UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of ~~December~~February ~~2017~~2018

Commission File Number: 000-51672

FREESEAS INC.

(Name of Registrant)

~~6 Loukianou Street~~20, Amerikis ~~10675 Athens, Greece~~ Street.

Athens, Greece 10671

(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 ☐ Form 40-F ☐~~

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

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On February ~~December 19~~2, ~~2017~~2018, FreeSeas Inc. (the “Company”) ~~held~~ ~~its~~filed ~~annual~~an ~~meeting~~amendment ofto ~~shareholders~~its ~~(the~~Amended ~~“Annual~~and ~~Meeting”),~~Restated atArticles ~~which~~of ~~the~~Incorporation to ~~Company’s~~effectuate ~~shareholders~~a ~~approved three~~reverse ~~proposals.~~stock ~~The~~split ~~proposals~~of ~~are~~the ~~described~~Company’s inissued ~~detail~~and inoutstanding ~~its~~shares ~~proxy~~of ~~statement~~common ~~filed~~stock, aspar anvalue ~~exhibit~~$0.001 toper share. aA ~~Report~~copy of ~~Foreign~~the ~~Private Issuer~~amendment onis ~~Form~~attached ~~6-K~~hereto ~~filed~~as onExhibit ~~November 9, 2017~~3.01.

~~Proposal~~As previously disclosed on a Form 6-K filed on December 20, 2017, on December 19, 2017, the shareholders of the Company authorized the Board of Directors of the Company to effect one or more reverse splits of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-20,000, at any time prior to December 19, 2018, at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.

~~The~~On December 27, 2017, the Company’s ~~shareholders~~Board ~~elected~~of ~~one~~Directors authorized a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-5,000, which will ~~individual~~be toeffective at 12:01 a.m. New York time (5:01 p.m. Marshall Islands time) on February 6, 2018. As a result of the ~~Board~~reverse stock split, every 5,000 shares of ~~Directors~~the Company’s pre-reverse split common stock will be combined and reclassified into one share of the Company’s common stock. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued as ~~set~~a ~~forth~~result ~~below:~~of the reverse stock split. Stockholders who otherwise would be entitled to a fractional share shall receive the next higher number of whole shares.

Name		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Ion G. Varouxakis		199,521,442		72,796,742		1,817,950,428

The par value and other terms of Company’s common stock were not affected by the reverse stock split. The Company’s post-reverse split common shares have a new CUSIP number, Y26496243. The Company’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, is acting as exchange agent for the reverse stock split and will send instructions to shareholders of record regarding the exchange of certificates for common stock.

~~Proposal~~On February 25, 2018, the Company issued the press release relating to the reverse stock split. A copy of the press release that discusses these matters is filed as Exhibit 99.01 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report.

The ~~Company’s shareholders ratified the~~ ~~appointment~~following ofexhibits ~~Fruci~~are &filed ~~Associates II, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, as set forth below~~herewith:

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
Exhibit Number	Description
1,511,023,854	492,244,357	87,000,399
3.01	Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as filed with the Registrar of Corporations of the Marshall Islands on February 2, 2018.
99.01	Press Release, issued by FreeSeas Inc. on February 5, 2018

~~Proposal 3~~1

The Company’s shareholders granted discretionary authority to the Company’s board of directors to (A) amend the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, pursuant to which the shares of common stock would be combined and reclassified into one share of common stock at ratios within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-20,000 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) and (B) determine whether to arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by shareholder entitled thereto, to pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share of common stock as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or to entitle shareholder to receive from the Company’s transfer agent, in lieu of any fractional share, the number of shares of common stock rounded up to the next whole number, provided that, (X) that the Company shall not effect Reverse Stock Splits that, in the aggregate, exceeds 1-for-20,000, and (Y) any Reverse Stock Split is completed no later than the first anniversary of the date of the Annual Meeting, as set forth below:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
1,373,755,420		629,897,572		86,615,619

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated December 20, 2017, issued by the Company

SIGNATURE

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.

FREESEAS INC.

	FREESEAS INC.

Date: February 6, 2018	By:	/s/ DIMITRIS FILIPPAS
		Dimitris Filippas
		Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 20, 2017	By: /s/ DIMITRIS FILIPPAS
	Dimitris Filippas
	Chief Financial Officer

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