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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-019394
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240411
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240411

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TOP SHIPS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001296484
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37889
		FILM NUMBER:		24839106

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1, VASSILISSIS SOFIAS STR. & MEG.
		STREET 2:		ALEXANDROU STR.
		CITY:			151 24, MAROUSSI
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-30-210-81-28-107

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1, VASSILISSIS SOFIAS STR. & MEG.
		STREET 2:		ALEXANDROU STR.
		CITY:			151 24, MAROUSSI
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TOP TANKERS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040706
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">1 Vas. Sofias and Meg. Alexandrou Str,</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Title of each class</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Name of each exchange on which</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Common Stock, par value $0.01</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">The NYSE American LLC</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. &#9746;</div>
      <div style="color: #000000;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. &#9744;</div>
      <div style="color: #000000;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. &#9744;</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Not applicable</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">None</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">This Registration Statement on Form 8-A is being filed by Top Ships Inc., a Marshall Islands corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), in connection with the transfer of the listing of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per
        share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) and preferred stock purchase rights (the &#8220;Preferred Stock Purchase Rights&#8221;), from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC to The NYSE American LLC (&#8220;NYSE American&#8221;) which is expected to become effective as of the opening of trading
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 1.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase Rights as set forth in Exhibit 2.8 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March
        29, 2024; File No. 001-37889, is hereby incorporated by reference.</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Company are registered on NYSE American and the securities registered hereby
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURE</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">TOP SHIPS INC.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="color: #000000;">Dated: April </font>11,<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 2024</font></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Alexandros Tsirikos</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alexandros Tsirikos</div>
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