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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Exhibit 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into our registration statements on Form F-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2018 (File No. 333-223392) and July 6, 2016 (File No. 333-212415), to the extent not superseded by information subsequently filed or furnished (to the extent we expressly state that we incorporate such furnished information by reference) by us under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case as amended.

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1	Press Release, dated May 1, 2018: Costamare Inc. Reports Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2018
99.2	Financial Report for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2018

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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.

		Costamare Inc.
		(Registrant)
Date: May 1, 2018		/s/ Gregory G. Zikos
		Gregory G. Zikos
		Chief Financial Officer