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 November 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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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
to this report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is the press release issued by Top Ships
Inc. (the “Company”) on November 12, 2008, announcing the location,
record date and meeting date for the Company’s Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders.
EXHIBIT
1
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NEWS RELEASE for
November 12, 2008
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Contact:
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Michael
Mason (investors)
Allen
& Caron Inc
212
691 8087
michaelm@allencaron.com
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TOP
SHIPS INC. ANNOUNCES DATE AND LOCATION FOR
2008
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ATHENS,
GREECE, November 12, 2008. Top Ships Inc. (NasdaqGS:TOPS) (the
“Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has
scheduled the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”)
for December 18, 2008, at the Company’s executive offices located at 1 Vas.
Sofias & Meg. Alexandrou Str., Maroussi - Athens 151 24,
Greece. The Board has set the record date for the Meeting at November
12, 2008 (the “Record Date”).
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 drybulk transportation services. The Company
operates a combined tanker and drybulk fleet as follows:
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A
fleet of seven double-hull handymax tankers, with a total carrying
capacity of approximately 0.3 million dwt, of which 58% are sister ships.
All of the Company's handymaxes are 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.
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Six
newbuilding product tankers, which are expected to be delivered in the
first half of 2009. All the expected newbuildings have fixed rate 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 fixed rate employment contracts for an
average period of 30 months.
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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)
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Dated: November
12, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Evangelos J. Pistiolis
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Evangelos
J. Pistiolis
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Chief
Executive Officer
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SK 23116 0001
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