Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 245

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 16G
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 companies

to adopt

and disclose

corporate governance

guidelines.

The guidelines

must address,

among other

things: director

qualification standards,

director responsibilities,

director access

to

management

and

independent

advisers,

director

compensation,

director

orientation

and

continuing

education, management succession

and an annual

performance evaluation.

We are not required to

adopt

such guidelines under Marshall Islands law and we have not adopted

such guidelines.

Share Issuances

In lieu of obtaining shareholder

approval prior to the

issuance of designated securities,

we will comply with

provisions

of

the

Marshall

Islands

Business

Corporations

Act,

which

allows

the

Board

of

Directors

to

approve share issuances. Additionally,

the NYSE restricts the issuance of super voting

stock such as our

Series

C

Preferred

Shares.

However,

pursuant

to

313.00

of

Section

3

of

the

NYSE

Listed

Company

Manual, the

NYSE will accept

any action or

issuance relating to

the voting

rights structure of

a non-U. S.

company

that

is

in

compliance

with

the

NYSE’s

requirements

for

domestic

companies

or

that

is

not

prohibited by

the company's

home country

law.

We

are not

subject to

such restrictions

under our

home

country, Marshall Islands, law.

Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure

Not applicable.

Item 16I.

Disclosure Regarding

Foreign Jurisdictions

that Prevent

Inspections

Not applicable.

Item 16J. Insider Trading Policies

Pursuant to applicable SEC transition guidance, we have

adopted

insider trading policies and procedures

governing

the

purchase,

sale,

and

other

dispositions

of

the

registrant’s

securities

by

directors,

senior

management, and employees

that are reasonable

designed to promote

compliance with applicable

insider

trading laws, rules and regulations, and

NYSE listing standards for fiscal

year ending December 31, 2024.

Our insider trading policies and procedures are filed as Exhibit

11.2 to this annual report.