UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

_____________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 16, 2007 (February 16, 2007)

 

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.  

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Marshall Islands

000-51366

98-0453513

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

477 Park Avenue
New York, New York

 

10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 785-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

In connection with a presentation by senior management of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (the ‘‘Company’’) at an investor conference to be held on February 16, 2007, the Company is disclosing certain information (the “Conference Information”). On February 12, 2007, the Company issued a press release publicly announcing that such conference would be held on February 16, 2007 at 8:15 a.m. E.S.T. and that during such conference the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sophocles N. Zoullas, would present information regarding the Company. The press release also announced that access to the investor conference would simultaneously be available to the public via a live webcast in the Investor Relations section of Eagle Bulk’s website at www.eagleships.com and at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bbt9/egle/.

Statements made in the Conference Information which are not historical are forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views with respect to future events and performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. See “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Conference Information.

 

A copy of the Conference Information is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

99.1

Conference materials

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:


/s/ Sophocles N. Zoullas

 

 

Name:

Title:

Sophocles N. Zoullas

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: February 16, 2007

 

 

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