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 October 2017

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 October 12, 2017 the Company has issued 3,033,665 common shares par value $0.01 per share pursuant to conversions of Series C Convertible Preferred Shares. As a result of these issuances the Company currently has issued and outstanding 13,187,885 shares. As of the date hereof, the Company has 666 Series C Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding.
Furthermore in connection with shares issued in relation to conversions of Series C Convertible Preferred Shares, 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 $0.38 and the number of common shares of the Company purchasable by each Warrant is 6.56 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.
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this report may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.
The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect" "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.





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.

 
TOP SHIPS INC.
 
(registrant)
   
   
Dated: October 23, 2017
By:
/s/ Evangelos J. Pistiolis
  
   
Evangelos J. Pistiolis
  
   
Chief Executive Officer