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quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Highlights
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Net income of $56.3 million and earnings per share of $0.28 (basic) for the
third quarter of 2024, compared to net income of $62.5 million and earnings
per share of $0.31 (basic) for the second quarter of 2024.
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Adjusted EBITDA of $124.4 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to
$120.3 million for the second quarter of 2024.
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Adjusted net income of $66.7 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared
to $63.4 million for the second quarter of 2024.
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Reported TCE rates for Capesize and Panamax vessels of $28,295 per day and
$16,361 per day, respectively, and $23,726 per day for the entire fleet in
the third quarter of 2024.
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Entered into agreements to sell one Newcastlemax vessel and one Panamax
vessel for a total net consideration of $56.8 million.
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Announced the renewal of its share buy-back program for an additional 12
months.
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Entered into a $150 million facility to refinance six Newcastlemax vessels,
at highly attractive terms.
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Estimated TCE rates, inclusive of charter coverage calculated on a load-to-
discharge basis, are approximately:
- $26,300 per day for 82% of Capesize available days and $14,600 per day
for 83% of Panamax available days for the fourth quarter of 2024.
- $21,060 per day for 27% of Capesize available days and $17,500 per day
for 15% of Panamax available days for the first quarter of 2025.
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Announced a cash dividend of $0.30 per share for the third quarter of 2024,
which is payable on or about December 18, 2024, to shareholders of record on
December 9, 2024. Shareholders holding the Company’s shares through Euronext
VPS may receive this cash dividend later, on or about December 20, 2024.
Peder Simonsen, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
commented:
“Golden Ocean delivered strong performance with achieved market rates
significantly above the indexes for the third quarter. This is attributable to
our modern, fuel-efficient fleet, strong commercial capabilities, and industry
leading low cash-break-even. We continue to execute on our strategy of divesting
older and less efficient tonnage at attractive valuations. The macro and
geopolitical environment creates volatility in the financial markets and freight
market impacting sentiment, despite healthy trading volumes across all
commodities. Looking ahead, the freight market is expected to benefit with
tonne-mile growth, with the strong iron ore and bauxite exports out of Brazil
and Guinea to Asia being the main driver. Combined with a healthy vessel supply
outlook we remain optimistic for the years to come. With a modern fleet and
strong balance sheet, Golden Ocean is well positioned to generate strong cash
flow and attractive returns to our shareholders.”
The Board of Directors
Golden Ocean Group Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
November 27, 2024
Questions should be directed to:
Peder Simonsen: Interim Chief Executive Officer and 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,
provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to
encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business.
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.
The Company is taking advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and
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
statements.” The Company cautions that assumptions, expectations, projections,
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
words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,”
“targets,” “projects,” “likely,” “will,” “would,” “could” and similar
expressions or phrases may identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this report are based upon various
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 newbuilding 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 cybersecurity threats and data security breaches, 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; the
impact that any discontinuance, modification or other reform or the
establishment of alternative reference rates have on the Company’s floating
interest rate debt instruments; 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 Company potentially becoming subject to corporate
income tax in Bermuda in the future; 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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