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 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2016
Commission File Number: 001-33655
PARAGON SHIPPING INC.
(Name of Registrant)
15 Karamanli Ave., GR 166 73, Voula, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-Fx Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):¨
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K
On February 12, 2016, Paragon Shipping Inc. (the "Company") held a Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Special Meeting") in Voula, Greece pursuant to a Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders dated January 14, 2016.
At the Meeting, the following proposal, which is set forth in more detail in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and the Company's Proxy Statement sent to shareholders on or around January 14, 2016, was approved and adopted:
| 1. | To grant discretionary authority to the Company’s board of directors to (A) amend the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, pursuant to which the shares of common stock would be combined and reclassified into one share of common stock ratios within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-50 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) and (B) determine whether to arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by shareholder entitled thereto, to pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share of common stock as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or to entitle shareholder to receive from the Company’s transfer agent, in lieu of any fractional share, the number of shares of common stock rounded up to the next whole number, provided that, (X) the Company shall not effect Reverse Stock Splits that, in the aggregate, exceeds 1-for-50, and (Y) any Reverse Stock Split is completed no later than the first anniversary of the date of the Special Meeting. |
This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-192517) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with an effective date of January 8, 2014.
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SIGNATURE
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.
| PARAGON SHIPPING INC. | ||
| Date: February 16, 2016 | By: | /s/ GEORGE SKRIMIZEAS |
| George Skrimizeas | ||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||
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