Golden Ocean Group Limited 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: APPROVE MERGER AGREEMENT

The 39 asset managers below reported 7,997,718 for, 9,356 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Showing the 25 largest of 39 asset managers. All 39 are in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 28, 2025, by and among Golden Ocean, CMB.TECH NV, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (“CMB.TECH”) and CMB.TECH Bermuda Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Bermuda, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMB.TECH (“Merger Sub”) (as may be amended, the “Merger Agreement”), the Bermuda law statutory merger agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement (the “Bermuda Merger Agreement”) and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the (i) merger of Golden Ocean with and into Merger Sub (the “Bermuda Merger”), with Merger Sub continuing its corporate existence as the surviving company (the “Surviving Company”) and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMB.TECH, (ii) cancellation, at the effective time of the Bermuda Merger (the “Effective Time”) as stipulated on the certificate of merger issued by the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda (the “Certificate of Merger”), of each common share, par value of $0.05 per share, of Golden Ocean (the “Golden Ocean common shares”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to such time, and the automatic conversion of such Golden Ocean common shares (other than Golden Ocean common shares that Golden Ocean, CMB.TECH, Merger Sub or their respective subsidiaries own) into the right to receive 0.95 CMB.TECH ordinary shares (subject to adjustment, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement) (the “Merger Consideration”), and (iii) appointment of Computershare, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Computershare Trust Company N.A. to act as agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the Merger and, among other things, to act as agent solely in the name and on behalf of and for the account and benefit of the holders of Golden Ocean common shares immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Golden Ocean, CMB.TECH, Merger Sub or their respective subsidiaries) (the “Contributing Golden Ocean Shareholders”), with the right of sub-delegation, for the purpose of facilitating the execution and implementation of the Merger and the Contribution in Kind (defined below), including, but not limited to, representing the Contributing Golden Ocean Shareholders at the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), receiving shares of the Surviving Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Surviving Company Shares”), contributing the Surviving Company Shares to CMB.TECH by way of a capital increase following a contribution in kind (“inbreng in natura/apport en nature”) as set out in the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations (the “Contribution in Kind”), receiving the Merger Consideration and delivering it to such Contributing Golden Ocean Shareholders. The foregoing proposal is referred to herein as the “Merger Proposal.”

The 15 asset managers below reported 4,174,200 for, 1,002,029 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Description as filed by funds: MERGER PROPOSAL. TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 28, 2025, BY AND AMONG GOLDEN OCEAN, CMB.TECH AND MERGER SUB, THE BERMUDA MERGER AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, INCLUDING THE (I) MERGER OF GOLDEN OCEAN WITH AND INTO MERGER SUB, WITH MERGER SUB CONTINUING ITS CORPORATE EXISTENCE AS THE SURVIVING COMPANY AND AS A WHOLLY- OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CMB.TECH, (II) CANCELLATION, AT THE EFFECTIVE TIME, OF EACH GOLDEN OCEAN COMMON SHARE, ISSUED AND ...(DUE TO SPACE LIMITS, SEE PROXY MATERIAL FOR FULL PROPOSAL).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 1 managers: 8,843 for.

Institutional-manager reports, all 1 managers: 117 for.

Description as filed by funds: AMEND BYE-LAWS TO CLARIFY VOTING STANDARD FOR MERGER

The 39 asset managers below reported 2,317,745 for, 5,679,973 against, 9,356 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Showing the 25 largest of 39 asset managers. All 39 are in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote upon a proposal for the approval of an amendment to the bye-laws of Golden Ocean to clarify any ambiguity that the required shareholder voting majority for a merger of Golden Ocean is a simple majority of the votes cast at a general meeting of Golden Ocean shareholders by inserting new Bye-Law 77A directly beneath Bye-Law 77 as follows

The 6 asset managers below reported 418,702 for. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Description as filed by funds: ADJOURN MEETING

The 39 asset managers below reported 4,239,612 for, 3,758,106 against, 9,356 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Showing the 25 largest of 39 asset managers. All 39 are in the interactive database (link above).

Description as filed by funds: ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL. TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, IF NECESSARY, TO PERMIT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FURTHER SOLICITATION OF PROXIES IF THERE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT.

The 16 asset managers below reported 3,871,228 for, 1,002,029 against. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve adjournments of the Special General Meeting, if necessary, to permit, among other things, further solicitation of proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special General Meeting to approve the Bye-law Amendment or the Merger Proposal.

The 2 asset managers below reported 311,815 for. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Description as filed by funds: THE BYE-LAW AMENDMENT. TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYE-LAWS OF GOLDEN OCEAN TO CLARIFY ANY AMBIGUITY THAT THE REQUIRED SHAREHOLDER VOTING MAJORITY FOR A MERGER OF GOLDEN OCEAN IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST AT A GENERAL MEETING OF GOLDEN OCEAN SHAREHOLDERS.

The 10 asset managers below reported 4,734,276 for, 32,094 against. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.