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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Meeting Information
EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.
  
 
Meeting Type:  Annual
 
For holders as of:  03/24/09
 
Date:  05/21/09   Time:  10:00 a.m., EDT
 
Location:     Offices of Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
 20th Floor
 New York, New York 10004
   

 
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Voting Items
    
 A
 
Election of Directors — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the listed nominees.
  
 
 
1.
Nominees:
    
 
01)
Jon Tomasson
  
 
02)
Sophocles N. Zoullas
  
     
 B
 
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 2.
  
2.
The Board has selected the firm of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the financial statements of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 and recommends that shareholders vote for ratification of this appointment.
  
     
     
C
 
Approval of 2009 Equity Incentive Plan — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 3.
  
3.
The Board of Directors is seeking shareholder approval to adopt the Company's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and recommends that shareholders vote to approve this Equity Incentive Plan.
  
     


Voting Instructions