0000919574-15-006858.txt : 20150911 0000919574-15-006858.hdr.sgml : 20150911 20150911160109 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-15-006858 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150911 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150911 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ocean Rig UDW Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001447382 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35298 FILM NUMBER: 151103411 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 SKOPA STREET, TRIBUNE HOUSE STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR, OFFICE 202 CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: CY 1075 BUSINESS PHONE: 011 357 22767517 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 SKOPA STREET, TRIBUNE HOUSE STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR, OFFICE 202 CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: CY 1075 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRIMELEAD SHAREHOLDERS INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081008 6-K 1 d6811867_6-k.htm
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 September 2015

Commission File Number 001-35298

OCEAN RIG UDW INC.

10 Skopa Street, Tribune House
2nd Floor, Office 202, CY 1075
Nicosia, Cyprus
(Address of principal executive offices)

 
 
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Announcement

On September 8, 2015, Mr. Kylos Melas resigned from the board of directors (the "Board") of Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (the "Company") and Mr. George Kokkodis was appointed to the Board as an independent, Class C director to replace Mr. Melas, effective as of the same date.  Mr. Kokkodis will serve as a member of the Company's  Nominating Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

Since 2009, Mr. Kokkodis has been an Independent Business Introducer and Independent Client Advisor of financial investments at BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, where he was a Senior Private Banker from 2003 to 2009 and the Head of the Greek Private Banking Desk from 1999 to 2003. From 1996 to 1998,  Mr. Kokkodis was Vice President of Private Banking at Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse S.A. and, prior to that, was Vice President of Private Banking at Bankers Trust International PLC from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Kokkodis holds a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology and a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Glasgow. Mr. Kokkodis is a member of the board of directors of MIG Real Estate R.E.I.C.





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.



 
OCEAN RIG UDW INC.
   
Dated:  September 11, 2015
By:
/s/
 George Economou
  
   
 George Economou
   
 Chief Executive Officer