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

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2018

Commission File Number 001-35298

OCEAN RIG UDW INC.

Ocean Rig Cayman Management Services SEZC Limited
3rd Floor Flagship Building
Harbour Drive, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Ocean Rig UDW Inc., (the "Company") hereby announces the availability of the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held at the Company's offices located at 3rd Floor Flagship Building, Harbour Drive, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., local time. The Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Statement were mailed on or about February 14, 2018 to shareholders of record as of Wednesday, January 31, 2018, and can also be found on the Company's website at: http://ocean-rig.agmdocuments.com/AGM2018.html.

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is the Notice of the Annual General Meeting and the Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting.

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 is the Proxy Card for the Annual General Meeting.

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.


 
OCEAN RIG UDW INC.
   
Dated:  February 14, 2018
By:
/s/ Iraklis Sbarounis
   
Iraklis Sbarounis
   
Chief Financial Officer