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BW LPG Acquires 12 Very Large Gas Carriers from Avance Gas Seite 1

BW LPG Acquires 12 Very Large Gas Carriers from Avance Gas Seite 1

BW LPG Limited (“BW LPG”, OSE ticker code: “BWLPG.OL”, NYSE ticker code “BWLP”), has today entered into agreements to acquire 12 modern Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs) from Avance Gas Holdings Ltd.
(“Avance Gas”, OSE ticker code: “AGAS”) for a total consideration of US$ 1,050 million (the “Transaction”). The acquisition fleet comprises four 91K CBM dual fuel VLGCs, of which two are 2022-built
and two are 2023-built, and eight 2015-built 83K CBM VLGCs of which six are scrubber-fitted (see Appendix for Fleet List).

The Transaction is funded through the issuance of 19.282 million new BW LPG shares to Avance Gas, a cash consideration of US$ 585.4 million, of which US$ 368 million is to fund the repayment of the
existing bank debt of 10 vessels. Remaining debt in the amount of US$ 132 million pertaining to two sale-leaseback vessels is to be novated. US$ 235.4 million of the cash consideration will be paid
from BW LPG’s available cash resources and US$ 350 million will be financed by a shareholder loan from BW Group, BW LPG’s largest shareholder.