Greece's Seanergy Maritime has sold $4.9m worth of shares to an unnamed institutional investor in a direct offering.

The deal will plunk $4.5m in net proceeds into the Restis family-backed bulker owner's coffers, Seanergy said Friday.

US investment bank Maxim Group ran the offering, which saw  Stamatis Tsantanis-led Seanergy sell 1.18 million shares at $4.15 apiece.

The company plans to use the cash for "general corporate purposes".

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