Annual General Meeting GRINDROD SHIPPING HOLDINGS LTD. ABBREVIATED NAME: GRINSHIP Registered in Singapore with registration number 201731497H JSE Share code: GSH ISIN: SG9999019087 Primary listing on NASDAQ Global Select Market Secondary listing on the JSE Main Board ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Shareholders of Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) are advised that the Company has issued notice on 26 April 2019 that the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on 29 May 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Singapore Standard Time (which is 12:00 South African Standard Time) at 200 Cantonment Road, #03-01 Southpoint, Singapore 089763 (the “AGM”). The notice of the AGM sets out the business proposed to be conducted at the AGM, which includes both routine and special business, with the record date set as 18 April 2019 for beneficial shareholders. The notice of the AGM includes a form of proxy and voting instruction, the director’s statement and the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, and is available at the Company’s website http://www.grinshipping.com. The notice of the AGM is also being posted to shareholders who have made the appropriate election with the institution through which their shares are held. Forms of proxy and voting instructions are required to be returned, in accordance with the instructions contained in the notice of the AGM, by 18:00 South African Standard Time on 24 May 2019. About Grindrod Shipping Grindrod Shipping owns and operates a diversified fleet of owned and long-term and short-term chartered-in drybulk vessels and product tankers. The drybulk business, which operates under the brand “Island View Shipping” (IVS) includes a fleet of 18 handysize drybulk carriers and 12 supramax/ultramax drybulk carriers on the water with five ultramax drybulk carriers under construction in Japan due be delivered in 2019 and 2020. The tanker business, which operates under the brand “Unicorn Shipping” (Unicorn) includes a fleet of five medium range product tankers and three small tankers. The Company is based in Singapore, with offices in London, Durban, Tokyo, Cape Town and Rotterdam. Grindrod Shipping has a primary listing on NASDAQ under the ticker “GRIN” and a secondary listing on the JSE under the ticker “GSH”. Company Contact: Investor Relations / Media Contact: Martyn Wade / Stephen Griffiths Nicolas Bornozis / Judit Csepregi CEO / CFO Capital Link, Inc. Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1536 200 Cantonment Road, #03-01 Southpoint New York, N.Y. 10169 Singapore, 089763 Tel.: (212) 661-7566 Email: ir@grindrodshipping.com Fax: (212) 661-7526 Website: www.grinshipping.com Email: grindrod@capitallink.com By order of the Board 29 April 2019 Sponsor: Grindrod Bank Limited Date: 29/04/2019 07:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.