UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2018
Commission File Number 001-37889
TOP SHIPS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
1 VAS. SOFIAS & MEG.
ALEXANDROU STREET
151 24, MAROUSSI
ATHENS, GREECE
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
TOP Ships Inc. (the "Company") announced today that since January 12, 2018 it has issued and sold 14,000,000 common shares par value $0.01 per share pursuant to its previously announced purchase agreement by and among the Company and Crede Capital Group LLC dated December 11, 2017 (the "Second Purchase Agreement"). As a result of these issuances, the Company currently has issued and outstanding 117,236,175 shares. As of the date hereof, up to $14.9 million worth of shares is remaining that the Company may sell pursuant to the Second Purchase Agreement.
Furthermore, in connection with sales completed under the Second Purchase Agreement, the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the Warrants (the "Warrants") issued in a public offering by the Company pursuant to the warrant agreement dated June 11, 2014 (the "Warrant Agreement") is adjusted to $0.21 and the number of common shares of the Company purchasable by each Warrant is 11.87 Warrant Shares (as defined in the Warrant Agreement). Also, as previously announced, the issuance of the Series C Convertible Preferred Shares constitutes an issuance of Variable Price Securities (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) and that, pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Warrant Agreement, each Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to, in any exercise of Warrants, adopt the Variable Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) at which the Series C Convertible Preferred Shares are convertible as the Exercise Price of the Warrants.
Finally, the Company announced today that due to the typhoon Damray that hit the shipyard located in Vietnam, the delivery of the newbuilding vessels M/T Eco Holmby Hills (Hull No S443) and M/T Eco Palm Springs (Hull No S444) originally scheduled for January and March 2018 was rescheduled for March and June 2018, respectively.
The information contained in this report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-215577) that was filed with the SEC and became effective on February 1, 2017.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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TOP SHIPS INC.
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(Registrant)
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Dated: January 24, 2018
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By: /s/ Evangelos Pistiolis
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Evangelos Pistiolis
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Chief Executive Officer
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