FAQs

Our fiscal year follows the calendar year: first quarter ends March 31, second quarter ends June 30, third quarter ends September 30 and fourth quarter ends December 31. Our fiscal year ends on December 31.

For Star Bulk common shares (SBLK) the CUSIP number is Y8162K105.

You may sign up by entering your e-mail address and contact information on our website under "Investor Relations-E-Mail Alerts".

If you are unable to find the information you are looking for on this website, you may contact:
Nicolas Bornozis
Capital Link, Inc. (New York)
Phone: 1-212-661-7566
E-mail: starbulk@capitallink.com

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 718-921-8346
Toll free: 866-668-6550 (in the U.S. and Canada)

Transfer agents maintain share registers for their client companies. They issue and cancel share certificates, process and pay dividends, administer dividend programs, resolve issues arising from lost or stolen certificates and answer questions from shareholders about their accounts.
Corporate Website:http://www.amstock.com

If you are a shareholder of record (i.e. hold your shares directly in your name), you should contact our transfer agent. To contact American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, call 866-668-6550 . If your shares are held in Street name, you should contact your brokerage firm.

If you are a shareholder of record (i.e. hold your shares directly in your name), you should contact our transfer agent. To contact American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, call 866-668-6550 .

We pay dividends, if any, on a quarterly basis from our operating surplus, in amounts that allowed us to retain a portion of our cash flows to fund vessel or fleet acquisitions, and for debt repayment and other corporate purposes, as determined by our management and board of directors. The declaration and payment of dividends will be subject at all times to the discretion of our board of directors.

We believe that, under current law, our dividend payments from earnings and profits would constitute "qualified dividend income" and as such will generally be subject to a 15% United States federal income tax rate with respect to non-corporate individual stockholders. Distributions in excess of our earnings and profits will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of a United States stockholder's tax basis in its common stock on a Dollar-for-Dollar basis and thereafter as capital gain.

Star Bulk Carriers currently does not offer a Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Star Bulk Carriers currently does not offer a Direct Stock Purchase Plan