ANNOUNCEMENT
A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S - Completion of the sale of Norfolk Holdings B.V.
On 17 December 2009 A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S announced its agreement to sell
100% of the share capital of Norfolk Holdings B.V. to the DFDS Group and at the
same time acquire approx. 31% of the shares in DFDS A/S.
The agreement was subject to a number of conditions including satisfactory
approval by relevant competition authorities, approval of equity issues at DFDS
A/S' Extraordinary General Meeting and the DFDS Group obtaining the required
financing, partly through an equity rights issue on Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen A/S.
All conditions have now been fulfilled or waived and the transaction is thus
final as of today.
Accordingly, A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S has today acquired 31.3% of the share
capital of DFDS A/S in relation to the transaction and DFDS A/S thereby becomes
an associated company to A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S.
The sale of Norfolk Holdings B.V. is not expected to have a significant impact
on the result of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S in 2010.
Contact person: Investor Relations, tel.: + 45 3363 3313.
Copenhagen, 12 July, 2010
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