LONDON, June 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”) announced today that the Company’s
Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest
in a share of its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE:GSLPrB).
The dividend represents payment for the period from April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017 and will be paid on July 3, 2017 to all Series B
Preferred Shareholders of record as of June 26, 2017.
About Global Ship Lease
Global Ship Lease is a containership charter owner. Incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Global Ship Lease commenced operations
in December 2007 with a business of owning and chartering out containerships under long-term, fixed rate charters to top tier
container liner companies.
At March 31, 2017, Global Ship Lease owned 18 vessels with a total capacity of 82,312 TEU and an average age,
weighted by TEU capacity, of 12.3 years. All vessels are currently fixed on time charters, 15 with CMA CGM. The average remaining
term of the charters is 3.4 years or 3.7 years on a weighted basis.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current
expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as
"anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project,"
"will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the
absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are
based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these
forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to
reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events.
Investor and Media Contact: The IGB Group Bryan Degnan 646-673-9701 or Leon Berman 212-477-8438
