Ardmore Shipping Corp 6-K, filed Dec 3, 2021
Ardmore Shipping Corp (ASC)
About this 6-K
Ardmore Shipping Corp filed this 6-K on December 3, 2021.
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
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
December 3, 2021
Commission File Number: 001-36028
Ardmore Shipping Corporation
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Belvedere Building
Ground Floor
69 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM08
Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
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THIS REPORT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE FOLLOWING REGISTRATION STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY:
| • | REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3D (REGISTRATION NO. 333-203205) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 2, 2015; |
| • | REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-213344) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 26, 2016; |
| • | REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-233540) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 30, 2019; AND |
| • | REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-258974) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 20, 2021. |
Item 1—Information Contained in this Form 6-K
Consummation of Series A Preferred Stock Financing
On December 3, 2021, Ardmore Shipping Corporation (the “Company”) consummated the private placement of an additional 15,000 shares of its 8.5% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares—Series A, at a purchase price of $1,000.00 per share, with Maritime Partners, LLC, through its affiliate ARF Innovation, LLC (the “Maritime Purchaser”). The purchase and sale of the shares was made pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 3, 2021 between the Company and Maritime Purchaser, as amended and modified to, among other things, extend the date for the sale and issuance of additional shares.
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.
| Date: December 3, 2021 | ARDMORE SHIPPING CORPORATION | |||||
| By: | /s/ Paul Tivnan | |||||
| Paul Tivnan | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||