dht was formed and listed on the new york stock exchange in 2005. at its inception, the company acquired seven crude oil tankers, being three vlccs and four aframaxes, with long-term time charters attached. at year end 2007 and in early 2008, dht acquired two suezmax tankers that entered into long-term bareboat charters. in march, 2010, the original company dht maritime, inc. completed a series of transactions that resulted in dht holdings, inc., a newly formed corporation organized in the marshall islands, becoming the publicly held parent company of dht maritime, inc. as a result of the transactions, each shareholder of dht maritime, inc. holds one share of dht holdings, inc. common stock for each share of dht maritime, inc. common stock held by such shareholder immediately prior to the series of transactions in september 2010, dht changed senior management with the norwegian shipping partners svein moxnes harfjeld and trygve p. munthe joining the company. the company subsequently se