UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2020
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)
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [X]
Form 40-F [ ]
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ].
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)
only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted
solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [ ].
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)
only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to
furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign
private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or
legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the
rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's
securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been
distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if
discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form
6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
On March 5, 2020 TOP Ships
Inc. (the “Company”) redeemed 6,333 shares of Series E Convertible
Preferred Stock from Family Trading Inc., a company related to Mr.
Evangelos Pistiolis, the Company's President and Chief Executive
Officer, for approximately $7.3 million. There are currently
16,004 shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
outstanding.
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) and Form F-3 (File No.
333-234281) that were filed with the SEC and became effective on
February 1, 2017 and November 4, 2019, respectively.
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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By: /s/ Evangelos Pistiolis
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Evangelos Pistiolis
Chief Executive Officer
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