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Listing venue - Euronext Growth Oslo
Ticker - WEST
Number of shares - 33,619,715
Face value - NOK 0,05
Registrar - Nordea Issuer Services
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Financial calendar

12.02. 2026

Second Half Report
2025 and preliminary
Financial Result 2025 
Announcement of
Q4 2025 dividend
(after close)

11.03. 2026

Annual Report 2025

10.04. 2026

Annual General Meeting

10.04. 2026

Announcement of
Q1 2026 dividend
(after close)

14.08. 2026

First Half Report 2026
and announcement of
Q2 2026 dividend 
(after close)

13.10. 2026

Announcement of 
Q3 2026 dividend
(after close)

Dividend policy and History

Western Bulk aims to distribute up to 80% of net profit in quarterly dividend payments, subject to sufficient free liquidity and working capital to support such payment. The timing and amount of dividends is at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Period Declared Total dividend amount Dividend per share Ex dividend date Record date Payable date
FY 2021 10.03.22 65 mUSD NOK 17,23 21.03.22 22.03.22 29.03.22
Q1 2022 25.04.22 16 mUSD NOK 4,24 27.04.22 28.04.22 05.05.22
Q2 2022 15.08.22 13 mUSD NOK 3,85 17.08.22 18.08.22 25.08.22
Q3 2022 20.10.22 10 mUSD NOK 3,00 24.10.22 25.10.22 02.11.22
Q4 2022 09.02.23 10 mUSD NOK 3,00 14.02.23 15.02.23 22.02.23
Q1 2023 - - -      
Q3 2025 - - -      
Q4 2025 12.02.26 4.3 mUSD NOK 1,21 16.02.26 17.02.26 25.02.26
Q1 2026 - - -      
Q2 2026 - - -      

 

Analyst Coverage

This is the current analyst coverage of Western Bulk shares. Please see their contact information below if you have enquiries or wish to access their research.

Kristoffer Barth Skeie             
Arctic Securities ASA                   
+47 22 93 72 13   
kristoffer.skeie@arctic.com

Jørgen Lian                               
DNB Markets ASA                         
+47 24 16 91 88
jorgen.lian@dnb.no

             

Analyst Coverage
Main shareholders

Main shareholders

Name # Shares Ownership
Kistefos group  23 093 152 68,7%
Sayonara AS (former Ojada AS) 2 676 792 8,0%
Citibank N.A. 1 474 246 4,4%
Employees 1 211 234 3,6%
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. 463 725 1,4%
Other (about 800 other shareholders) 4 700 566 14,0%
  33 619 715 100%

Daily updated share register available for Scandinavian investors at Public Shareholder Register.
Shareholder search including nominee accounts was performed on February 27, 2026 and is available for order at IR@westernbulk.com. 

General meetings notices and minutes

Key figures

Western Bulk Chartering group

USD million H1 2026 H1 2025 2025 2024 2023
           
Gross revenues 564.2 499.8 1 039.4 1 269.7 1 117.6
Provision for future loss - 4.2 4.2 (4.2) -
Net TC Result 1,2) 5.2 7.6 27.7 24.4 9.3
Administrative expenses 11.6 9.8 22.1 26.6 25.1
EBITDA 1,2) (6.4) (2.2) 5.6 (2.2) (15.8)
Net profit (loss) after tax 1,2) (6.6) (2.1) 5.4 (2.7) (15.6)
           
Net TC margin per ship day (USD) 1,2) 247 383 687 517 202
Average number of vessels operated 116 110 110 129 126
           
Total assets 138.4 104.7 108.6 117.6 119.8
Book equity 42.4 47.7 50.8 49.7 52.5
Total liabilities 95.9 57.0 57.8 67.9 67.4
           
Interest bearing debt - - - - -
           
Free cash 17.3 29.3 29.8 28.4 32.9
Restricted cash 10.8 6.8 5.4 5.7 7.5
Total cash 28.1 36.0 35.2 34.2 40.4

 

Net TC margin per ship day is the voyage related result (Gross revenues less voyage related costs, FFA and tonnage cost) divided by total ship days in the period.

 

1) 1H 2026 and 1H 2025 Net TC include USD 1.3 million gain and USD -0.8 million loss on positional FFA’s (Forward Freight Agreements) and bunker hedge. Full year 2025, Full year 2024, Full year 2023 and Full year 2022 Net TC include USD +2.6 million gain, +2.8 million gain, -3.8 million loss on positional FFA. These are derivative positions not qualifying as a hedge, hence booked as financial items in the financial statements. 2) Provision for future loss of USD 4.2 million in 2024 is reversed in H1 2025.