# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001606909
**File Stem:** 0001606909-23-000013
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 8190
**Document Hash:** b4309d707e1444b702a5041721ca8486
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001606909-23-000013.hdr.sgml**: 20230216

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001606909-23-000013

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230215

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230216

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230216

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001606909
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 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:** 23637169

**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): February 15, 2023

**<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)

 ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 ☐ 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:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of exchange on which registered <br> Common Stock PANL NASDAQ

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 8.01** | **Other Events.** |

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On February 15, 2023, Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share to be paid on March 15, 2023 to all shareholders of record as of March 1, 2023. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in, or incorporated into, this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits

<u>Exhibit</u> <u>Description</u>

99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>[Press Release dated February 1](pressreleasedatedfebruary1.htm)[5](pressreleasedatedfebruary1.htm)[, 202](pressreleasedatedfebruary1.htm)[3](pressreleasedatedfebruary1.htm)</u>

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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: February 16, 2023

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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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## Exhibit 99.1

**Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend**

**NEWPORT, RI – February 15, 2023 -** Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("Pangaea" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PANL), a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics solutions, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share to be paid on March 15, 2023 to all shareholders of record as of March 1, 2023.

**About Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.**

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: PANL) provides logistics services to a broad base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a wide variety of dry bulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The Company addresses the transportation needs of its customers with a comprehensive set of services and activities, including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, and voyage planning. Learn more at www.pangaeals.com.

**Investor Relations Contacts**

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| Gianni Del Signore | Stefan C. Neely |
| Chief Financial Officer | Vallum Advisors |
| 401-846-7790 | |
| Investors@pangaeals.com | PANL@val-adv.com |

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**Forward-Looking Statements**

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise these statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for dry bulk shipping capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors, as well as other risks that have been included in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which are available at www.sec.gov.

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