AMSC ASA — Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Apr 27, 2018

DISCLOSURE OF LARGE SHAREHOLDINGS, RIGHT TO SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-3 OF THE ACT ON SECURITIES TRADING

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	American Shipping Company ASA
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	25 April 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 April 2018
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the	Situation previous to the transaction	Triggering		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Numbe Number of voting rights ix r of shares			% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
NO0010272065	Below 5%	Below 5%			3,388,182		5.59%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
3,388,182	5.59%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 3,388,182 shares; 5.59%

Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 3,388,182 shares; 5.59%

Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); 3,388,182 shares; 5.59%

Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 3,388,182 shares; 5.59%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. General email contact: RegOpsEMEA-RnM@gs.com
14. Contact name:	Kashif Rafiq
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 051 0547