Hamilton, Bermuda—April 10, 2019—Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (the “Company” or “NAO”) announced today that it has completed
the previously announced acquisition of thirteen vessels from Scorpio Offshore Holdings Inc. for 8,126,219 common shares at
$2.7774/ share.
In a separate transaction, the Company has sold 3,240,418 common shares under its Equity Line of Credit to two affiliated
entities which are accredited investors for $2.7774/ share. Clarksons Platou Securities acted as advisor in this
transaction.
Emanuele A. Lauro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented “With the completion of this acquisition and the first
drawdown under our Equity Line, NAO has achieved critical short-term milestones of reducing our financial leverage and increasing
our liquidity. We will now turn to our immediate operational goals which include the employment of our entire North Sea fleet
within the month of May.
Our PSVs and North Sea operations will remain our primary focus. Our Q1 results will portray a number of contracts which
reflect weaker market conditions. However, our spot vessels are experiencing dramatically improved utilization and
rates, in some cases exceeding $20,000/ day. We do anticipate current conditions persisting, even improving, into the summer
months.
Our Anchor Handlers and Fast Crew Boats are serving global customers in the West African market. We are experiencing
increased enquiry for our spot vessels which portends a broader improvement in offshore fundamentals beyond any single region. We
look forward to providing more details during our Q1 Earnings Call next month.”
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About Nordic American Offshore Ltd.
NAO is a Bermuda-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange engaged in the offshore industry. It
owns and operates a fleet of 10 modern harsh environment platform supply vessels, 11 crew boats and 2 anchor handling vessels.
Additional information about the Company is available on the Company’s website at www.nao.bm.
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Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 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.
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Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe,"
"anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should,"
"expect," "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating
trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. 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. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including
fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the PSV market, as a result of changes in the general market
conditions of the oil and natural gas industry which influence charter hire rates and vessel values, demand in platform supply
vessels, our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry docking and insurance costs, governmental rules and regulations
or actions taken by regulatory authorities as well as potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and
international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, the availability
of financing and refinancing, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hire and other important factors described from time to time
in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact Information:
Nordic American Offshore Ltd.
+377 9798 5717 (Monaco)
+1 646 432 3315 (New York)
Web-site: www.nao.bm
