Nordic Shipholding — M&A Activity 2012

Apr 30, 2012

NORDIC SHIPHOLDING A/S

Company announcement No. 5/2012 Published via NASDAQ OMX on 30 April 2012

In continuation of company announcement no. 1/2012 sent via NASDAQ OMX 27 March 2012, we hereby inform that Nordic Shipholding A/S (formerly Nordic Tankers A/S) today has completed the sale of its chemical tanker activities to a company controlled by Triton, a European investment company.

The acquiring company has today changed name to "Nordic Tankers A/S".

The new web-site and the new logo for Nordic Shipholding A/S will for practical reasons only be implemented from 7 May 2012.

For details about the transaction as well as the future plans for the listed entity Nordic Shipholding A/S we refer to company announcement no. 1/2012 of 27 March 2012.

For further information, please contact:

Knud Pontoppidan, Chairman of the Board, Nordic Shipholding A/S: (+45) 40 58 36 40.