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 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of: December 2017

 

Commission File Number: 1-37611

 

 

Pyxis Tankers Inc.

 

59 K. Karamanli Street

Maroussi 15125 Greece

+30 210 638 0200

(Address of registrant’s 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

[X]

Form 40-F

[  ]

 

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): ___

 

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): ___

 

 

 

Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Company”) is furnishing this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of providing the press release issued by the Company on December 6, 2017 relating to a $4.8 million private placement of the Company’s common stock, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit Number		Document
99.1		Press Release dated December 6, 2017

 

 

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.

 

	PYXIS TANKERS INC.
	By:	/s/ Henry Williams
	Name:	Henry Williams
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: December 6, 2017

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number		Document
99.1		Press Release dated December 6, 2017