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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-25-002728
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250531
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250502

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001386716
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33869
		FILM NUMBER:		25908692

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O STAR BULK MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		40 AGIOU KONSTANTINOU STR, MAROUSSI
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			15124
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-30-210-617-8400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O STAR BULK MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		40 AGIOU KONSTANTINOU STR, MAROUSSI
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			15124
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of May 2025</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Star Bulk Carriers Corp.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">c/o Star Bulk Management Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">40 Agiou Konstantinou Street,</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">15124 Maroussi,</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">On May 1, 2025, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) mailed an amendment (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) to the Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) to reduce the quorum requirement for a stockholders&#8217; meeting from a
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">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
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  <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font><br>
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  <div style="text-align: right; margin-right: 54pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">March 25, 2025</div>
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    STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Enclosed is a notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of Star Bulk Carriers
    Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), which will be held at the offices of STAR BULK SHIPMANAGEMENT COMPANY (CYPRUS) LIMITED, 179, Christodoulos Hadjipavlou Street (Molos), Ground Floor, Limassol 3036, Republic of Cyprus, on May 14, 2025 at 15:00 local time, the
    Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement and certain other related materials. These materials together with the Company&#8217;s annual report on Form 20- F that contains the Company&#8217;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the &#8220;Annual
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    40 Agiou Konstantinou Str. Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">At the Meeting, shareholders of the Company will consider and vote upon the following proposals:</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To elect three Class C Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#8220;Proposal One&#8221;);</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">2.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To approve the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A as the Company&#8217;s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">3.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Provided that a quorum is present, the following is required in order to adopt the proposals: (1)
    Adoption of Proposal One requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by the shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting; and (2) Adoption of Proposal Two requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
    represented at the Meeting by the shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting. To constitute a quorum, there must be present either in person or by proxy shareholders of record holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and
    entitled to vote at the Meeting. If less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy will have the power to adjourn the Meeting until a quorum is present.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The board of directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) unanimously recommends that you vote your shares (i) &#8220;FOR&#8221; the
    re-election of Petros Pappas, Arne Blystad and Raffaele Zagari to the Board; (ii) &#8220;FOR&#8221; the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. as the Company&#8217;s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31,
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    IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE
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    PRESENT A FORM OF PERSONAL PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD IN THE NAME OF YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU MUST BRING AN ACCOUNT
    STATEMENT OR LETTER FROM YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE INDICATING THAT YOU WERE THE OWNER OF THE SHARES AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 18, 2025 THE RECORD DATE FOR THE MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE MEETING YOU MUST OBTAIN AND
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    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<br>
    TO BE HELD ON MAY 14, 2025</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of Star Bulk Carriers
    Corp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) will be held at the offices of STAR BULK SHIPMANAGEMENT COMPANY (CYPRUS) LIMITED, 179, Christodoulos Hadjipavlou Street (Molos), Ground floor, Limassol 3036, Republic of Cyprus on May 14, 2025 at 15:00 local time, for the
    following purposes, of which Proposal One and Proposal Two (each defined below) are more completely set forth in the accompanying Proxy Statement:</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To elect three Class C Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#8220;Proposal One&#8221;);</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">2.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To approve the appointment of Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A as the Company&#8217;s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
      December 31, 2025 (&#8220;Proposal Two&#8221;); and</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">3.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.</font></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The board of directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on March 18, 2025 as the record
    date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Shareholders of record holding at least a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled
    to vote at the Meeting and who attends the Meeting in person or by proxy shall be a quorum for the purposes of the Meeting.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE
    MEETING IN PERSON, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE,
    WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU CAN ALSO VOTE BY INTERNET AND TELEPHONE BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR PROXY CARD. IF YOU HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROXY MATERIALS OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE VOTE BY INTERNET
    OR BY TELEPHONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON. ALL
    SHAREHOLDERS MUST PRESENT A FORM OF PERSONAL PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD IN THE NAME OF YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU MUST BRING
