OceanFreight (OCNF) Shareholders Approve DryShips (DRYS) Merger for $11.25/Share + Stock

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) and OceanFreight Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNF) announced today that following approval by OceanFreight's shareholders at a special meeting, the companies have completed the merger and OceanFreight has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DryShips.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, OceanFreight shareholders will be entitled to receive $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, for each share of OceanFreight common stock owned by them.

As a result of the merger, OceanFreight's common shares will cease trading on the NASDAQ Global Market today, and OceanFreight expects to deregister and suspend its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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