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Issuer:     Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (PANL)
CIK:        0001606909
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001606909-25-000154
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Mark Filanowski to retire Jan 1, 2026; COO Mads Petersen named successor
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- Mark Filanowski will retire as CEO and step down from the Board effective January 1, 2026, after 11 years.
- Mads Petersen, 46, current COO (since 2022), appointed President and CEO effective January 1, 2026.
- Petersen will join the Board on January 1, 2026; he has 16 years with Pangaea and 20+ years in dry bulk.
- Petersen led Pangaea's Copenhagen office, ice-class vessel activities, and newbuilding in Japan and China.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690925000154/0001606909-25-000154-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690925000154/panl-20250917.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-25-000154

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