<div id="readability-page-1"><article><div id="ps-bar">See more from StockTitan in Google Search and AI answers.Adds StockTitan as a preferred source · opens GoogleAdd on Google</div>ATHENS, Greece, June 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Petroleum Inc. (Nasdaq: IMPP) (the “Company”), a ship-owning company providing petroleum products, crude oil, and drybulk seaborne transportation services, today announced a dividend of $0.546875 per share on its 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Shares”), payable on June 30, 2026 to holders of record as of June 25, 2026. The dividend payment relates to the period from the last dividend payment date for the Series A Preferred Shares on March 30, 2026 through June 29, 2026. There are 795,878 Series A Preferred Shares outstanding as of the date hereof. The Series A Preferred Shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “IMPPP”. ABOUT IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. is a ship-owning company providing petroleum products, crude oil and drybulk seaborne transportation services. The Company owns a total of twenty-one vessels on the water - seven M.R. product tankers, two suezmax tankers, four handysize drybulk carriers, five supramax drybulk carriers, two kamsarmax drybulk vessels and a post panamax drybulk carrier - with a total capacity of approximately 1,324,000 deadweight tons (dwt) and has contracted to acquire an additional four handysize drybulk carriers and a product tanker of 190,400 dwt aggregate capacity. Following these deliveries, the Company’s fleet will count a total of 26 vessels with an aggregate capacity of about 1.5 million dwt. IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC.’s shares of common stock and 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and trade under the symbols “IMPP” and “IMPPP,” respectively. Forward-Looking Statements Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Company Contact: Fenia Sakellaris IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. E-mail: info@imperialpetro.com <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti/query-bmY9TVRBd01URTROamt6TlNNME1ESTBNRFkyT1Rjak1qSXlOVFUzT1E9PQ?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1" height="1" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ti/query-bmY9TVRBd01URTROamt6TlNNME1ESTBNRFkyT1Rjak1qSXlOVFUzT1E9PQ"/> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/media/MTk3NThkZTctMWEyZi00ZDUzLWIzZmQtOTczNDczMzA4NjUyLTEyMzcxMzItMjAyNi0wNi0xMC1lbg==/tiny/Imperial-Petroleum-Inc-.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="1" height="1" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/media/MTk3NThkZTctMWEyZi00ZDUzLWIzZmQtOTczNDczMzA4NjUyLTEyMzcxMzItMjAyNi0wNi0xMC1lbg==/tiny/Imperial-Petroleum-Inc-.png"/></article></div>

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Imperial Petroleum Inc. (Nasdaq: IMPP) announced a dividend of $0.546875 per share on its 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock. The payment is due on June 30, 2026, to holders of record as of June 25, 2026, covering the period from March 30 to June 29, 2026. There are 795,878 preferred shares outstanding.

Imperial Petroleum Inc. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Shares | IMPP Stock News