    AN ACCOUNT STATEMENT OR LETTER FROM YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE INDICATING THAT YOU WERE THE OWNER OF THE SHARES AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 18, 2025 THE RECORD DATE OF THE MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE MEETING YOU MUST
    OBTAIN AND SUBMIT AT THE MEETING A &#8220;LEGAL PROXY&#8221; FROM YOUR BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE.</div>
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    PRESENTED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">This Notice of Meeting, the Proxy Statement and certain other related materials, such as the Company&#8217;s
    annual report on Form 20-F that contains the Company&#8217;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;), may be found on the Company&#8217;s website at www.starbulk.com. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of
    the Annual Report free of charge upon written request to the Company, which should be mailed to the Secretary of the Company at Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str. Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you attend the Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote in person.</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Georgia Mastagaki<br>
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  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">_____________________</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">PROXY STATEMENT</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">FOR</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">TO BE HELD ON MAY 14, 2025</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">_____________________</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING</div>
  <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u>GENERAL</u></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the board of directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Star Bulk
    Carriers Corp., a Marshall Islands corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the offices of STAR BULK SHIPMANAGEMENT COMPANY (CYPRUS) LIMITED, 179, Christodoulos Hadjipavlou Street (Molos) , Ground Floor,
    Limassol 3036, Republic of Cyprus, on May 14, 2025 at 15:00 local time, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;), for the purposes set forth herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This Proxy
    Statement together with the Notice of Meeting and certain other related materials are expected to be mailed to shareholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Meeting on or about April 3, 2025. These materials together with the Company&#8217;s annual
    report on Form 20-F that contains the Company&#8217;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;) may be found on the Company&#8217;s website at www.starbulk.com. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the
    Annual Report free of charge upon written request to the Company, which should be mailed to the Secretary of the Company at Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str. Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece.</div>
  <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u>VOTING RIGHTS AND OUTSTANDING SHARES</u></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">On March 18, 2025 (the &#8220;Record Date&#8221;), the Company had outstanding 116,781,423 shares of common stock,
    par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Shares&#8221;). Each shareholder of record at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each Common Share then held. Shareholders of record holding at least a majority of the shares issued and
    outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting and who attend the Meeting in person or by proxy shall be a quorum for the purposes of the Meeting. The Common Shares represented by any proxy in the enclosed form will be voted in accordance with the
    instructions given on the proxy if the proxy is properly executed and is received by the Company prior to the close of voting at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Any proxies returned without instructions will be voted FOR the
    proposals set forth on the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Common Shares are listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market (&#8220;Nasdaq&#8221;) under the symbol &#8220;SBLK.&#8221;</div>
  <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u>REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES</u></div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">A shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised. A proxy may be revoked
    by filing with the Secretary of the Company at Star Bulk Management Inc., 40 Agiou Konstantinou Str. Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece, a written notice of revocation by a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in
    person. If you hold Common Shares in street name, through a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please contact your brokerage firm, bank or other nominee to revoke your proxy.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">PROPOSAL ONE</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">ELECTION OF CLASS C DIRECTORS</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Company has ten directors on its Board. As provided in the Company&#8217;s Fourth Amended and Restated
    Articles of Incorporation and Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Board is divided into three classes and, after the initial term, each director is elected to serve for a three-year term and until such director&#8217;s successor is duly elected and
    qualified, except in the event of his death, resignation, removal or earlier termination of his term of office. The term of our three Class C directors expires at the Meeting.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Board has nominated for re-election to the Board, Mr. Petros Pappas, Mr. Arne Blystad and Mr.
    Raffaele Zagari, each a Class C Director for reelection as Class C Director for terms expiring at the 2028 annual meeting.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Unless the proxy is marked to indicate that such authorization is expressly withheld, the persons
    named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote the shares authorized thereby FOR the election of the following four nominees. It is expected that each of the nominees will be able to serve, but if before the election it develops that any of the nominees is
    unavailable, the persons named in the accompanying proxy will vote for the election of such substitute nominee or nominees as the current Board may recommend.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Nominees for Election to the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Information concerning the nominees for director of the Company is set forth below:</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Petros Pappas</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">72</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raffaele Zagari</div>
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          <div style="line-height: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">56</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Certain biographical information about Mr. Petros Pappas, Mr. Arne Blystad and Mr. Raffaele Zagari is
    set forth below.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mr. Petros Pappas </font>serves as our CEO and as a director on our board of directors since July 2014. Mr. Pappas served from our inception up to July 2014 as our non-executive Chairman of the board of directors and director. He served as
