Box Ships Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on its 9.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Box Ships Inc. (NYSE: TEU) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.39375 per share on its 9.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the "Series C Preferred Shares") (NYSE: TEUPRC) for the period from the original issuance of the Series C Preferred Shares on July 29, 2013 through September 30, 2013. The dividend will be paid on October 1, 2013 to all holders of Series C Preferred Shares of record as of September 30, 2013.

The Company has 558,333 Series C Preferred Shares outstanding as of today. This is the first cash dividend the Company has declared since the commencement of trading of its Series C Preferred Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, on July 30, 2013.

The declaration and payment of any future dividend will be determined at the sole discretion of the Company's board of directors. We cannot assure you that we will pay quarterly dividends with respect to any future quarter in the amount stated above or at all, and our ability to pay dividends will be subject to the restrictions in our loan agreements, the provisions of Marshall Islands law and other factors to be considered by our board of directors.

About Box Ships Inc.
Box Ships Inc. is an Athens, Greece-based international shipping company specializing in the transportation of containers. The Company's current fleet consists of nine containerships with a total carrying capacity of 43,925 TEU and a TEU weighted average age of 8.6 years. The Company's common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TEU."

Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect," "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for container shipping capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.

Contacts

Box Ships Inc.
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Michael Mason (Investors)
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(212) 691-8087

Len Hall (Media)
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(949) 474-4300

SOURCE Box Ships Inc.