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 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of: October 2018
Commission File Number: 001-37611
Pyxis Tankers Inc.
59 K. Karamanli Street
Maroussi 15125 Greece
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
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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This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the following Registration Statements of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Company”):
| ● | Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-222160) filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 19, 2017; and | |
| ● | Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-222848) filed with the SEC on February 2, 2018. |
Resignation of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
The Company announced today that Mr. Antonios Backos resigned from his positions as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company and Secretary of all of the Company’s subsidiaries, effective October 15, 2018. Effective as of the same date, Konstantinos Lytras, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, has agreed to serve as the Secretary of the Company and all of the Company’s subsidiaries.
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.
| PYXIS TANKERS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Henry Williams | |
| Name: | Henry Williams | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: October 23, 2018