Diana Shipping Inc. Focuses Proxy Contest on Election of Jens Ismar and Paul Cornell to Genco Shipping & Trading Board

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• Genco shareholders should vote to effect change on the Genco Board and ensure there are voices on the Board open to exploring all value creation opportunities for shareholders.

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• Jens Ismar and Paul Cornell are highly experienced drybulk shipping executives who would be exceptional Genco directors, regarded as collaborative and constructive business leaders.

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• Neither Jens Ismar nor Paul Cornell has any financial relationship with Diana; both were chosen for their accomplishments in the drybulk industry and their ability to act as genuinely independent directors.

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• ISS recommends shareholders vote against Genco's overly aggressive poison pill, which validates the concerns Diana has raised throughout its campaign.

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• If the tender offer is completed and the second-step merger is consummated, all Genco shareholders — whether or not they tender — would receive $24.80 per share in cash.

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• Change is needed on the Genco Board regardless of the outcome of Diana's acquisition offer.

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• Diana's $24.80 per share all-cash offer is inextricably linked to the outcome of the Annual Meeting; if Ismar and Cornell are not elected, Diana will have no choice but to reassess the continuation of its offer.

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• Diana is the largest shareholder of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited.

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• Paul Cornell's experience building, growing, and realizing value from drybulk shipping companies across multiple market cycles is precisely the perspective the Genco Board has been missing.

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