UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2010
Commission File Number 001-33922
DRYSHIPS INC.
80 Kifissias Avenue
Amaroussion 15125, Athens Greece
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form
20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o.
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted
solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o.
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted
to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and
make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled
or legally organized (the registrants home country), or under the rules of the home country
exchange on which the registrants securities are traded, as long as the report or other document
is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrants
security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 1 is the Sales Agreement, dated September 7, 2010, by and between DryShips Inc.
(the Company) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the Agent) under which the Company may offer
and sell an aggregate of up to $350,000,000 of the Companys common shares, par value $0.01, from
time to time through the Agent.
This Report on Form 6-K and the exhibit hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into the
Companys Registration Statement on Form F-3ASR (Registration
No. 333 - 169235) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and which became effective on September 7, 2010.
SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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DryShips Inc. |
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(Registrant) |
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Dated: September 7, 2010 |
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/s/ George Economou
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George Economou |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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