IMPORTANT DRYSHIPS, INC. INVESTOR ALERT: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against DryShips, Inc.

NEW YORK, July 19, 2017 -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against DryShips, Inc. (“DryShips” or  the “Company”) (NASDAQ:DRYS) in the United  States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired DryShips securities on the open market from  June 8, 2016 through July 12, 2017, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

Investors who have incurred losses in DryShips, Inc. are urged to contact the firm immediately at [email protected] or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action on our website, www.whafh.com.

If you have purchased DryShips, Inc., you may no later than September 12, 2017, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class.

The filed Complaint alleges that:

• Defendants engaged in a systemic stock-manipulation scheme to artificially inflate DryShips’ share price; 
   
• DryShips’ transactions with Kalani Investments Ltd. (“Kalani”), a British Virgin Islands firm, were an illegal capital-raising scheme, due in part to Kalani’s failure to register as an  underwriter with the SEC; and 
   
• as a result, DryShips’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. 

On July 13, 2017, The Wall Street Journal published an article describing how DryShips’ influxes of cash resulting from these transactions stoked investor interest in the Company, allowing it to issue further shares, which it then continued to sell to Kalani. Then, to counter share-value dilution, DryShips executed a series of reverse stock splits. The article suggests that, because Kalani purchased DryShips stock with the intention of reselling, the transactions between DryShips and Kalani constituted “pseudo-underwriting.”  

Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country.  The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego.  The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.

If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735, via e-mail at [email protected], or visit our website at www.whafh.com.

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Contact:

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP 
Kevin Cooper, Esq.
Gregory Stone, Director of Case and Financial Analysis
Email: [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]
Tel: (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774