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      <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/styles/gnw_nitf.css"/><p>  </p>  <p>Tuesday October 6, 2026</p>  <p><b>Dear Shareholders and Investors,</b></p>  <p>I am pleased to inform you that my son, Monaco based Alexander Hansson, Vice-Chairman of NAT has bought 300,000 shares at $8.44 per share, bringing his holding to 6,300,000 shares.</p>  <p>Following this transaction, members of the Hansson family collectively own 12 million NAT shares. </p>  <p>As in the past, the Hansson family is the largest private shareholder group in the company.</p>  <p>We are experiencing an exceptional tanker market and prospects for NAT are good.</p>  <p>For further information on Nordic American Tankers, please see <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=Xd61zJfghHUjWJ__pfcizK32bmz4FB_D_661sNIJT3TFZYB7bedUgrSdoqGFmhWpIV01hjl8JcN6Bv6vIPTC_w==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nat.bm</a> </p>  <p>Sincerely,</p>  <p>Herbjorn Hansson</p>  <p>Founder, Chairman &amp; CEO</p>  <p>Nordic American Tankers Ltd</p> <img alt="" class="__GNW8366DE3E__IMG" src="https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti?nf=MTAwMTI3NjU3MSM0MDI1MjM0NjAjMjA4Mzk1Mg==" /> <br /><img alt="" src="https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/media/MTA1OGNmMjMtYTE4Ni00YWUzLTlhMDQtOTc5NjFhNTJlNWQxLTEwOTU1MjMtMjAyNi0xMC0wNi1lbg==/tiny/Nordic-American-Tankers-Limite.png" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><p><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c309ccca-b9ee-464a-b578-74cca48e59de"><img src="https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/media/c309ccca-b9ee-464a-b578-74cca48e59de/small/logo-jpg.jpg" border="0" width="135" height="68" alt="Primary Logo" /></a></p>
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