A.P. Møller - Mærsk

Capital/Financing Update • Oct 23, 2009

SELSKABSMEDDELELSE

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S placerer euroobligationer med succes

A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S har i dag placeret euroobligationer for EUR 750 mio. med en løbetid på 5 år og en kupon på 4,875%. Transaktionen skabte stor efterspørgsel fra investorer over hele Europa og obligationerne blev overtegnet 6,5 gange.

"Vi har med denne transaktion taget det første skridt imod at anvende virksomhedsobligationer som en finansieringskilde for selskabet med henblik på at udvide vores finansieringskilder" siger Jan Kjærvik, Senior Vice President og chef for Group Finance and Risk management.

Det er første gang i virksomhedens historie, at der udstedes virksomhedsobligationer. Udstedelsen sker uden en såkaldt rating. Midlerne fra udstedelsen vil blive benyttet i selskabets generelle drift. Obligationerne forventes at blive noteret på både NASDAQ OMX København A/S og Luxembourgs Stock Exchange. Obligationerne vil være underlagt tilsyn af Finanstilsynet.

Udstedelsen af virksomhedsobligationer vil ikke have nogen indflydelse på de allerede meddelte forventninger til regnskabsåret 2009.

Følgende banker deltog i udstedelsen: Danske Bank A/S, HSBC Bank plc., ING Bank N.V., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. og Nordea Bank Danmark A/S.

København, den 23. oktober 2009

Kontakt person:Senior Vice Precident Jan Kjærvik, telefon +45 3363 1911

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