Euronav successfully places new senior unsecured bond issue

16 May 2017 18:08 CEST

EURONAV SUCCESSFULLY PLACES NEW SENIOR UNSECURED BOND ISSUE

ANTWERP, Belgium, 16 May 2017 – Euronav Luxembourg SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Euronav Group (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN), has successfully completed a new senior unsecured bond issue of USD 150 million with a coupon of 7.50% and maturity in May 2022. The bonds will be guaranteed by Euronav NV and an application will be made for the bonds to be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

The net proceeds from the bond issue will be used for general corporate purposes. The offering was substantially oversubscribed.

DNB Markets, Nordea and Arctic Securities AS acted as joint lead managers in connection with the placement of the bond issue.

The management of Euronav continue to look to diversify its funding sources as much as possible. Traditional sources of capital available to tanker shipping are coming under increasing regulatory and competitive pressure within the banking sector. This bond issue successfully placed with a range of international investors will bolster the Company’s already strong balance sheet but also expand its funding options and differentiate the Company further from its peer group.

Hugo De Stoop, Euronav CFO said: “We are delighted to have successfully added to our funding options with this important transaction. This initial footprint into debt capital markets represents a significant development for Euronav”.

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For further information, please contact:

Contact:

Mr. Brian Gallagher – Euronav Investor Relations

Tel: +44 20 7870 0436

Email: IR@euronav.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements 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. 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. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other 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.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, 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 or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.

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