# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001606909
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-033728
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6669
**Document Hash:** c27b9c1ea4ccccd8b42d8695416ab053
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-033728.hdr.sgml**: 20260512

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-033728

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260507

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260512

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260511

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001606909
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** D0
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36798
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26964901

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 109 LONG WHARF
- **CITY:** NEWPORT
- **STATE:** RI
- **ZIP:** 02840
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 401-457-9552

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 109 LONG WHARF
- **CITY:** NEWPORT
- **STATE:** RI
- **ZIP:** 02840

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Quartet Holdco Ltd.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140430

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2026

**<u>PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD.</u>**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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| Bermuda | 001-36798 | 98-1205464 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |

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<u>c/o Phoenix Bulk Carriers (US) LLC</u>

<u>109 Long Wharf, Newport, Rhode Island 02840</u>

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

<u>(401) 846-7790</u>

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

**Not Applicable**

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

 ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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 ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | PANL | NASDAQ |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.07** | **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.** |

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On May 7, 2026, Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (the "Company"), held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). There were a total of 65,318,647 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 54,259,260 shares of Common Stock, constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were represented either in person or by proxy, and accordingly, a quorum was present. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted on the following matters and cast their votes as described below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.To elect the following directors to our Board of Directors as Class III directors serving until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2029:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class III Nominees | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| Richard T. du Moulin | 44406109 | 3441523 | 680553 | 5731075 |
| Karen H. Beachy | 47068821 | 775680 | 683684 | 5731075 |
| Gary Vogel | 46568495 | 1417883 | 541807 | 5731075 |
| Paul M. Leand, Jr. | 47396611 | 1099077 | 32497 | 5731075 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.To elect one director to our Board of Directors as a Class I director serving until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2027.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class I Nominees | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| Mads Rosenberg Boye Petersen | 48,201,270 | 293,007 | 33,908 | 5,731,075 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*3.*To elect one nominee to our Board of Directors as a Class II directors serving until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2028:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class II Nominees | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| Eugene I. Davis | 46,867,026 | 963,350 | 697,809 | 5,731,075 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year 2026:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| 53,448,589 | 280,481 | 530,190 |  |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.To approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of named executive officers:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
| 47,010,138 | 825,844 | 692,203 | 5,731,075 |

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 11, 2026

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| PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD. | PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD. |
| By: | /s/ Gianni Del Signore |
|  | Name: Gianni Del Signore<br>Title: Chief Financial Officer |

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