FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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 December 2018
Commission File Number: 001-35025
DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Pendelis 18, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)
(Address of principal executive office)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated December 17, 2018 of Diana Containerships Inc. (the "Company") announcing that its Board of Directors has scheduled the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders for February 19, 2019 and that the new deadline for the receipt of shareholder proposals is December 28, 2018.
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: December 17, 2018 | By: | /s/ Anastasios Margaronis |
| Anastasios Margaronis | ||
| President |
Exhibit 99.1
| Corporate Contact: | |
| Ioannis Zafirakis | |
| Director, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary | |
| Telephone: +30-216-600-2400 | |
Email: izafirakis@dcontainerships.com | |
Website: www.dcontainerships.com | |
| For Immediate Release | |
| Investor and Media Relations: | |
| Edward Nebb | |
| Comm-Counsellors, LLC | |
| Telephone: +1-203-972-8350 | |
Email: enebb@optonline.net |
DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC. ANNOUNCES DATE FOR ITS
2019 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
ATHENS, GREECE, December 17, 2018 – Diana Containerships Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, announced today that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has scheduled the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") for February 19, 2019. The Board has set a record date for the Meeting of December 28, 2018. Since the Meeting will occur more than 30 days prior to the anniversary of the Company's prior Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 8, 2018, the Board has set a new deadline for the receipt of shareholder proposals a reasonable time before the Company will begin to print and send its proxy materials. For business to be properly brought before the Meeting by any shareholder, and for a nomination of directors to be made by a shareholder, notice must be received by the Company in proper written form, in accordance with the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws, no later than December 28, 2018.
About the Company
Diana Containerships Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of containerships. The Company's vessels are employed primarily on time charters with leading liner companies carrying containerized cargo along worldwide shipping routes.