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 May 2017
Commission File Number: 001-35025
DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Pendelis 18, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Diana Containerships Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, today announced that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of the Company held on May 10, 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland, has been adjourned until May 19, 2017 to allow additional time for the solicitation of proxies. The Annual Meeting will be held at 21 Vasili Michailidi Street, 3026 Limassol, Cyprus, on May 19, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. local time.
The record date for the Annual Meeting remains March 21, 2017, and the business scheduled for the Annual Meeting remains the same as set forth in the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 29, 2017.
If you have not yet voted, please do so in accordance with the instructions in the notice and proxy card previously mailed to shareholders. If you have already voted and do not wish to change your vote, your vote will count at the Annual Meeting, and you do not need to vote again.
If you have any questions regarding the Annual Meeeting, or to receive assistance voting your shares, please contact the Company's proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners LLC, by telephone: +1 212 297 0720, toll-free (888) 785-6709 or by email: info@okapipartners.com.
Shareholders of the Company will consider and vote upon the following proposals:
| 1 | To elect two Class I Directors to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Proposal One"); |
| 2. | To approve the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 ("Proposal Two"); |
| 3. | To approve one or more amendments to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the Company's issued common stock, each at a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-100 and in the aggregate at a ratio of not more than one-for-1,000, 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 any such reverse stock split at any time prior to the date of the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders by filing an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation ("Proposal Three"); and |
| 4. | To transact other such business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
Adoption of Proposal One requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting by shareholders entitled to vote thereon. Adoption of Proposal Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting by shareholders entitled to vote thereon. Adoption of Proposal Three requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares of the Company's common stock eligible to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting.
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.
DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC.
(registrant)
| Dated: May 12, 2017 | By: | /s/ Anastasios Margaronis |
| | | Anastasios Margaronis |
| | | President |
