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 May 2021
Commission File Number: 001-36810
EURONAV NV
De Gerlachekaai 20
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
011-32-3-247-4411
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Euronav NV (the "Company"), dated May 20, 2021, announcing the results of the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders.
The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-238472) that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission effective May 18, 2020.
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.
EURONAV NV | |||
(Registrant) | |||
Dated: May 20, 2021 | |||
By: | /s/ Lieve Logghe | ||
Lieve Logghe | |||
Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 99.1
PRESS RELEASE Thursday 20 May 2021 – 5.45 p.m. CET _______________________________________ |
EURONAV GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING RESULTS
ANTWERP, Belgium, 20 May 2021 – Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) (“Euronav” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that today the annual general meeting of shareholders have approved the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020, including the total full year gross dividend of USD 1.40 per share which was already entirely paid by way of interim dividends in June 2020, August 2020, November 2020 and March 2021.
The shareholders further resolved to re-appoint Ms Anita Odedra and Mr Carl Trowell as independent member of the Supervisory Board for a term of two years, until and including the ordinary general meeting to be held in 2023. It appears from the information available to the Company and from information provided by them that the applicable legal requirements with respect to independence under Belgian law are satisfied. The general shareholders’ meeting acknowledged the determination by the Board of Directors that both Ms. Anita Odedra and Mr. Carl Trowell can be considered independent under SEC and NYSE rules; and
As the required attendance quorum for the special general shareholders’ meeting was not reached, a new meeting with the same agenda items will be convened on 23 June 2021.
The minutes of both the annual general meeting of shareholders and the special general meeting of shareholders will be uploaded on Euronav’s website in the “Investors” section under “General Assemblies”:
https://www.euronav.com/investors/corporate-governance/general-assemblies/2021/
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PRESS RELEASE Thursday 20 May 2021 – 5.45 p.m. CET _______________________________________ |
Contact:
Brian Gallagher – Head of IR, Research and Communications & Management Board member
Tel: +44 20 78 70 04 36
Email: IR@euronav.com
Announcement of second quarter results 2021: Thursday 12 August 2021
About Euronav
Euronav is an independent tanker company engaged in the ocean transportation and storage of crude oil. The Company is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, and has offices throughout Europe and Asia. Euronav is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the NYSE under the symbol EURN. Euronav employs its fleet both on the spot and period market. VLCCs on the spot market are traded in the Tankers International pool of which Euronav is one of the major partners. Euronav’s owned and operated fleet consists of 2 V-Plus vessels, 47 VLCCs (two to be delivered), 28 Suezmaxes (of which one is in a joint venture, two vessels that are time chartered in and two vessels to be delivered) and 2 FSO vessels (both owned in 50%-50% joint venture).
PRESS RELEASE Thursday 20 May 2021 – 5.45 p.m. CET _______________________________________ |
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.