LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (NASDAQ:LIND) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02(d) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 16, 2017, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Lindblad
Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (the Company) appointed Daniel J.
Hanrahan as a Class A director of the Company. In addition, Mr.
Hanrahan was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the
Board.

Mr. Hanrahan most recently served as the president, chief
executive officer and director of the Regis Corporation (NYSE:
RGS), a global leader in beauty salons and cosmetology, from
August 2012 to April 2017. Prior to joining Regis Corporation, he
served as president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, a cruise line
and division of Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL), from 2007 to
2012. He was promoted to president in 2005 and to CEO in 2007
after management of the sales and marketing division for Royal
Caribbean. Prior to joining Royal Caribbean, Mr.Hanrahan served
in executive-level positions with Polaroid Corporation and Reebok
International Ltd. Mr.Hanrahan currently serves as a Director of
Cedar Fair,L.P. (NYSE: FUN), a leader in regional amusement
parks, water parks and active entertainment, since June 2012 and
is currently a member of their Audit and Compensation Committees.
In 2004, he was named one of the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in
Hospitality Sales and Marketing by Hospitality and Sales
Marketing Association International.

The Board has determined that Mr. Hanrahan is independent under
the listing standards of The NASDAQ Capital Market applicable to
directors and is also independent under the listing standards of
The NASDAQ Capital Market and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to audit committee
members. The Board has also determined that Mr. Hanrahan will
qualify as an audit committee financial expert as defined under
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Hanrahan will receive the
compensation paid to all non-employee directors of the Company.
There are no arrangements between Mr. Hanrahan and any other
person to which he was elected to serve as a director, nor are
there any transactions in which the Company is a participant in
which he has a material interest.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 19, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing
the appointment of Mr. Hanrahan to the Board, which is attached
as Exhibit 99.1.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached
hereto are being furnished by the Company. In accordance with
General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information contained in
this Item 7.01 to Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit
99.1, shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liability of that section or Sections 11 and
12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition,
this information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
into any of the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01(d). Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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