UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2012

Commission File Number: 001-34934

COSTAMARE INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

60 Zephyrou Street & Syngrou Avenue 17564, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F     x          Form 40-F     o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to our Report on Form 6-K for the month of July 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2012 (the “Original Report”), is to furnish the interactive data files as Exhibit 101 to the Original Report. This Exhibit 101 was not previously filed with the Original Report. Exhibit 101 to this Amendment No. 1 provides the following items from the Original Report formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011 and our unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012, (ii) our unaudited consolidated statements of income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, (iii) our unaudited consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, (iv) our unaudited consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, (v) our unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 and (vi) the notes to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.

This Report on Form 6-K/A shall be incorporated by reference into our registration statement on Form F-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2012 (File No. 333-179244), to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed by us under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case as amended.

Users of this data are advised that pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of any registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

No other changes have been made to the Original Report other than those described above. This Form 6-K/A does not reflect subsequent events occurring after the original filing date of the Original Report and does not, and does not purport to, modify, restate or update in any way disclosures made in the Original Report.

 



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.
  Description
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
     

 


SIGNATURES

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 the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 3, 2012

     
  COSTAMARE INC.
     
  By: /s/ Gregory G. Zikos  
  Name:   Gregory G. Zikos
  Title: Chief Financial Officer