Frontline Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Lars Barstad

Chief executive officer

US$2.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	19.4%
CEO tenure	3.6yrs
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	3.6yrs
Board average tenure	2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Lars Barstad's remuneration changed compared to Frontline's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	US$2m	US$404k	US$656m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$777m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$826m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$646m
Dec 31 2022	US$1m	US$376k	US$476m

Compensation vs Market: Lars's total compensation ($USD2.08M) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD3.23M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Lars's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Lars Barstad (52 yo)

3.6yrs

Tenure

US$2,083,000

Compensation

Mr. Lars H. Barstad serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Frontline Management AS at Frontline plc since October 2020 and served as Commercial Director since 2015. Mr. Barstad has experience in the...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Lars Barstad	Chief Executive Officer of Frontline Management AS	3.6yrs	US$2.08m	no data
Inger Klemp	Chief Financial Officer of Frontline Management AS	12.3yrs	no data	0.13% $ 90.6m
Marios Saveriades	Secretary	1.4yrs	no data	no data

3.6yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: FROO's management team is considered experienced (3.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
John Fredriksen	Director	26.5yrs	US$391.00k	35.64% $ 24.0b
Ola Lorentzon	Independent Chairman	9yrs	US$812.00k	0.039% $ 26.0m
James O'Shaughnessy	Independent Director	5.7yrs	US$401.00k	no data
Cato Stonex	Independent Director	less than a year	US$3.00k	no data
Steen Jakobsen	Independent Director	2yrs	US$60.00k	no data
Ole Hjertaker	Director	2yrs	US$60.00k	no data
Marios Demetriades	Independent Director	1.6yrs	US$70.00k	no data

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: FROO's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Frontline Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Frontline plc Elects Cato Stonex as A Director

Frontline plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 29, 2023

Frontline Ltd. Announces Executive Changes

Less than half of directors are independent

Frontline Ltd. Appoints Marios Demetriades as A Director

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.95 (vs US$2.22 in FY 2022)

New major risk - Earnings quality

Frontline plc Announces Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2023, Payable on or About 27 March, 2024

Frontline plc Elects Cato Stonex as A Director

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.48 (vs US$0.69 in 3Q 2022)

Frontline plc Announces Dividend for the Third Quarter, 2023, Payable on or About 29 December, 2023

CMB NV completed the acquisition of additional 26.124% stake in Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) from Famatown Finance Limited and Frontline plc (NYSE:FRO).

CMB NV completed the acquisition of additional 26.124% stake in Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) from Famatown Finance Limited and Frontline plc (NYSE:FRO).

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 21%

CMB NV entered into an agreement to acquire additional 26.124% stake in Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) from Famatown Finance Limited and Frontline plc (NYSE:FRO) for $1 billion.

Euronav's Shareholder CMB Offers to Acquire Frontline’s 26.12% Stake

Euronav's Shareholder CMB Offers to Acquire Frontline’s 26.12% Stake

Frontline plc Announces Dividend for the Second Quarter of 2023, Payable on or About September 29, 2023

Frontline plc(NYSE:FRO) dropped from Russell 2000 Dynamic Index

Frontline plc Declares Cash Dividend for the First Quarter of 2023, Payment Date Is on or About 30 June, 2023

Frontline plc Declares Cash Dividend for the First Quarter of 2023

Frontline plc Announces Emergency Arbitration Claims Filed by Euronav Have Been Fully Dismissed by the Emergency Arbitrator

Frontline plc Confirms to Terminate the Combination Agreement with Euronav NV

Frontline plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 29, 2023

Frontline plc to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 30, 2023

Frontline Ltd. Announces Executive Changes

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.69 (vs US$0.17 loss in 3Q 2021)

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Frontline Ltd. Appoints Marios Demetriades as A Director

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share

Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO) agreed to acquire a 3.82% stake in Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) for approximately €130 million.

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.23 (vs US$0.14 loss in 2Q 2021)

Frontline Ltd. Declares Cash Dividend for the Second Quarter of 2022, Payable on or About October 3, 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings released

Less than half of directors are independent

Frontline Ltd. Announces Executive Changes

Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO) signed a term sheet to acquire Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) from CMB NV, C.K. LIMITED and others for €2.5 billion.

Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO) signed a term sheet to acquire Euronav NV (ENXTBR:EURN) for €2.5 billion.

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Frontline Ltd. Appoints Jens Martin Jensen as Director

Less than half of directors are independent

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Third quarter 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.13 loss per share (vs US$1.01 profit in 2Q 2020)

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.15 (vs US$0.87 in 1Q 2020)

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS US$2.11 (vs US$0.81 in FY 2019)

New 90-day high: kr65.20

The Board of Frontline Ltd. Decides Not to Pay Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2020

Frontline Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Sep 17, 2021

New 90-day low: kr51.85

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: EPS US$0.29

Frontline Ltd. Does Not Declare Dividend for the Third Quarter of 2020

OSM Maritime Group AS acquired SeaTeam Management Pte. Ltd. from Golden Ocean Group Limited (NasdaqGS:GOGL), Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO) and others.

Frontline Ltd. to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Aug 27, 2020

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