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Issuer:     GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD (GNK)
CIK:        0001326200
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-26-011782
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Genco Shipping files Employee Retention Plan with severance upon change in control
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- Plan covers Tier 1, 2, 3 employees; severance triggered by qualifying termination after a Change in Control.
- Tier 1: lump sum of CIC Severance Multiple times base salary plus avg bonus; vesting acceleration; COBRA; outplacement.
- Tier 2: similar benefits but COBRA Payment capped; outplacement capped at $25,000.
- Tier 3 benefits set in individual Participation Agreements; all must sign release to receive payments.
- Plan supersedes prior severance arrangements; automatically renews daily unless Committee terminates.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326200/000114036126011782/0001140361-26-011782-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326200/000114036126011782/ef20069183_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-011782

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