American Shipping Company ASA: Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice by American Shipping Company ASA (the “Company”) on 15 September 2022 regarding the private placement of 11,247,333 new shares in the Company.

The Board of Directors has resolved to convene an extraordinary general meeting to be held on Thursday 6 October 2022 at 10:00 (CEST) as a virtual meeting.

The calling notice for the general meeting, including the board's proposed resolutions and proxy form are attached to this stock exchange notice.

The meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting only, accessible online via Lumi AGM. All shareholders will be able to participate in the meeting, vote and ask questions from smartphones, tablets or desktop devices. Attached to this stock exchange notice is a guide for online participation.

No pre-registration is needed for attending online, but attendees must be logged in before the meeting starts. Deadline for registration of advance votes and proxies is Wednesday 5 October 2022 at 16:00 (CEST).

All documents to be processed in the meeting, as well as the participation link and guidelines for online participation, will also be made available on www.americanshippingco.com.

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About American Shipping Company ASA:

Established in 2005 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, AMSC is a ship owning company with nine modern handy size product tankers and one modern handy size shuttle tanker on long term bareboat charter with Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). OSG charters the vessels out on time charters to major oil companies in the U.S. coastwise Jones Act trade.  AMSC has a significant contract backlog as well as a profit sharing agreement with OSG which offers visibility with respect to future earnings and potential dividend capacity. The Company has an ambition to pay attractive dividends to its shareholders. Further information is available at www.americanshippingco.com.

Company contacts:

Pål Magnussen, Chief Executive Officer

+47 24 13 00 04

Morten Bakke, Chief Financial Officer

+47 24 13 00 87

Leigh Jaros, Controller

+1 484 880 3741

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.