ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwired - May 2, 2017) - Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (NASDAQ: SBLK) today
announced that it will release its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017 after the market closes in New York on
Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Star Bulk's management team will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results on
Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET).
Conference Call details:
Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 1(866)
819-7111 (from the US), 0(800) 953-0329 (from the UK) or +(44) (0) 1452 542 301 (from outside the US). Please quote "Star
Bulk."
A replay of the conference call will be available until Thursday, June 1, 2017. The United States replay number is 1(866)
247-4222; from the UK 0(800) 953-1533; the standard international replay number is (+44) (0) 1452 550 000 and the access code
required for the replay is: 3128607#.
Slides and audio webcast:
There will also be a simultaneous live webcast over the Internet, through the Star Bulk website (www.starbulk.com). Participants to the live webcast should register on the website
approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.
About Star Bulk
Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk
sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain and minor bulks which include bauxite,
fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive
offices in Athens, Greece. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "SBLK". On a fully
delivered basis, Star Bulk will have a fleet of 73 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 8.0 million dwt, consisting of
Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax and Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 52,055
dwt and 209,537 dwt. Our fleet currently includes 69 operating vessels, 1 vessel acquired and due for delivery and 3 newbuilding
vessels under construction at shipyards in China. Additionally, the Company has one chartered-in Supramax vessel, under a time
charter expiring in September 2017.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Private Securities Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to
encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements
concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements,
which are other than statements of historical facts.
The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate,"
"intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect," "pending" and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to
differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include general dry bulk shipping market conditions,
including fluctuations in charterhire rates and vessel values, the strength of world economies the stability of Europe and the
Euro, fluctuations in interest rates and foreign exchange rates, changes in demand in the dry bulk shipping industry, including
the market for our vessels, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry docking and insurance costs, changes
in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future
litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or
political events, the availability of financing and refinancing, our ability to meet requirements for additional capital and
financing to complete our newbuilding program and grow our business, vessel breakdowns and instances of off‐hire, risks
associated with vessel construction, potential exposure or loss from investment in derivative instruments, potential conflicts of
interest involving our Chief Executive Officer, his family and other members of our senior management, and our ability to
complete acquisition transactions as planned. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more
complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date
hereof, and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward‐looking statements as a result of
developments occurring after the date of this communication.