Washington, D.C. 20549
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Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the notice, proxy statement and proxy card of Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (the "Company") for the Company's 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on May 26, 2015.
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.
April 16, 2015
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF SCORPIO BULKERS INC.
Enclosed is a Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (the "Company" or "Scorpio Bulkers") which will be held at the office of Scorpio Commercial Management S.A.M., Le Millenium, 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco MC 98000 on May 26, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., the Company's Proxy Statement and certain other related materials. These materials together with the Company's annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the "Annual Report") may be found at http://www.edocumentview.com/SALT. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of these materials free of charge upon written request to the Company.
At this Annual Meeting (the "Meeting"), holders of shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shareholders") will consider and vote upon the following proposals:
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To elect two Class B Directors to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Proposal One"); |
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To approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 ("Proposal Two"); and |
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Provided that a quorum is present, the following is required to adopt the proposals: (1) adoption of Proposal One requires the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Meeting; and (2) adoption of Proposal Two requires the vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting. To constitute a quorum, there must be present either in person or by proxy shareholders of record holding at least one-third of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting. If less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy will have the power to adjourn the Meeting until a quorum is present.
You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. If you attend the Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE VOTE BY INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN THE MAIL. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON. ALL SHAREHOLDERS MUST PRESENT A FORM OF PERSONAL PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD IN THE NAME OF YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU MUST BRING AN ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR LETTER FROM YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE INDICATING THAT YOU WERE THE OWNER OF THE SHARES ON APRIL 7, 2015.
ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL THE PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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Very truly yours,
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Emanuele Lauro
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Emanuele Lauro
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Le Millenium, 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco MC 98000
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150 East 58th Street - New York, NY 10155, USA
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Tel: +377-9798-5716; Fax: +377 92 05 70 45
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Tel: +1 212 542 1616; Fax: +1 212 542 1618
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e-mail & website: info@scorpiobulkers.com
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www.scorpiobulkers.com
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SCORPIO BULKERS INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
April 16, 2015
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Annual Meeting of the holders of shares of common stock (the "Shareholders") of Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (the "Company") will be held on May 26, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., at the office of Scorpio Commercial Management S.A.M., Le Millenium, 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco MC 98000 (the "Meeting") for the following purposes, of which items 1 and 2 are more completely set forth in the accompanying Proxy Statement:
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To elect two Class B Directors to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; |
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To approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and |
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To transact other such business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
The board of directors has fixed the close of business on April 7, 2015 as the record date for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to receive notice and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders of record holding at least one-third of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting, who attend the Meeting in person or by proxy, shall be a quorum for the purposes of the Meeting. If less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy will have the power to adjourn the Meeting until a quorum is present.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE VOTE BY INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN THE MAIL. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON. ALL SHAREHOLDERS MUST PRESENT A FORM OF PERSONAL PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD IN THE NAME OF YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU MUST BRING AN ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR LETTER FROM YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE INDICATING THAT YOU WERE THE OWNER OF THE SHARES ON APRIL 7, 2015.
ANY SIGNED PROXY RETURNED AND NOT COMPLETED WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALL THE PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT. THE VOTE OF EVERY SHAREHOLDER IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.
This Notice of Meeting, the Proxy Statement and certain other related materials, such as the Company's annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the "Annual Report"), may be found at http://www.edocumentview.com/SALT. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of these materials free of charge upon written request to the Company.
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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Anoushka Kachelo
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Anoushka Kachelo
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April 16, 2015
Monaco
SCORPIO BULKERS INC.
LE MILLENIUM, 9, BOULEVARD CHARLES III, MONACO MC 98000
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PROXY STATEMENT FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 26, 2015
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INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING
GENERAL
The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the board of directors (the "Board") of Scorpio Bulkers Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation (the "Company"), for use at the Annual Meeting of holders of shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shareholders") to be held at the office of Scorpio Commercial Management S.A.M., Le Millenium, 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco MC 98000 on May 26, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., or at any adjournment or postponement thereof (the "Meeting"), for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy are expected to be mailed to the Shareholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Meeting on or about April 17, 2015. These materials together with the Company's annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the "Annual Report") may be found at http://www.edocumentview.com/SALT. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of these materials free of charge upon written request to the Company.
VOTING RIGHTS AND OUTSTANDING SHARES
On April 7, 2015 (the "Record Date"), the Company had issued and outstanding 180,470,939 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"). Each Shareholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each Common Share then held. One or more Shareholders representing at least 33 1/3 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company present in person or by proxy at the Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of the Meeting. The Common Shares represented by any proxy in the enclosed form will be voted in accordance with the instructions given on the proxy if the proxy is properly executed and is received by the Company prior to the close of voting at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Any proxies returned without instructions will be voted FOR the proposals set forth on the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The Common Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "SALT".
