Toro Corp. Announces Proposed Spin-Off of its Handysize Tanker Business

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, March 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toro Corp. (NASDAQ: TORO) (“Toro”, or the “Company”) an international energy transportation services company, announces that its Board of Directors (the "Board"), has decided, on the recommendation of a special committee of the Board, consisting of its independent disinterested members, to effect a spin-off of its Handysize tanker business comprising of one Handysize tanker and Xavier Shipping Co. (subsidiary formerly owning the M/T Wonder Formosa) (the “Spin-Off”). In the Spin-Off, Toro shareholders will receive one common share of Robin Energy Ltd. (“Robin”), a newly formed subsidiary that will act as the holding company for the one tanker vessel, for every eight Toro common shares. Robin has applied to have its common shares listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Toro’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, has been appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Robin with effect as of the completion of the Spin-Off.