EX-99.2 9 a2224842zex-99_2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

BALTIC TRADING LIMITED

299 PARK AVENUE

12TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY  10171

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Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY  11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

M31643-P07926

KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS  

 

DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

BALTIC TRADING LIMITED

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Items 1, 3, 4, and 5.
Vote on Directors

For
All

 

o

Withhold
All

 

o

For All

Except

 

o

To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) in the line below

 

 

 

2.

Election of Directors

 

Nominees:

 

 

 

01)  Edward Terino

 

02)  George Wood

 

 

Vote on Proposals

 

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

1.

To approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 7, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Baltic Trading Limited (“Baltic Trading”), Poseidon Merger Sub Limited (“Merger Sub”), and Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (“Genco”) and to approve the merger of Merger Sub into Baltic Trading (the “Merger”).

o

o

o

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent auditors of Baltic Trading for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

o

o

o

 

 

 

 

 

4.

To approve a non-binding, advisory resolution regarding merger-related executive compensation of Baltic Trading’s named executive officers.

o

o

o

 

 

 

 

 

5.

To approve the adjournment of the annual meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the meeting to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement and approve the Merger.

o

o

o

 

NOTE:  Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

For address change/comments, mark here.  (see reverse for instructions)    o

 

Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting.

o

o

 

 

Yes

No

 

 

 

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon.  When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full titles as such.  Joint owners should each sign personally.  All holders must sign.  If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]

 

Date

 

Signature (Joint Owners)

 

Date

 



 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:
The Company’s Notice and Proxy Statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and its
2015 Annual Report to Shareholders are available at www.proxyvote.com.

 

M31644-P07926

 

BALTIC TRADING LIMITED
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
[    ], 2015

 

The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Peter C. Georgiopoulos and John C. Wobensmith, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common Stock of Baltic Trading Limited that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote and, in their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on [    ], 2015, at the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all the powers the shareholders would possess if present at the meeting.

 

THIS PROXY CARD, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE BUT THE CARD IS SIGNED, THIS PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES UNDER PROPOSAL 2, FOR PROPOSALS 1, 3, 4 AND 5, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

 

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE.

 

 

Address change/comments:

 

 

 

 

 

(If you noted any Address Changes and/or Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.)

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side