Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine dry-bulk transportation services, hosted a special ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange, honoring and promoting the Republic of Cyprus as a worldwide business destination.

Mr. Polys Hajioannou, Chairman and CEO of Safe Bulkers, was joined by H.E. Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, along with members of the Cypriot government, members of the Company’s board of directors, and other distinguished members of the business community, to ring the Closing Bell on Friday, April 4, 2025. The event underscored the successful pathway of Safe Bulkers in the NYSE since 2008, the ten-year anniversary of the Company’s operations in the Republic of Cyprus, and the progress and attractiveness of Cyprus as a business destination hub in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Mr. Polys Hajioannou, Chairman and CEO of the Company, said, “We were proud to celebrate the ten-year relocation of our headquarters to the Republic of Cyprus by ringing, together with H.E. President Christodoulides, the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange within the context of the 3rd Capital Link Cyprus Business Forum, which took place on Friday, April 4th, 2025, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.”

The forum was organized in cooperation with the Cyprus Union of Shipowners and was supported by Invest Cyprus and the Deputy Shipping Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus. It aimed to foster an open dialogue on Cyprus’s business and investment landscape, highlighting its openness to U.S. company investment opportunities on this beautiful Eastern Mediterranean island.

Safe Bulkers, Inc. was a grand sponsor of this forum and also graciously hosted the Dinner Reception honoring H.E. Nikos Christodoulides the evening preceding the event.