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
A Shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised. A proxy may be revoked by filing with the Secretary of the Company at the Company's registered office, Le Millennium, 9, Boulevard Charles III, Monaco MC 98000, a written notice of revocation by a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
PROPOSAL ONE
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company currently has five directors divided into three classes. As provided in the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, each director is elected to serve for a three-year term and until such director's successor is elected and has qualified. The terms of our Class B directors expire at the Meeting. The term of the newly elected Class B directors will expire at the Company's 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Unless the proxy is marked to indicate that such authorization is expressly withheld, the person named in the enclosed proxy intends to vote the shares authorized thereby FOR the election of the following two nominees. It is expected that each of these nominees will be able to serve, but if before the election it develops that any of the nominees is unavailable, the person named in the accompanying proxy will vote for the election of such substitute nominee or nominees as the current Board may recommend.
Nominees for Election to the Company's Board
Information concerning the nominees for directors of the Company is set forth below:
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Robert Bugbee
Einar Michael Steimler
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Class B Director
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Robert Bugbee, President & Director
Robert Bugbee, the Company's co-founder, serves and has served as its Class B Director since April 9, 2013 and President since July 1, 2013. Mr. Bugbee has more than 25 years of experience in the shipping industry. Mr. Bugbee also serves and has served as Director and President of Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) since its initial public offering in April 2010. He joined the Scorpio group of companies, or the Scorpio Group, in February 2009 and has continued to serve there in senior management. Prior to joining Scorpio Group, Mr. Bugbee was a partner at Ospraie Management LLP between 2007 and 2008, a company which advises and invests in commodities and basic industry. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Bugbee was employed at OMI Corporation, or OMI, a NYSE-listed tanker company sold in 2007. While at OMI, Mr. Bugbee served as President from January 2002 until the sale of the company, and before that served as Executive Vice President since January 2001, Chief Operating Officer since March 2000, and Senior Vice President of OMI from August 1995 to June 1998. Mr. Bugbee joined OMI in February 1993. Prior to this, he was employed by Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corporation since 1984. During this time he took a two year sabbatical beginning 1987 for the M.I.B. Program at the Norwegian School for Economics and Business administration in Bergen. He has a Fellowship from the International Shipbrokers Association and a B.A. (Honors) from London University.
Einar Michael Steimler, Director
Einar Michael Steimler serves and has served as the Company's Class B Director since its initial public offering in December 2013. Mr. Steimler also serves and has served as a director of DHT Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DHT). Mr. Steimler has over 30 years of experience in the shipping industry. From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Steimler served as chairman of Tanker (UK) Agencies, the commercial agent to Tankers International. He was instrumental in the formation of Tanker (UK) Agencies in 2000 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until the end of 2007. From 1998 to 2010, Mr. Steimler served as a Director of Euronav NV (EURN: EN Brussels). He has been involved in both sale and purchase and chartering brokerage in the tanker, gas and chemical sectors and was a founder of Stemoco, a Norwegian ship brokerage firm. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Business Management in 1973 with a degree in Economics.
Required Vote. Adoption of Proposal One requires the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Meeting.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTORS. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE, PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DIRECTORS UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
PROPOSAL TWO
APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board is submitting for approval at the Meeting the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has advised the Company that the firm does not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the Company, nor has such firm had any such interest in connection with the Company during the past three fiscal years.
All services rendered by the independent auditors are subject to review by the Audit Committee.
Required Vote. Adoption of Proposal Two requires the vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2015. UNLESS REVOKED AS PROVIDED ABOVE, PROXIES RECEIVED BY MANAGEMENT WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH APPROVAL UNLESS A CONTRARY VOTE IS SPECIFIED.
SOLICITATION
The cost of preparing and soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. Solicitation will be made primarily by mail, but Shareholders may be solicited by telephone, e-mail, or personal contact.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY
Shareholders can access documents related to the Meeting, including the Company's latest Annual Report, at: http://www.edocumentview.com/SALT.
For shareholders who hold their shares through a bank or brokerage account, instead of receiving future copies of these documents by mail, shareholders can elect to receive an e-mail that will provide electronic links to the proxy materials. Opting to receive your proxy materials online will save the Company the cost of producing and mailing documents to your home or business, and will also give you an electronic link to the proxy voting site.
EFFECT OF ABSTENTIONS
An "abstention" occurs when a shareholder sends in a proxy with explicit instructions to decline to vote regarding a particular matter (other than the election of Directors for which the choice is limited to "for" or "withhold"). Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum. Abstentions will not be counted in determining whether Proposal Two has been approved.
OTHER MATTERS
No other matters are expected to be presented for action at the Meeting. Should any additional matter come before the Meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons named in the proxy.
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Anoushka Kachelo
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Anoushka Kachelo
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April 16, 2015
Monaco