DRYS DryShips Inc

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13E-3
 (Amendment No. 4)
RULE 13e-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 13(E)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DryShips Inc.
 (Name of the Issuer)

DryShips Inc.

SPII Holdings Inc.

Sileo Acquisitions Inc.

George Economou

(Names of Persons Filing Statement)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

Y2109Q705

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

c/o Dryships Management Services Inc.

80 Kifissias Avenue

GR 151 25, Marousi, Athens, Greece

Mr. Dimitrios Dreliozis

Tel: + 30 210-80 90-570

(Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Persons Filing Statement)

With copies to

This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):

Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies: ¨ 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the transaction: x

Calculation of Filing Fee

The filing fee was previously paid on the initial filing of this Schedule 13E-3 Transaction Statement on September 9, 2019.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

INTRODUCTION

This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13E-3, together with the exhibits hereto (this “Amendment No. 4”) amends and supplements the Rule 13e-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 originally filed on September 9, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on September 30, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 filed on October 3, 2019, and as further amended by Amendment No. 3 filed on October 9, 2019 (the “Original Transaction Statement”, and as amended by this Amendment No. 4, the “Transaction Statement”). This Transaction Statement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), jointly by the following persons (each, a “Filing Person”, and collectively, the “Filing Persons”): (a) DryShips Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Company”), the issuer of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company common stock”), (b) SPII Holdings Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“SPII”), (c) Sileo Acquisitions Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of SPII (“Merger Sub”), and (d) George Economou.

This Transaction Statement relates to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “merger agreement”), by and among the Company, SPII and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of SPII (the “merger”).

All information contained in this Transaction Statement concerning each Filing Person has been supplied by such Filing Person, and no other Filing Person takes responsibility for the accuracy of such information as it relates to any other Filing Person.

This Amendment No. 4 is being filed pursuant to Rule 13e-3(d)(3) as final amendment to Schedule 13E-3 to report the results of the transaction that is the subject of this Transaction Statement.  Except as amended and supplemented in this Amendment No. 4, the information set forth in the Original Transaction Statement remains unchanged.

Item 15 Additional Information

Item 15(c) is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

On October 11, 2019, the Company filed Articles of Merger with the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, pursuant to which the merger became effective on October 11, 2019.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, at the effective time of the merger, each share of Company common stock that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (other than shares of Company common stock held by SPII or any subsidiary of either SPII or the Company) was automatically converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $5.25 per share of Company common stock in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes.

As a result of the merger, the Company (as the surviving corporation) became a wholly owned subsidiary of SPII and the Company common stock will no longer be listed on any securities exchange or quotation system, including on the Nasdaq Capital Markets (“NASDAQ”). On October 11, 2019, the Company notified NASDAQ of the completion of the merger and requested that trading in the Company common stock be suspended and that NASDAQ file a Form 25 with the SEC notifying the SEC of the delisting of the Company common stock on NASDAQ and the deregistration of the Company common stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The deregistration will become effective 90 days after the filing of the Form 25 or such shorter period as may be determined by the SEC. The Company intends to suspend its reporting obligations under Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to deregister the Company common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act by filing a Form 15 with the SEC in approximately ten days following the filing of the Form 25. The Company's obligations to file with the SEC certain reports and forms, including Form 20-F and Form 6-K, will be suspended immediately as of the filing date of the Form 15 and will terminate once the deregistration becomes effective.

Item 16 Exhibits

Item 16 of the Transaction Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:  

SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

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