DFDS — Report Publication Announcement 2009

May 12, 2009

SALE OF PASSENGER SHIP

The passenger ship QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA has been sold to foreign interests for delivery in June 2009. The agreement is subject to payment of a deposit by Friday 15 May 2009.

QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA was laid up after closure of the Bergen route in September 2008. From February 2009 the ship has been employed as a hotel ship in Sweden.

The sales price amounts to around DKK 175 mio., and the proceeds provides an opportunity to reduce debt and strengthen DFDS' balance sheet.

Due to the sale, the net investments expected for the full year are reduced from DKK 1.3 billion to DKK 1.1 billion.

DFDS A/S, Sundkrogsgade 11 2100 Copenhagen Ø CVR 14 19 47 11

Company announcement no. 12/2009 12.05.2009

Contact persons:

Niels Smedegaard, CEO +45 33 42 34 00

Gert Jakobsen, Communications +45 33 42 33 59

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DFDS – a leading seabased transport network in Northern Europe.

DFDS has around 4,000 employees and employs a fleet of around 60 ships.

DFDS was founded in 1866 and is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.