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Eimskipafélag Íslands Investor Presentation 2015

Feb 27, 2015

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2014

Comparison to 2013

  • Total revenue EUR 451.6 million, up by 4.1%
  • EBITDA EUR 38.5 million, up by 4.0%
  • Net earnings EUR 13.6 million, up by 25.8%
  • Volume in liner services up by 7.9%
  • Volume in reefer forwarding services up by 11.0%
  • Proposed dividend payment is EUR 6.2 million or 45.7% of net earnings

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

For the year 2014

    • Transported volume in the company's North Atlantic liner services grew by 7.9% from 2013
  • Eimskip's volumes to Iceland increased and export is stabilized
  • Increased volumes to and from the Faroe Islands
    • Transported volume in the company's reefer forwarding services grew by 11.0% from 2013
  • Mainly due to increased activity in inbound cargo, new commodities, Intra Asia transport and new markets
    • Changes of the Red Line and the new Gray Line in Q1made the company's sailing system more efficient
  • Changes made in 2015 regarding Green Line will further improve reliability and services

TRANSPORTED VOLUME 2009 TO 2014

Changes from previous year

TRANSPORTED VOLUME IN 2014 BY QUARTER

Changes from the same period 2013

OPERATING REVENUE BY SEGMENT

Liner services and forwarding services

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EBITDA BY SEGMENT

Liner services and forwarding services

GEOGRAPHICAL SPLIT OF OPERATING REVENUE

Less than half of operating revenue is related to Iceland

FREIGHT INDEX CHINA - EUROPE

Fluctuations in pricing from the deep sea carriers 2013 to 2015

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INCOME STATEMENT

EBITDA increased by 12.2% in Q4

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  • Changes in the sailing system decreased costs as from Q2
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    • Increased depreciation due to investments in containers and other equipment, timing of vessel dockings and the new vessel Lagarfoss
    • Net finance income affected by EUR 2.8 million currency exchange gain this year compared to EUR 1.1 million currency exchange loss in 2013

OPERATING REVENUE AND EBITDA BY QUARTER

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BALANCE SHEET

Financial strength of the company increases

    • Current assets increased by EUR 19.5 million or 19.8% from year-end 2013
  • Trade and other receivables and cash and cash equivalents increased due to growth in revenues and currency exchange differences
    • Equity ratio was 65.2% at year-end 2014 compared to65.5% at year-end 2013
    • Total interest bearing debt amounted to EUR 64.4 million at the end of 2014 million compared to EUR 59.4 million at the end of 2013
  • New long-term loan for the vessel Lagarfoss in the amount of EUR 10.3 million
    • Net debt amounted to EUR 24.9 million at year-end 2014 compared to EUR 33.0 million at year-end 2013
  • Cash and cash equivalents increased by EUR 13.2 million
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CAPEX 2010 TO 2014

Total CAPEX EUR 20.5 million in 2014, thereof maintenance CAPEX EUR 16.5 million

DYNAMIC SAILING SYSTEM

Flexible system meeting customers requirements

  • Substantial changes were made to Eimskip's sailing schedule in March 2013 which increased system capacity by 10.8%
  • Weekly coastal services in Iceland with direct connection to the UK and mainland Europe on the Red Line
  • Increased frequency and shorter transit time between Iceland and North America with a port call in Sortland in Norway on the Green Line
    • In February 2014 adjustments were made to increase flexibility and service reliability towards customers
  • Adverse weather conditions had affected the reliability of the two vessel sailing schedule of the Red Line connecting Iceland with the Faroe Islands
  • The Red Line was split into the Gray Line serving the Faroe Islands and Scotland and one vessel in coastal services around Iceland to Europe
    • In February 2015 the Green Line and the Red Line were merged into a new Green Line with three vessels
  • A direct sailing route between Europe and North America with port calls in Iceland, avoiding transshipments and connecting problems
  • Increased annual number of voyages between Europe and North America
  • Strengthening the cooperation between Eimskip and the port of Halifax in building up a short sea service between US and Canada

THE VESSEL FLEET

16 vessels in operation, 12 own and 4 chartered

THE NEW VESSEL BAKKAFOSS

Expected further delay of delivery

    • The process of building the 875 TEU container vessel Bakkafoss is not proceeding on schedule
    • Delivery was planned in the fourth quarter this year but further delay is expected
  • -Eimskip is considering available options
    • EUR 11.4 million have already been invested in the new building project
    • The payments made to the shipyard are guaranteed bya first class state owned Chinese bank if Eimskip decides to seek a refund of the payments already made

FURTHER OPTIMIZING OF THE OPERATION

Organizational changes in January 2015

    • In the beginning of 2015, Eimskip and König & Cie. in Hamburg established a joint venture company in shipmanagement and trading
    • The main purpose with the joint venture
  • Replacement of older vessels
  • Optimizing the vessel fleet
  • Access to further knowledge in daily vessel operation anddockings
  • New building projects
  • Trading of own vessels
    • As a part of the organizational changes the focus is to further optimize the operational cost regarding
  • Container control
  • Container freight stations and warehouses
  • Terminals
  • Third party transportation services

