Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Announces increase of Share Capital

Hamilton, Bermuda, May 2, 2023

Reference is made to the separate press release published by Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (the “Company”) today, regarding the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in the US.

The additional 910,000 over-allotment shares have now been issued and the share capital increase pertaining to these shares has now been registered in the Company’s register of members, on 2 May 2023. The new share capital is US$ 40,782,857.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the US. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities in the US will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

For further queries, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Announces Partial Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option in U.S. Initial Public Offering

Hamilton, Bermuda, May 2, 2023

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (“Himalaya Shipping”), an independent dry bulk carrier company with three dual fueled Newcastlemax vessels in operation and nine dual fueled Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels under construction expected to be delivered between May 2023 and July 2024, today announced that the underwriters of the Company’s recently completed initial public offering in the United States of 7,720,000 of its common shares (the “Offering”) have partially exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 910,000 common shares at the public offering price of $5.80 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, with the sale of the overallotment shares completing today. As a result, the total number of shares sold in the Offering will be 8,630,000.

DNB Markets acted as sole global coordinator, joint bookrunner and representative of the underwriters; Clarksons Securities acted as qualified independent underwriter and joint bookrunner; ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Arctic Securities, BTIG and Fearnley Securities are acting as joint bookrunners; and Cleaves Securities AS acted as co-manager for the Offering.

The net proceeds from the Offering to Himalaya Shipping, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Himalaya Shipping, and including the net proceeds from the over-allotment shares, is approximately $45.6 million. Himalaya Shipping intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include funding acquisitions of vessels on order or maintaining liquidity, repayment of indebtedness and funding our working capital needs.

A registration statement relating to this Offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2023. The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from the SEC at www.sec.gov, and from DNB Markets, Inc., Attn: Compliance Department, by telephone: 212-681-3800, or by email at: compliance.marketsinc@dnb.no.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities in the United States will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and if made in any other state or jurisdiction will be made in accordance with the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to subscribe to or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe to securities in any member state within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful, unless in reliance upon applicable EEA prospectus exceptions, whereby no EEA prospectus, registration or similar action would be required within EEA.

For further queries, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Annual Report 2022

Hamilton, Bermuda, April 14, 2023

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. announces that the Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2022, has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

The Annual Report for 2022 is enclosed and is also available on the Company’s website: https://himalaya-shipping.com.

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Delivery of Mount Etna and commencement of charter

Hamilton, Bermuda, 13 April 2023,

Himalaya Shipping is pleased to announce that it has successfully taken delivery of the third of the twelve 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax newbuildings the Company has on order from New Times Shipyard.

The vessel (“Mount Etna”) will commence a minimum 24 month charter with an evergreen structure thereafter and will earn an index-linked rate, reflecting a significant premium to a standard Capesize vessel. The time charters also include a profit sharing of any economic benefit derived from operating the vessel´s scrubber or running on LNG, as well as certain rights to convert the time charters to fixed rates based on the prevailing forward freight agreement (FFA) curve from time to time.

“We are excited to take delivery of the third vessel, which is chartered on an index-linked time charter, earning a significant premium to a standard Capesize vessel. We are thankful to the shipyard which again has delivered a high-quality vessel slightly ahead of schedule, despite the previous difficult lock-down situation in China.” says Herman Billung, contracted CEO of Himalaya Shipping.

For further queries, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 91831590

About Himalaya Shipping Ltd.:

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. is an independent bulk carrier company, incorporated in Bermuda. Himalaya Shipping has three vessels in operation and nine Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels under construction at New Times Shipyard in China. The remaining newbuildings are expected to be delivered by July 2024.

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement includes forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are, typically, statements that do not reflect historical facts and may be identified by words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intends”, “may”, “should”, “will” and similar expressions, and include statements relating to our statements with respect to the delivery of Mount Etna and the terms of its charter. The forward-looking statements in this announcement are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although Himalaya Shipping Ltd. believes that these assumptions are reasonable, they are, by their nature, uncertain and subject to significant known and unknown risks, contingencies and other factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and which are beyond our control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements included herein

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – New share capital

Hamilton, Bermuda, 4 April 2023

Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcements by Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (the “Company”) regarding the initial public offering in the US of new shares in the Company (the “New Shares”). The new share capital is US$ 39,872,857.

The share capital increase pertaining to the New Shares has now been registered in the Company’s register of members, on 4 April 2023 after the close of trading on the Euronext Expand.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the US. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities in the US will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

For further information, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590

Himalaya Shipping Ltd.: Approval of listing prospectus

Hamilton, Bermuda, 4 April 2023:

Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcements by Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (the “Company”) regarding the initial public offering in the US of new shares in the Company (the “New Shares”).

As announced by the Company on 31 March 2023, the Company has resolved to issue 7,720,000 New Shares each having a par value of US$ 1.00, thereby increasing the Company’s share capital by US$ 7,720,000.

The prospectus for the listing of the New Shares in Norway has today been approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Nw: Finanstilsynet). The Prospectus, which only relates to the listing of the New Shares on the Euronext Expand, is available on the Company’s website at www.himalaya-shipping.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the US. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities in the US will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

For further information, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590

Disclosure of Shareholding – Affinity Shipholdings I LLP

Reference is made to Himalaya Shipping Ltd.’s (“Himalaya Shipping”) stock exchange announcement on March 31, 2023, (the “Announcement”) relating to the pricing of the shares in Himalaya Shipping’s initial public offering in the United States of 7,720,000 new shares (the “Offering”).

