TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LTD (Form: 8-A12B, Received: 04/24/2015 16:16:00)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Bermuda		N/A
(State of Incorporation or Organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

367 Syngrou Avenue,

175 64 P. Faliro

Athens

Greece

(Address of principal executive office)

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(c), check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A(d), check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-196839.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

To Be So Registered

Name Of Each Exchange On Which

Each Class Is To Be Registered

8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable

Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $1.00

New York Stock Exchange

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the 8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (the “Registrant”) is set forth under the caption “Description of Series D Preferred Shares” in the prospectus filed by the Registrant on April 24, 2015, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus constitutes a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-196839), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 17, 2014, as amended on July 25, 2014. Such prospectus, in the form in which it is so filed, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.

Exhibits.

3.1	Memorandum of Association of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-82326)).

3.2	Bye-laws of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 6-K (File No. 001-31236), filed with the SEC on June 10, 2014).

3.3	Certificate of Designations of the 8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares.

4.1	Specimen Copy of 8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Share Certificate.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Date: April 24, 2015


TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

By:		/s/ Nikolas P. Tsakos
		Name: Nikolas P. Tsakos
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

8.75% SERIES D CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED SHARES

(Par Value $1.00 Per Share)

TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED, a company organized and existing under laws of the Islands of Bermuda (hereinafter called the “Company”), does hereby certify that pursuant to authority contained in Sections 3.4 and 27.6 of its Bye-Laws, the Board of Directors of the Company, acting by unanimous written consent dated June 12, 2014 duly adopted a resolution creating a committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) with the power to authorize the issuance of series of preferred shares of the Company, and that the Committee acting by unanimous written consent dated April 22, 2015, has duly adopted a resolution providing for the issuance of a series of preferred shares, of a par value $1.00 per share, of the Company each with the rights set forth in this Certificate of Designations.

Special Terms of the Series D Preferred Shares

Section 1. Designation and Amount: Securities Depository.

(a) Designation Amount . There shall be created from the currently available 9,900,000 Preferred Shares of the Company authorized to be issued pursuant to the Memorandum of Association and the Bye-Laws (each as herein defined), a series of preferred shares, designated as the “8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares,” par value $1.00 per share (the “Series D Preferred Shares”), and the designated number of shares of Series D Preferred Shares shall be 3,910,000, or such greater number as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to issue from time to time.

(b) Securities Depository . The Series D Preferred Shares shall be represented by one or more share certificates issued to the Securities Depository and registered in the name of the Securities Depository or its nominee, and no Holder of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive a share certificate evidencing such shares unless otherwise required by law or the Securities Depository gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such and the Company shall have not selected a substitute Securities Depository within 60 calendar days thereafter. So long as the Securities Depository shall have been appointed and is serving, payments and communications made by the Company to Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Securities Depository.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions .

(a) Dividends . Dividends on each Series D Preferred Share shall be cumulative and shall accrue at a rate equal to 8.75% per annum of the Stated Liquidation Preference per share (the “Dividend Rate”) from the Original Issue Date (or, for any subsequently issued and

newly outstanding shares, from the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the issuance date of such shares) until such time as the Company pays the dividend or redeems the shares in full in accordance with Section 6 below, whether or not such dividends shall have been declared, and whether or not there are profits, surplus, or other funds legally available for the payment of dividends. Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive dividends from time to time out of any assets of the Company legally available for the payment of dividends at the Dividend Rate per share, when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors. Dividends, to the extent declared to be paid by the Company in accordance with this Certificate of Designations, shall be paid quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date. Dividends shall accumulate in each Dividend Period from and including the preceding Dividend Payment Date (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period, and dividends shall accrue on accumulated dividends at the Dividend Rate. If any Dividend Payment Date otherwise would fall on a date that is not a Business Day, declared dividends shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day without the accumulation of additional dividends or interest. Dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares shall be payable based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(b) Payment and Priorities of Dividends . Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Dividend Payment Date, the Company shall pay those dividends, if any, on the Series D Preferred Shares that shall have been declared by the Board of Directors to the Holders of record of such shares as such Holders’ names appear on the stock transfer books of the Company maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent on the applicable Record Date. The applicable record date (the “Record Date”) for any dividend payment shall be three Business Days immediately preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date, except that in the case of payments of dividends in arrears, the Record Date with respect to a Dividend Payment Date shall be such date as may be designated by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Bye-laws and this Certificate of Designations. No dividend shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Junior Securities (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Securities) unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are being paid or provided for on all issued and outstanding Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities through the most recent respective dividend payment dates. Accumulated dividends in arrears for any past Dividend Period may be declared by the Board of Directors and paid on any date fixed by the Board of Directors, whether or not a Dividend Payment Date, to Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares on the record date for such payment, which may not be more than 60 days, nor less than 15 days, before such payment date. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, if all accumulated dividends in arrears on all outstanding Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities shall not have been declared and paid, or if sufficient funds for the payment thereof shall not have been set apart, payment of accumulated dividends in arrears on the Series D Preferred Shares and any such Parity Securities shall be made in order of their respective dividend payment dates, commencing with the earliest such date. If less than all dividends payable with respect to all Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities are paid, any partial payment shall be made pro rata with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities entitled to a dividend payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate dividend amounts remaining due in respect of such shares at such time. Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends. No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest shall be

