ATHENS, Greece, April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (the “Company” or “OET”) (NYSE:ECO / OSE:OET), announced today that it has scheduled its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for May 30, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Greek time (the “Annual Meeting”). The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate at the Annual Meeting is April 22, 2025. The business of the Annual Meeting is to elect eight directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified, and to ratify the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Annual Meeting documentation and instructions for voting are expected to be mailed to all shareholders of record on or about April 25, 2025, and will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
Separately, as part of the Annual Meeting process, the Company announced today that the board of directors of the Company has been expanded to consist of eight persons from the previous seven person board of directors. The vacancy on the board of directors of the Company created by this change is proposed to be filled at the Annual Meeting, rather than by the remaining directors.
The Company has decided to nominate Mr. Dimitrios Papalexopoulos for election as a director, to fill this vacancy. Dimitrios Papalexopoulos is a business executive with experience in management, business development, operations and commercial marketing across media, publishing, technology and fast-moving consumer goods. He is currently and has been since 2022 the Managing Director of Kathimerines Ekdoseis, a media and publishing company, and publisher of prominent Greek newspaper Kathimerini. He was previously its Chief Business Officer from 2019 to 2021. Prior to joining Kathimerines Ekdoseis, Mr. Papalexopoulos held senior positions in business development, sales, and brand management in Google between 2011 and 2018 and in Procter & Gamble between 2007 and 2010. He holds a B.A. in International and European Economic Studies from the Athens University of Economics and Business, a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the American College of Greece, an M.Sc. in International Employment Relations and HR Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Sloan Fellows Program. Mr. Papalexopoulos has been a member of the Governing Council of the Athens University of Economics and Business since 2023.
The Company’s executive management team will remain unchanged. They will continue to work closely with the Company’s board of directors.
Contacts
Company Iraklis Sbarounis, CFO Tel: +30 210 480 4200 ir@okeanisecotankers.com
Investor Relations / Media Contact Nicolas Bornozis, President Capital Link, Inc. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1540, New York, N.Y. 10169 Tel: +1 (212) 661-7566 okeanisecotankers@capitallink.com
About OET OET is a leading international tanker company providing seaborne transportation of crude oil and refined products. The Company was incorporated on April 30, 2018 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and is listed on Oslo Børs under the symbol OET and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ECO. The sailing fleet consists of six modern scrubber-fitted Suezmax tankers and eight modern scrubber-fitted VLCC tankers.
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