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Highlights
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Net income of $65.4 million and earnings per share of $0.33 (basic) for the
first quarter of 2024, compared with net income of $57.5 million and
earnings per share of $0.29 (basic) for the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Adjusted EBITDA of $114.3 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared
with $123.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Adjusted net income of $58.4 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared
to $64.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Reported TCE rates for Capesize and Panamax vessels of $27,222 per day and
$14,978 per day, respectively, and $22,628 per day for the entire fleet in
the first quarter of 2024.
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Completed a sale of one Panamax vessel for net consideration of $15.7
million.
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Subsequent to quarter end, signed and closed the $180 million credit
facility, at record low credit margin and attractive terms.
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Estimated TCE rates, inclusive of charter coverage calculated on a load-to-
discharge basis, are approximately:
- $27,200 per day for 75% of Capesize available days and $14,500 per day
for 82% of Panamax available days for the second quarter of 2024.
- $25,200 per day for 24% of Capesize available days and $20,500 per day
for 41% of Panamax available days for the third quarter of 2024.
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Announced a cash dividend of $0.30 per share for the first quarter of 2024,
which is payable on or about June 17, 2024, to shareholders of record on
June 7, 2024. Shareholders holding the Company’s shares through Euronext VPS
may receive this cash dividend later, on or about June 19, 2024.
Lars-Christian Svensen, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
“Golden Ocean was well positioned as the new year got underway with significant
spot exposure to capture counter-seasonal strength in freight rates during the
first quarter of 2024. The freight market and strong year-over-year demand
growth offer clear indications that the market is beginning to tighten. Looking
forward, the demand outlook is broadly optimistic, firmly supported by limited
fleet supply growth, particularly in the Capesize segment. The Company has over
the last three years returned over $1 billion, or $5.1 per share in dividends to
its shareholders, largely due to the modern fleet and industry low cash break
even rates. Given its fleet profile and significant exposure to the trades
offering the greatest upside, the Company has the potential to generate
significant returns to its shareholders in the coming years.”
The Board of Directors
Golden Ocean Group Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
May 22, 2024
Questions should be directed to:
Lars-Christian Svensen: Chief Executive Officer, Golden Ocean Management AS
+47 22 01 73 40
Peder Simonsen: Chief Financial Officer, Golden Ocean Management AS
+47 22 01 73 40
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Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this earnings report may constitute forward-looking
statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, or the PSLRA,
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Forward-looking statements 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.
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is including this cautionary statement in connection therewith. This document
and any other written or oral statements made by the Company or on its behalf
may include forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current
views with respect to future events and financial performance. This earnings
report includes assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs
about future events. These statements are intended as “forward-looking
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intentions and beliefs about future events may and often do vary from actual
results and the differences can be material. When used in this document, the
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assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating
trends, data contained in the Company’s records and other data available from
third parties. Although the Company believes 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 the Company’s control, the Company cannot assure you that
it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. As a
result, you are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements.
In addition to these important factors and matters discussed elsewhere herein,
important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual results to
differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements,
include among other things: general market trends in the dry bulk industry,
which is cyclical and volatile, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and
vessel values; a decrease in the market value of the Company’s vessels; changes
in supply and demand in the dry bulk shipping industry, including the market for
the Company’s vessels and the number of newbuildings under construction; delays
or defaults in the construction of the Company’s newbuildings could increase the
Company’s expenses and diminish the Company’s net income and cash flows; an
oversupply of dry bulk vessels, which may depress charter rates and
profitability; the Company’s future operating or financial results; the
Company’s continued borrowing availability under the Company’s debt agreements
and compliance with the covenants contained therein; the Company’s ability to
procure or have access to financing, the Company’s liquidity and the adequacy of
cash flows for the Company’s operations; the failure of the Company’s contract
counterparties to meet their obligations, including changes in credit risk with
respect to the Company’s counterparties on contracts; the loss of a large
customer or significant business relationship; the strength of world economies;
the volatility of prevailing spot market and charter-hire charter rates, which
may negatively affect the Company’s earnings; the Company’s ability to
successfully employ the Company’s dry bulk vessels and replace the Company’s
operating leases on favorable terms, or at all; changes in the Company’s
operating expenses and voyage costs, including bunker prices, fuel prices
(including increased costs for low sulfur fuel), drydocking, crewing and
insurance costs; the adequacy of the Company’s insurance to cover the Company’s
losses, including in the case of a vessel collision; vessel breakdowns and
instances of offhire; the Company’s ability to fund future capital expenditures
and investments in the construction, acquisition and refurbishment of the
Company’s vessels (including the amount and nature thereof and the timing of
completion of vessels under construction, the delivery and commencement of
operation dates, expected downtime and lost revenue); risks associated with any
future vessel construction or the purchase of second-hand vessels; effects of
new products and new technology in the Company’s industry, including the
potential for technological innovation to reduce the value of the Company’s
vessels and charter income derived therefrom; the impact of an interruption or
failure of the Company’s information technology and communications systems,
including the impact of cyber-attacks, upon the Company’s ability to operate;
potential liability from safety, environmental, governmental and other
requirements and potential significant additional expenditures (by the Company
and the Company’s customers) related to complying with such regulations; changes
in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities
and the impact of government inquiries and investigations; the arrest of the
Company’s vessels by maritime claimants; government requisition of the Company’s
vessels during a period of war or emergency; the Company’s compliance with
complex laws, regulations, including environmental laws and regulations and the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; potential difference in interests
between or among certain members of the Board of Directors, executive officers,
senior management and shareholders; the Company’s ability to attract, retain and
motivate key employees; work stoppages or other labor disruptions by the
Company’s employees or the employees of other companies in related industries;
potential exposure or loss from investment in derivative instruments; stability
of Europe and the Euro or the inability of countries to refinance their debts;
inflationary pressures and the central bank policies intended to combat overall
inflation and rising interest rates and foreign exchange rates; fluctuations in
currencies; acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels, public health threats,
terrorist attacks and international hostilities and political instability;
potential physical disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, climate-
related (acute and chronic), political instability, terrorist attacks, piracy,
international sanctions or international hostilities, including the developments
in the Ukraine region and in the Middle East, including the conflicts in Israel
and Gaza, and the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; general domestic and
international political and geopolitical conditions or events, including any
further changes in U.S. trade policy that could trigger retaliatory actions by
affected countries; the impact of adverse weather and natural disasters; the
impact of increasing scrutiny and changing expectations from investors, lenders
and other market participants with respect to the Company’s Environmental,
Social and Governance policies; changes in seaborne and other transportation;
the length and severity of epidemics and pandemics and governmental responses
thereto and the impact on the demand for seaborne transportation in the dry bulk
sector; impacts of supply chain disruptions and market volatility surrounding
impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the developments in the Middle
East; fluctuations in the contributions of the Company’s joint ventures to the
Company’s profits and losses; the potential for shareholders to not be able to
bring a suit against us or enforce a judgement obtained against us in the United
States; the Company’s treatment as a “passive foreign investment company” by
U.S. tax authorities; being required to pay taxes on U.S. source income; the
Company’s operations being subject to economic substance requirements; the
volatility of the stock price for the Company’s common shares, from which
investors could incur substantial losses, and the future sale of the Company’s
common shares, which could cause the market price of the Company’s common shares
to decline; and other important factors described from time to time in the
reports filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2023.
The Company cautions readers of this report not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. Except to the
extent required by applicable law or regulation, the Company undertakes no
obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect
the occurrence of unanticipated events. These forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of the Company’s future performance, and actual results and future
developments may vary materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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