SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

McNelis Gregg L

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

612 EAST GRASSY SPRAIN ROAD

(Street)

YONKERS

10710

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TBS INTERNATIONAL LTD [ TBSI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Senior Executive V. P. and COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/29/2005

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		378,853	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	378,853	D
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		734,153	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	734,153	D
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		43,347	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	43,347	I	By spouse as trustee for Gregg L. McNelis Jr.⁽²⁾⁽³⁾
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		84,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	84,000	I	By spouse as trustee for Gregg L. McNelis Jr.⁽²⁾⁽³⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		43,347	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	43,347	I	By spouse as trustee for Diana McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		84,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	84,000	I	By spouse as trustee for Diana McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		43,347	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	43,347	I	By spouse as trustee for Brandon McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		84,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	84,000	I	By spouse as trustee for Brandon McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		303,432	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	178,432⁽⁶⁾	I	By self as trustee⁽⁷⁾
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		588,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	713,000⁽⁸⁾	I	By self as trustee⁽⁷⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		303,432	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	178,432⁽⁶⁾	I	By spouse as trustee for Susanne McNelis⁽⁹⁾
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		M		588,000	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	713,000⁽⁸⁾	I	By spouse as trustee for Susanne McNelis⁽⁹⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share	06/29/2005		S		171,786	D	$0.00	207,067	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			254,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹²⁾	⁽¹²⁾	⁽¹²⁾	0	D
Class B Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			96,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹³⁾	⁽¹³⁾	⁽¹³⁾	0	D
Warrants, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			51,603	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁴⁾	⁽¹⁴⁾	⁽¹⁴⁾	0	D
Preference Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			15,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁵⁾	⁽¹⁵⁾	⁽¹⁵⁾	0	D
Class C Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			50,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	0	I	By spouse as trustee for Gregg L. McNelis Jr.⁽²⁾⁽³⁾
Class C Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			50,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	0	I	By spouse as trustee for Diana McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾
Class C Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			50,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	⁽¹⁶⁾	0	I	By spouse as trustee for Brandon McNelis⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			50,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁷⁾	⁽¹⁷⁾	⁽¹⁷⁾	0	I	By self as trustee⁽⁷⁾
Preference Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			150,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁸⁾	⁽¹⁸⁾	⁽¹⁸⁾	0	I	By self as trustee⁽⁷⁾
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			50,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁷⁾	⁽¹⁷⁾	⁽¹⁷⁾	0	I	By spouse as trustee for Susanne McNelis⁽⁹⁾
Preference Shares, par value $0.004 per share	⁽¹⁰⁾	06/29/2005		M			150,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹¹⁾	See Note⁽¹⁸⁾	⁽¹⁸⁾	⁽¹⁸⁾	0	I	By spouse as trustee for Susanne McNelis⁽⁹⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares resulted from the share conversions, consolidations, redesignations and warrant exercise of the Issuer's issued and outstanding shares which are expected to occur in conjunction with its planned initial public offering and reflected in the Issuer's Form S-1 (File No. 333-123157).

2. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

3. These shares are directly held by the Gregg L. McNelis Jr. 2004 Irrevocable Trust and indirectly held by Susanne E. McNelis.

4. These shares are directly held by the Diana McNelis 2004 Irrevocable Trust and indirectly held by Susanne E. McNelis.

5. These shares are directly held by the Brandon McNelis 2004 Irrevocable Trust and indirectly held by Susanne E. McNelis.

6. Pursuant to the provisions in the Issuer's amended and restated bye-laws, these shares are convertible into an equal number of Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share.

7. These shares are owned directly by the Gregg L. McNelis 2005 Qualified Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT), and indirectly by Gregg L. McNelis as trustee of the trust.

8. Pursuant to the provisions in the Issuer's amended and restated bye-laws, these shares are convertible into an equal number of Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share.

9. These shares are owned directly by the Susanne E. McNelis 2005 Qualified Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT), and indirectly by Susanne E. McNelis as trustee of the trust.

10. These shares automatically converted upon the share conversions, consolidations, redesignations and warrant exercise of the Issuer's issued and outstanding shares which are expected to occur in conjunction with its planned initial public offering and reflected in the Issuer's Form S-1 (File No. 333-123157).

11. Not applicable.

12. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Class A common shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 220,205 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 426,720 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

13. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Class B common shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 72,755 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 140,988 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

14. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Warrants, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 59,884 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 116,045 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

15. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Preference Shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 26,008 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 50,400 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

16. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Class C common shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 43,347 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 84,000 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

17. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Class A common shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 43,437 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 84,000 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

18. In conjunction with the Issuer's planned initial public offering, these Preference Shares, par value $0.004 per share, converted into 260,085 New Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 504,000 New Class B common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer.

Remarks:

	By: /s/ Tara C. DeMakes Name: Tara C. DeMakes Attorney-in-Fact	07/01/2005
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