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Navios Maritime Acqusition Corporation 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 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Dated: April 3, 2014 Commission File Number 001-34104 NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUSITION CORPORATION 7 Avenue de Grande Bretagne, Office 11B2 Monte Carlo, MC 98000 Monaco (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Yes ☐ No ☒ On March 31, 2014, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (“Navios Acquisition” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company and Navios Acquisition Finance (US) Inc. (together with Navios Acquisition, the “Co-Issuers”) completed a private offering of $60 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.125% First Priority Ship Mortgage Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including to replace cash on its balance sheet that was used to partially finance the acquisition cost of the Nave Buena Suerte, which was previously delivered on March 10, 2014. The Notes were offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and in offshore transactions to non-United States persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference. The terms of the Notes are identical to the terms of the $610 million of 8.125% First Priority Ship Mortgage Notes due 2021 that were issued in November 2013 (the “Existing Notes”) pursuant to the indenture dated November 13, 2013, among the Co-Issuers, the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral trustee (the “Indenture”). Each of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries that guarantees the Existing Notes also guarantees the Notes. The Notes and the Existing Notes have the same terms and ranking and are treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture (including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and other offers to purchase). The third supplemental indenture to the Indenture in respect of the Notes is attached as Exhibit 4.3 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, on January 8, 2014 and February 20, 2014, the Co-Issuers, the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral trustee, entered into the first supplemental indenture to the Indenture and the second supplemental indenture to the Indenture, respectively, to add the entities identified therein as guarantors. A copy of the first supplemental indenture and the second supplemental indenture are attached as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. This Report is hereby incorporated by reference into Navios Acquisition’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-191266. SIGNATURES 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. NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION Date: April 3, 2014 By: /s/ Angeliki Frangou Name: Angeliki Frangou Title: Chief Executive Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Exhibit 4.1 First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 8, 2014 4.2 Second Supplemental Indenture, dated February 20, 2014 4.3 Third Supplemental Indenture, dated March 31, 2014 99.1 Press Release dated March 31, 2014 Exhibit 4.1 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 8, 2014, among Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation, (the “Company”), Navios Acquisition Finance (US) Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with the Company, the “Co-Issuers”), and Lefkada Shipping Corporation, Kerkyra Shipping Corporation, and Zakynthos Shipping Corporation, (each a “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), each a Marshall Islands corporation and an indirect subsidiary of the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (or its permitted successor) under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”) and as collateral trustee (or its permitted successor) under the Indenture referred to below (the “Collateral Trustee”). WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Co-Issuers and the Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of November 13, 2013 providing for the issuance of 8.125% First Priority Ship Mortgage Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”); WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Co-Issuers’ obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee, on and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in the Notation of Guarantee and in the Indenture, including, but not limited, to Article Ten thereof. 4. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 7. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Co- Issuers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written. LEFKADA SHIPPING CORPORATION KERKYRA SHIPPING CORPORATION ZAKYNTHOS SHIPPING CORPORATION By: /s/ Anna Kalathakis Name: Anna Kalathakis Title: Treasurer/Director NAVIOS MARITIME ACQUISITION CORPORATION By: /s/ Vasiliki Papaefthymiou Name: Vasiliki Papaefthymiou Title: Secretary NAVIOS ACQUISITION FINANCE (US) INC. By: /s/ Vasiliki Papaefthymiou Name: Vasiliki Papaefthymiou Title: President/Secretary DONOUSSA SHIPPING CORPORATION SCHINOUSA SHIPPING CORPORATION SIKINOS SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMNOS SHIPPING CORPORATION SKYROS SHIPPING CORPORATION ALONNISOS SHIPPING CORPORATION MAKRONISOS SHIPPING CORPORATION IRAKLIA SHIPPING CORPORATION THASOS SHIPPING CORPORATION SAMOTHRACE SHIPPING CORPORATION PAXOS SHIPPING CORPORATION ANTIPAXOS SHIPPING CORPORATION OINOUSSES SHIPPING CORPORATION ANTIPSARA SHIPPING CORPORATION PSARA SHIPPING CORPORATION KITHIRA SHIPPING CORPORATION ANTIKITHIRA SHIPPING CORPORATION AMINDRA NAVIGATION CO. SERIFOS SHIPPING CORPORATION FOLEGANDROS SHIPPING CORPORATION By: /s/ Anna Kalathakis Name: Anna Kalathakis Title: Treasurer/Director SHINYO DREAM LIMITED SHINYO KANNIKA LIMITED SHINYO LOYALTY LIMITED SHINYO NAVIGATOR LIMITED SHINYO OCEAN LIMITED SHINYO SAOWALAK LIMITED SHINYO KIERAN LIMITED By: /s/ Alexandros Laios Name: Alexandros Laios Title: Director AEGEAN SEA MARITIME HOLDINGS INC. THERA SHIPPING CORPORATIONTINOS SHIPPING CORPORATION AMORGOS SHIPPING CORPORATION ANDROS SHIPPING CORPORATION ANTIPAROS SHIPPING CORPORATION CRETE SHIPPING CORPORATION IKARIA SHIPPING CORPORATION IOS SHIPPING CORPORATION KOS SHIPPING CORPORATION MYTILENE SHIPPING CORPORATION RHODES SHIPPING CORPORATION SIFNOS SHIPPING CORPORATION SKIATHOS SHIPPING CORPORATION SKOPELOS SHIPPING CORPORATION SYROS SHIPPING CORPORATION By: /s/ George Achniotis Name: George Achniotis Title: President/ Director WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee By: /s/ Martin Reed Name: Martin Reed Title: Vice President WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Trustee By: /s/ Martin Reed Name: Martin Reed Title: Vice President Exhibit 4.2 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2014, among
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