Golden Ocean Group

Report Publication Announcement • Apr 14, 2016

GOGL - Filing of 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F

GOGL - Filing of 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F

Golden Ocean Group Limited ("Golden Ocean" or "the Company") announces that it

has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015

with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S.

The report may be accessed on the Company's website, www.goldenocean.bm, or in

the link below. It is also available on the website of the U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.

Shareholders may request a hard copy of the Annual Report, which includes the

Company's complete 2015 audited financial statements, free of charge, by sending

an email to: ir@goldenocean.no

April 14, 2016

Golden Ocean Group Limited

Hamilton, Bermuda

Contact Person:

Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal: CFO, Golden Ocean Management AS

+47 22 01 73 53

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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