Company: ASC
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001558370-25-006251
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Company: Ardmore Shipping Corp
Filing Date: 2025-05-05
Form: 6-K
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more’s headquarters in Cork in 2015, Mr Gaina has held several managerial roles, including leading the Commercial Operations department, where he played a key role in optimizing fleet performance and commercial strategy, as well as Cargo Operation Manager. Prior to transitioning ashore, Mr Gaina had a distinguished seafaring career. A graduate of the Maritime Academy Mircea cel Bătrân (Class of 2002), he spent over a decade sailing on chemical and oil tankers, including five years as Master Mariner. Mr Gaina earned a Global Executive MBA from Rotterdam School of Management in 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

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#### Executive Employment Agreements
We have entered into employment agreements with all of our executive officers. Pursuant to the terms of their respective employment agreements, our executive officers are prohibited from disclosing or unlawfully using any of our material confidential information. The employment agreements include, among other things, compensation provisions, and one-year non-solicitation and non-compete clauses following the cessation of the employee’s employment with us.

The employment agreements require that we maintain director and officer insurance and that we indemnify and hold the employee harmless against all expenses, liability and loss (including reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, to which the employee is a party or is threatened to be made a party as a result of the employee’s employment with us. The indemnification provisions exclude fraud, willful misconduct or criminal activity on the employee’s behalf.

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### PRINCIPAL AUDITOR FEES AND SERVICES
Our principal accountants for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Audit Fees. The audit fees for the audits of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

Audit-Related Fees. There were no audit-related fees relating to work performed by our principal accountants in 2024 or 2023.

Tax Fees. There were no tax fees billed by our principal accountants in 2024 or 2023.

All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed by our principal accountants in 2024 or 2023.

The Audit Committee of the Board is responsible for the appointment, replacement, compensation, evaluation and oversight of the work of the independent auditors. As part of