Golden Ocean Group

Capital/Financing Update • May 31, 2018

GOGL - Buyback of 3.07% Golden Ocean Group Limited Convertible Bond Issue 2014/2019 - ISIN NO 001 0701055

GOGL - Buyback of 3.07% Golden Ocean Group Limited Convertible Bond Issue 2014/2019 - ISIN NO 001 0701055

Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ and OSE: GOGL) ("Golden Ocean" or the

"Company") announces that the Company has through market purchase executed May

31, 2018 bought $1,600,000 notional in the 3.07% Golden Ocean Group Limited

Convertible Bond Issue 2014/2019 - ISIN NO 001 0701055 at a price of 98.75 per

cent of par value.

After the purchase, Golden Ocean holds $20,800,000 notional representing 10.4

per cent in the 3.07% Golden Ocean Group Limited Convertible Bond Issue

2014/2019 - ISIN NO 001 0701055, convertible into 238,559 shares in the Company

at the current conversion price.

May 31, 2018

Hamilton, Bermuda

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking

statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe

harbor protections for forward-looking statements, which include statements

concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance,

and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements

of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor

provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is

including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor

legislation. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate",

"forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "will", "should", "expect",

"pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The

forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various

assumptions.  Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when

made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant

uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and

are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish

these expectations, beliefs or projections. The information set forth herein

speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation

to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring

after the date of this communication.

In addition to these important factors and matters discussed elsewhere herein,

important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ

materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the

strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates,

general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and

vessel values, changes in demand in the dry bulk market, changes in our

operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the

market for our  vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in

governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities,

potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and

international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due

to accidents, political events or acts by terrorists, and other important

factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements of section 5-12 of

the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.