UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2025
Commission File Number: 001-34153
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
c/o GSL Enterprises Ltd.
9 Irodou Attikou Street
Kifisia, Athens
Greece, 14561
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Results of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
On June 17, 2025, Global Ship Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting,
the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement furnished to shareholders on or about May 8, 2025, were approved and
adopted:
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to elect each of George Giouroukos, Ian J. Webber and Michael Chalkias, to serve as Term II Directors until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until such
time as such director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified; and
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to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
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Attached to this report on Form 6-K (this “Report”) as Exhibit
99.1 is a copy of the press release of the Company, dated June 17, 2025, reporting the results of the Meeting.
The information contained in this Report is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-231509, 333-258800 and 333-267468) and Form S-8 (File
Nos. 333-258992 and 333-264113).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC.
(Registrant)
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Date: June 17, 2025
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/s/ Thomas Lister
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Thomas Lister
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Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 99.1
Investor and Media Contact:
IGB Group
Bryan Degnan
646-673-9701
or
Leon Berman
212-477-8438
Global Ship Lease Announces Results of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
ATHENS, Greece, June 17, 2025 – Global Ship Lease,
Inc. (NYSE: GSL) (the “Company” or “GSL”) today announced that its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was duly held on June 17, 2025 in Athens, Greece (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) re-elected each
of three directors, George Giouroukos, Ian J. Webber and Michael Chalkias, to serve until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until such time as his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, and (ii) ratified the
appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
About Global Ship Lease
GSL is a leading independent owner of containerships with a diversified fleet of mid-sized and smaller containerships. Incorporated in the Marshall
Islands, GSL commenced operations in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under fixed-rate charters to top tier container liner companies. It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2008.
Our fleet of 69 vessels as of March 31, 2025 had an average age weighted by TEU capacity of 17.5 years. 39 ships are wide-beam Post-Panamax.
As of March 31, 2025, the average remaining term of the Company’s charters, to the mid-point of redelivery, including options under the Company’s control
and other than if a redelivery notice has been received, was 2.3 years on a TEU-weighted basis. Contracted revenue on the same basis was $1.87 billion. Contracted revenue was $2.37 billion, including options under charterers’ control and with
latest redelivery date, representing a weighted average remaining term of 3.0 years.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future
events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe,"
"continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these
words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these
forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in its reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.