Thank you for visiting this website. Throughout this website, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Golden Ocean” refer to Golden Ocean Group Limited, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, service provides and third party contractors. As used in these terms and conditions, the term “including” means “including, but not limited to.”

Please be sure to read these terms and conditions carefully since any use of this website constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out herein. In addition, when using this websites’ particular services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted and modified from time to time.

ANY PARTICIPATION IN THIS WEBSITE WILL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE ABOVE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Information Purposes

All information presented on this website is for informational purposes. This website does not contain any advice or recommendation that may be relied upon as the basis for any action or decision. In particular no information provided on this website constitutes an offer or an invitation to invest or trade in Golden Ocean shares or other securities.

Website Privacy Policy

Any personal information sent to this website is subject to Golden Ocean’s policy on privacy and protection of personal data, which is available here.

Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information

This website and its components are offered for informational purposes only; we shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via this website, and shall not be responsible or liable for any errors or omissions in that information. We are not responsible if the information that we make available on this website is not accurate or complete. Any reliance upon the materials on this website shall be at your own risk. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor any changes to the materials and the information contained on this website.

Some of the information, articles and other materials available through this website are provided to Golden Ocean by third parties. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. These third-party materials are provided for your interest and convenience only. Golden Ocean does not endorse these materials or the vendors who supply them to us, nor does Golden Ocean warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable.

Under no circumstances will Golden Ocean be liable in any way for any third party submitted or provided content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions, or damages of any kind. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIRD PARTY MATERIALS IS OBTAINED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. You agree to evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any third party content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content.

Transmission

Any non-personal communication or material you transmit through this website by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Golden Ocean and may be used for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Golden Ocean is free to use for any purposes whatsoever (including but not limited to the developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing of products) any ideas, artwork, inventions, developments, suggestions or concepts contained in any communication you send to this website. Any such use is without compensation to the party submitting information. By submitting information, you are also warranting that you own the material/content submitted, that it is not defamatory and that Golden Ocean’s use of such will not violate any third party’s rights. Golden Ocean is under no obligation to use the information submitted.

Intellectual Property Rights

Golden Ocean™ is a trademark of Golden Ocean.

You are permitted to print copies of content posted at this website, but only for your personal, non-commercial use and provided that you reproduce on such copies all proprietary notices of Golden Ocean and its licensors. Except as expressly provided above, all rights are reserved by Golden Ocean. Except to the extent required for the limited purpose of reviewing material on this website, reproduction, adaptation, distribution, performance, display or modification of all or any part of this website without the prior written permission of Golden Ocean is strictly prohibited. No part of this website may be sold or distributed for commercial gain nor shall any part of this website be incorporated in any other work, publication or website.

This website and the materials on this website are Copyright © 2018 Golden Ocean Group Limited or its licensors.

Links to Other Websites

Links on this website may take you outside the Golden Ocean network and we accept no responsibility for the content, accuracy or function of these other websites. The links are provided in good faith and we cannot be held responsible for any subsequent change in other websites to which we provide a link. The inclusion of any link to other websites does not imply endorsement by Golden Ocean. We highly recommend that you make yourself aware of and carefully read the legal and privacy notices of all other websites that you visit.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of this website is exclusively at your sole risk.

This website is provided to you on an “As Is” and “As Available” basis and, consequently, Golden Ocean gives no warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise (including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) including warranties or representations that material on this website will be complete, accurate, reliable, timely, non-infringing to third parties; that access to this website will be un-interrupted or error-free; that this website will be secure; that any advice or opinion obtained from Golden Ocean through this website is accurate or to be relied upon and any representations or warranties thereto are expressly disclaimed.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or other device or loss of data the results from the download of any such material.

Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow exclusions of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Please check your local laws.

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate your access to this website or any feature of this website or any feature or part thereof at any time.

Limitation on Liability

Neither Golden Ocean nor any other party involved in the creating, producing or delivering this website on our behalf shall have liability or any responsibility whatsoever for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, costs, losses or liabilities whatsoever arising out of your access to, use, inability to use or change in content of this website, or arising from any other website you access through a link from this website or from any actions we take or fail to take as a result of any electronic mail messages you send us.

Neither Golden Ocean nor any other party involved in the creating, producing or delivering this website shall have responsibility to maintain the material and services made available on this website or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith. Any material on this website is subject to change without notice.

Further, Golden Ocean shall have no liability or any responsibility whatsoever for any loss suffered caused by viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property by reason of your use of, access to or downloading of any material from this website. If you choose to download material from this website you do so at your own risk.

Each of the foregoing limitations of liability apply to the fullest extent permitted by law, whether the alleged liability is based on contract, negligence or other tort, strict liability or any other basis; even if an authorized representative of Golden Ocean or one of its affiliates has been advised of or should have known of the possibility of such damages, and without regard to the success or effectiveness of other remedies.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Golden Ocean and its officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through this website, your use of this website, your connection to this website, your violation of these terms of use, or your violation of any rights of another.

Prohibited Activity

You are prohibited from doing any act that Golden Ocean in its reasonable discretion may deem to be inappropriate and/or would be deemed to be an unlawful act or is prohibited by any laws applicable to this website, including but not limited to any act that would constitute a breach of either the privacy (including uploading private information without the concerned individual’s consent) or any other of the legal rights of individuals; using this website to defame or libel Golden Ocean, its employees or other individuals or acting in such a way that brings into disrepute the good name of Golden Ocean; and uploading files that contain viruses that may cause damage to the property of Golden Ocean or the property of other individuals.

Cookies

Golden Ocean does use tracking technology (“cookies”). The policy of Golden Ocean on use of cookies is set out in its policy on privacy and protection of personal data, which is available here.

Legal Notice Update

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this notice or these terms and conditions. Please refer to this page from time to time to review these and new additional information. If there is a conflict between these terms and the additional terms, the additional terms will control for that conflict. These terms control the relationship between Golden Ocean and you. They do not create any third party beneficiary rights.

Our failure at any time to require performance of any provision of these terms and conditions or to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision or such right. All waivers must be in writing. Unless the written waiver contains an express statement to the contrary, no waiver by any of us of any breach of any provision of these terms and conditions or of any right provided for herein shall be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of such provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under these terms and conditions.

If any provision of these terms and conditions is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law and the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the information on this website may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Golden Ocean. Words such as “expects,” “goals,” “plans,” “believes,” “continues,” “may,” and variations of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to or may imply future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. All such statements that are not historical facts are based on our current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and the actual events or results may differ materially. Please refer to Golden Ocean’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically, our most recent earnings releases and our most recent Form 20-F for more information on the risk factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements.

Applicable Law

All information available on this website is subject to the laws of the country where you reside. Golden Ocean makes no representation that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. In the case of any violation of these rules and regulations, Golden Ocean reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such violations.