Copenhagen, 8 July 2010 Company Announecement no. 21/2010 Pursuant to section 28a of the Securities Trading Act, DFDS A/S must disclose information on trading in the shares and associated securities of DFDS A/S undertaken by senior employees or their related parties. As part of DFDS' current rights issue the following dispositions have been undertaken by a related party: Name: Vesterhavet Holding A/S, CVR-nr. 31897416 Cause: Bent Østergaard, Chairman of the Board of Directors of DFDS A/S, has managerial responsibility for Vesterhavet Holding A/S, cf. the Danish Securities Trading Act, section 28a, sub section 4(4) (a) Issuer: DFDS A/S Securities ID(shares: DK 0060236495 Designation: Subscription of shares Transaction: Exercise of rights Trading date: 7 July 2010 Transaction: Subscription of shares No.: 1,199,250 Price, DKK: 208.00 Value, DKK 249,444,000 Vesterhavet Holding A/S' exercise of rights is done in accordance with the undertaking to subscribe shares re. page 114 in DFDS' prospectus dated 18 June 2010. Yours sincerely, DFDS A/S