Affinity Shipholdings I LLP (“Affinity”) has today been notified that it has been allocated 86,207 shares in the Offering (the “Allocation”). The new shares are expected to be delivered on April 4, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

Further, Affinity Shipholdings I LLP has lent 1,158,000 shares to DNB Markets pursuant to a share lending agreement to facilitate the over-subscription of the Offering with an equal number of shares (the “Share Lending”).  

Prior to the Allocation, the Share Lending and the Offering, Affinity had 3,228,096 shares in Himalaya Shipping representing more than 10% of the share capital and voting rights. Following the Share Lending, Affinity has 2,070,096 shares in Himalaya Shipping, representing 6.4% of the share capital and votes in Himalaya Shipping.

Following the settlement of the Offering, Affinity expects to own 2,156,303 shares in Himalaya Shipping, representing 5.4% of the shares and votes in Himalaya Shipping.  

The ownership percentages described above following the Share Lending and the settlement of the Offering assume that the underwriters of the Offering do not declare the over-allotment option described in the Announcement, and will be subject to adjustments should the option be declared.

Disclosure of Shareholding – Drew Holdings Ltd.

Reference is made to Himalaya Shipping Ltd.’s (“Himalaya Shipping”) stock exchange announcement on March 31, 2023, (the “Announcement”) relating to the pricing of the shares in Himalaya Shipping’s initial public offering in the United States of 7,720,000 new shares (the “Offering”).

Drew Holdings Ltd. has today been notified that it has been allocated 517,241 shares in the Offering. The new shares are expected to be delivered on April 4, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

Drew Holdings Ltd. currently owns 12,446,185 shares in Himalaya Shipping representing more than 1/3 of the share capital and voting rights. Following the settlement of the Offering, Drew Holdings Ltd. expects to own 12,963,426 shares which are expected to represent 32.51% of the share capital and votes in Himalaya Shipping (subject to adjustments for the underwriters’ potential declaration, if any, of the over-allotment option in the Offering, as described in the Announcement).

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Mandatory notification of trades

Hamilton, Bermuda, March 31, 2023

Reference is made to Himalaya Shipping Ltd.’s (“Himalaya Shipping”) stock exchange announcement on March 31, 2023, relating to the equity offering of a total of 7,720,000 new common shares (the “Offer Shares”), each at a subscription price of US$5.8 per Offer Share (the “Subscription Price”).

The following persons discharging managerial responsibilities (“PDMRs”) in Himalaya Shipping have subscribed for and been allocated the following Offer Shares at the Subscription Price:

Bjørn Isaksen, Chairperson of Himalaya Shipping: 30,000 Offer Shares. After delivery, Mr. Isaksen and Freng Invest AS, a company controlled by Bjørn Isaksen, will own 350 000 shares and 150 000 share options in Himalaya Shipping.

Herman Billung, Contracted Chief Executive Officer of Himalaya Shipping: 17,241 Offer Shares. After delivery, Mr. Billung will own 37,241 shares and 100,000 share options in Himalaya Shipping.

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering in the United States

Hamilton, Bermuda, March 30, 2023

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (“Himalaya Shipping”), an independent dry bulk carrier company with two dual fueled Newcastlemax vessels in operation and 10 dual fueled Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels under construction at New Times Shipyard in China expected to be delivered between April 2023 and July 2024, today announced the pricing of its previously announced initial public offering in the United States of 7,720,000 of its common shares (the “Offering”), at a price to the public of $5.80 per common share. Himalaya Shipping has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,158,000 common shares at the Offering Price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Himalaya Shipping’s common shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HSHP.” The Offering is expected to close on April 4, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. Himalaya Shipping will continue to be listed on the Euronext Expand in Norway under the ticker “HSHP”.

DNB Markets is acting as sole global coordinator, joint bookrunner and representative of the underwriters; Clarksons Securities is acting as qualified independent underwriter and joint bookrunner; ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Arctic Securities, BTIG and Fearnley Securities are acting as joint bookrunners; and Cleaves Securities AS is acting as co-manager for the Offering.

The net proceeds from the Offering to Himalaya Shipping, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Himalaya Shipping, are expected to be approximately $40.5 million, excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common shares. Himalaya Shipping intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include funding acquisitions of vessels on order or maintaining liquidity, repayment of indebtedness and funding our working capital needs.

A registration statement relating to this Offering was declared effective by the SEC on March 30, 2023. The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from the SEC at www.sec.gov, and from DNB Markets, Inc., Attn: Compliance Department, by telephone: 212-681-3800, or by email at: compliance.marketsinc@dnb.no.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities in the United States will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and if made in any other state or jurisdiction will be made in accordance with the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to subscribe to or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe to securities in any member state within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful, unless in reliance upon applicable EEA prospectus exceptions, whereby no EEA prospectus, registration or similar action would be required within EEA.

For further queries, please contact:

Herman Billung, Contracted CEO

Telephone +47 918 31 590