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MPC Container Ships ASA announces Extraordinary General Meeting

Non-Regulatory

Reference is made to the announcement by MPC Container Ships ASA (“MPCC” or the "Company") on November 30, 2022, regarding the resignation of Board Member, Laura Carballo.

Notice is hereby served that the Company will hold an extraordinary general meeting on December 21, 2022, at 12:00 CET to elect Pia Meling as an independent member of the Board of Directors. The notice is attached hereto.

Pia Meling is a highly accomplished Norwegian business executive with significant financial, ESG, and managerial experience within the shipping and maritime sectors. Her experience includes senior positions with shipping company Klaveness Group, scrubber supplier Clean Marine AS, maritime solutions provider Wilhelmsen Ships Service, and Massterly AS, a Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg Maritime joint venture bringing zero emission, autonomous vessels to the market.

Mrs. Meling is currently the Managing Director of Grieg Green AS, specializing in environmentally friendly and sustainable ship and offshore recycling, decommissioning, and Inventory of Hazardous Materials. She is a member of the Ocean Portfolio Board at the Research Council of Norway and sits on the Board of Directors of port operator Westport AS, as well as the listed Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030 ASA.

Participation:

The general meeting will be held as a digital meeting only, with no physical attendance for shareholders and no pre-registration is required. Shareholders must be logged in before the meeting starts or you will not be able to attend. Registration starts at 11:00 CET.

To participate, please log in at https://web.lumiagm.com/171893157

You must identify yourself using the reference number and PIN code from VPS that you will find in investor services (Corporate Actions – General Meeting – ISIN) or sent you by post (for non-electronic actors). Shareholders can also get their reference number and PIN code by contacting DNB Bank Registrars Department by phone +47 23 26 80 20 (08:00 to 15:30 CET) or by email genf@dnb.no.

An online guide describing more in detail how to participate in the virtual meeting is available on the Company's website, www.mpc-container.com.

The Company will host a live webcast of the general meeting. Kindly note that webcast participants will not be able to formally attend and vote through the webcast.

The webcast can be accessed through the following link: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/ixbp872q

Voting instructions:

Shareholders who have chosen to receive electronic communication from the Company may access their VPS Investor Portal, select "Corporate Actions", "General Meeting" and "MPC Container Ships ASA" and choose between options advance voting or proxy appointment.

Shareholders who receive the notice by post may use the following link for advance voting or proxy appointment: 
https://investor.vps.no/gm/logOn.htm?token=7b0229d943d53f9ee3651468a5417f494fa59a43&validTo=1674212400000&oppdragsId=20221128VPKKA0U0

Alternatively, proxy appointment may be submitted by sending the completed applicable form in the enclosed general meeting notice by email to genf@dnb.no or by regular mail to DNB Bank ASA, Registrars Department, P.O.Box 1600 Centrum, 0021 Oslo, Norway.

The proxy must be received no later than December 16, 2022, at 12:00 CET.

Proxies without voting instructions may trigger disclosure requirements under Norwegian law. Under the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 4-3 second paragraph the possession of a proxy without voting instructions is considered equal to ownership of shares or rights to shares. This means that a proxy is required to disclose the proxies if the number of shares to which they relate (together with any shares or rights to shares held by the proxy) reaches or exceeds the disclosure thresholds under the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 4-3 first paragraph.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

For further information, please contact ir@mpc-container.com.

About MPC Container Ships ASA
MPC Container Ships ASA (ticker code "MPCC") is a leading container tonnage provider focusing on small to mid-size container ships. Its main activity is to own and operate a portfolio of container ships serving intra-regional trade lanes on fixed-rate charters. The Company is registered and has its business office in Oslo, Norway. For more information, please visit www.mpc-container.com.

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