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 April 2007
Commission File Number: 001-32458
DIANA SHIPPING INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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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 registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's 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 registrant's 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.
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82-______________.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 1 is a press release dated April
13, 2007 from Diana Shipping Inc. (the "Company") announcing a follow-on
offering of common stock by the Company and certain of its selling shareholders.
Exhibit 1
Corporate Contact:
Ioannis Zafirakis
Director and Vice-President
Telephone: + 30-210-9470100
izafirakis@dianashippinginc.com
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For Immediate Release
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Investor and Media Relations:
Edward Nebb
Euro RSCG Magnet
Telephone: + 1-212-367-6848
ed.nebb@eurorscg.com
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Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option in Follow-on
Offering
ATHENS, GREECE, April 13, 2007 - Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) today announced
that the underwriters of its follow-on offering of an aggregate of 10,500,000
common shares, which closed on April 3, 2007, exercised in full an
over-allotment option granted to them by the Company. The Company will sell an
additional 1,575,000 common shares as a result of the over-allotment exercise at
the public offering price of $17.00 per share and will receive additional net
proceeds of $25,570,125. Following the exercise of the over-allotment, the
Company will have 62,875,000 common shares outstanding.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC acted as joint
bookrunning managers of the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This communication
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy,
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The offering of
these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus and related
prospectus supplement. Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement
relating to the offering may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at
National Statement Processing, Prospectus Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS
Level, Brooklyn, NY 11245, telephone: 718-242-8002 or Wachovia Capital Markets,
LLC at 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, telephone: 800-326-5897.
About the Company
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) is a global provider of shipping transportation
services. The Company specializes in transporting dry bulk cargoes, including
such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide
shipping routes.
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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.
DIANA SHIPPING INC.
(registrant)
Dated: April 19, 2007 By: /s/ Anastassis Margaronis
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Anastassis Margaronis
President
SK 23159 0002 766821