Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

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

Dated: September 21, 2016

Commission File No. 001-34104

NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION

CORPORATION

7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2

Monte Carlo, MC 98000 Monaco

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F x 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):

Yes ¨ No x

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):

Yes ¨ No x

Loan Facility Agreement

On September 19, 2016, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (“Navios Acquisition”) announced that Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (“Navios Holdings”) and Navios Acquisition entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Facility Agreement”) pursuant to which Navios Acquisition provided a secured loan facility of up to $70.0 million to Navios Holdings (the “Loan Facility”). A copy of the Loan Facility Agreement is furnished as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release announcing the Loan Facility is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this report is hereby incorporated by reference into Navios Acquisition’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, File No 333-191266.

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.


NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Angeliki Frangou
		Angeliki Frangou
		Chief Executive Officer

		Date: September 21, 2016

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Exhibit

10.1		Loan Facility Agreement for a Loan Facility of up to $70.0 million, dated as of September 19, 2016, by and between Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation.

99.1		Press Release, dated September 19, 2016: Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Provides a Secured Loan of $70 Million to Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.