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

For the month of March 2017

Commission File Number 001-37889


TOP SHIPS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

1 VAS. SOFIAS & MEG.
ALEXANDROU STREET
151 24, MAROUSSI
ATHENS, GREECE

(Address of principal executive offices)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT


      On March 24, 2017, Top Ships Inc. (the "Company") held its Special General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Special Meeting").  At the Special Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding common stock by a ratio of not less than one-for-two and not more than one-for-twenty 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 the reverse stock split at any time prior to the date of the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders by filing an amendment to the Company's Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-215577) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with an effective date of January 17, 2017.

 

 








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.
 



 
TOP SHIPS INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Dated:  March 24, 2017
By:  /s/ Evangelos Pistiolis
 
 
Evangelos Pistiolis
Chief Executive Officer
 
 


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