Gary Vogel Form 4 Eagle Bulk Shipping / Gary Vogel ownership change

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

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:	3235-0287
Estimated average burden
hours per response:	0.5

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^*

Vogel Gary

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

300 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, 5TH FLOOR

(Street)

STAMFORD CT 06902

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. [ EGLE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/24/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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	02/24/2024		M		2,567	A	(1)	141,550	D
Common Stock	02/24/2024		F(2)		1,190	D	$61	140,360	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	02/24/2024		A		7,702		(1)	(1)	Common Stock	7,702	$0	7,702	D
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	02/24/2024		M			2,567	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	2,567	$0	5,135	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This award of performance-vested restricted stock units was granted on March 6, 2023 and certain performance criteria was certified as described in footnote (3) below. Following the certification of performance criteria, the award vests in three substantially equal installments on February 24, 2024, January 2, 2025 and January 2, 2026.

2. Represents the withholding of shares to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of restricted stock units on February 24, 2024.

3. On February 24, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer certified that certain performance criteria for certain performance-vested restricted stock units granted under the Issuer's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan to Gary Vogel, the Issuer's Chief Executive Officer, on March 6, 2023 had been met and 7,702 restricted stock units may become vested.

Remarks:

	/s/ Gary Vogel	02/27/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.