CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. announced that its shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 6, 2007 have elected four Class II directors. Admiral Vern Clark U.S.N. (Ret.), Dan A. Colussy, William J. Flynn and Francis Jungers were elected to serve for three-year terms or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In addition, the shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 23, 2007 and to amend the Company's certificate of incorporation to increase the maximum number of directors from 11 to 13.
Admiral Clark was nominated on January 30, 2007 to join Horizon Lines' Board of Directors effective with the 2007 Annual Meeting. Admiral Clark retired from the Navy in September 2005 following 37 years of distinguished military service. Clark's Navy experience culminated in the halls of the Pentagon as the Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
About Horizon Lines
Horizon Lines, Inc. is the nation's leading Jones Act container shipping and integrated logistics company with a fleet of 21 U.S.-flag vessels and service routes linking the continental United States with Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Micronesia and Puerto Rico. A fully integrated service provider of ocean transportation, trucking, terminal and warehousing operations; Horizon Lines also owns Horizon Services Group, an organization with a diversified offering of transportation management systems and customized software research and development being marketed to shippers, carriers, and other supply chain participants. Horizon Lines, Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HRZ.
