---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-033728"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANL"
cik: "0001606909"
company_name: "Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-05-11T22:19:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T10:20:00.554896+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pangaea Logistics shareholders elect directors, ratify Deloitte as auditor for FY2026

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Richard du Moulin, Karen Beachy, Gary Vogel, Paul Leand, and Mads Petersen.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year 2026 with 53.4M votes for.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 47.0M votes for.
- Quorum present: 54.3M of 65.3M outstanding shares represented at May 7, 2026 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-033728
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANL
- cik: 0001606909
- company_name: Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-05-11T22:19:57+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/panl-20260507.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. shareholders approved 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 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-07
  source text: 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. 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. shareholders approved 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 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-07
  source text: 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: Class II Nominees Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Eugene I. Davis 46,867,026 963,350 697,809 5,731,075
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-07
  source text: 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: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 53,448,589 280,481 530,190 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. shareholders approved 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 at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-07
  source text: 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: Class III Nominees Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Richard T. du Moulin 44,406,109 3,441,523 680,553 5,731,075 Karen H. Beachy 47,068,821 775,680 683,684 5,731,075 Gary Vogel 46,568,495 1,417,883 541,807 5,731,075 Paul M. Leand, Jr. 47,396,611 1,099,077 32,497 5,731,075
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-07
  source text: 5. To approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 47,010,138 825,844 692,203 5,731,075
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000162828026033728/0001628280-26-033728-index.htm

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