d1057486_6k-a.htm
FORM
6-K/A
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of December 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-33869
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Star
Bulk Carriers Corp.
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(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
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7,
Fragoklisias Street, 2nd
floor, Maroussi 151 25, Athens, Greece
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(Address
of principal executive office)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F [X] Form 40-F
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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): ___
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely
to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
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: ___
Note: Regulation S-T Rule
101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to
furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s
“home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Amendment No. 1 to Form 6-K amends the Report on Form 6-K filed on December 18,
2009 by Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the “Company“) for the sole purpose of
incorporating by reference Exhibit 1 from such Report into the Company's
registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-153304) that was filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) with an effective date of
November 3, 2008, and the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (File No.
333-156843) that was filed with the Commission with an effective date of
February 17, 2009.
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.
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Star
Bulk Carriers Corp.
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Dated: December
18, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Prokopios
Tsirigakis
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Name:
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Prokopios
Tsirigakis
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer and President
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SK 25767 0001
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