DryShips -- Presentation Material to Be Used at Today's Conference Call on Second Quarter 2008 Results
           

<p>ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - August 22, 2008) -  DryShips (<exchange name="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</exchange>: <ticker name="DRYS">DRYS</ticker>) management team will
host a conference call today, Friday, August 22, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time to discuss the Company's financial results for the second
quarter ended June 30, 2008 which were released yesterday after the close
of the market in New York.
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The material to be used at this conference call and webcast can be accessed
on the company's website at www.dryships.com, at the Investor Relations
section under "Presentations," or by clicking on the link below or copying
and pasting this link in your computer's browser:

           

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