Star Bulk Carriers (stock symbol: [t]SBLK[/t]) has announced that they are going to extend the expiration date of their warrants, from December 15, 2009 to March 15, 2010. They also announced that they are planning a Registered Exchange Offer that would provide the warrant holders with an opportunity to exchange their warrants for new warrants with an expiration date of March 15, 2011. Not surprisingly, the directors own 1,132,500 warrants.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Announces Extension of Warrant Expiration Date and Planned Registered Exchange Offer for Outstanding Warrants
Press Release
Source: Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
On 4:05 pm EST, Wednesday November 25, 2009
ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - 11/25/09) - Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (NASDAQ:SBLK - News), today announced that it has extended the expiration date of its 5,916,150 outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Existing Warrants") which were formerly scheduled to expire at 5 p.m. New York City time on December 15, 2009. The Existing Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market and trade under the symbol "SBLKW." Each Existing Warrant currently entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $8.00 per share. The new expiration date for the Existing Warrants is set at 5 p.m. New York City time on March 15, 2010. All of the other terms of the Existing Warrants remain unchanged.
The Company also announced its intention to conduct a registered exchange offer (the "Exchange Offer") for outstanding warrants whereby each Existing Warrant will be eligible to be exchanged for a new warrant to purchase one share of common stock of the Company at an exercise price per share to be determined at a future date and with an expiration date of March 15, 2011. Warrant holders may elect to exchange their Existing Warrants for New Warrants upon payment to the Company of a purchase price per warrant to be determined by the Company. If not exchanged, Existing Warrants will expire worthless at 5 p.m. New York City time on March 15, 2010. The complete terms of the Exchange Offer will be disclosed in a registration statement on Form F-4 and Schedule to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Directors of the Company currently own an aggregate of 1,132,500 of the Existing Warrants.
Prior to or upon the commencement of the planned exchange offer, the Company intends to file a registration statement on Form F-4 and Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents will set forth the complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer and holders of the Existing Warrants are urged to read these documents when they become available as they will contain important information. These documents will be available at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website, sec.gov, and will also be made available by the Company free of charge.
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