Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-180674
ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS
Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
7,000,000 Common Shares
Pricing Term Sheet – October 2, 2013
| Issuer: | Star Bulk Carriers Corp. | |
| Symbol: | Nasdaq:SBLK | |
| Issuer’s common shares to be offered: | 7,000,0001 | |
| Underwriters’ purchase option: | 1,050,000 | |
| Price to public: | $8.80 | |
| Gross proceeds: | Approximately $61,600,000 to the Issuer, if underwriters’ purchase option is not exercised, or approximately $70,840,000, if underwriters’ purchase option is exercised in full | |
| Proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses: | Approximately $59,168,600 to the Issuer, if underwriters’ purchase option is not exercised, or approximately $67,969,700, if underwriters’ purchase option is exercised in full | |
| Trade Date: | October 2, 2013 | |
| Closing Date: | October 7, 2013 | |
| Underwriting: | Sole Book-Running Manager Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Co-Managers Evercore Group L.L.C. Global Hunter Securities, LLC Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Pareto Securities AS | |
| (1) | Certain major shareholders of the Issuer have indicated that they will purchase approximately 4,544,000 common shares in this offering. |
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