    a member of Star Maritime&#8217;s board of directors since its inception. Throughout his career as a principal and manager in the shipping industry, Mr. Pappas has been involved in approximately 300 vessel acquisitions and disposals. In 1989, he founded
    Oceanbulk Maritime S.A., a dry cargo shipping company that has operated managed vessels aggregating as much as 1.6 million deadweight tons of cargo capacity. He also founded Oceanbulk affiliated companies, which are involved in the ownership and
    management sectors of the shipping industry. Mr. Pappas serves on the Board of Directors of the UK Defense Club, a leading insurance provider of legal defense services in the shipping industry worldwide and is a member of the Union of Greek Ship Owners
    (UGS). Mr. Pappas received his B.A. in Economics and his MBA from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. Pappas was awarded the 2014 Lloyd&#8217;s List Greek Awards &#8220;Shipping Personality of the Year&#8221;.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mr. Arne Blystad </font>serves as Director on our Board of Directors since July 2018. He is an independent investor located in Oslo, Norway. The Blystad Group, which is 100% owned and controlled by Mr. Blystad and his immediate family, has
    a long history in international shipping. Mr. Blystad began, after high school, his career as a shipbroker in London and New York. He later started various ventures within the shipping and offshore drilling space. This has involved both private and
    public listed companies, where he has held various board and management positions over the years. The Blystad Group has today investments in various shipping segments such as tankers, container feeder, real-estate and securities.</div>
  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mr. Raffaele Zagari </font>serves as director on our board of directors since August 2018. In his career he has developed approximately 30 years&#8217; experience in the shipping business. Since 2010, as CEO of Augustea Group, Mr. Zagari
    engineered and implemented the expansion and consolidation of the dry bulk business that has led to the incorporation of Augustea Atlantica, and its subsidiaries in Argentina, Singapore, London and Malta (&#8220;Augustea Group&#8221;). He has actively promoted the
    incorporation of CBC, AOM, ABML and ABY, the joint ventures in which Augustea Atlantica is a shareholder. He has funded the towage company Augustea Grancolombia (now Rimorchiatori Riuniti Colombia) in the Santa Marta area in Colombia and he has, over
    the years, worked closely with Drummond Coal and Glencore on their logistical/maritime needs for their local coal loading operations which have a combined 60 million tons yearly throughput. During this time he supervised in excess of 50 sale and
    purchase projects (both new building and second hand), and more than twenty long-term ship leases primarily with the support of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui &amp; Co. Since 1997 he has been actively leading the Chartering Department of Augustea Dry
    Bulk Division, and directing the other business of the Augustea Group. In 2017, Raffaele was appointed Chairman of Augustea Group Holding SpA, in addition to his role as the Group&#8217;s CEO. He is also appointed as non-executive director in Steamship
    Mutual, one of the largest P&amp;I marine insurance, where he has also chaired the Underwriting and Reinsurance Committee. Prior to joining Augustea, and for the period 1993-1995, Mr. Zagari worked for Blenheim Shipping (a company of the former
    Scinicariello Augustea Group) during which time he gained extensive experience in the Japanese shipyards, Sumitomo Yokuska and Sanoyas Mitsushima, as assistant site supervisor. From 1996 to 1997, he worked at Zodiac Maritime Agencies with the
    operations department before joining the Augustea Group. Mr. Zagari holds a Diploma in Commercial Operation of Shipping at Guldhall University London.</div>
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      Vote</font>. Adoption of Proposal One requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by the shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF<br>
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Board is submitting for approval at the Meeting the selection of Deloitte Certified Public
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. has advised the Company that the firm does not have any
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  <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 12.55pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The cost of preparing and soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. Solicitation will be made
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    24925 13th Place South<br>
    Des Moines, WA 98198<br>
    Telephone: (206) 870-8565<br>
    Email: ksmith@advantageproxy.com</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 1.5pt; margin-top: 3.9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 1.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">AMENDMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT FOR</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 127.95pt; margin-left: 120.8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<br>
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      _______________________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30.95pt; margin-right: 5.8pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">This Amendment (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) amends the Proxy Statement, dated March 25,
      2025 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) of Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a Marshall Islands corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), relating to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the offices of STAR BULK SHIPMANAGEMENT COMPANY (CYPRUS) LIMITED, 179,
      Christodoulos Hadjipavlou Street (Molos), Ground Floor, Limassol 3036, Republic of Cyprus, on May 14, 2025 at 15:00 local time, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to reduce the quorum
      requirement. Except as amended by the information contained herein, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement remains the same and should be considered in casting your vote in person at the Meeting. No other changes have been made to the Proxy
      Statement.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30.95pt; margin-right: 5.8pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement.
      Shareholders who have already authorized their proxies to vote do not need to take any action, unless they wish to change or revoke their prior proxy or voting instructions.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 30.95pt; margin-right: 5.8pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 12.55pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">On April 28, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company, having determined it
      to be in the best interest of shareholders, approved reducing the Company&#8217;s quorum requirement from a majority of issued and outstanding shares to one third of issued and outstanding shares, as permitted by the laws of the Republic of the Marshall
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The third sentence under &#8220;<u>VOTING RIGHTS AND OUTSTANDING SHARES</u>&#8221; is replaced with the following: &#8220;Shareholders of record holding at least a one-third of the shares
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      OR BY TELEPHONE OR IN PERSON, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND SUBMIT YOUR PROXY USING ONE OF THE VOTING METHODS DESCRIBED IN THE &#8220;INFORMATION CONCERNING
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