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Re: eastunder post# 1272

Tuesday, 07/26/2011 10:29:16 AM

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:29:16 AM

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Well I'll be darn! Greek Shippers merging?

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=7727806

DRYSHIPS INC. AND OCEANFREIGHT INC. ANNOUNCE MERGER AGREEMENT
ATHENS, GREECE — July 26, 2011 — DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) and OceanFreight Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for DryShips to acquire the outstanding shares of OceanFreight for consideration per share of $19.85, consisting of $11.25 in cash and 0.52326 of a share of common stock of Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore ultra deepwater drilling services that is 78% owned by DryShips. The Ocean Rig shares that will be received by the OceanFreight shareholders will be from currently outstanding shares held by DryShips. Under the terms of the transaction, the Ocean Rig shares will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market upon the closing of the merger.

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(thanks for posting J)





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