REQUEST TO CONVENE GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING BY CMB - Form 6-K

REQUEST TO CONVENE GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING BY CMB

ANTWERP, Belgium, January 17, 2023 - Euronav NV ("EURN" or "Euronav") (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) notes that on 16 January 2023 it has received a letter from CMB NV ("CMB") requesting that the Supervisory Board convenes a general meeting of Euronav with the agenda items and proposed decisions attached to the letter, pursuing the replacement of all members of the Supervisory Board of Euronav. Please refer to the annex to this press release which contains this letter. The letter is also available on Euronav's website via the following link: https://www.euronav.com/investors/legal-information/agm/2023/

Article 7:126 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations provides that a company must sent an invitation for a shareholders' meeting within three weeks following receipt of a request from a shareholder holding more than 10% of the voting rights. That invitation shall specify the exact date of the shareholders' meeting which date shall not be earlier than the 30th day following the date of the invitation. The Euronav Supervisory Board will now analyse CMB's proposals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and will update the market in due course.

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Contact:

Contact: Brian Gallagher - Head of IR Communications & Management Board member

Tel: +44 20 78 70 04 36

Email: [email protected]

Announcement of Q4 earnings: 2 February 2023

About Euronav NV

Euronav is an independent tanker company engaged in the ocean transportation and storage of crude oil. The company is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, and has offices throughout Europe and Asia. Euronav is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the NYSE under the symbol EURN. Euronav employs its fleet both on the spot and period market. VLCCs on the spot market are traded in the Tankers International pool of which Euronav is one of the major partners. Euronav's owned and operated fleet consists of 1 V-Plus vessel, 40 VLCCs (with further two under construction), 22 Suezmaxes (one of which is in a joint venture and two vessels time chartered in) with a further five under construction and 2 FSO vessels under long term contract.

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		17 January 2023 - 08:00 a.m. CET

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.