited ("Genco"), a Marshall Islands corporation, merged (the "Merger") with and into Baltic Trading Limited ("Baltic Trading") with Baltic Trading surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Genco pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 7, 2015, as amended (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Merger Sub, Genco and Baltic Trading. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of common stock of Merger Sub, all of which were owned by Genco Investments LLC ("Genco Investments"), was converted into one share of common stock of Baltic Trading on the Effective Date. |
2. The securities reported in this form are owned by Genco Investments and may be deemed beneficially owned by Genco by virtue of its ownership of Genco Investments. Genco disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission that Genco has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. |
3. Each share of Class B Stock was convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Common Stock, for no additional consideration. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Class B Stock was cancelled on the Effective Date. |
4. The securities reported in this form were owned by Genco Investments and may be deemed beneficially owned by Genco by virtue of its ownership of Genco Investments. Genco disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission that Genco has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. |
Remarks: |
/s/ Apostolos Zafolias, Chief Financial Officer | 07/21/2015 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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