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 May 2008
Commission
File Number: 001-33179
AEGEAN
MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
42
Hatzikyriakou Avenue
Piraeus,
Athens J3 185 38
Greece
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the
press release of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (the “Company”), dated May
22, 2008, announcing that the Company has appointed Konstantinos
Koutsomitopoulos to the Company’s Board of Directors.
Exhibit
1
CONTACTS:
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Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director
PIRAEUS,
Greece, May 22, 2008 – Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW), an
international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies
refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, announced today
that it has appointed Konstantinos Koutsomitopoulos to its Board of Directors.
With the addition of Mr. Koutsomitopoulos, Aegean has a total of seven
Directors, of which the majority remains independent.
Mr.
Koutsomitopoulos, 40, has more than 17 years of industry experience. Currently,
he serves as an independent consultant to various companies. From
October 2004 to May 2007, Mr. Koutsomitopoulos was employed at Diana Shipping
Inc., a publicly traded company with shares listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. While at Diana, Mr. Koutsomitopoulos served as President
and Head of Corporate Development from March 2006 to May 2007, and as Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer from February 2005 to March 2006. Mr.
Koutsomitopoulos joined Pegasus Shipping Inc. in 1992. From 1997 to
2003, Mr. Koutsomitopoulos was responsible for chartering, sales and purchasing
and assisting in financing activities of the company, holding the positions of
Chief Executive Officer and, subsequently, Director.
Peter
C. Georgiopoulos, Chairman, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Konstantinos
to Aegean’s Board of Directors. His extensive industry experience will provide
added value as we seek to continue to take advantage of the strong demand for
our integrated marine fuel services and expand our global reach for the benefit
of the Company and its shareholders.”
Mr.
Koutsomitopoulos graduated from the University of Athens in 1989 with a
bachelor’s degree in Economics and from City University Business School in
London in 1991 with a master’s degree in Shipping,Trade and
Finance.
About
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company
that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships
in port and at sea. As a physical supplier, the Company purchases
marine fuel from refineries, major oil producers and other
sources. The Company sells and delivers these fuels to a diverse
group of ocean-going and coastal ship operators and marine fuel traders, brokers
and other users through its service centers in Greece, Gibraltar, Singapore,
Jamaica, the United Arab Emirates, Northern Europe, West Africa and the United
Kingdom.
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Matters
discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to
encourage companies to provide prospective information about their
business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning
plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and
underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of
historical facts.
The
Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary
statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,”
“intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “plan,” “potential,”
“may,” “should,” “expect” and similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon
various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical
operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from
third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when
made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and
are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish
these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In
addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view,
could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include our ability to manage growth, our ability to
maintain our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion,
our ability to obtain double hull secondhand bunkering tankers, the outcome of
legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party, adverse
conditions in the shipping or the marine fuel supply industries, our ability to
retain our key suppliers and key customers, material disruptions in the
availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products, changes in
the market price of petroleum, including the volatility of spot pricing,
increased levels of competition, compliance or lack of compliance with various
environmental and other applicable laws and regulations, our ability to collect
accounts receivable, changes in the political, economic or regulatory conditions
in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general, our failure to
hedge certain financial risks associated with our business, our ability to
maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions
in our credit agreements and other factors. Please see our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of
these and other risks and uncertainties.
SIGNATURES
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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AEGEAN
MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
(registrant)
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Dated: May
23, 2008
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By: |
/s/ E. Nikolas Tavlarios
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Name:
E. Nikolas Tavlarios
Title: President
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