payable in respect of any dividend payment which may be in arrears on the Series D Preferred Shares. So long as the Series D Preferred Shares are held of record by the nominee of the Securities Depository, declared dividends shall be paid to the Securities Depository in same-day funds on each Dividend Payment Date.

Section 3. Voting Rights .

(a) General . The Series D Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 3 or as otherwise provided by the Companies Act.

(b) Right to Elect One Director . In the event that six quarterly dividends, whether consecutive or not, payable on the Series D Preferred Shares are in arrears, the Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall have the right, voting separately as a class together with holders of any Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, at the next meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors, to elect one member of the Board of Directors, and the size of the Board of Directors shall be increased as needed to accommodate such change (unless the size of the Board of Directors already has been increased by reason of the election of a director by holders of Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and with which the Series D Preferred Shares vote as a class for the election of such director). The right of such Holders of Series D Preferred Shares to elect a member of the Board of Directors shall continue until such time as all dividends accumulated and in arrears on the Series D Preferred Shares shall have been paid in full, at which time such right shall terminate, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent failure to pay six quarterly dividends with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares as described above in this Section 3(b). Upon any termination of the right of the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares and, if applicable, any other Parity Securities to vote as a class for such director, the term of office of the director then in office elected by such Holders and the holders of any such Parity Securities voting as a class shall terminate immediately. Any director elected by the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares and, if applicable, any other Parity Securities shall be entitled to one vote on any matter before the Board of Directors. A person elected as a director pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall be removed only by a resolution of the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares, provided that where the holders of any Parity Securities voted together with the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares as a class on the resolution for the election of the said person as a director, the holders of such Parity Securities shall also be entitled to vote together with the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares as a class on any resolution for the removal of such director. Nothing in this Section 3 shall be construed as abrogating the power of the Board of Directors to remove any director for cause.

(1) Unless the Company shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, the Company may not adopt any amendment to the Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws or this Certificate of Designations, that adversely alters the preferences, powers or rights of the Series D Preferred Shares in any material respect.

(2) Unless the Company shall have received the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, the Company may not (x) issue any Parity Securities if the cumulative dividends payable on outstanding Series D Preferred Shares are in arrears or (y) create or issue any Senior Securities.

(d) Voting Power . For any matter described in this Section 3 in which the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares are entitled to vote as a class (whether separately or together with the holders of any Parity Securities), such Holders shall be entitled to one vote per Series D Preferred Share. Any Series D Preferred Shares held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote and shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of determining the number of shares of Series D Preferred Shares entitled to vote.

Section 4. Reacquired Shares . Any Series D Preferred Shares may be purchased, redeemed (subject to Section 6 hereof), or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever and may at the option of the Company in its sole discretion be retired and canceled after the acquisition thereof. All such shares if deemed cancelled by the Company, and any of the Series D Preferred Shares which are not issued within 45 days after the Original Issue Date, shall become authorized but unissued Preferred Shares and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Shares to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors.

Section 5. Liquidation Rights .

