SFL - 2020 Annual General Meeting
SFL Corporation Ltd. held its 2020 Annual General Meeting on August 31, where key resolutions were approved. These included setting the maximum number of directors at eight, re-electing existing directors, and increasing the authorized share capital from US$2,000,000 to US$3,000,000. The shareholders approved a remuneration package for the Board of Directors, totaling US$800,000 for the fiscal year. The company has maintained a consistent dividend payout since its NYSE listing in 2004, with a fleet of over 80 vessels across various sectors.
- Maintained a consistent dividend payout since 2004.
- Approved increase in authorized share capital to US$3,000,000.
- Total remuneration approved for the Board of Directors capped at US$800,000.
- None.
SFL Corporation Ltd. (the “Company” or "SFL") advises that the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company was held on August 31, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Par-la-Ville Place, 4th Floor, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton Bermuda. The audited consolidated financial statements for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2019 were presented to the Meeting.
In addition, the following resolutions were passed:
1. To set the maximum number of Directors to be not more than eight.
2. To resolve that vacancies in the number of Directors be designated as casual vacancies and that the Board of Directors be authorised to fill such vacancies as and when it deems fit.
3. To re-elect Kathrine Fredriksen as a Director of the Company.
4. To re-elect Gary Vogel as a Director of the Company.
5. To re-elect Keesjan Cordia as a Director of the Company.
6. To re-elect James O’Shaughnessy as a Director of the Company.
7. To re-elect Ole Hjertaker as a Director of the Company.
8. To approve the increase of the Company’s authorized share capital from US
9. To re-appoint MSPC as auditors and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration.
10. To approve the remuneration of the Company’s Board of Directors of a total amount of fees not to exceed US
August 31, 2020
SFL Corporation Ltd.
Hamilton, Bermuda
Investor and Analyst Contacts:
Aksel Olesen, Chief Financial Officer, SFL Management AS
+47 23 11 40 36
André Reppen, Senior Vice President & Chief Treasurer, SFL Management AS
+47 23 11 40 55
Media Contact:
Ole B. Hjertaker, Chief Executive Officer, SFL Management AS
+47 23 11 40 11
About SFL
SFL has a unique track record in the maritime industry and has paid dividends every quarter since its initial listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2004. The Company’s fleet of more than 80 vessels is split between tankers, bulkers, container vessels and offshore drilling rigs. SFL’s long term distribution capacity is supported by a portfolio of long term charters and significant growth in the asset base over time. More information can be found on the Company's website: www.sflcorp.com
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including SFL management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the Company’s records and other data available from third parties. Although SFL believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, SFL cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.
Important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements include the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the markets in which we operate, changes in demand resulting from changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and world wide oil consumption and storage, developments regarding the technologies relating to oil exploration, changes in market demand in countries which import commodities and finished goods and changes in the amount and location of the production of those commodities and finished goods, increased inspection procedures and more restrictive import and export controls, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, performance of our charterers and other counterparties with whom we deal, timely delivery of vessels under construction within the contracted price, 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, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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