SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 666 THIRD AVENUE 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Star Bulk Carriers Corp. [ SBLK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/14/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $.01 par value(1)(2)(3)	02/14/2008		S		25,000	D	$12.24	1,702,070	I	By RCG Carpathia Master Fund, Ltd(4)
Common Stock, $.01 par value(1)(2)(3)								579,865	I	By RCG Baldwin, L.P.(5)
Common Stock, $.01 par value(1)(2)(3)								5,000	I	By RCG Crimson, LP(6)
Common Stock, $.01 par value(1)(2)(3)								505,865	I	By RCG Enterprise, Ltd(7)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 666 THIRD AVENUE 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RCG BALDWIN LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 666 THIRD AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RAMIUS ADVISORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 666 THIRD AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RCG CARPATHIA MASTER FUND LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 666 THIRD AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RCG Enterprise Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) CITCO FUND SERVICES LIMITED CORPORATE CENTER, WEST BAY ROAD (Street) GRAND CAYMAN (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. To enable all of the Reporting Persons to gain access to the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system (which only accepts a maximum of 10 joint filers per report), this report is the first of two identical reports relating to the same transaction being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

2. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such shares of Common Stock for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

3. The Reporting Persons may also be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 2,223,400 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants convertible into Common Stock at a ratio of one warrant for one share of Common Stock (the "Warrants"). Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Warrants except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the Warrants for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

4. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCG Carpathia Master Fund, Ltd (Carpathia). As the investment advisor of Carpathia, Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C. (Ramius) may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Carpathia.

5. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCG Baldwin, L.P. (Baldwin). As the general partner of Baldwin, Ramius Advisors, LLC (Ramius Advisors) may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Baldwin. As the sole member of Ramius Advisors, Ramius may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Ramius Advisors.

6. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCG Crimson, LP (Crimson). As the general partner of Crimson, Ramius may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Crimson.

7. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCG Enterprise, Ltd (RCG Enterprise). As the investment manager of RCG Enterprise, Ramius may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCG Enterprise. As a result of a reorganization of certain of the Reporting Persons and their affiliates, the shares of Common Stock previously reported as being beneficially owned by Ramius Securities, L.L.C. (Ramius Securities) were transferred to RCG Enterprise, its affiliate. As of the date hereof, Ramius Securities no longer beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock.

	By: Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C.; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory	02/19/2008
	By: RCG Baldwin, L.P.; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory	02/19/2008
	By: Ramius Advisors, LLC; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory	02/19/2008
	By: RCG Carpathia Master Fund, Ltd; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory	02/19/2008
	By: RCG Enterprise, Ltd; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory	02/19/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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