0000919574-14-000055.txt : 20140206 0000919574-14-000055.hdr.sgml : 20140206 20140106164458 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-14-000055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Paragon Shipping Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001401112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: 1T FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 KARAMANLI AVE STREET 2: GR 166 73 CITY: VOULA STATE: J3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 011-30-210-891-4600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 KARAMANLI AVE STREET 2: GR 166 73 CITY: VOULA STATE: J3 ZIP: 00000 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm d1442564_corresp.htm

Paragon Shipping Inc.
15, Karamanli Avenue
Voula 16673
Athens, Greece
 
 
 
  January 6, 2014
 
 
BY EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
Re:
Paragon Shipping Inc. Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-192517)

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned registrant hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above captioned Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form F-3 on November 22, 2013 and amended on December 20, 2013, be accelerated so that it will be made effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 8, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable, pursuant to Rule 461(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
 
The undersigned registrant hereby acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the undersigned registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the undersigned registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
 
The undersigned registrant is aware of its obligations under the Act.
 
 
Yours truly,
 
 
PARAGON SHIPPING INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Michael Bodouroglou
   
Name: Michael Bodouroglou
   
Title:  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer