Drybulk Shipowners, Safe Bulkers, Declare Dividend
Safe Bulkers, Inc. has declared a cash dividend of $0.26111 per share on its 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares.
The dividend will be paid on July 30, 2013 to all Series B preferred shareholders of record as of July 25, 2013.
The Company has 1,600,000 Series B Preferred Shares outstanding as of today. This is the first cash dividend the Company has declared since the commencement of trading of its Series B Preferred Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on June 19, 2013.
About Safe Bulkers, Inc.
The Greece-headquartered company is an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, transporting bulk cargoes, particularly coal, grain and iron ore, along worldwide shipping routes for some of the world’s largest users of marine drybulk transportation services. The Company’s common stock is listed on the NYSE, where it trades under the symbol “SB”. The Company’s current fleet consists of 26 drybulk vessels, all built 2003 onwards, and the Company has contracted to acquire eight additional drybulk newbuild vessels to be delivered at various times through 2015.