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DryShips Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.20 Per Common Share Quarterly Dividend Announcement
| Source: DryShips Inc.
ATHENS, GREECE -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 4, 2007 -- DryShips Inc., (NASDAQ : DRYS ) announced
today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of
$0.20 per common share, payable April 30th, 2007, to stockholders of record
as of April 16th, 2007.
This is the eighth consecutive quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share
declared by the Company since its listing on the NASDAQ Global Market in
February 2005.
About DryShips Inc.
DryShips Inc., is an international provider of drybulk carriers.
Headquartered in Athens, Greece, DryShips currently owns and operates a
fleet of 34 drybulk carriers comprising 5 Capesize, 24 Panamax, 3 Handymax
and 2 newbuilding Panamax vessels, with a combined deadweight tonnage of
approximately 2.9 million.
DryShips Inc.'s common stock is listed on NASDAQ Global Market where it
trades under the symbol "DRYS."
Forward-Looking Statement
Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with
respect to future events and financial performance and may 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 forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various
assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, management's examination of historical
operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available
from third parties. Although DryShips Inc. believes that these assumptions
were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject
to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or
impossible to predict and are beyond our control, DryShips Inc. cannot
assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs
or projections.
Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include
the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions,
including changes in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in
demand that may affect attitudes of time charterers to scheduled and
unscheduled drydocking, changes in DryShips Inc.'s operating expenses,
including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, or actions taken
by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future
litigation, domestic and international political conditions, potential
disruption of shipping routes due to accidents and political events or acts
by terrorists.
Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by DryShips
Inc. with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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