GOGL Golden Ocean Group Limited

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO

RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2025

Commission File Number: 000-29106

GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD.

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Par-la-Ville Place

14 Par-la-Ville Road,

Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release of Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (the “Company”), dated February 12, 2025, announcing that the Company declared the purchase options for eight Capesize vessels under long-term charter-in agreements with subsidiaries of SFL Corporation Ltd.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 is a press release of the Company, dated February 14, 2025, announcing the appointment of Ms. Tonesan Amissah as a director of the Company.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-266220) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with an effective date of July 19, 2022.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

GOGL – Purchase Option Declaration

Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ/OSE: GOGL) (the “Company”) announces that it has declared the purchase options for eight Capesize vessels under the long-term charter-in agreements with subsidiaries of SFL Corporation Ltd. The total purchase price is $112 million en-bloc, and the options have been declared in connection with the 10-year anniversary of the charter-in agreements. The acquisition will be financed through a new $90 million revolving credit facility subject to customary documentation and closing procedures, and cash on hand. It is expected that the acquisition will be completed during Q3 2025. 

 

For more info please contact:

Peder Simonsen, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Golden Ocean Management AS.

Telephone +47 23 11 40 00

Forward-looking statements: This release may contain certain forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they reflect the Company’s current expectations and assumptions as to future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. A number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Exhibit 99.2

GOGL – Changes to the Board composition

Golden Ocean Group Limited (“GOGL” or “the Company”) announces the appointment of Ms. Tonesan Amissah as Director of the Company.

Tonesan Amissah is a Barrister and Attorney-at-Law with over 30 years of experience in international corporate law. Ms Amissah is currently a Client Director at Ocorian Services (Bermuda) Limited, a global fiduciary and corporate services company where she oversees all aspects of client service. Ms Amissah is a former partner of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, where she led the funds & investment services team and was a senior member of the firm’s corporate department, having joined Appleby in 1989. She also serves as a director of companies in the insurance space. Ms. Amissah holds a law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, she qualified as a Barrister at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London in 1988 and was later called to the Bermuda Bar in 1992. She is a member of the Institute of Directors and was appointed an accredited speaker for the Regulatory and Compliance Association in 2015. Ms Amissah is a Bermuda citizen.

The Board of Directors
Golden Ocean Group Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
February 14, 2025

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

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