SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KELSO INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES VII LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/23/2005	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. [ EGLE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	11,078,804	I(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)	By Eagle Ventures LLC(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KELSO INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES VII LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KEP VI LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kelso GP VII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/0 KELSO & COMPANY 320 PARK AVENUE, 24TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P. (KIA VII) may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock owned of record by Eagle Ventures LLC by virtue of its status as a member of Eagle Ventures LLC. KIA VII shares investment and voting power along with the other members of Eagle Ventures LLC with respect to securities owned by Eagle Ventures LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that KIA VII has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

2. KEP VI, LLC (KEP VI) may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock owned of record by Eagle Ventures LLC by virtue of its status as a member of Eagle Ventures LLC. KEP VI shares investment and voting power along with the other members of Eagle Ventures LLC with respect to securities owned by Eagle Ventures LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that KEP VI has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

3. Kelso GP VII, LLC (GP VII, LLC) is the general partner of Kelso GP VII, L.P. (GP VII, L.P.). GP VII, L.P. is the general partner of KIA VII. GP VII, LLC and GP VII, L.P. disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest, if any, therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

4. KIA VII and KEP VI, due to their common control, could be deemed to beneficially own each of the other's securities. KIA VII and KEP VI each disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities beneficially owned by the other and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

5. GP VII, LLC and GP VII, L.P., due to their common control, could be deemed to beneficially own each of the other's securities. GP VII, LLC and GP VII, L.P. each disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the securities beneficially owned by the other or directly by Eagle Ventures LLC and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

6. Messrs. Nickell, Wall, Matelich, Goldberg, Warhaftig, Bynum, Berney, Loverro and Connors may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of securities owned of record by Eagle Ventures LLC or indirectly by KIA VII and KEP VI, by virtue of their status as managing members of KEP VI and of GP VII, LLC, but disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any of Messrs. Nickell, Wall, Matelich, Goldberg, Warhaftig, Bynum, Berney, Loverro and Connors is the benficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act or 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

Because an electronically filed joint filing is limited to a maximum of ten reporting persons, this Form 3 is one of two filed today reporting on the same securities by the following joint filers: Kelso GP VII, LLC; Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P.; KEP VI, LLC; Kelso GP VII, L.P.; Philip E. Berney; Frank K. Bynum, Jr.; Michael B. Goldberg; Frank J. Loverro; George E. Matelich; Frank T. Nickell; David I. Wahrhaftig; Thomas R. Wall, IV; and James J. Connors, II.

	Kelso Investment Associates VII, L.P., By: /s/ Howard A. Matlin, Attorney-in-Fact	06/24/2005
	KEP VI, LLC, By: /s/ Howard A. Matlin, Attorney-in-Fact	06/24/2005
	Kelso GP VII, L.P., By: /s/ Howard A. Matlin, Attorney-in-Fact	06/24/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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