Belships

Share Issue/Capital Change • Apr 2, 2019

Belships ASA acquires supramax bulk carrier

Belships ASA acquires supramax bulk carrier

Belships ASA (OSE: BEL) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 58,700 dwt

bulk carrier from Wenaas Shipping AS. The vessel was built at Tsuneishi Heavy

Industries (Cebu), Inc. in the Philippines in 2008.

The agreed purchase price is USD 13.0 million, of which half will be paid in

cash. The remaining consideration will be settled through a proposed issue of

8,060,650 new Belships shares to the seller of the vessel. The agreed share

price in the transaction is NOK 7.00 per share.

Belships expects the cash payment to be fully financed within the previously

announced financing package (see stock exchange release 14 March, 2019). Hence,

the vessel purchase is not expected to significantly influence the Group's cash

holdings.

Delivery of the acquired vessel is expected in the second quarter

2019. Following the transaction, the Belships fleet will count 16

supramax/ultramax bulk carriers. Furthermore, the Group will take delivery of a

newbuilding in the first half of 2020.

Belships strategy going forward is to grow accretively as a fully integrated

shipowner and operator of geared bulk carriers. The proposed share issue will,

in accordance with the Group's shareholder strategy, expand Belships'

shareholder base and improve share liquidity.

For further information, please contact Lars Christian Skarsgård, Belships CEO,

phone +47 977 68 061 or e-mail LCS@belships.no.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.