Golden Ocean Group

Board/Management Information • Mar 21, 2025

GOGL - Changes to the Board composition

GOGL - Changes to the Board composition

Golden Ocean Group Limited (Nasdaq: GOGL & OSE: GOGL) ("GOGL" or the "Company")

is pleased to announce the appointment by the Board of Directors of Mr. Patrick

De Brabandere and Mr. Patrick Molis as Directors of the Company.

Mr. Patrick De Brabandere holds a degree in Applied Economic Sciences from UCL

Louvain-la Neuve. He started his career at the audit firm Arthur Andersen. In

1987, he joined Almabo, the former holding company of the Saverys family, as

Project Controller. He became CFO of CMB NV in 1998 and was appointed director

of CMB NV in 2002. In 2003, following the partial demerger of Exmar NV from CMB

NV, he became director and CFO of Exmar NV, then COO. In 2020 he became CFO of

Exmar NV again until June 2022. He currently is a director of CMB NV and he also

sits on the Supervisory Board of CMB.TECH since 2023.

Mr. Patrick Molis graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and

holds a Master's degree in law from Paris X Nanterre. He started his career as a

Magistrate at the Cour des Comptes after joining the National School of

Administration. Mr. Patrick Molis was General Manager of Union Normande

Investissement (1989-1992), CFO of Worms & Cie Group (1994-1997), General

Manager of Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (1995- 1998), Chairman of the Board

of Compagnie du Ponant (2012-2015) and Chairman and CEO of Héli-Union (2013-

2022). He is currently Chairman of Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (since

1998) and director of Sabena Technics. He has previously served as member of the

board of directors of Euronav Luxembourg (1995-2001), Euronav (2004-2010),

Compagnie Maritime Nantaise (1995-2017), Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation

(2008- 2022) and of the Conseil d'orientation du Domaine national de Chambord

(2007-2017). Mr. Patrick Molis has been awarded the titles of Knight of the

Legion of Honour and Officer of the Order of Merit. He currently sits on the

Supervisory Board of CMB.TECH since 2023 as an independent member.

The Company further announces that Mr. Ola Lorentzon, Mr. John Fredriksen, Mr.

Ben Mills and Mr. Cato Stonex in conjunction with the above appointments have

stepped down from their positions as Directors of the Company. The Company would

like to express its sincerest gratitude for the many years of positive

contribution these directors have brought to the development of its business.

Taking into account these changes, the Board of Directors currently consists of

Mr. James O'Shaughnessy, Ms. Tonesan Amissah, Mr. Patrick De Brabandere and Mr.

Patrick Molis.

In its new composition, the Board of Directors looks forward to initiate

conversations with the Company's new reference shareholder, CMB.TECH. The Board

of Directors expects conversations to include potential strategic options,

commercial cooperation, operational and technical partnerships, and/or other

forms of business combinations. Until further notice, the Board of Directors

intends to maintain the Company's current dividend policy.

The Board of Directors

Golden Ocean Group Limited

Hamilton, Bermuda

March 21, 2025

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Forward-looking statements: This release may contain certain forward-looking

statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and

uncertainty because they reflect the Company's current expectations and

assumptions as to future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. A

number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ

materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.