Costamare Inc. (Marshall Islands)

The Company is one of the world s leading owners and providers of containerships and dry bulk vessels for charter for charter.
The Company was incorporated in the Republic of The Marshall Islands on April 21, 2008 under the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act.
Captain Vasileios Konstantakopoulos, the father of our chairman and chief executive officer, Konstantinos Konstantakopoulos, founded Costamare Shipping in 1974. The company initially owned and operated drybulk carrier vessels, but in 1984 we became the first Greek-owned company to enter the containership market and, since 1992, The Company have focused exclusively on containerships.
In November 2010, The Company completed an initial public offering of common stock in the United States and began trading in New York Stock Exchange on November 4, 2010.
The Company listed on New York Stock Exchange , Frankfurt Stock Exchange , Boerse Stuttgart and Boerse Berlin.
On March 27, 2012 and October 19, 2012, The Company completed two follow-on public offerings of common stock, on August 7, 2013, The Company completed a public offering of Series B Preferred Stock and on January 21, 2014, The Company completed a public offering of Series C Preferred Stock.