Hamilton, Bermuda, May 8, 2014.
Nordic American Tankers Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE:NAT) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has scheduled the Company’s 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”), to be held on June 17, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Hamilton, Bermuda. The Board has set a record date of April 28, 2014 for the determination of the Company’s shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Company’s Notice of the Meeting and Proxy Statement were furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 8, 2014, on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, and may also be found on the Company’s website at www.nat.bm.
The Company also filed its 2013 Annual Report on Form 20-F, which includes the Company’s complete 2013 audited financial statements, with the Commission and the Annual Report is available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov and the Company’s website at www.nat.bm.
Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Report or Proxy Statement, free of charge upon request.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING 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,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “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. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market, as a result of changes in OPEC’s petroleum production levels and world wide oil consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, 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 important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the prospectus and related prospectus supplement, our Annual Report on Form 20-F, and our reports on Form 6-K.
Contacts:
Scandic American Shipping Ltd
Manager for:
Nordic American Tankers Limited
P.O Box 56, 3201 Sandefjord, Norway
Tel: + 47 33 42 73 00 E-mail: nat@scandicamerican.com
Jacob Ellefsen, Manager, IR & Research, Monaco
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: +377 93 25 89 07 or +33 6778 631 959
Rolf Amundsen, Head of Investor Relations, Norway
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: +1 800 601 9079 or + 47 908 26 906
Gary J. Wolfe
Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, USA
Tel: +1 212 574 1223
Turid M. Sørensen, CFO & EVP, Norway
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: + 47 33 42 73 00 or + 47 90 57 29 27
Herbjørn Hansson, Chairman and CEO
Nordic American Tankers Limited
Tel: +1 866 805 9504 or + 47 901 46 291