Ame rican Club Circular No. 26/16 1 JUNE 30, 2016 CIRCULAR NO. 26/16 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: SHIPOWNERS CLAIMS BUREAU INC. (SCB) OPENS OFFICE IN HOUSTON Your Managers are pleased to announce that, effective July 5, 2016, they are opening an office in Houston, Texas. The office is intended to amplify the Club’s service capabilities in the US Gulf and the regions contiguous to it. The office will be headed by Jana Byron, Vice President of, and Counsel to, SCB, who has relocated to Houston from the Managers’ headquarters in New York. Jana is a licensed attorney who practiced with leading maritime law firms in New York before joining the P&I club sector. Jana brings to her new position a wealth of experience in the handling of both P&I and FD&D claims. The contact details of the new office are as follows: Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. 2100 West Loop South, Suite 1525 Houston, Texas 77027 Jana Byron Direct Line: +1 346 223 9904 After hours/mobile: +1 832 712 4447 jana.byron@american-club.com The Houston office stands ready to provide highly attentive, local assistance to Members in this globally important area. In pursuing this mission, Members, their brokers and the Club’s many other friends will no doubt join the Managers in wishing Jana the best of good fortune in her new role. Yours faithfully, Joseph E.M. Hughes, Chairman & CEO Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Managers for THE AMERICAN CLUB