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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has confirmed that it will be holding its annual shareholders' meeting at the offices of Seward and Kissel LLP, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, on May 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. local time.

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Aegean said that shareholders will be required to consider and vote upon the following issues at the meeting.

1 To elect three class B directors to serve until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders;

2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte Hadjipavlou Sofianos & Cambanis S.A. as the company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014; and

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Aegean has seven directors on the board of directors, which is divided into three classes. As provided in the company's articles of incorporation, each director is elected to serve for a three-year term and until such director's successor is duly elected and qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal or earlier termination of his term of office.

The term of three class B directors expires at the meeting. The board of directors has nominated Peter C. Georgiopoulos, John P. Tavlarios and Spyridon Fokas, each of whom is a current class B director, for election as directors.

Please find below a career summary for the three class B directors, provided by Aegean.

Peter C. Georgiopoulos has been the Chairman of our board of directors since December 2006. Since 1997, Mr. Georgiopoulos has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Maritime Corporation, a crude oil tanker company. Mr. Georgiopoulos is also Chairman of the board of directors of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, a public drybulk shipping company whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and a member of the board of directors of Atlantis Deepwater Technology Holding AS, a Norwegian offshore drilling technology company. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Georgiopoulos was the principal of Maritime Equity Management, a vessel-owning and investment company which he founded in 1991. Mr. Georgiopoulos is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping. Mr. Georgiopoulos holds a master's degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Tuck School.

John P. Tavlarios has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2006. From December 2008, Mr. Tavlarios has served as a director and President of General Maritime Corporation. From December 2008, Mr. Tavlarios served as Executive Vice President of General Maritime Corporation from its inception in 1997 until January 2000, and President and Chief Operating Officer of General Maritime from May 2001 until December 31, 2002. Following an internal reorganization of General Maritime, which took effect at the close of business on December 31, 2002 through December 2008, Mr. Tavlarios was Chief Executive Officer of its tanker operating subsidiary, General Maritime Management LLC. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Tavlarios was affiliated with Maritime Equity Management, a vessel-owning and investment company, where he served as Director of Marine Operations. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Tavlarios was President and founder of Halcyon Trading Company, a consulting firm specializing in international business development with a particular emphasis on the international oil industry. From 1984 to 1992, Mr. Tavlarios was employed by Mobil Oil Corporation, spending most of his tenure in the Marine Operations and the Marketing and Refining divisions. Prior to 1984, Mr. Tavlarios was involved in his family's shipping business, assisting in marine operations. Mr. Tavlarios is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping, the Det Norske Veritas North American Committee, the Skuld board of directors, the Directors Committee and the North American Panel of INTERTANKO, the organization of independent tank owners and on the Board of Trustees of the Seaman's Church Institute. Mr. Tavlarios is also a director of General Maritime Corporation. Mr. Tavlarios holds a master's degree in business administration from St. John's University. Mr. Tavlarios is the brother of Mr. E. Nikolas Tavlarios, the Company's President and Principal Executive Officer.

Spyridon Fokas has been a member of our board of directors since June 2005. Mr. Fokas has also served as our General Counsel and as our Corporate Secretary since June 2005. Mr. Fokas currently is an attorney at S. Fokas – B. Koumbiadou Law Offices. Mr. Fokas has been practicing maritime law since 1982 and has represented the Company since 1998. Mr. Fokas is a member of the Greek Maritime Law Association and the Hellenic Society of Maritime Lawyers. Mr. Fokas holds a law degree from the University of Athens School of Law and has undertaken post-graduate studies in shipping law at the University College London.