Nasdaq-listed Top Ships is banking $3m from a stock sale.

The tanker owner said an institutional investor has agreed to buy 3,160 convertible preferred shares.

The fundraising move follows an April announcement that it had tied up a senior secured facility for the last of its MR newbuildings.

It said the financing had come from a “major northern European bank”, but gave no details as to its tenure or the cost of the facility.

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