FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2016

Commission File Number: 001-35025

DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Pendelis 18, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated February 29, 2016 of Diana Containerships Inc. (the "Company") announcing the results of the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File no. 333-197740), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with an effective date of August 13, 2014.

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.

DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC.

(registrant)

 

 

 

 

DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF

2016 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

ATHENS, GREECE, February 29, 2016 – Diana Containerships Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, today announced that the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") was duly held on February 24, 2016, in Limassol, Cyprus pursuant to a Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated January 15, 2016. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. acted as inspector of the Meeting.

At the Meeting, each of the following proposals, which are set forth in more detail in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Company's Proxy Statement sent to shareholders on or around January 15, 2016, was approved and adopted:

(1)

The re-election of Symeon Palios, Giannakis (John) Evangelou and Nikolaos Petmezas as Class III Directors of the Company, to serve until the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders;

(2)

The appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants S.A. as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and

(3)

An amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation granting authority to the Company's board of directors to effect a reverse stock split of the Company's issued common shares on or before the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at a ratio of not less than one-for-five and not more than one-for-twenty, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Company's board of directors in its discretion.

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