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 March 2010
Commission
File Number 001-32640
DHT
HOLDINGS, INC.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
26 New
Street
St.
Helier, Jersey JE23RA
Channel
Islands
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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The press
release issued by DHT Holdings, Inc. on March 11, 2010 related to the
resignation by Ole Jacob Diesen as Chief Executive Officer is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated March 11, 2010
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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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DHT
Holdings, Inc.
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(Registrant)
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Date: March
11, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Eirik Ubøe | ||
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Eirik
Ubøe
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Chief
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Exhibit
99.1
DHT
Names Board Member Randee Day Acting Chief Executive Officer
ST. HELIER, CHANNEL
ISLANDS, Mar 11, 2010 — DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT) announced today that
Board member Randee Day has been named acting Chief Executive Officer of DHT
Holdings, Inc. and DHT Maritime, Inc., effective April 1, 2010. Ms. Day
will remain on the Board of Directors of both companies, but will not continue
on the Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Compensation
Committees.
Ms. Day succeeds
Ole Jacob Diesen, who will step down as Chief Executive Officer on March 31,
2010. Mr. Diesen, who has been CEO since DHT’s initial public
offering in 2005, was instrumental in developing DHT Maritime’s existing
operating platform and the new corporate structure announced last week. This
transition follows a comprehensive review of DHT’s strategy by the Board and
management beginning in 2009. The Board and Mr. Diesen concluded it
would be in DHT’s best interests to turn to new leadership as the Company
pursues a more growth-oriented strategy going forward. Mr. Diesen
will continue to work with DHT as a consultant for the next six
months.
The DHT Board of
Directors will conduct a search over the next few months for a permanent CEO
and will evaluate both internal and external
candidates. Ms. Day has indicated she would be a candidate for this
position.
Erik A. Lind, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said,
“We are indeed pleased that Randee Day has accepted our offer to become DHT’s
acting CEO. Her distinguished career in the shipping industry spans
nearly 35 years, and she is one of the industry’s most highly regarded financial
executives. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated strong leadership
qualities, both as a business originator and the initiator of innovative
financial solutions. We are confident she will successfully advance
the strategic objectives and growth plans endorsed by the Board. Her
appointment follows the recent creation of a new holding company
structure and the appointment of veteran shipping executive Einar Michael
Steimler to the Board, both important steps in the company’s evolution.”
Randee Day said, “I
am very pleased to serve DHT in this position at this important juncture in the
Company’s evolution and am committed to executing on our
strategy. With DHT’s stable cash flows, proven ability to access the
capital markets, strengthened balance sheet and financial flexibility, I believe
it is well positioned to capitalize on prudent growth opportunities that are
available to those able to deploy capital in the current shipping
market.”
Ms. Day has served
as a board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of DHT Maritime since the
company’s initial public offering in 2005. Since 2004, she has been
Managing Director and Head of Maritime Investment Banking at the Seabury Group,
a global advisory and investment banking firm for transportation
companies. Before joining Seabury, Ms. Day was CEO of Day and
Partners, a strategic advisory and restructuring firm that she founded with UK
private investors in 1985. Prior to the formation of Day and Partners, she
headed up JP Morgan’s Shipping Group in New York.
She has been a
board member of TBS International Ltd, since 2001, and serves as the Chair of
the Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance Committee. From 2008 to
2009, she served as a director of Ocean Rig ASA, Oslo, Norway. Ms.
Day holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the
University of Southern California.
About
DHT Holdings, Inc.
DHT Maritime, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of DHT Holdings, Inc., operates a fleet of double-hull
crude oil tankers. The company’s fleet currently consists of three very large
crude carriers, which are tankers ranging in size from 200,000 to 320,000
deadweight tons, or ‘‘dwt,’’ two Suezmax tankers, which are tankers ranging in
size from 130,000 to 170,000 dwt, and four Aframax tankers, which are tankers
ranging in size from 80,000 to 120,000 dwt. The company’s fleet principally
operates on international routes and had a combined carrying capacity of
1,656,921 dwt and a weighted average age of 9.7 years as of December 31,
2009.
Contact: DHT
Holdings, Inc.
Eirik Ubøe, +44 1534 639
759 and +47 412 92 712
info@dhtmaritime.com
and eu@tankersservices.com
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