Global Ship Lease Reports Results For The Fourth Quarter Of 2010

Mr. Webber continued, "We entered 2011 well positioned to continue to benefit from our fully time-chartered fleet and sizeable contracted revenue stream. Notably, our fleet of 17 vessels remains secured on long-term fixed rate contracts with CMA CGM, which in January announced receipt of $500 million of new capital to strengthen its balance sheet and secure its investment plan. Going forward, and noting the recent strength of the US capital markets, we are committed to seeking opportunities to capitalize on strong industry fundamentals, and will remain focused on preserving the Company's financial strength over the long term."

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA – UNAUDITED
(thousands of U.S. dollars)
	Three	Three
	months ended	months ended	Year  ended	Year ended
	Dec 31, 2010	Dec 31, 2009	Dec 31, 2010	Dec 31, 2009
Revenue	40,035	39,884	158,837	148,708
Operating Income (Loss)	(773)	17,862	51,773	61,717
Net Income (Loss)	1,226	12,348	(3,971)	42,374
EBITDA (1)	26,405	27,928	108,905	99,024
Normalised Net Income (1)	6,598	7,254	28,433	26,637
(1) EBITDA and Normalized net income are non-US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) measures, as explained further in this press release, and are considered by Global Ship Lease to be useful measures of its performance. Reconciliations of such non-GAAP measures to the interim unaudited financial information are provided in this Earnings Release.

Revenue and Utilization The 17-vessel fleet generated revenue from fixed rate long-term time charters of $40.0 million in the three months ended December 31, 2010, up slightly on revenue of $39.9 million for the comparative period in 2009. The increase in revenue is from higher utilization due to less offhire.  During the three months ended December 31, 2010, there were 1,564 ownership days, the same as the comparable period in 2009. There were no dry-dockings in the three months ended December 31, 2010 and only one day of unplanned offhire, giving a utilization of 100%. In the comparable period of 2009, there was no unplanned offhire and there were 16 planned offhire days for drydocking, representing utilization of 99.0%.

For the year ended December 31, 2010 revenue was $158.8 million, an increase of 7% on $148.7 million in the comparative period. The increase in revenue is due to the purchase of our seventeenth ship in August 2009 and from lower offhire. With one additional vessel, ownership days at 6,205 were up 237 or 4% on 5,968 in the comparative period. Further, offhire days in the year ended December 31, 2010 were three, compared to 74 in 2009 including 32 planned days offhire for drydockings.

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