form8k172009.htm
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
August 24,
2007
Date of
Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Commission
file number – 001-10852
INTERNATIONAL
SHIPHOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other
jurisdiction
of (I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or
organization)
11 North Water Street, Suite
18290
Mobile,
Alabama
36602
(Address of principal
executive
offices) (Zip
Code)
(251)
243-9100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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:
[
] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act
[
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Act
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act
Explanatory
Note
This
Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed by International Shipholding
Corporation (the “Registrant”) in order to refile Exhibits 10.10 and 10.12,
originally filed as Exhibits to the Registrant’s 10-K filed on March 13, 2008
for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Registrant is refiling Exhibits 10.10
and 10.12 in connection with its response to comments received from the staff of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) related to the
confidential treatment requested for such Exhibits.
10.10*
|
Memorandum
of Agreement of the Registrant, dated as of August 24, 2007, providing for
the Registrant’s purchase of one 6400 CEU Panamanian flagged pure car and
truck carrier.
|
10.12*
|
SHIPSALES
Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2007, by and between Registrant’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, East Gulf Shipholding, Inc., as buyer, and
Clio Marine Inc., as seller.
|
*
Portions of this agreement have been omitted pursuant to a confidential
treatment request and have been separately filed with the
Commission.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
INTERNATIONAL
SHIPHOLDING CORPORATION
/s/
Manuel G. Estrada
_____________________________________________
Manuel G.
Estrada
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
Date
January 14, 2009