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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Reference is hereby made to the Schedule 13D in respect of shares of common stock, par value $0.03 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Euroseas, Ltd. (the “Issuer”) filed on behalf of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (“TCP”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2014 (the “Original TCP Schedule 13D”), as amended on March 20, 2014, January 14, 2016, March 8, 2016, December 19, 2016, June 12, 2017, June 11, 2018 and August 3, 2018 (together with the Original TCP Schedule 13D, the “TCP Schedule 13D”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the respective meanings defined in the TCP Schedule 13D.

On August 1, 2018, BlackRock, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BlackRock”) acquired indirect control of TCP pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 17, 2018 (the “TCP Transaction”).   As a result of the TCP Transaction, BlackRock may be deemed to have acquired beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by TCP.  Except to the extent that BlackRock acquired indirect control of TCP in the TCP Transaction and TCP has made certain disclosures in the TCP Schedule 13D, BlackRock did not acquire any such beneficial ownership with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Issuer or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, or in connection with any plan or proposal that would be subject to disclosure under Item 4 of Schedule 13D with respect to the Issuer.

To the extent applicable, the TCP Schedule 13D, as modified by this filing, is hereby adopted as BlackRock’s initial statement of beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D (the “Initial BlackRock Statement”) in respect of the Common Stock of the Issuer.  While TCP has filed a separate amendment to the TCP Schedule 13D filing in connection with the completion of the TCP Transaction, all future 13D amendment filings relating to the beneficial ownership by BlackRock or TCP of the Issuer’s shares of Common Stock will be made as amendments to this Initial BlackRock Statement.

ITEM 1.         SECURITY AND ISSUER

This Initial BlackRock Statement relates to the Common Stock of Euroseas, Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.  Euroseas, Ltd.’s principal executive offices are located at 4 Messogiou & Evropis Street, 151 24 Maroussi, Greece.

For purposes of this Initial BlackRock Statement, Item 2 of the TCP Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented with the following:

(a) – (c) and (f)

BlackRock is a Delaware corporation that, through its subsidiaries, provides diversified investment management directly and indirectly through various investment products to institutions, intermediaries and individual investors.  Investment management services primarily consist of the management of equity, fixed income, multi-asset class, alternative investment and cash management products. BlackRock, through its subsidiaries, offers its investment products in a variety of accounts, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares® exchange-traded funds, collective investment trusts and separate accounts.  In addition, BlackRock, through its subsidiaries, provides market risk management, financial markets advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of clients.  Financial markets advisory services include valuation services relating to illiquid securities, dispositions and workout assignments (including long-term portfolio liquidation assignments), risk management and strategic planning and execution.  The principal office and business address of BlackRock is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

 

 

Current information concerning the identity, background and citizenship of each executive officer and director of BlackRock is set forth on Annex A (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) and (e)

During the last five years, none of BlackRock or, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons has (i) been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) except as set forth on Annex B, attached hereto, has been a party to a civil proceeding of any judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which such person was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

Neither the present filing nor anything contained herein shall be construed as an admission that BlackRock constitutes a “person” for any purposes other than Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

For purposes of this Initial BlackRock Statement, Item 5 of the TCP Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented with the following:

(a) and (b)

As a result of the TCP Transaction described in the Explanatory Note, which is incorporated herein by reference, BlackRock may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock that TCP may be deemed to beneficially own.  Other than such shares, neither BlackRock nor, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons, beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock.

(c) Except as set forth in this Initial BlackRock Statement, neither BlackRock nor, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Covered Persons has engaged in any transaction in any shares of Common Stock during the 60-day period ended August 3, 2018.

(d) Except for investment advisory clients of TCP, who may have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock reported herein, no other person is known by BlackRock to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any shares of Common Stock that may be beneficially owned by BlackRock.

(e) Not applicable.

 

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: August 3, 2018

		BlackRock, Inc.
		By:	/s/ David Maryles
			Name: David Maryles
			Title:   Managing Director, Legal & Compliance

 

 

Annex A

The following is a list of the executive officers and directors of BlackRock, Inc. (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), setting forth the present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted and citizenship for each such person. Each Covered Person is a citizen of the United States, unless otherwise noted, and does not have any other principal occupation (outside of similar positions held with respect to other entities directly or indirectly managed or advised by BlackRock).

Annex B

On January 17, 2017, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) reached an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), resolving a matter regarding a provision in an old version of BlackRock’s form employee separation agreement that the SEC found violated the Dodd Frank Act’s whistleblower provisions. In the settlement with the SEC, BlackRock agreed to pay a $340,000 penalty and consented to the entry of an Administrative Order containing a finding that BlackRock violated Rule 21F-17 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and ordering BlackRock to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Rule 21F-17.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, BLACKROCK, INC., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States (the “Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Matthew Mallow, Chris Meade, Howard Surloff, Dan Waltcher, Georgina Fogo, Charles Park, Enda McMahon, Carsten Otto, Con Tzatzakis, Karen Clark, Andrew Crain, Herm Howerton, David Maryles, Daniel Ronnen, John Stelley, John Ardley, Maureen Gleeson and Spencer Fleming acting severally, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, for the purpose of, from time to time, executing in its name and on its behalf, whether the Company is acting individually or as representative of others, any and all documents, certificates, instruments, statements, other filings and amendments to the foregoing (collectively, “documents”) determined by such person to be necessary or appropriate to comply with ownership or control-person reporting requirements imposed by any United States or non-United States governmental or regulatory authority, Including without limitation Forms 3, 4, 5, 13D, 13F, 13G and 13H and any amendments to any of the Foregoing as may be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and delivering, furnishing or filing any such documents with the appropriate governmental, regulatory authority or other person, and giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any such determination by an attorney-in-fact named herein shall be conclusively evidenced by such person’s execution, delivery, furnishing or filing of the applicable document.

This power of attorney shall expressly revoke the power of attorney dated 1st day of October, 2015 in respect of the subject matter hereof, shall be valid from the date hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until either revoked in writing by the Company, or, in respect of any attorney-in-fact named herein, until such person ceases to be an employee of the Company or one of its affiliates.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of December, 2015.

BLACKROCK, INC.

By: /s/ Chris Jones

Name: Chris Jones

Title: Chief Investment Officer