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 August 2017
Commission File Number 001-33922
DRYSHIPS INC.
109 Kifissias Avenue and Sina Street
151 24, Marousi
Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
On August 29, 2017, DryShips Inc. (the "Company") entered into a backstop purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Sierra Investments Inc., an entity affiliated with Mr. George Economou, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (the "Backstop Investor") in connection with a rights offering of the Company's par value $0.01 common stock (the "Rights Offering"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Backstop Investor has agreed to purchase from the Company, at $2.75 per share, the number of shares of Common Stock offered in the Rights Offering that are not issued to shareholders of the Company in the Rights Offering.
Attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is the Purchase Agreement, dated August 29, 2017, by and between the Company and the Backstop Investor.
The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-202821 and 333-216826).
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.
| DRYSHIPS INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Dated: August 31, 2017 | By: | /s/ Anthony Kandylidis |
| Anthony Kandylidis | ||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | ||