GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD Leases Disclosure

15 – LEASES

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Effective April 4, 2011, the Company entered into a seven-year sub-sublease agreement for its main office in New York, New York. The term of the sub-sublease commenced June 1, 2011 and ended on May 1, 2018. The Company entered into a direct lease with the over-landlord of such office space that commenced immediately upon the expiration of such sub-sublease agreement, for a term covering the period from May 1, 2018 to September 30, 2025. For accounting purposes, the sub-sublease agreement and direct lease agreement with the landlord constitute one lease agreement.

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On October 14, 2024, the Company entered into a lease agreement to extend its current lease agreement for its main office space in New York, New York which will commence on October 1, 2025 until July 31, 2036. The lease agreement is for only the space currently occupied by the Company and the portion of the current lease that is currently

being sublet expired on September 30, 2025. There is a free base rental period until August 2027. Following the expiration of the free base rental period, the monthly base rental payments will be $70 until July 2031 and $74 thereafter. For accounting purposes, this lease agreement constitutes a lease modification and the Company revalued the lease liability and right-of-use asset on October 14, 2024.

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The Company entered into a lease for office space in Singapore effective January 17, 2019 for a three-year term, which was initially extended effective January 17, 2022 for a two-year term. This lease was further extended effective January 17, 2024 for a two-year term and January 17, 2026 for a three-year term.

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Lastly, the Company entered into a lease for office space in Copenhagen effective May 1, 2019 which ended January 31, 2023. During June 2022, a lease was signed for a new office space in Copenhagen effective January 1, 2023 with a current minimum period ending August 2026.

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The Company adopted ASC 842 using the transition method on January 1, 2019 and has identified the aforementioned leases as operating leases. Variable rent expense, such as utilities and escalation expenses, are excluded from the determination of the operating lease liability and the Company has deemed these insignificant. The Company used its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate under ASC 842 since the rate implicit in the Company’s lease agreements cannot be readily determined.

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On June 14, 2019, the Company entered into a sublease agreement for a portion of the leased space for its main office in New York, New York that commenced on July 26, 2019 and ended on September 29, 2025. There was a free base rental period for the first four and a half months commencing on July 26, 2019. Following the expiration of the free base rental period, the monthly base sublease income was $102 per month until September 29, 2025. Sublease income is recorded net with the total operating lease costs in General and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. There was $918, $1,223 and $1,223 of sublease income recorded during each of the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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There was $1,443, $1,669 and $1,721 of operating lease costs recorded during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, which was recorded in General and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Supplemental Consolidated Balance Sheet information related to the Company’s operating leases as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

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Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2025 are as follows:

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Consolidated Cash Flow information related to leases are as follows:

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The Company charters in third-party vessels and the Company is the lessee in these agreements under ASC 842.  The Company has elected the practical expedient under ASC 842 to not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases.  During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, all charter-in agreements for third-party vessels were less than twelve months and considered short-term leases.  Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for the charter hire expenses recorded during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, for these charter-in agreements.