(a) Liquidation Event . Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, Holders of outstanding Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to shareholders of the Company, (i) after satisfaction of all liabilities, if any, to creditors of the Company, (ii) after all applicable distributions of such assets or proceeds being made to or set aside for the holders of any Senior Securities then outstanding in respect of such Liquidation Event, (iii) concurrently with any applicable distributions of such assets or proceeds being made to or set aside for holders of any Parity Securities then outstanding in respect of such Liquidation Event, and (iv) before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Shares and any other classes or series of Junior Securities as to such distribution, a liquidating distribution or payment in full redemption of such Series D Preferred Shares in an amount equal to the Series D Liquidation Preference. For purposes of clarity, upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, (x) the holders of then outstanding Senior Securities shall be entitled to receive the applicable Liquidation Preference on such Senior Securities before any distribution shall be made to the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares or any Parity Securities, and (y) the Holders of outstanding Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to the Series D Liquidation Preference per share in cash concurrently with any distribution made to the holders of Parity Securities and before any distribution shall be made to the holders of Common Shares or any other Junior Securities. Holders of Series D Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any other amounts from the Company, in their capacity as Holders of such shares, after they have received the Series D Liquidation Preference. The payment of the Series D Liquidation Preference shall be a payment in redemption of the Series D Preferred Shares such that, from and after payment of the full Series D Liquidation Preference, any such Series D Preferred Share shall thereafter be cancelled and no longer be outstanding.

(b) Partial Payment . If, in the event of any distribution or payment described in Section 5(a) above where the Company’s assets available for distribution to holders of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities are insufficient to satisfy the applicable Liquidation Preference for such Series D Preferred Shares and Parity Securities, the Company’s then remaining assets or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to shareholders of the Company shall be distributed among the Series D Preferred Shares and such Parity Securities, as applicable, ratably on the basis of their relative aggregate Liquidation Preferences. To the extent that the Holders of Series D Preferred Stock receive a partial payment of their Series D Liquidation Preference, such partial payment shall reduce the Series D Liquidation Preference of their Series D Preferred Shares, but only to the extent of such amount paid.

(c) Residual Distributions . After payment of the applicable Liquidation Preference to the holders of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities, the Company’s remaining assets and funds shall be distributed among the holders of the Common Shares and any other Junior Securities then outstanding according to their respective rights and preferences.

Section 6. Optional Redemption . The Company shall have the right at any time on or after April 29, 2020 to redeem the Series D Preferred Shares, in whole or in part, from any source of funds legally available for such purpose. Any such redemption shall occur on a date set by the Company (the “Redemption Date”).

(a) Redemption Price . The Company shall effect any such redemption by paying cash for each Series D Preferred Share to be redeemed equal to the Series D Liquidation Preference for such share on such Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). So long as the Series D Preferred Shares are held of record by the nominee of the Securities Depository, the Redemption Price shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Securities Depository on the Redemption Date.

(b) Redemption Notice . The Company shall give notice of any redemption by mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the scheduled Redemption Date, to the Holders of record (as of the 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of any Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed as such Holders’ names appear on the Company’s stock transfer books maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent and at the address of such Holders shown therein. Such notice (the “Redemption Notice”) shall state: (1) the Redemption Date, (2) the number of Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all outstanding Series D Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the number (and the identification) of shares to be redeemed from such Holder, (3) the Redemption Price, (4) the place where the Series D Preferred Shares are to be redeemed and shall be presented and surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price therefor and (5) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate from and after such Redemption Date.

(c) Effect of Redemption; Partial Redemption . If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares, the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Company, and such shares shall be redeemed pro rata or by lot as the

Securities Depository shall determine, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional shares. The aggregate Redemption Price for any such partial redemption of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares shall be allocated correspondingly among the redeemed Series D Preferred Shares. The Series D Preferred Shares not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided in this Certificate of Designations.

(d) Redemption Funds . If the Company gives or causes to be given a Redemption Notice, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to redeem the Series D Preferred Shares as to which such Redemption Notice shall have been given no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed upon surrender or deemed surrender (which shall occur automatically if the certificate representing such shares is issued in the name of the Securities Depository or its nominee) of the certificates therefor as set forth in the Redemption Notice. If the Redemption Notice shall have been given, from and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in providing funds sufficient for such redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the Redemption Notice, all dividends on such Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate and all rights of Holders of such shares as the Company’s shareholders shall cease, except the right to receive the Redemption Price, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the Company’s stock transfer books maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. The Company shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Paying Agent (to the extent that such interest income is not required to pay the Redemption Price of the Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed), and the Holders of any shares so redeemed shall have no claim to any such interest income. Any funds deposited with the Paying Agent hereunder by the Company for any reason, including redemption of Series D Preferred Shares, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after two years after the applicable Redemption Date or other payment date, shall be, to the extent permitted by law, repaid to the Company upon its written request after which repayment the Holders of the Series D Preferred Shares entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to the Company. Notwithstanding any Redemption Notice, there shall be no redemption of any Series D Preferred Shares called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full Redemption Price of such shares shall have been deposited by the Company with the Paying Agent.

