United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

                                                                           

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 7, 2011
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1-6479-1
Commission File Number


Delaware
 
13-2637623
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 
 
666 Third Avenue
 
New York, New York  10017
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 953-4100

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
 

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Item 5.07                      Information to be Included in the Report.

On June 7, 2011, Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Registrant had 30,467,388 shares of its Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 26,861,445 shares were represented at the meeting by holders present in person or by proxy, constituting 88.16% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote.  At the Annual Meeting, stockholders elected thirteen Directors, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2011, approved, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2010 as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the accompanying compensation tables and narrative in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement and recommended, on an advisory basis, one year as the preferred frequency of future stockholder votes on the Named Executive Officer compensation disclosed in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement.  All of the nominees for Directors were duly elected to serve, subject to the Registrant’s By-laws, as Directors of the Registrant until the next Annual Meeting and until election and qualification of their successors.

The tabulation of the votes cast for each nominee for Director was as follows:

NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME OF NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR
 
 
 
VOTED FOR
 
WITHHELD
AUTHORITY
TO VOTE
 
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
Morten Arntzen
 
24,097,371
 
231,998
 
2,532,076
Oudi Recanati
 
22,130,262
 
2,199,107
 
2,532,076
G. Allen Andreas III
 
21,632,325
 
2,692,044
 
2,532,076
Alan R. Batkin
 
24,063,308
 
266,061
 
2,532,076
Thomas B. Coleman
 
24,157,243
 
172,126
 
2,532,076
Charles A. Fribourg
 
24,142,917
 
186,452
 
2,532,076
Stanley Komaroff
 
24,068,156
 
261,213
 
2,532,076
Solomon N. Merkin
 
24,070,976
 
258,393
 
2,532,076
Joel I. Picket
 
21,606,679
 
2,722,690
 
2,532,076
Ariel Recanati
 
19,162,015
 
5,167,354
 
2,532,076
Thomas F. Robards
 
21,628,671
 
2,700,698
 
2,532,076
Jean-Paul Vettier
 
24,156,581
 
172,788
 
2,532,076
Michael J. Zimmerman
 
24,088,472
 
240,897
 
2,532,076


The resolution to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2011 was ratified by a vote of 22,419,402 shares in favor, 4,428,465 shares against and 13,578 shares abstained.  There were no broker non-votes.


The resolution to approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2010 as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the accompanying compensation tables and narrative in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement was approved by a vote of 22,802,209 shares in favor, 935,475 shares against and 591,685 shares abstained.  There were 2,532,076 broker non-votes.

The resolution to recommend, on an advisory basis, whether the preferred frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the Named Executive Officer compensation disclosed in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement should be every one, two or three years received the votes set forth in the table below:

One Year
Frequency
 
Two Year
Frequency
 
Three Year
Frequency
 
 
Abstain
12,198,769
 
58,520
 
11,485,566
 
586,514

There were 2,532,076 broker non-votes.  In accordance with the results of this vote, the Board of Directors determined to implement an annual advisory vote on Named Executive Officer compensation.


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 hereunto duly authorized.


 
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.
           (Registrant)
   
   
Date: June 10, 2011
By:             /s/James I. Edelson                                
   
Name:
Title:
James I. Edelson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary