Rederi AB TransAtlantic (publ) announces prospectus in relation to admission to trading of new shares issued in kind

The  Board of TransAtlantic has prepared a prospectus in relation to an issue in
kind  of  new  shares  that  has  been  approved  and  registered by the Swedish
Financial  Supervisory Authority. The issue in kind is directed to Viking Supply
Ships  AS (through its wholly-owned subsidiaries  Odin Viking AS and Odin Viking
2 AS)  due to TransAtlantic's acquisition of outstanding shares in the companies
included  in  Trans  Viking  -  the  joint  venture  within in the business area
Offshore/Icebreaking,   which   was   previously   owned   in  equal  shares  by
Transatlantic  and  the  Norwegian  company  Kistefos AS, through its subsidiary
Viking Supply Ships AS.

The  prospectus  is  attached  the  press  release  and can also be found at the
Swedish  Financial Supervisory Authority  websites www.fi.se as  from today. The
new  shares are estimated to  be registered and admitted  to trading on or about
September 30, 2010.

For  more  information  please  contact  CEO  Stefan  Eliasson, phone +46 (0)304
67 47 00.


Rederi  AB Transatlantic is  a leading Swedish  shipping company. Operations are
organized into two business areas: Offshore/Icebreaking and Industrial Shipping.
Ships fleet consists of 38 vessels and three anchor handling vessels in order to
be  delivered during 2011 and  ships chartered for  shorter periods. The company
has  about 1,100 employees.  Its shares  are listed  on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
Small Cap segment.


TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according the Financial
Markets   Act   and   the  Financial  Instruments  Trading  Act  (Sw:  lagen  om
värdepappersmarknaden  och  lagen  om  handel  med  finansiella instrument). The
information was submitted for publication on September 29, 2010.


Important information


Publishing  or distributing  this press  release could  in some  jurisdiction be
restricted by law and anyone within the jurisdiction in which this press release
has  been  made  public  or  otherwise  been  distributed should be aware of and
observe those legal restrictions.
The  information  contained  herein  is  restricted  and  may  not  be released,
published  or  otherwise  distributed,  directly  or  indirectly, in or into the
United  States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong or Japan or any other country where
such  measure  wholly  or  partially  are  subject  to  legal  restrictions. The
information  in this press release may  furthermore not be forwarded, reproduced
or  disclosed in  any way  that would  be in  violation with  such restrictions.
Failure  to comply  with these  restrictions may  constitute a  violation of the
United States Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") or other applicable laws
in other jurisdictions.
This  press  release  does  not  constitute  or  form  part of and should not be
construed  as, an offer to sell or issue  or the solicitation of an offer to buy
or acquire securities of TransAtlantic or an inducement to enter into investment
activity.  This release is made  for and directed at  only those invited through
the  prospectus published  by this  press release,  and it  is only  to those an
invitation is made to subscribe for shares in TransAtlantic.
Neither  one  of  the  securities  have  been  or  will  be registered under the
Securities  Act or any acting  on behalf of a  resident except in reliance on an
exemption   from,   or  in  a  transaction  not  subject  to,  the  registration
requirements of the Securities Act or any provincial law in Canada.


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