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 2012
Commission File Number: 000-50859
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
On November 1, 2012, Top Ships Inc. (the "Company") held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") in Athens, Greece pursuant to a Notice of Annual General Meeting dated October 4, 2012.
At the Meeting, each of the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Company's Proxy Statement sent to shareholders on or around October 4, 2012, were approved and adopted:
| (1) | The election of Evangelos J. Pistiolis as a Class II director of the Company to serve until the Company's 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; |
| (2) | The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Hadjipavlou Sofianos & Cambanis S.A. as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; and |
| (3) | An amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding common stock by a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-twenty with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Company's board of directors in its discretion and to authorize the Company's board of directors to implement the reverse stock split at any time prior to the date of the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders by filing an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. |
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: November 5, 2012 | By: | /s/ Evangelos J. Pistiolis | ||
| Evangelos J. Pistiolis | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer |