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Star Bulk Carriers Corp.'s SEC filings document its reporting as a foreign private issuer and its operations as a dry bulk shipping company. Form 6-K reports furnish annual meeting proxy materials, director-election proposals, auditor approvals, management discussion and analysis, unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and operating-results press releases.
The company's filing record also references its Form 20-F annual report with audited financial statements and incorporates selected disclosures into registration statements. These documents cover fleet operations, charter-based revenue, capital structure, shareholder voting mechanics, governance matters, forward-looking risk disclosures and financial reporting for its dry bulk transportation business.
A reporting person related to SBLK filed a notice of proposed sale of common stock. The filing covers up to 10,825 shares of common stock, with an approximate aggregate market value of $313,424.89, to be sold through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services on or after 08/14/2026 on NASDAQ.
The shares derive from Company Equity Incentive Awards granted on 05/16/2023, 05/20/2025, and 05/28/2024, representing blocks of 4,000, 1,175, and 5,650 shares, respectively. The issuer reports 111,671,000 shares of common stock outstanding, which serves as a baseline figure, not the amount being sold.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. reports that, effective August 10, 2026, it and Diana Shipping Inc. have mutually terminated their March 6, 2026 Agreement for the sale and purchase of 16 vessels. The Agreement had contemplated Star Bulk acquiring these vessels from Diana upon completion of Diana’s proposed acquisition of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited.
At Star Bulk’s request, both parties are fully released from all commitments and obligations to buy or sell the vessels, and the Agreement ceases to have any force or effect without further liability for either side. A termination letter from Diana and a joint press release are included as exhibits. The press release notes that Diana’s offer to acquire all outstanding Genco shares, supported by $1.411 billion of fully committed financing from six international banks, remains outstanding, and includes statements from both companies’ chief executives.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. director Capralos Spyridon reported a disposition of common shares by bona fide gift. He transferred 118,720 common shares, previously held indirectly through a legal entity, to his daughter at a reported price of $0.00 per share. Following the gift, he reports 245,456 common shares held directly and disclaims beneficial ownership and any pecuniary interest in the transferred shares.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. delivered significantly stronger results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, with voyage revenues of $638.6 million and Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) revenues of $498.7 million, up from $478.1 million and $335.4 million a year earlier. The daily TCE rate increased to $21,495, aided by higher charter markets and an approximately $27.0 million gain on bunker sales.
The owned fleet averaged 134.8 vessels in the period, with 135 owned vessels in service at June 30, 2026 and five Kamsarmax newbuildings still to deliver. Net cash from operating activities rose to $262.3 million, total cash and restricted cash reached $565.3 million, and shareholders’ equity increased to $2.51 billion. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.90 per share, and the company is pursuing a conditional $470.5 million cash acquisition of 16 secondhand vessels from Diana Shipping Inc., to be funded with existing cash reserves and new senior secured debt.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Chief Operating Officer Nikolaos Reskos reported a non-derivative sale of 5,000 common shares on August 6, 2026, in an open market or private transaction. The shares were sold at $29.50 per share, leaving 400,875 common shares held directly, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
A shareholder of the issuer with ticker SBLK has filed a Rule 144 notice for a proposed sale of 5,000 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services, with an aggregate value of $139,800.00 as of the filing details, expected on 08/06/2026.
The shares derive from an Employee Stock Unit Award dated 09/16/2020. The filing also lists prior Rule 10b5-1 plan sales over the past three months by Nikolaos Reskos, covering several dates and share amounts.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. reported unaudited second‑quarter 2026 net income of $144.9 million (vs. $39 thousand a year earlier) on voyage revenues of $357.4 million. Adjusted Net income was $134.8 million, Adjusted EBITDA $184.2 million, and the Daily Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) rate rose to $24,486 from $13,624, which the company described as its strongest quarter since the second quarter of 2022.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $149.9 million for the quarter and $262.3 million for the first half of 2026, supporting cash and restricted cash of $563.7 million and lower interest and finance costs of $12.4 million. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.90 per share, payable on or about September 3, 2026 to shareholders of record on August 21, 2026, under a full dividend payout policy that management says will bring total returns since 2021 to over $2.15 billion through dividends and buybacks. The company continued fleet renewal, selling several older vessels for expected net proceeds of about $70.3 million and taking delivery of three high-spec Kamsarmax newbuildings, with five more due in the second half of 2026, while arranging new credit facilities and targeting 29 unencumbered vessels.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. director Arne Blystad filed an amended insider report. The amendment relates to a previously reported 12 June 2026 purchase of 7,580 common shares and corrects a mathematical error in adding the amount of securities beneficially owned, updating his direct holdings to 115,533 shares.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. reported that Chief Operating Officer Nikolaos Reskos sold 5,000 common shares at $28.99 per share on July 30, 2026, in an open market or private transaction under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, leaving him with 405,875 common shares held directly.
Nikolaos Reskos filed to sell 5,000 shares of SBLK common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on NASDAQ, with an approximate aggregate value of $136,950 as of 07/30/2026. These shares relate to an Employee Stock Unit Award dated 09/16/2020. The filing also lists multiple prior Rule 10b5-1 sales of SBLK common stock over the past three months.