NAO Exercises Option to Purchase Shares

Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NAO) announced that the underwriters of the company's initial public offering, which closed on June 17, 2014, have exercised in full their option to purchase an
additional 882,352 common shares.

The sale of these common shares isexpected to close on June 26, 2014. After the exercise of the overallotment option, there are 23,431,370 shares in issue in NAO. The total capital inflow into NAO from the Initial Public Offering and the exercise of the overallotment is in total about $100m.

The company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for acquisitions and general corporate purposes, including working capital.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and DNB Markets, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers. In addition, Global Hunter Securities, LLC is acting as a co-manager for the initial public offering.