Songa Bulk ASA - disclosure of voting rights

Reference is made to announcement by Songa Bulk ASA (the "Company") on 28 November 2018 regarding the notice of the extraordinary general meeting to be held on 19 December 2018 at 10:00 (CET) (the"EGM"). The chairman of the board, Arne Blystad, has as of today received proxies without voting instructions for 7,288,054 shares at the EGM, representing approx. 20.32% of the total number of shares and votes at the EGM. In addition, Arne Blystad holds 9,317,120 shares in the Company through Songa Trading Inc., Songa Investments AS and Songa Bulk Chartering AS which are controlled by Arne Blystad. Accordingly, Arne Blystad has the right to vote for 16,605,174 shares at the EGM, representing approx. 46.31% of the total number of shares and votes at the EGM. The proxies are only valid for the EGM and will lapse immediately thereafter. This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.