Major shareholder announcement

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Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
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OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen A/S                          Announcement no. 33
Nikolaj Plads 6                                                9 September 2008
1067 Copenhagen K                                                   Page 1 of 1


Major shareholder announcement

In pursuance with section 29, subsection 1 of the Danish Securities Trading
Act, Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S (NORDEN) hereby discloses that today A/S
Motortramp has informed NORDEN that A/S Motortramp is split into two new
companies, Stensbygaard Holding and (the new) A/S Motortramp. 

In addition, it was disclosed that all NORDEN shares held by the previous A/S
Motortramp are transferred to (the new) A/S Motortramp, which has the same
shareholders as the previous A/S Motortramp. 

A/S Motortramp holds 11,851,240 shares in NORDEN equivalent to 26.6% of the
total share capital in NORDEN. 


                                   Kind regards,
                            Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S

                                 Carsten Mortensen
                                  President & CEO


Contact at tel. +45 3315 0451: Martin Badsted, Senior Vice President.


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