Ninth Interest Payment Period of the Common Bond Loan
Safe Bulkers Participations Plc (hereinafter the “Company”) announces that, in accordance with the terms of the Common Bond Loan issued by the Company on February 11, 2022 (hereinafter the “CBL”), the record date for determining the interest beneficiaries of the CBL for the ninth Interest Period, namely from 11 February 2026 to 11 August 2026 is Monday, 10 August 2026.
Starting Friday, 07 August 2026 (ex-coupon date), the Company’s bonds will be traded on the Euronext Athens without the right to collect the ninth interest coupon.
The gross amount of interest due for the ninth Interest Period amounts to €1,483,194.44, i.e. €14.8319 per bond with a nominal value of €1,000, which has been calculated at an interest rate of 2.95% per annum (before tax), based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days (ACT/360), and corresponds to 100,000 bonds currently traded on the regulated market of the Euronext Athens.
The payment of interest due to the entitled Bondholders (hereinafter “Bondholders”) will be made via the Euronext Securities Athens S.A. (Euronext Securities Athens) on Tuesday, 11 August 2026, as follows:
- Through the Participants in the Dematerialized Securities System (mainly credit institutions and investment firms licensed to provide the ancillary custody and administrative management service for financial instruments), who have been authorized by the Bondholders to collect the interest due, according to the applicable rules and relevant decisions of Euronext Securities Athens.
- Specifically for interest payments to heirs of deceased Bondholders whose securities are held in the Special Account of their portfolio in the Dematerialized Securities System under Euronext Securities Athens management, the payment of interest to the lawful heirs will be made: a) Through Euronext Securities Athens within one (1) year from the interest payment date at the Payment Administrator’s offices located at 110 Athinon Avenue, Athens, on working days from 09:00 to 16:00, or to a bank account designated by the heirs in a written request to the Payment Administrator, and b) Via deposit of the amount at the Deposits and Loans Fund (DLF) after the lapse of one (1) year, initiated by Euronext Securities Athens. All associated costs of this process (indicatively and not limited to DLF charges and fees) shall be borne by the beneficiaries.
It is clarified that, under applicable law, the right to receive interest expires five years after the end of the year in which the claim arose (i.e., for the interest of the above ninth interest period, until 31 December 2031).
Limassol, 14 July 2026
SAFE BULKERS PARTICIPATIONS PLC