Viking Supply Ships

Board/Management Information • Aug 19, 2015

Press release

19th August 2015

New Chief Financial Officer in Viking Supply Ships AB (publ).

Viking Supply Ships AB (publ.) has today appointed Ulrik Hegelund as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Hegelund will also act as CFO in Viking Supply Ships A/S, and will take over the responsibilities as CFO in both companies as of 1st September.

Mr. Hegelund has been employed in Viking Supply Ships A/S as Accounting & Controlling Director since 2012. He has previously long experience from several management positions within finance, and holds a Masters Degree in Accounting and Controlling from Århus International School of Business.

The interim CFO, Niels J. Kindberg, will remain available for the company during a transitional period.

For further information please contact:

Christian W. Berg, CEO, ph. +45 41 77 83 80, e-mail christian.berg@vikingsupply.com

Morten G. Aggvin, IR & Treasury Director, ph. +47 41 04 71 25, e-mail ir@vikingsupply.com

Viking Supply Ships AB (publ) is a Swedish company with headquarter in Gothenburg, Sweden. Viking Supply Ships A/S is a subsidiary of Viking Supply Ships AB (publ). In addition Viking Supply Ships AB (publ) has the subsidiary TransAtlantic AB. The operations are focused on offshore and icebreaking primarily in Arctic and subarctic areas as well as on RoRo and container feeder services mainly between the Baltic Sea and the Continent. The company has in total about 750 employees and the turnover in 2014 was MSEK 3,190. The company's B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ Stockholm, Small Cap segment. For further information, please visit: www.vikingsupply.com

Viking Supply Ships AB is obliged to make this information public according to the Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). Viking Supply Ships A/S is obliged to make this information public according to the agreement with the bond holders in VSS01, listed on Nordic ABM at Oslo Stock Exchange. The information was submitted for publication on 19th August, 2015 at 08:30 am.

Swedish head office: Danish head office: Norwegian office: Russian office: Canadian office Viking Supply Ships AB Box 11397 – Lilla Bommen 4a 40428 Gothenburg Sweden

Viking Supply Ships A/S Islands Brygge 57 2300 Copenhagen Denmark

Tel.: +45 72 31 20 13 Reg no: 33369794

Viking Supply Ships AS PB 204, Kirkegaten 1 4662 Kristiansand Norway Tel.: +47 38 12 41 70

Reg no: 981240030

Viking Supply Ships Ltd Khlebniy Perulok 19A 121069 Moscow Russia

Tel.: +7 495 6916811 Reg no: 110774-6094 Viking Supply Ships 139 Water Street St. John's, NL A1C 5J9 Canada

Tel.: +1 709 631 9984 Reg.no: CAN 71705

Tel.: +46 (0)31 - 763 2300 Reg no: 556161-0113