Filing Details

 

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
	BlackRock, Inc. (TIN: 23-0174431)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	T
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO – Funds of investment advisory clients
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				T
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			672,105 (1)
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			None
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			672,105 (1)
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			None
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	672,105 (1)
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	24.5% (1) (2)
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	HC

 

(1)	Reflects 180,000 shares of EuroDry Ltd.’s (the “Issuer’s”) common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), together with Series B Conversible Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) that are convertible into 492,105 shares of Common Stock.

 

 

 

Current information concerning the identity, background and citizenship of each executive officer and director of BlackRock is set forth on Annex A (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) and (e)

During the last five years, none of BlackRock or, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons has (i) been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) except as set forth on Annex B, attached hereto, has been a party to a civil proceeding of any judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which such person was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

For purposes of this Initial BlackRock Statement, Item 5 of the TCP Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented with the following:

(a) and (b)

As a result of the TCP Transaction described in the Explanatory Note, which is incorporated herein by reference, BlackRock may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock that TCP may be deemed to beneficially own.  Other than such shares, neither BlackRock nor, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons, beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock.

(c) Except as set forth in this Initial BlackRock Statement, neither BlackRock nor, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons has engaged in any transaction in any shares of Common Stock during the 60-day period ended August 3, 2018.

(d) Except for investment advisory clients of TCP, who may have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock reported herein, no other person is known by BlackRock to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any shares of Common Stock that may be beneficially owned by BlackRock.

(e) Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: August 3, 2018

 

Annex A

The following is a list of the executive officers and directors of BlackRock, Inc. (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), setting forth the present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted and citizenship for each such person. Each Covered Person is a citizen of the United States, unless otherwise noted, and does not have any other principal occupation (outside of similar positions held with respect to other entities directly or indirectly managed or advised by BlackRock).

Directors

 

Annex B

On January 17, 2017, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) reached an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), resolving a matter regarding a provision in an old version of BlackRock’s form employee separation agreement that the SEC found violated the Dodd Frank Act’s whistleblower provisions. In the settlement with the SEC, BlackRock agreed to pay a $340,000 penalty and consented to the entry of an Administrative Order containing a finding that BlackRock violated Rule 21F-17 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and ordering BlackRock to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Rule 21F-17.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, BLACKROCK, INC., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Matthew Mallow, Chris Meade, Howard Surloff, Dan Waltcher, Georgina Fogo, Charles Park, Enda McMahon, Carsten Otto, Con Tzatzakis, Karen Clark, Andrew Crain, Herm Howerton, David Maryles, Daniel Ronnen, John Stelley, John Ardley, Maureen Gleeson and Spencer Fleming acting severally, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, for the purpose of, from time to time, executing in its name and on its behalf, whether the Company is acting individually or as representative of others, any and all documents, certificates, instruments, statements, other filings and amendments to the foregoing (collectively, “documents”) determined by such person to be necessary or appropriate to comply with ownership or control-person reporting requirements imposed by any United States or non-United States governmental or regulatory authority, Including without limitation Forms 3, 4, 5, 13D, 13F, 13G and 13H and any amendments to any of the Foregoing as may be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and delivering, furnishing or filing any such documents with the appropriate governmental, regulatory authority or other person, and giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any such determination by an attorney-in-fact named herein shall be conclusively evidenced by such person’s execution, delivery, furnishing or filing of the applicable document.

This power of attorney shall expressly revoke the power of attorney dated 1st day of October, 2015 in respect of the subject matter hereof, shall be valid from the date hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until either revoked in writing by the Company, or, in respect of any attorney-in-fact named herein, until such person ceases to be an employee of the Company or one of its affiliates.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of December, 2015.

BLACKROCK, INC.

By: /s/ Chris Jones

Name: Chris Jones

Title: Chief Investment Officer