ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE:GSLPrB). The dividend represents payment for the period from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 and will be paid on January 2, 2025 to all Series B Preferred Shareholders of record as of December 19, 2024.

Addition of 4x 2015/2016-built, immediately cash-generative post-panamax vessels, purchased from non-conventional seller at a 30+% discount to open-market charter-free values, consistent with strict investment criteria and strategy of fleet renewal and selective growth

Forward contract cover locked in for 76% of 2025 days and 49% of 2026 days, and breakevens reduced to enhance through-cycle profitability and cashflow generation, supporting annualized dividend of $1.80 while also positioning for selective fleet renewal and growth

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss the Company’s results for the third quarter 2024 on Monday, November 11, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company will issue financial results for the third quarter 2024 on Monday, November 11, 2024 before the open of market trading.

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE:GSLPrB). The dividend represents payment for the period from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 and will be paid on October 1, 2024 to all Series B Preferred Shareholders of record as of September 24, 2024.

Newly established $300 million senior secured facility enables comprehensive refinancing to streamline outstanding debt, extend maturities, improve cost of debt, and increase number of unencumbered vessels in GSL fleet.

Significant up-lift in forward contract cover, Supplemental Dividend increases quarterly dividend by 20% to $0.45 per common share, well-positioned for counter-cyclical opportunities when they arise 

ATHENS, Greece, July 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss the Company’s results for the second quarter 2024 on Monday, August 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company will issue financial results for the second quarter 2024 on Monday, August 5, 2024 before the open of market trading.

Moody’s Upgrades Corporate Family Rating; S&P Upgrades Credit Rating; KBRA Upgrades Issuer Rating and Affirms Investment Grade Rating of Senior Secured Notes

ATHENS, Greece, June 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GSL) (the “Company” or “GSL”) today announced that its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was duly held on June 17, 2024, in Athens, Greece (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) re-elected each of three directors, Yoram Neugeborn, Ulrike Helfer and Alain Pitner, to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until such time as his successor has been duly elected and qualified, and (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

ATHENS, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.546875 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of its 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE:GSLPrB). The dividend represents payment for the period from April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 and will be paid on July 1, 2024 to all Series B Preferred Shareholders of record as of June 24, 2024.

Quarterly supplemental dividends of $0.075 per share represent a 20% increase in dividend payments to common shareholders

Continued capital allocation discipline, interest rate risk fully hedged, sustainable quarterly dividend of $0.375 per common share, well-positioned for counter-cyclical opportunities, CEO transition successful & Chief Compliance Officer appointed

ATHENS, Greece, May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”), a containership charter owner, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.375 per Class A common share for the first quarter of 2024, to be paid on June 3, 2024 to shareholders of record as of May 24, 2024.

ATHENS, Greece, May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the “Company”) has scheduled its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for June 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (the “Annual Meeting”). The record date for determining shareholders entitled to participate at the Annual Meeting is April 18, 2024. The business of the Annual Meeting is to elect three Term I Directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A., as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Annual Meeting documentation and instructions for voting were mailed to all shareholders of record on or about May 3, 2024, and will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.