0000919574-16-011308.txt : 20160223 0000919574-16-011308.hdr.sgml : 20160223 20160223164727 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-16-011308 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160229 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Golden Ocean Group Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001029145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-29106 FILM NUMBER: 161448943 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PAR LA VILLE PLACE, 4TH FLOOR STREET 2: 14 PAR LA VILLE ROAD CITY: HAMILTON HM 08 STATE: D0 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412956935 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PAR LA VILLE PLACE, 4TH FLOOR STREET 2: 14 PAR LA VILLE ROAD CITY: HAMILTON HM 08 STATE: D0 ZIP: 00000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Knightsbridge Shipping Ltd DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140930 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KNIGHTSBRIDGE TANKERS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961217 6-K 1 d7056645_6k.htm
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 2016

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)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (the "Company"), dated February 23, 2016, announcing the Company's reciept of a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market.
 
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.

 
GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD.
   
   
   
   
 
By:  /s/ Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal
Date: February 23, 2016
Name:  Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal
 
Title:    Chief Financial Officer





EXHIBIT 1

GOGL - Golden Ocean Group Limited announces reciept of NASDAQ Notice
HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golden Ocean Group Limited ("Golden Ocean" or the "Company") announced today it has received written notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") dated February 18, 2016 indicating that because the closing bid price of the Company's common stock for 30 consecutive business days, from January 5, 2016 to February 17, 2016, was below the minimum $1.00 per share bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the applicable grace period to regain compliance is 180 days, or until August 16, 2016.
The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its common stock between now and August 16, 2016 and is considering its options, including a reverse stock split, in order to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market minimum bid price requirement. The Company can cure this deficiency if the closing bid price of its common stock is $1.00 per share or higher for at least ten consecutive business days during the grace period. In the event the Company does not regain compliance within the 180-day grace period and it meets all other listing standards and requirements, the Company may be eligible for additional 180-day grace period.
The Company intends to cure the deficiency within the prescribed grace period. During this time, the Company's common stock will continue to be listed and trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
The Company's business operations are not affected by the receipt of the notification.
February 23, 2016
The Board of Directors
Golden Ocean Group Limited
 Hamilton, Bermuda
Contact Persons:
Herman Billung: CEO, Golden Ocean Management AS
+47 22 01 73 41
Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal: CFO, Golden Ocean Management AS
 +47 22 01 73 53

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this report may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements, which 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.

 Golden Ocean Group Limited and its subsidiaries, or 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. This report and any other written or oral statements made by us or on our behalf may include forward-looking statements, which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "will," "may," "should," "expect" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this report are based upon various assumptions, including, without limitation, management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and 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 statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
In addition to these important factors and matters discussed elsewhere herein and in the documents incorporated by reference herein, 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, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the dry bulk market, changes in the Company's operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for the Company's vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political events or acts by terrorists, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission.