SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	20 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On April 5, 2016, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the consent to scrap the Genco Marine. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information. On April 7, 2016, the Company entered into a waiver agreement with the lenders under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility to postpone the due date of the $1,641 amortization payment due April 7, 2016 to May 31, 2016. As a condition thereof, the amount of the debt service required under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility will be $3,241 through May 30, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information. During the beginning of 2009, the Genco Cavalier, a 2007-built Supramax vessel, was on charter to Samsun when Samsun filed for the equivalent of bankruptcy protection in South Korea, otherwise referred to as a rehabilitation application. On July 3, 2015, Samsun filed for rehabilitation proceedings for the second time with the South Korean courts due to financial distress. On April 8, 2016, the revised rehabilitation plan was approved by the South Korean courts whereby 26% of the remainder of the $3,979 unpaid cash claim settlement from the prior rehabilitation plan, or $1,035, will be settled pursuant to a payment plan over the next ten-year period. The remaining 74% of the claim will be converted to Samsun shares. On April 11, 2016, the Company entered in additional agreements with the lenders under the $100 Million Term Loan Facility and the $253 Million Term Loan Facility which extended the waiver of the collateral maintenance covenant from April 11, 2016 to May 31, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information. On April 12, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with the lenders under the $148 Million Credit Facility to extend the cure period for the Company’s shortfall under the collateral maintenance covenant through May 31, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information. On April 15, 2016, the shareholders of the Company approved, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) on April 15, 2016, proposals to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to (i) increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000 and (ii) authorize the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more classes or series as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. Following the Special Meeting on such date, the Company filed Articles of Amendment of its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to implement to the foregoing amendments. Additionally, at the Special Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-25 with such reverse stock split to be effective at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, but no later than one year after shareholder approval thereof.

20 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 5, 2016, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the consent to scrap the Genco Marine. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.

On April 7, 2016, the Company entered into a waiver agreement with the lenders under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility to postpone the due date of the $1,641 amortization payment due April 7, 2016 to May 31, 2016. As a condition thereof, the amount of the debt service required under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility will be $3,241 through May 30, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information.

During the beginning of 2009, the Genco Cavalier, a 2007-built Supramax vessel, was on charter to Samsun when Samsun filed for the equivalent of bankruptcy protection in South Korea, otherwise referred to as a rehabilitation application. On July 3, 2015, Samsun filed for rehabilitation proceedings for the second time with the South Korean courts due to financial distress. On April 8, 2016, the revised rehabilitation plan was approved by the South Korean courts whereby 26% of the remainder of the $3,979 unpaid cash claim settlement from the prior rehabilitation plan, or $1,035, will be settled pursuant to a payment plan over the next ten-year period. The remaining 74% of the claim will be converted to Samsun shares.

On April 11, 2016, the Company entered in additional agreements with the lenders under the $100 Million Term Loan Facility and the $253 Million Term Loan Facility which extended the waiver of the collateral maintenance covenant from April 11, 2016 to May 31, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information.

On April 12, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with the lenders under the $148 Million Credit Facility to extend the cure period for the Company’s shortfall under the collateral maintenance covenant through May 31, 2016. Refer to Note 8 — Debt for further information.

On April 15, 2016, the shareholders of the Company approved, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) on April 15, 2016, proposals to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to (i) increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000 and (ii) authorize the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more classes or series as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. Following the Special Meeting on such date, the Company filed Articles of Amendment of its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to implement to the foregoing amendments. Additionally, at the Special Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at a ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-25 with such reverse stock split to be effective at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, but no later than one year after shareholder approval thereof.