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 June 2020
Commission File Number: 001-33283
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EUROSEAS LTD.
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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
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4 Messogiou & Evropis Street
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151 24 Maroussi, Greece
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(Address of principal executive office)
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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.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release issued by Euroseas Ltd. on June 30, 2020: Euroseas Ltd. Announces Date
for the 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Exhibit 1
Euroseas Ltd. Announces Date for the 2020 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Maroussi, Athens, Greece – June 30, 2020 – Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of container carrier vessels and provider of
seaborne transportation for containerized cargoes, announced today that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the offices of Seward & Kissel LLP, 901 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20001, on Friday, July 17, 2020
at 10:30 a.m. Shareholders of the Company as of the close of business on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the “record date,” will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Notice of the Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement will be mailed to shareholders of record on or about June
30, 2020, and will available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at www.euroseas.gr.
About Euroseas Ltd.
Euroseas Ltd. was formed on May 5, 2005 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to consolidate the ship
owning interests of the Pittas family of Athens, Greece, which has been in the shipping business over the past 140 years. Euroseas trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker ESEA.
Euroseas operates in the container shipping market. Euroseas’ operations are managed by Eurobulk Ltd., an ISO 9001:2008
certified affiliated ship management company, which is responsible for the day-to-day commercial and technical management and operations of the vessels. Euroseas employs its vessels on spot and period charters and through pool arrangements.
The Company has a fleet of nineteen vessels, including fourteen Feeder containerships and five Intermediate containerships.
Euroseas’ nineteen containerships have a cargo capacity of 51,083 teu. Sixteen of Euroseas’ containerships are under contract, two are entering the process of being sold for scrap and one is seeking employment.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future events and the Company’s growth strategy and measures to implement such strategy; including expected vessel acquisitions and entering into further time
charters. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “hopes,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that
the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of
assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to changes in the demand for containerships, competitive factors in the market in which the Company operates; risks associated
with operations outside the United States; and other factors listed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Visit our website www.euroseas.gr
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Company Contact
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Investor Relations / Financial Media
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Tasos Aslidis
Chief Financial Officer
Euroseas Ltd.
11 Canterbury Lane,
Watchung, NJ07069
Tel. (908) 301-9091
E-mail: aha@euroseas.gr
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Nicolas Bornozis
President
Capital Link, Inc.
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1536
New York, NY10169
Tel. (212) 661-7566
E-mail: nbornozis@capitallink.com
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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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EUROSEAS LTD.
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Dated: June 30, 2020
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By:
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/s/ Aristides J. Pittas
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Aristides J. Pittas
President |