d905624_6-k.htm

FORM 6-K


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 July 2008

Commission File Number

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

Attached to this Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is the press release issued by Top Ships Inc. (the “Company”) on July 28, 2008, announcing that the time for the Company’s second quarter and first half 2008 conference call scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 2008, which was previously announced as 11:00 am EDT has now been changed to 10:00 am EDT.


 
 

 

 
EXHIBIT 1
 

 

NEWS RELEASE for July 28, 2008
   
       
Contact:
Michael Mason (investors)
 
Stamatis Tsantanis, CFO
 
Allen & Caron Inc
 
TOP Ships Inc.
 
212 691 8087
 
011 30 210 812 8199
 
michaelm@allencaron.com
 
snt@topships.org

TOP SHIPS ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO TIME OF SECOND QUARTER &
FIRST HALF 2008 CONFERENCE CALL

ATHENS, GREECE (July 28, 2008) … TOP Ships Inc. (NasdaqGS:TOPS) announced today that it has changed the time for its second quarter and first half 2008 conference call scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 2008. The previously announced time of 11:00 am has been changed to 10:00 am ET. Those interested in listening to the live webcast may do so by going to the Company’s website at www.topships.org, or by going to www.investorcalendar.com.

The telephonic replay of the conference call will be available by dialing 1-877-660-6853 (from the US and Canada) or +1-201-612-7415 (from outside the US and Canada) and by entering account number 286 and conference ID number 292357. An online archive will also be available immediately following the call at the sites noted above. Both are available for one week, through August 7, 2008.

About TOP Ships Inc.
TOP Ships Inc., formerly known as TOP Tankers Inc., is an international provider of worldwide seaborne crude oil and petroleum products and of drybulk transportation services. Upon delivery of the five suezmaxes to their new owners the Company will operate a combined tanker and drybulk fleet as follows:

 
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a fleet of 12 tankers, consisting of 4 double-hull Suezmax tankers and 8 double-hull Handymax tankers, with a total carrying capacity of approximately 1.0 million dwt, of which 86% are sister ships. Eight of the Company's 12 tankers will be on time charter contracts with an average term of two years with all of the time charters including profit sharing agreements above their base rates. In addition, the Company has ordered six newbuilding product tankers, which are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2009. All the expected newbuildings have bareboat employment agreements for periods between seven and ten years.

 
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a fleet of five drybulk vessels with a total carrying capacity of approximately 0.3 million dwt, of which 70% are sister ships. All of the Company's drybulk vessels have employment contracts for an average period of 30 months.

 
 

 


Forward Looking Statement
 
Matters discussed in this press release 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," "will," "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.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, failure of a seller to deliver one or more vessels or of a buyer to accept delivery of one or more vessels, inability to procure acquisition financing, default by one or more charterers of our ships, changes in the demand for crude oil and petroleum products, changes in demand for dry bulk shipping capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.



 
 

 


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:  July 28, 2008
 
By:
/s/ Evangelos J. Pistiolis
 
     
Evangelos J. Pistiolis
 
     
Chief Executive Officer
 






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