(e) Certificate . Any Series D Preferred Shares that are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company, if deemed cancelled by the Company, shall constitute Preferred Shares subject to designation by the Board of Directors as set forth in the Memorandum of Association. If only a portion of the Series D Preferred Shares represented by a certificate shall have been called for redemption, upon surrender of the certificate to the Paying Agent (which shall occur automatically if the certificate representing such shares is registered in the name of the Securities Depository or its nominee), the Paying Agent shall issue to the Holder of such shares a new certificate (or adjust the applicable book-entry account) representing the number of Series D Preferred Shares represented by the surrendered certificate that have not been called for redemption.

(f) Redemption Priority . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities shall not have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, the Company shall not be permitted to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, any Series D Preferred Shares or Parity Securities except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities. The Company shall not be permitted to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Common Shares or any other Junior Securities unless full cumulative dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares and any Parity Securities for all prior and the then-ending Dividend Periods shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.

Section 7. Rank . The Series D Preferred Shares shall be deemed to rank:

(a) Senior . Senior to (i) all classes of Common Shares, (ii) if issued, the Series A Preferred Shares (including any additional Series A Preferred Shares issued after the Original Issue Date), and (iii) any other class or series of capital stock established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which class or series expressly provide that it is made junior to the Series D Preferred Shares as to dividend distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to with the Common Shares as “Junior Securities”);

(b) Parity . On a parity with (i) the Series B Preferred Shares (including any additional Series B Preferred Shares issued after the Original Issue Date); (ii) the Series C Preferred Shares (including any additional Series C Preferred Shares issued after the Original Issue Date); and (iii) any class or series of capital stock established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which class or series are not expressly subordinated or senior to the Series D Preferred Shares as to dividend distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to as “Parity Securities”); and

(c) Junior . Junior to (i) all of the Company’s indebtedness and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against the Company and (ii) any class or series of capital stock established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which class or series expressly provide that it ranks senior to the Series D Preferred Shares as to dividend distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation Event (collectively referred to as “Senior Securities”).

The Company may issue Junior Securities and, subject to Section 3(c)(2) of this Certificate of Designations, Parity Securities from time to time in one or more series without the consent of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares. The Board of Directors has the authority to determine the preferences, powers, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights or privileges, if any, of any such series before the issuance of any shares of that series. The Board of Directors shall also determine the number of shares constituting each such series of securities.

Section 8. Definitions . As used herein with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares:

(a) “ Affiliate ” means, in regard to a specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. As used in this definition, “control” (including the terms

controlling, controlled by and under common control with) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

(b) “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof.

(c) “ Business Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

(d) “ Bye-laws ” means the bye-laws of the Company, as they may be amended from time to time.

(e) “ Certificate of Designations ” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series D Preferred Shares, as it may be amended from time to time in a manner consistent with this Certificate of Designations, the Memorandum of Association, the Bye-Laws and the Companies Act.

(f) “ Common Shares ” means the common shares of the Company, par value $1.00 per share, and any other outstanding class of common shares of the Company.

(g) “ Companies Act ” means The Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended from time to time.

(h) “ Company ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Certificate of Designations. For the avoidance of doubt, references to the Company refer to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited specifically and not to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, except for purposes of calculating financial items expressly defined herein as calculated on a consolidated basis.

(i) “ Dividend Payment Date ” means each February 28, May 28, August 28 and November 28 of each year, commencing August 28, 2015.

(j) “ Dividend Payment Default ” means the arrearage of four quarterly dividends, whether consecutive or not, payable on Series D Preferred Shares.

(k) “ Dividend Period ” means a period of time commencing on and including a Dividend Payment Date (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date) and ending on and including the calendar day next preceding the next Dividend Payment Date.

(l) “ Dividend Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) of this Certificate of Designations.

(m) “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name the Series D Preferred Shares are registered on the stock register of the Company maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent.

(n) “ Junior Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) of this Certificate of Designations.

(o) “ Liquidation Event ” means the occurrence of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary. Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company nor the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, individually or in a series of transactions, shall be deemed a Liquidation Event.

(p) “ Liquidation Preference ” means, in connection with any distribution in connection with a Liquidation Event pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Certificate of Designations and with respect to any holder of any class or series of capital stock of the Company, the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution with respect to such class or series of capital stock (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Company available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for such payment, whether or not declared (if the terms of the applicable class or series of capital stock of the Company so provide). For avoidance of doubt, for the foregoing purposes the Series D Liquidation Preference is the Liquidation Preference with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares.

