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Knightsbridge Shipping Limited and Golden Ocean Group Limited agree to merge
Knightsbridge Shipping LTD • October 8th, 2014 • Water transportation

HAMILTON, BERMUDA – October 7, 2014 - Knightsbridge Shipping Limited (Nasdaq: VLCCF) ("Knightsbridge") and Golden Ocean Group Limited (OSE: GOGL) ("Golden Ocean") have today entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which the two companies have agreed to merge, with Knightsbridge as the surviving legal entity (the "Combined Company"). The Combined Company will be renamed Golden Ocean Group Limited upon completion of the merger. As a result of the expected merger, the Combined Company would become one of the world's leading dry bulk companies with a modern fleet of 72 vessels, of which 36 are newbuildings under construction. The merger is subject to approval by the shareholders of Golden Ocean and Knightsbridge in separate special general meetings expected to be held in December 2014 or January 2015 and the merger is expected to close shortly thereafter. Completion of the merger is also subject to the execution of certain definitive documents, cu

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