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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Exhibit 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into our registration statements on Form F-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2018 (File No. 333-223392) and on July 6, 2016 (File No. 333-212415), to the extent not superseded by information subsequently filed or furnished (to the extent we expressly state that we incorporate such furnished information by reference) by us under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case as amended.

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1		Press Release, dated October 24, 2018: Costamare Inc. Reports Results for the Third Quarter and Nine-Months Ended September 30, 2018
99.2		Financial Report for the Third Quarter and Nine-Months Ended September 30, 2018

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SIGNATURES

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.

		Costamare Inc.
		(Registrant)
Date: October 24, 2018		/s/ Gregory G. Zikos
		Gregory G. Zikos
		Chief Financial Officer