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Highlights

* Net income of $165.3 million, or $0.84 per diluted share for the first
quarter of 2020, excluding $7.1 million of net cash receipts and accrued
profit share in relation to the five charter-in and charter-out agreements
with Trafigura that have been treated as a reduction of the acquisition cost
of the vessels.
* Net income adjusted for certain non-cash items of $179.3 million, or $0.91
per diluted share for the first quarter of 2020, excluding the net impact of
the item above.
* Declared a cash dividend of $0.70 per share for the first quarter of 2020.
* Reported spot TCEs for VLCCs, Suezmax tankers and LR2 tankers in the first
quarter of 2020 were $74,800, $57,800 and $31,200, respectively.
* For the second quarter of 2020, we estimate spot TCE on a load-to discharge
basis of $92,500 contracted for 75% of vessel days for VLCCs, $69,500
contracted for 63% of vessel days for Suezmax tankers and $50,200 contracted
for 53% of vessel days for LR2s. We expect the spot TCEs for the full second
quarter of 2020 to be lower than the TCEs currently contracted, due to the
impact of ballast days at the end of the quarter as well as current weaker
rates.
* In March 2020, the Company signed a sale-and-leaseback agreement in an
amount of $544.0 million with ICBCL to finance the acquisition of 10 Suezmax
tankers built in 2019 and closing took place on March 16, 2020.