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31 Aug 2017

DryShips Commenses USD 100mln Rights Offering

DryShips Inc. announced the commencement of its previously announced rights offering of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Rights Offering is being made through the pro-rata distribution of non-transferrable subscription rights to purchase, in the aggregate, up to 36,363,636 shares of Common Stock at a subscription price of $2.75 per share, to shareholders of the Company on August 31, 2017 resulting in gross proceeds of up to $100 million. The deadline for participating in the Rights Offering is 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on October 2, 2017, unless the Rights Offering is extended. The Company has engaged American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC to serve as the subscription agent for the Rights Offering and Advantage Proxy Inc. to serve as the information agent.

14 Feb 2013

Greek Investment Company Closes Assetplus Purchase

Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp. announce closing the purchase of Cypriot vessel owner Assetplus Ltd., & expiry of its tender offer. Greece's Nautilus Marine Acquistion describes itself as a newly-organized 'blank check' company (meaning that it is in a developmental stage that either doesn't have an established business plan or has a business plan that revolves around a merger or acquisition with another firm). The company they have acquired, Assetplus, owns two platform supply vessels (PSVs) and two oil spill response vessels (OSRVs) and is negotiating acquisition of another two vessels. The company also has six four-year time charter contracts secured from Brazil's oil and gas company Petrobras.

04 Nov 2011

DryShips and OceanFreight Complete Merger

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) and OceanFreight Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) announced today that following approval by OceanFreight's shareholders at a special meeting, the companies have completed the merger and OceanFreight has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DryShips. Under the terms of the merger agreement, OceanFreight shareholders will be entitled to receive $11.25 in cash and 0.52326 of a share of common stock of Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore ultra deepwater drilling services, for each share of OceanFreight common stock owned by them.

06 Jul 2011

OceanFreight Undergoes Reverse Stock Split

OceanFreight Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has determined to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the Company’s Class A common stock. The company’s shareholders approved the reverse stock split and granted the Board the authority to determine the exact split ratio and proceed with the reverse stock split at the 2011 annual general meeting of shareholders held on June 15, 2011. The reverse stock split will take effect today, and the Company’s common stock will begin trading on a splitadjusted basis on the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company’s shares will trade for 20 trading days under the symbol “OCNFD” to indicate that the reverse stock split has occurred.

28 Jan 2002

Maritrans Announces Final Results of Tender Offer

Maritrans Inc. announced the final results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 18, 2002. Maritrans will purchase 2,176,296 shares of Maritrans Common Stock at a purchase price of $11.50 per share, or a total of $25,027,404. The 2,176,296 shares to be purchased are comprised of the 2,000,000 shares Maritrans offered to purchase and 176,296 shares to be purchased pursuant to Maritrans' right to purchase up to an additional 2 percent of the shares outstanding immediately prior to the commencement of the tender offer. Due to the exercise of such option, there will be no proration and all shares tendered at $11.50 per share or lower will be purchased.