GOGL - Filing of 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 14, 2016 -- Golden Ocean Group Limited ("Golden Ocean" or "the Company") announces that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S.

The report may be accessed on the Company's website, www.goldenocean.bm, or in the link below. It is also available on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov.

Shareholders may request a hard copy of the Annual Report, which includes the Company's complete 2015 audited financial statements, free of charge, by sending an email to: [email protected]

April 14, 2016
Golden Ocean Group Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda

Contact Person:
Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal: CFO, Golden Ocean Management AS
+47 22 01 73 53

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

Golden Ocean 2015 Form 20-F http://hugin.info/132879/R/2003817/739727.pdf

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