# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001941131
**File Stem:** 0001140361-26-001505
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 5551
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-26-001505.hdr.sgml**: 20260116

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-26-001505

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260116

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260116

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260116

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TORO CORP.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001941131
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** 1T
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41561
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26540066

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 223 CHRISTODOULOU CHATZIPAVLOU STREET
- **STREET 2:** HAWAII ROYAL GARDENS
- **CITY:** LIMASSOL
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** 1T
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 0035725357768

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 223 CHRISTODOULOU CHATZIPAVLOU STREET
- **STREET 2:** HAWAII ROYAL GARDENS
- **CITY:** LIMASSOL
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** 1T

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** TANKCO SHIPPING INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20220803

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### 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

#### For the month of January 2026

#### Commission File Number: 001-41561

#### <br>

## TORO CORP.

#### (Translation of registrant's name into English)

#### 223 Christodoulou Chatzipavlou Street, Hawaii Royal Gardens, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus

#### (Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

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#### INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this report on Form 6-K as [<u>Exhibit 99.1</u>](ef20063265_ex99-1.htm) is a copy of the press release issued by Toro Corp. (the "Company") on January 16, 2026, announcing the shareholder election results in relation to the special dividend announced on December 5, 2025.

The information contained in this report on Form 6-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-275477 and 333-275478) and Form S-8 (File No. 333-274652 and 333-290645).

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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.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **TORO CORP.** | **TORO CORP.** |
| Dated: January 16, 2026 |  |  |
|  | By: | /s/ Petros Panagiotidis |
|  |  | Petros Panagiotidis |
|  |  | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**Exhibit 99.1**<br>

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#### Toro Corp. Announces Shareholder Election Results and Payment of Special Dividend
**Limassol, Cyprus, January 16, 2026** – Toro Corp. (NASDAQ: TORO) ("Toro", or the "Company"), a global energy transportation provider today announces the results of shareholder elections relating to its special dividend declared by its Board of Directors on December 5, 2025. The dividend of $1.75 per common share consists of either cash or the Company's common shares and was paid on January 16, 2026, to shareholders of record as of December 16, 2025.

As previously announced, Nasdaq advised the Company that its common shares would trade with due bills, representing an assignment of the right to receive the special dividend in cash, from the record date of December 16, 2025, through the closing of trading on Nasdaq on January 16, 2026, which was the Dividend Payment Date and the last day of trading before the January 20, 2026, ex-dividend date.

Based on shareholder elections, the dividend was paid in the form of approximately $9.3 million in cash and 7,378,575 shares of the Company's common stock. The number of common shares included for the common share dividend election was calculated based on the 20-day volume weighted average of the trading prices of the Company's common shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market through December 4, 2025, or $3.8386 per share.

If your shares are held through a bank, broker or nominee, and you have questions regarding the dividend, please contact such bank, broker or nominee. If you are a registered shareholder and you have questions regarding the dividend, you may call the election agent for the dividend, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC, at (888) 789-8409.

#### About Toro Corp.
Toro Corp. is a global energy transportation services provider, operating a modern fleet of oceangoing vessels. The Company's fleet comprises two LPG carriers and two MR tanker vessels, transporting petrochemical gases and refined petroleum products worldwide.

Toro is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Company's common shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "TORO".

For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.torocorp.com. Information on our website does not constitute a part of this press release.

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#### CONTACT DETAILS
For further information please contact:

Investor Relations

Toro Corp.

Email: <u>ir@torocorp.com</u>

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