Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NYSE:NAO) -- Announces agreement to acquire shares in NAO together with the Executive Chairman in a private transaction

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 18, 2016 -- The NYSE listed Nordic American Offshore Ltd. ("NAO" or "the Company") today announced that it has agreed to acquire in a private transaction 1,571,749 of its common shares at a price of $4.50 per share. The closing price for the NAO common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 17, 2016, was $4.37. NAO has the right to nominate the purchasers in this private transaction.  

In addition, the Company's Executive Chairman, Herbjorn Hansson, and members of his family have increased their investment in NAO by purchasing 100,000 shares on the same terms as NAO.  Following these transactions, there are 20,765,485 shares in issue in NAO.

Herbjorn Hansson, commented: "These transactions are a further evidence of our belief in Nordic American Offshore Ltd."

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements.  The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.                                        

The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect," "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties.  Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.  We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the PSV market, as a result of changes in the general market conditions of the oil and natural gas industry which influence charter hire rates and vessel values, demand in platform supply vessels, our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry docking and insurance costs, governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities as well as potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, the availability of financing and refinancing, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hire and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contacts:

Herbjørn Hansson, Executive Chairman
Nordic American Offshore Ltd.
Tel: +1 866 805 9504 or + 47 90 14 62 91

Gary J. Wolfe
Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, USA
Tel: +1 212 574 1223

Web-site:   www.nao.bm

Press release PDF: http://hugin.info/159489/R/1987197/729330.pdf