Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. – 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held

ATHENS, Greece, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. ("OET" or the "Company") (NYSE:ECO) today announced that the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company (the "Annual Meeting") was duly held on May 30, 2025 and that all proposals on the agenda were approved.

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company:

(i)		Elected the following eight directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified: Ioannis Alafouzos (Chair), Robert Knapp, Daniel Gold, Joshua Nemser, Charlotte Stratos, Francis "Frank" Dunne, Petros Siakotos Konstantinidis and Dimitrios Papalexopoulos; and
(ii)		Ratified the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2025.

Following the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") approved the expansion of the size of each of its standing committees, effective June 1, 2025, and designated Frank Dunne to each such committee. The committees therefore are now comprised of the following directors:

• Audit Committee: Charlotte Stratos (Chair), Petros Siakotos and Frank Dunne.
• Remuneration Committee: Charlotte Stratos (Chair), Robert Knapp and Frank Dunne.
• Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee: Petros Siakotos (Chair), Charlotte Stratos and Frank Dunne.
  
  

Each of the directors serving on the committees has been determined to be independent in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and Oslo Stock Exchange requirements.

Contacts

Company:

Iraklis Sbarounis, CFO

Tel: +30 210 480 4200

[email protected]

Investor Relations / Media Contact:

Nicolas Bornozis, President

Capital Link, Inc.

230 Park Avenue, Suite 1540, New York, N.Y. 10169

Tel: +1 (212) 661-7566

[email protected]

About OET

OET is a leading international tanker company providing seaborne transportation of crude oil and refined products. The Company was incorporated on April 30, 2018 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange under the symbol OET and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ECO. The sailing fleet consists of six modern scrubber-fitted Suezmax tankers and eight modern scrubber-fitted VLCC tankers.

Forward-Looking Statements

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This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.