GROWTH IN LINE WITH STRATEGY

Through acquisitions and joint ventures

  • Focus on accretive acquisitions in Eimskip's existing markets
    • Synergy is a clear driver in evaluation of potential targets and lowering of effective purchase price multipliers
    • Reasonably sized acquisitions and joint venture projects
  • Container liner operations
  • Reefer and dry vessel operations
  • Vessel investment / management
  • Terminal operations
  • Port located cold storages with strong connection to the seafood industry
  • Trucking to serve Eimskip's needs and third party
  • Custom clearance / brokerage serving liner trade
    • Reefer logistics worldwide
  • Freight forwarding companies
  • Continued focus on opening new offices supporting the existing network

COLD STORAGE IN HAFNARFJÖRDUR

The first phase expected to be in operation in Q3 2015

    • Eimskip has reached an agreement with VHE, Kælismidjan Frost ehf. and Sudurverk hf. of building á 10,000 ton cold storage facility on the harbor site in Hafnarfjördur in Iceland
    • The new storage is designed by AVH Architects together with consultants and designers at VSB, EFLA and VSÓConsulting
    • Considerable recent and future increases in the fishing and processing of pelagic fish require increased cold storage space and services
    • Fjarðarfrost, Eimskip's current cold storage facility in Hafnarfjördur, has capacity of approximately 3,000 tons
    • The first phase of the new facility is expected to be in operation in the third quarter and finalized before the end of this year
    • There is an option to enlarge the facilities in stages to a total of 27,000 tons, according to customer needs

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

Harbor crane investment

    • To further strengthen its operation Eimskip has invested in two new Gottwald harbor cranes
    • The two cranes are expected to be in operation in the third quarter 2015
  • -The first crane will be located in Grundartangi in Iceland
    • The second crane will be located in Reydarfjördur in Iceland and the current crane in Reydarfjördur will be moved to the Faroe Islands to meet increased activity there
    • With the crane investment the company will be able to run the Blue Line vessels without vessel cranes
    • Today Eimskip's container vessels call 18 ports in the North Atlantic
  • Eimskip operates three terminals with cranes and will before the end of the year operate five terminals with cranes

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN ICELAND

Transactions in 2015

    • To further strengthen its operation Eimskip has invested in 22,410 m2 land in Grundartangi
    • Grundartangi
  • Eimskip is currently serving Nordurál, the Century Aluminum plant located at Grundartangi
  • To further secure its reliability and productivity Eimskip has invested in land and a new harbor crane
  • Eimskip seeks to develop further in Grundartangi in relation to the current and future industries in good cooperation with companies in the area

MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS

Transactions in 2015

  • Eimskip's strategy for external growth is to make accretive acquisitions that
  • Create synergies
  • Strengthen the company's performance
  • Increase shareholders value
    • In the first two months of 2015 Eimskip has already entered into transactions that are expected to increase the company's annual operating revenue by 3,5% or EUR 16 million with an estimated EBTIDA margin of 8-10%
    • The total enterprise value (EV) is EUR 6 million for the following four companies
  • Forwarding company Jac. Meisner in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Damco's 15.500m2 warehouse operation in Aarhus, Denmark
  • St. Anthony Cold Storage Ltd. in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Forwarding company Cargocan Agency Ltd. in Newfoundland and Labrador

OUTLOOK

EBITDA FORECAST FOR 2015

In the range of EUR 39 to 44 million

    • Assumptions
  • Continued growth in import to Iceland
  • Export from Iceland more uncertain, including poor start of the capelin season
  • Growth in import and export in the Faroe Islands
  • Growing transport between North America and Europe
  • Growth in international reefer forwarding
  • Increased earnings related to the merger and acquisitions which have already been announced are taken into account
  • General uncertainty regarding volume, rates, fuel costs, competition and conclusion of general wage agreements in the labor market in Iceland

FUTURE OUTLOOK

    • The company seeks to increase shareholders value through further acquisitions
  • Some of the targets have already materialized and others will be realized this year
    • The larger targets are being explored but due to their nature it will take more time and effort to have them finalized
  • Large projects in Iceland are slowly picking up after several years of recession
  • Imports and exports of consumer products are expected to continue to grow in Iceland and the Faroe Islands
  • Growth opportunities in reefer forwarding lie mainly in wider range of commodities such as meat, fruit and vegetables
  • New markets such as Intra Asia, Africa and South America
  • Eimskip has adjusted its dividend policy which currently is to pay annual dividend that equals an amount in the range of 10-50% of net earnings

DISCLAIMER

Information contained in this presentation is based on sources that Eimskipafélag Íslands hf. ("Eimskip" or the "Company") considers reliable at each time. Its accuracy or completeness can however not be guaranteed.

Copyright of information contained in this presentation is owned by Eimskip. This presentation, including information contained therein, may not be copied, reproduced or distributed in any manner, neither wholly nor partly.

This presentation is solely for information purposes and is not intended to form part of or be the basis of any decision making by its recipients. Nothing in this presentation should be construed as a promise or recommendation. Eimskip is not obliged to provide recipients of this presentation any further information on the Company or to make amendments or changes to this publication should inaccuracies or errors be discovered or opinions or information change.

Any statement contained in this presentation that refers to the Company's estimated or anticipated future results or future activities are forwardlooking statements which reflect the Company's current analysis of existing trends, information and plans. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially depending on factors such as the availability of resources, the timing and effect of regulatory actions and other factors. Eimskip undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this presentation. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

By the receipt of this presentation the recipient acknowledges and accepts the aforesaid disclaimer and restrictions.

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