(q) “ Memorandum of Association ” means the Memorandum of Association of the Company, as it may be amended from time to time in a manner consistent with this Certificate of Designations, and shall include this Certificate of Designations.

(r) “ Original Issue Date ” means April 29, 2015.

(s) “ Parity Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) of this Certificate of Designations.

(t) “ Paying Agent ” means Computershare Inc., acting in its capacity as paying agent for the Series D Preferred Shares, and its respective successors and assigns or any other payment agent appointed by the Company.

(u) “ Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust or entity.

(v) “ Preferred Shares ” means any of the Company’s capital stock, however designated, which entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company’s affairs, over shares of the Common Shares, including, without limitation, the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

(w) “ Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) of this Certificate of Designations.

(x) “ Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6 of this Certificate of Designations.

(y) “ Redemption Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of this Certificate of Designations.

(z) “ Redemption Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) of this Certificate of Designations.

(aa) “ Registrar ” means Computershare Inc., acting in its capacity as registrar for the Series D Preferred Shares, and its successors and assigns or any other registrar appointed by the Company.

(bb) “ Securities Depository ” means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors or assigns or any other securities depository selected by the Company.

(cc) “ Senior Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c) of this Certificate of Designations.

(dd) “ Series A Preferred Shares ” means the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares, par value $1.00 per share.

(ee) “ Series B Preferred Shares ” means the Company’s 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $1.00 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share.

(ff) “ Series C Preferred Shares ” means the Company’s 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $1.00 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share.

(gg) “ Series D Liquidation Preference ” means a liquidation preference for each Series D Preferred Share initially equal to $25.00 per share, which liquidation preference shall be subject to (a) increase by the per share amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to (but not including) the date fixed for payment of such amount (whether or not such dividends shall have been declared) and (b) decrease upon a distribution in connection with a Liquidation Event described in Section 5 of this Certificate of Designations which does not result in payment in full of the liquidation preference of such Series D Preferred Share.

(hh) “ Series D Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) of this Certificate of Designations.

(ii) “ Stated Liquidation Preference ” means a liquidation preference for each Series D Preferred Share equal to $25.00 per share.

(jj) “ Transfer Agent ” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., acting in its capacity as transfer agent for the Series D Preferred Shares, and its respective successors and assigns or any other transfer agent appointed by the Company.

For all purposes relevant to this Certificate of Designations: the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural and vice versa ; whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” are used, they are deemed followed by the words “without limitation;” all references to number of shares, amounts per share, prices, and the like shall be subject to appropriate adjustment for share splits, share combinations, share dividends and similar events; and, except as otherwise set forth in this Certificate of Designations, if any event under this Certificate of Designations occurs on a day that is not a Business Day, such event shall be deemed to occur on the first Business Day after such date.

Section 9. Fractional Shares . No Series D Preferred Shares may be issued in fractions of a share.

Section 10. No Sinking Fund . The Series D Preferred Shares shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 11. Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, the Registrar, the Transfer Agent and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any Series D Preferred Share as the true, lawful and absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Company nor the Registrar, the Transfer Agent or the Paying Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 12. Notices . All notices or communications in respect of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws or by applicable law.

Section 13. Amendments to Increase Number of Shares Available for Issuance . The Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may amend and restate this Certificate of Designations from time to time to increase the number of Series D Preferred Shares available for issuance without the approval of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED has caused this certificate to be signed this 24th of April, 2015.


TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

By:		/s/ Nikolas P. Tsakos
Nikolas P. Tsakos
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature page to the Certificate of Designations]

Exhibit 4.1

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TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A SUMMARY OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS, AND THE VARIATIONS IN RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS DETERMINED FOR EACH SERIES, WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND BYELAWS OF TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED, AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED, THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR CERTAIN SERIES AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE VARIATIONS FOR FUTURE SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF A LOST OR DESTROYED SHARE CERTIFICATE, OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO GIVE TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED A BOND TO INDEMNIFY IT AND ITS TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS AGAINST ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST THEM ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship UNIFTRF MIN ACT -............................................Custodian (until age ................................) and not as tenants in common (Cust) .............................under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, ____________________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: __________________________________________20__________________ Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. The IRS requires that we report the cost basis of certain shares acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares were covered by the legislation and you have sold or transferred the shares and requested a specific cost basis calculation method, we have processed as requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please visit our website or consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with us or do not have any activity in your account for the time periods specified by state law, your property could become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state. 1234567