EXHIBIT A
Directors and Executive Officers of Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS
| Name and Position | Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business Address1 | Citizenship | ||
| Trygve Seglem, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Øystein Emberland, Chief Financial Officer | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| John Einar Dalsvåg, Vice President, Chartering & Business Development | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Karl Gerhard B. Dahl, Senior Vice President Tax, Accounting and Administration | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Magnus Gudmundsen, Vice President, Technical Operations | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Geir Hagen, HSSE & QA | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Svein Steimler, Chairman | President and Chief Executive Officer of NYK Group Europe Ltd. Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha Level 11, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ U.K. | Norwegian | ||
| Jorunn Seglem, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Leif Teksum, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Akira Kono, Director | Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Takashi Domyo, Executive Vice President & Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Japan |
1 Unless otherwise indicated, the present principal occupation of each Covered Person is with Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS.
Directors of NYK Holding (Europe) B.V.
| Name and Position | Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business Address2 | Citizenship | ||
| Takahiko Sato, Director | Reykjavikweg 1 1118 LK Schiphol, the Netherlands | Japan | ||
| Tomotaka Yamauchi, Director | Reykjavikweg 1 1118 LK Schiphol, the Netherlands | Japan | ||
| Aya Kato, Director | Reykjavikweg 1 1118 LK Schiphol, the Netherlands | Japan | ||
| TMF Netherlands B.V., Director | Herikerbergweg 238, Luna ArenA, 1101 CM Amsterdam, Netherlands | Netherlands |
Directors and Executive Officers of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
| Name and Position | Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business Address3 | Citizenship | ||
| Tadaaki Naito, Chairman, Director, Chairman & Executive Officer | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Hitoshi Nagasawa, President, Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Hiroki Harada, Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Yutaka Higurashi, Director, Managing Executive Officer | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Hiroshi Kubota, Director, Managing Executive Officer | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Yoshihiro Kayatama, Independent Director | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Hiroko Kuniya, Independent Director | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
| Eiichi Tanabe, Independent Director | 3-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan | Japan | ||
2 Unless otherwise indicated, the present principal occupation of each Covered Person is with NYK Holding (Europe) B.V.
3 Unless otherwise indicated, the present principal occupation of each Covered Person is with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Directors and Executive Officers of TS Shipping Invest AS
| Name and Position | Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business Address4 | Citizenship | ||
| Øyvind Holte, Chairman | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Trygve Seglem, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Synnøve Seglem, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Georg Scheel, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian | ||
| Kjell Erik Jacobsen, Director | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian |
Directors and Executive Officers of Seglem Holding AS
Name and Position | Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business Address5 | Citizenship | ||
| Trygve Seglem, Chairman | Smedasundet 40, Postbox 2017, 5504 Haugesund, Norway | Norwegian |
4 Unless otherwise indicated, the present principal occupation of each Covered Person is with TS Shipping Invest AS.
5 Unless otherwise indicated, the present principal occupation of each Covered Person is with Seglem Holding AS.
