GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • April 14th, 2021 • Global Ship Lease, Inc. • Deep sea foreign transportation of freight • New York
Introductory. The shareholders of Global Ship Lease, Inc., a Republic of the Marshall Islands corporation (the “Company”), named in Schedule B (collectively, the “Selling Shareholders”) severally propose to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”). The 4,500,000 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders are called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, the Selling Shareholders have severally granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 675,000 Shares, with each Selling Shareholder selling up to the amount set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule B, as provided in Section 2. The additional 675,000 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders pursuant to such option are collectively called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional
