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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On May 16, 2022, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (the “Company”) posted a copy of its corporate slide presentation to the “Investors” tab of its website at www.odysseymarine.com. These slides are also attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The Company sometimes uses the slide presentation when meeting with investors, analysts, and others. The Company undertakes no obligation to update, supplement, or amend the materials attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, except as required by law.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, will not be treated as filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or into another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, unless that filing expressly refers to specific information in this report. The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 of this report is not intended to and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information in this Item 7.01 is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (a) | Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. |
Not applicable.
| (b) | Pro Forma Financial Information. |
Not applicable.
| (c) | Shell Company Transactions. |
Not applicable.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| 99.1 | Corporate Presentation |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ Christopher E. Jones | ||||
| Christopher E. Jones | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||