UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 8)*
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
Y71726130
(CUSIP Number)
c/o Pyxis Maritime Corp.
K. Karamanli 59
Maroussi 15125, Greece
+30-210-638-0200
Attn: President
with a copy to:
Keith J. Billotti, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
+1 (212) 574-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 5, 2024
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-l(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
CUSIP NO. Y71726130
| 1 | Name of Reporting Person; S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person (entities only)
Maritime Investors Corp.
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| 2 | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group | (a) [ ] |
| (b) [ ] | ||
| 3 | SEC Use Only
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| 4 | Source of Funds: WC
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| 5 | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or Place of Organization: Republic of the Marshall Islands
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | Sole Voting Power: 0
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| 8 | Shared Voting Power: 5,796,694(1)
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| 9 | Sole Dispositive Power: 0
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| 10 | Shared Dispositive Power: 5,796,694(1)
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| 11 | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Reporting Person: 5,796,694(1)
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| 12 | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ] |
| 13 | Percent of Class Represented by Amount In Row 11 54.8 % *
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| 14 | Type of Reporting Person: CO
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(1) The Reporting Person owns 5,796,694 common shares of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Shares”) consisting of: (i) 5,729,730 Shares owned by MIC, and (ii) 66,964 Shares, which is the number of Shares into which 15,000 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Shares”), owned by MIC, are convertible into at the Reporting Person’s option.
* Based of 10,572,936, which consists of (i) 10,505,972 common shares of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Shares”) issued and outstanding as of March 7, 2024 and (ii) 66,964 Shares, which is the number of Shares into which 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares owned by the Reporting Person as of March 7, 2024, are convertible into at the Reporting Person’s option, as computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1).
CUSIP NO. Y71726130
| 1 | Name of Reporting Person; S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person (entities only)
Valentios Valentis
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| 2 | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group | (a) [ ] |
(b) [ ] | ||
| 3 | SEC Use Only
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| 4 | Source of Funds: Not applicable
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| 5 | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or Place of Organization: Greece
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | Sole Voting Power:
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| 8 | Shared Voting Power: 5,796,694(2)*
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| 9 | Sole Dispositive Power:
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| 10 | Shared Dispositive Power: 5,796,694(2)*
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| 11 | Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Reporting Person: 5,796,694(2)*
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| 12 | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ] |
| 13 | Percent of Class Represented by Amount In Row 11 54.8 %**
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| 14 | Type of Reporting Person: IN
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(2) The Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own 5,796,694 Shares consisting of: (i) 5,729,730 Shares owned by MIC, and (ii) 66,964 Shares, which is the number of Shares into which 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares, owned by MIC, are convertible into at the Reporting Person’s option.
** Based on 10,572,936, which consists of (i) 10,505,972 common shares of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Shares”) issued and outstanding as of March 7, 2024 and (ii) 66,964 Shares, which is the number of Shares into which 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares owned by MIC as of March 7, 2024, are convertible into at the Reporting Person’s option, as computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1).
This Amendment No. 8 (“Amendment No. 8”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 10, 2015, amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2017, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2017, Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on January 2, 2018, Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on November 4, 2019, Amendment No. 5 filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021, Amendment No. 6 filed with the SEC on June 17, 2021 and Amendment No. 7 filed with the SEC on December 27, 2021 (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”) by Maritime Investors Corp. (“MIC”) and Mr. Valentios Valentis, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer (collectively with MIC, the “Reporting Persons”). MIC is owned and controlled by Mr. Valentis and his family members. The Reporting Persons may constitute a “group” for reporting purposes of Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to their respective beneficial ownership of the Shares (as defined below). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Schedule 13D.
Information contained herein with respect to each Reporting Person is given solely by such Reporting Person, and no other Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by such other Reporting Person.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 8 relates to shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), of Pyxis Tankers Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation (the “Issuer”). The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at c/o Pyxis Maritime Corp., K. Karamanli 59, Maroussi 15125, Greece.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
There are no material changes to the Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The information set forth in Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented by adding the following information thereto:
In April 2022, the Reporting Persons purchased 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares, which are convertible into 66,964 Shares at the Reporting Persons option in accordance with the terms, conditions and limitations of the Certificate of Designations, which defines the rights, terms and preferences of the Series A Preferred Shares. The Series A Preferred Shares are publicly traded on Nasdaq Cap Mkts: PXSAP under CUSIP No. Y71726114.
On May 11, 2022, the Company implemented a reverse stock split of the Shares at the ratio of one Share for every four existing Shares, effective May 13, 2022, Following the reverse stock split, the Shares continued trading on the Nasdaq Capital Markets under its existing symbol, “PXS”, with a new CUSP No. 71726130. The payment for fractional shares in connection with the reverse stock split reduced the then-outstanding Shares to 10,613,424 Shares post-reverse stock split. The reverse stock split was undertaken by the Issuer with the objective of meeting the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for maintaining the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Markets.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The information set forth in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information thereto:
The information set forth in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 8 is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
The information set forth in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
This Amendment No. 8 is being filed by the Reporting Persons to update the percentage of Shares of the Issuer beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, including to reflect the repurchase of Shares by the Issuer pursuant to its share repurchase program. This Amendment No. 8 also updates the number of Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons as a result of the acquisition by MIC in April, 2022 of 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares, which are convertible into 66,964 Shares at the Reporting Persons’ option in accordance with the terms, conditions and limitations of the Certificate of Designations, which defines the rights, terms and preferences of the Series A Preferred Shares.
(a. and b.) According to information received from the Issuer, as of the date of this report, there were 10,505,972 issued and outstanding. Also as of the date hereof, the Issuer had outstanding 403,831 Series A Preferred Shares which are convertible, at any time by the holder, at a conversion price of $5.60 per Share or 5.435 Shares for each Series A Preferred Share, plus accrued dividends. In April, 2022, MIC purchased 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares in the open market, which are convertible into 66,964 additional Shares. Mr. Valentis has sole power to convert or dispose any and all of the 15,000 Series A Preferred Shares.
Based on the foregoing, the Reporting Persons report beneficial ownership of the following Shares:
As of the date hereof, MIC owns 5,796,694 Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares), which represents an aggregate of approximately 54.8% of the issued and outstanding Shares. MIC has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 0 Shares and the shared power to vote or direct the vote of 5,796,694Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares). MIC has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 0 Shares and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 5,796,694Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares).
As of the date hereof, Mr. Valentios Valentis and his family members own all of the outstanding interests in MIC and may be deemed to beneficially own the 5,796,694Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares) owned by MIC, which represents an aggregate of approximately 54.8% of the issued and outstanding Shares. Mr. Valentis has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 0 Shares and the shared power to vote or direct the vote of 5,796,694 Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares). Mr. Valentis has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 0 Shares and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 5,796,694 Shares (including the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares).
(c) Except as otherwise described in this Amendment No. 8, there have been no transactions by the Reporting Persons in the Shares during the past 60 days.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
There are no material changes to the Schedule 13D.
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
There are no material changes to the Schedule 13D.
SCHEDULE 13D SIGNATURE PAGE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
| MARITIME INVESTORS CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Valentios Valentis | |
| Name: | Valentios Valentis | |
| Title: | Director | |
| /s/ Valentios Valentis | ||
| Valentios Valentis | ||
| Dated: March 7, 2024 | ||
