Quintana Maritime Ltd - Filing of certain prospectuses and comms. for business combination transactions (425)
April 01 2008 - 4:20PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
Filed by Excel Maritime
Carriers Ltd.
Pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Quintana
Maritime Limited
SEC Registration
Statement No.: 333-149285
THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE
ISSUED BY EXCEL MARITIME CARRIERS LTD. ON APRIL 1, 2008.
EXCEL LOGO
NEWS
RELEASE for April 1, 2008
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Investor
Relations / Financial Media:
Nicolas Bornozis
President
Capital Link, Inc.
230 Park Avenue Suite 1536
New York, NY 10160, USA
Tel: (212) 661-7566
Fax: (212) 661-7526
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Company:
Lefteris Papatrifon
Chief Financial Officer
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd.
c/o 17th Km National Road Athens
Lamia & Finikos Street
145 64 Nea Kifisia
Athens, Greece
Tel: 011-30-210-62-09-520
Fax: 011-30-210-62-09-528
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E-Mail:
nbornozis@capitallink.com
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www.capitallink.com
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E-Mail:
info@excelmaritime.com
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www.excelmaritime.com
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Excel Maritime Announces the Results of its Special
Shareholders Meeting
ATHENS, GREECE- April 1, 2008
Excel
Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM) announced the results of the special meeting
of its shareholders held today, April 1, 2008. At the meeting,
shareholders approved and adopted the proposal to amend Excels Restated Articles
of Incorporation to provide for a change in the structure and composition of
Excels Board of Directors in connection with Excels proposed merger with
Quintana Maritime Limited. Adoption of
this proposed amendment was a condition to the closing of the proposed merger
between Excel and Quintana.
About Excel
Maritime Carriers Ltd.
Excel is an owner and
operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne
transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, such as iron ore, coal and
grains, as well as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Excels current
fleet consists of 18 vessels (ten Panamax, two Supramax and six Handymax
vessels) with a total carrying capacity of 1,074,022 deadweight tons. Excel Class A
common shares have traded since September 15, 2005 on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EXM, and prior to that date, traded on the
American Stock Exchange (AMEX) since 1998. For more information about Excel,
please go to Excels corporate website www.excelmaritime.com
Important
Information
This communication is being
made in respect of the proposed merger transaction involving Excel and
Quintana. In connection with the
proposed transaction, Excel has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a registration statement on Form F-4 containing a proxy
statement/prospectus. The proposed
merger transaction involving Excel and Quintana will be submitted to Quintanas
shareholders for their consideration.
Shareholders are encouraged to read the proxy statement/prospectus
regarding the proposed transaction because it contains important
information. Shareholders may obtain a
free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings
containing information about Excel and Quintana without charge, at the Securities
and Exchange Commissions Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and
the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are incorporated
by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus can also be obtained, without
charge, by directing a request to Excel or to Quintana per the following
investor relations contact information:
To Excel:
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To
Quintana:
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Investor
Relations / Financial Media at
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Investor Relations /
Financial Media at
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Capital Link, Inc.
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Capital Link, Inc.
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230 Park Avenue
Suite 1536
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230 Park Avenue
Suite 1536
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New York, NY 10160, USA
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New York, NY 10160, USA
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Attention: Nicolas
Bornozis
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Attention: Ramnique Grewal
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Tel: (212) 661-7566
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Tel. 212.661.7566
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E-Mail: nbornozis@capitallink.com
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E-mail: rgrewal@capitallink.com
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Excel, Quintana and their
respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed
transaction. Information regarding Excels directors and executive officers is
available in Excels notice of annual meeting and proxy statement for its most
recent annual meeting and Excels Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2006, which were filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 14, 2007 and June 26, 2007, respectively, and
information regarding Quintanas directors and executive officers is available
in Quintanas proxy statement for its most recent annual meeting of shareholders
and Quintanas Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007, which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2,
2007 and February 29, 2008, respectively. Other information regarding the
participants in the solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect
interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant materials that have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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