Frontline Plc — Regulatory Filings 2017

May 15, 2017

FRO - Response from Frontline to the letter from the Board of DHT Holdings Inc. dated 7 May, 2017.

FRO - Response from Frontline to the letter from the Board of DHT Holdings Inc. dated 7 May, 2017.

Frontline Ltd. (NYSE/OSE: FRO) today announced that Frontline has sent a

response to the Board of DHT Holdings Inc. to the letter received from the Board

of DHT Holdings Inc. dated May 7, 2017.

Please find below a copy of the reponse letter sent by Frontline to the DHT

Board:

Dear Mr. Lind,

We write in response to the 7 May 2017 letter from the Board of Directors

("Board") of DHT Holdings, Inc. ("DHT") regarding our 25 April 2017 letter

proposing a business combination ("offer") between DHT and Frontline Ltd.

("Frontline").

Although your letter claims that the DHT Board is "open to exploring

alternatives" that could enhance DHT shareholder value, it is clear from your

response and prior conduct that this is untrue. You have repeatedly refused to

allow DHT shareholders a realistic opportunity to consider our offer, and that,

combined with your use of legal mechanisms to entrench the Board and management

of DHT, can in our view only harm shareholder value and confirm the market's

persistent view that DHT's share price should be discounted relative to NAV.

Your criticism of our offer is self-serving and misleading, particularly in

light of the fact that DHT itself has deemed the offer "non-coercive". You focus

solely on what percentages DHT would contribute to the combined company in terms

of NAV, EBITDA and EPS, and fail to give due consideration to, first, the

immediate value creation that our offer of 0.8 Frontline shares per DHT share

would provide to your shareholders and, second, the increased upside potential

of being invested in Frontline shares to which the market has consistently

ascribed a premium to NAV, as opposed to DHT shares to which the market has

consistently ascribed a discount to NAV.

You argue that there is nothing stopping Frontline from making a formal tender

offer directly to your shareholders. That is misleading, because Frontline will

not be able to close any tender offer it makes without triggering the punitive

dilution provisions of the Shareholder Rights Plan (i.e., the "poison pill") you

implemented precisely to prevent such an offer by Frontline. In addition, you

largely exempted BW Group Limited ("BW Group") from these provisions of the

poison pill and granted BW Group a matching right which acts as a significant

deterrent not just in relation to Frontline but also to other potential bidders.

By your actions, you have provided BW Group with a pathway to seize control of

DHT whilst simultaneously preventing Frontline (or any other bidder) from doing

so. In particular, you have permitted BW Group to increase its holdings to 45%

of DHT (while all other active shareholders are held under 10%). You have also

given BW Group the ability to veto competing offers, in addition to its

exclusive ability to make an offer directly to shareholders, as Frontline has

been blocked from doing by the poison pill. The net effect of your actions

(amongst other entrenchment mechanisms you have erected such as a staggered

board of directors) has been to deprive your shareholders of any opportunity to

properly consider Frontline's offer (an offer DHT has already determined is

"non-coercive").

With respect to the other criticisms you raise in your letter and other

responses, as you continue to refuse to engage in any meaningful good faith

negotiations, we respond only briefly as follows:

* Earlier this year (at the time we made our initial offer to DHT), management

of DHT first stated that the NAV of the DHT fleet was $5.70 per share.

During your most recent earnings call you declared that you have now

"established" your NAV to be $5.37 by virtue of your vessel acquisition from

BW. The fact that your share price trades at a significant discount to your

newly "established" NAV has two effects.  First, it discredits your argument

that NAV should be used as a starting point for a business combination. In

fact, the starting point should be your share price. Second, and more

importantly, it raises serious questions about why the market has

consistently failed to ascribe any premium to DHT's NAV but rather has

discounted DHT's share price relative to its NAV.  We attribute that to the

corporate governance, actions and record of DHT's Board and its management.

* You state that we are at the mercy of a "dominant shareholder" whose

liquidity needs may be in conflict with the interests of your shareholders.

In reality, we believe the involvement of Hemen Holdings Ltd., Frontline's

largest shareholder, is one of the key reasons why the market has

consistently ascribed a premium to Frontline's NAV.

