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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

 

 

**FORM 10-K/A**

**(Amendment No. 1)**

 

 

**(Mark one)**
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**ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEARENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019**

 
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**TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Commission File Number 001-31895**

 

 

**ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

 

 

 
**Nevada** **84-1018684**
**(State or other jurisdiction of**

**incorporation or organization)**
 
**(I.R.S. Employer**

**Identification No.)**

**205 S. Hoover Blvd, Suite 210, Tampa FL 33609**

**(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)**

**(813) 876-1776**

**(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)**

**Securities registered pursuant Section 12(b) of the Act:**

 

**(Title of each class)**
  
**(Trading**

**symbol)**
  
**(Name of each exchange**

**on which registered)**
**Common Stock, $.0001 par value**  **OMEX**  
**NASDAQ Capital Market**

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None**

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the SecuritiesAct.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒ 

Indicate by check mark if the registrantis not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒ 

Indicate by mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐ 

Indicate by check mark whether theregistrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period thatthe registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐ 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-Kis not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or anyamendment to this Form 10-K.  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant isa large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “acceleratedfiler,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): 

 
Large accelerated filer ☐  Accelerated filer ☐Non-accelerated filer ☐  Smaller reporting company ☒   Emerging growth company ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒ 

The aggregate market value of the 8.5 million shares of voting stock held by non-affiliates ofOdyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. as of June 30, 2019, was approximately $49.4 million. As of March 8, 2020, the Registrant had 9,478,009 shares of Common Stock outstanding. 

**DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

The information required by Part III of this Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to theCompany’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on August 3, 2020. 

 

 

 
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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2020 (the “Original Form 10-K”), solely to disclose (a) that the Company had filedthe information required in Part III, Items 10 through 14 of Form 10-K (the “Part III Information”), which is incorporated by reference into the Original Form 10-K, after the April 29, 2020 deadline applicable to such Part III Information(the “Original Deadline”) in reliance on the 45-day extension provided by an order issued by the SEC under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), dated March 4, 2020 (Release No.34-88318), as modified and superseded by a SEC order issued on March 25, 2020 (Release No. 34-88465) (collectively, the “Order”); and (b) the reasons why the Company could not file the Part III information on a timely basis before theOriginal Deadline, as described below. 

On April 22, 2020, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC (the Form 8-K) todisclose, among other things, its intention to rely on the Order for a filing extension in connection with the Company’s filing of the Part III Information. Consistent with the Company’s statements made in the Form 8-K, the Company wasunable to file the Part III Information prior to the Original Deadline due to circumstances related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In particular, the pandemic caused the Company’s office in Tampa, Florida to close due to a stay athome order in place for Florida residents and issued a work from home policy to protect its employees and their families from potential virus transmission among co-workers. The office closures and work from home policy in turn caused a delay in thepreparation and filing of the Proxy Statement as a result of more limited support from and access to key personnel, as well as communications and similar delays among such persons. 

In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Exchange Act, new certifications by the Company’s principal executive officer andprincipal financial officer are filed herewith as exhibits to this Amendment pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act. The Company is not including the certifications pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of theUnited States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as no financial statements are being filed with this Amendment. 

Except as described above, thisAmendment does not modify or update disclosures in, or exhibits to, the Original Form 10-K. Furthermore, this Amendment does not change any previously reported financial results, nor does it reflect events occurring after the filing of the OriginalForm 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K and the Company’s filings with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Form 10-K. 

 
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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report tobe signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunder duly authorized. 

 
  
ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC. 
Dated: June 30, 2020  By: /s/ Mark D. Gordon   
**Chief Executive Officer**

 
  By: /s/ Jay A. Nudi   
**Chief Financial Officer**

 
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**EXHIBIT INDEX**

 

**Exhibit**