Toro Corp. (NASDAQ:TORO) ("Toro," or the "Company"), a global energy transportation services provider, announces that it intends to effect a spin-off of its LPG carrier business.

AI OKTO CORP. ("AI OKTO"), currently a subsidiary of Toro, would become an independent publicly-traded company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market as a result of the planned spin-off (the "Spin-Off"). The initial assets of AI OKTO will include two LPG carriers, the LPG Dream Arrax and LPG Dream Vermax, and $45 million in cash contributed by Toro.

Toro’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Petros Panagiotidis, will be appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AI OKTO. The transactions effected in connection with the Spin-Off will be approved by Toro’s Board of Directors on the recommendation of a disinterested and independent special committee.

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