* Your suggestion that Frontline's largest shareholder "siphons" returns from

Frontline "via an externally owned management company" is false. Frontline

Ltd. owns 100% of the shares in Frontline Management AS, its management

company.

* The compensation paid to senior management of Frontline Management AS is a

fraction of that paid to the senior management of DHT.  At Frontline,

compensation is strictly aligned with our ability to pay dividends and the

appreciation of our shares.

* It is difficult to comprehend why DHT requires the services of co-CEOs, with

a compensation package that significantly exceeds that of any comparable

tanker company. We cannot think of a single shipping company that has two

CEOs, and query whether DHT's Board has properly considered the costs

duplication, corporate governance complexities and inefficiencies of that

arrangement. Those costs come directly out of the pockets of DHT's

shareholders.

Shareholders' total return is based on share price appreciation and dividends

received. DHT's share price has languished at a massive discount to the

liquidation value of its fleet for years. Every day the stock market votes on

the competence of management and their ability to provide results for

shareholders in the future.  Every day the market has expressed a vote of "no

confidence" in the DHT Board and its management.  Our proposal to combine with

DHT did not include the retention of either the DHT Board or senior management

and, in our view, is one of the key reasons for the imposition of the multiple

entrenchment measures you have put in place.

Every action the DHT Board has taken, from failing to negotiate with Frontline

in good faith, hiring high priced advisors to entrench themselves and management

and diluting shareholder value with the acquisition of more vessels, has been

colored by self-interest.

DHT's press release on 28(th) February includes the following statement:

'.the revised Frontline proposal continues to be wholly inadequate and not in

the best interests of DHT or its shareholders.' (Our underlining)

In fact, DHT's Board and management have in our view confused their own

interests with those of the company and its shareholders.  It is now clear to us

that DHT's Board and management team prefer to maintain their cozy scheme and it

should be clear to all shareholders that the interests of DHT's Board and

management and the interests of its shareholders diverge.  Simply put, the

ability of DHT's shareholders to trust that DHT's Board and management will act

in the best interests of the company and its shareholders has been completely

undermined.

You also incorrectly state that we have claimed multiple times that our proposal

is final and that you have taken us at our word on this point. In fact, as

reflected in our most recent letter, we remain willing to discuss our offer and

negotiate with you in good faith, provided that the DHT Board meets its

fiduciary duties by agreeing to suspend the Shareholder Rights Plan and Investor

Rights Agreement, which prevent Frontline (and any other bidder) from competing

with BW Group's efforts to seize control of DHT.

On behalf of Frontline and other DHT shareholders, we again request that the DHT

Board commence good faith negotiations with Frontline on its offer, or redeem

the poison pill and permit Frontline to take its offer directly to DHT's

shareholders.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Hvide Macleod

Principal Executive Officer

Frontline Limited

Additional Information

This  communication does not constitute an offer  to sell or the solicitation of

an  offer to buy any securities or a  solicitation of any vote or approval. This

communication  relates to a  proposed business combination  transaction with DHT

proposed  by Frontline, which may become the subject of a registration statement

filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). This material is

not  a substitute for the prospectus and/or proxy statement Frontline would file

with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction if such a negotiated transaction

with  DHT is reached or for any other document which Frontline may file with the

SEC  or send to  DHT or Frontline  stockholders in connection  with the proposed

transaction.  INVESTORS AND SECURITY  HOLDERS OF Frontline  AND DHT ARE URGED TO

READ  ANY SUCH DOCUMENTS FILED  WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY  IN THEIR ENTIRETY IF AND

WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT

THE  PROPOSED  TRANSACTION.  Such  documents  would  be available free of charge

through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters   discussed   in   this  communication  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.  Words  such  as  "believe",  "anticipate",  "intends",

"estimate",   "forecast",   "project",  "plan",  "potential",  "may",  "should",

"expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The  forward-looking  statements  in  this  communication 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  DHT's  failure  to accept Frontline's proposal and

enter into a definitive agreement to effect the transaction, fluctuations in the

value  of  Frontline  common  shares  issued  in  connection  with  the proposed

acquisition,  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

Frontline with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Contacts:

Robert Hvide Macleod: Chief Executive Officer, Frontline Management AS

+47 23 11 40 84

Inger M. Klemp: Chief Financial Officer, Frontline Management AS

+47 23 11 40 76