Outcome of annual general meeting on 23 April 2009

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Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
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NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S                                   Announcement no. 20
Nikolaj Plads 6                                                   23 April 2009
1067 Copenhagen K


Annual general meeting of Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S

On Thursday 23 April 2009, the annual general meeting of Dampskibsselskabet
NORDEN A/S was held, see company announcement no. 15 of 1 April 2009. 

Adoption of the annual report
The annual general meeting adopted the annual report including the management's
report, the consolidated and parent company financial statements together with
the statement by the Board of Directors and Board of Management and the
auditors' report. 

Dividends
The Board of Director's proposal for the distribution of profits, including
payment of dividends of DKK 13 per share of DKK 1 was adopted. 

Election of members to the Board of Directors
Erling Højsgaard was re-elected as member of the Board of Directors. Arvid
Grundekjøn was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Einar Fredvik
and Dag Rasmussen resigned from the Board of Directors as they did not wish to
stand again. 

Appointment of auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab was re-appointed
as auditor of the Company. 

Amendment of the articles of association
The amendments proposed by the Board of Directors were adopted. However, there
was not sufficient share capital represented at the annual general meeting to
adopt the amendments, and an extraordinary general meeting will therefore be
convened within 14 days for the purpose of finally adopting the proposed
amendments. 

The amendments were solely editorial and were due to change of address of the
Company's share registrar and change of name of VP Securities A/S (formerly
Værdipapircentralen). 

The full wording of the proposed amendments of the articles of association is
available on the Company's website www.ds-norden.com, see also company
announcement no. 15. 

Treasury shares
The Board of Directors was authorised - for a period of time until the next
annual general meeting - to arrange for the Company to acquire treasury shares
at a nominal value of up to 10% of the share capital at the market price quoted
at the time of the acquisition with a deviation of up to 10%. 

Authorisation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors
The Chairman, or whomever he may appoint, was authorised to carry out filings
and to make such changes - including amendments in the prepared documents - as
may be requested by the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency or other
authorities as a condition for registration. 

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After the annual general meeting, the Board of Directors appointed Mogens Hugo
as Chairman and Alison J. F. Riegels as Vice Chairman. 

The Board of Directors thus consists of the following members:

Mogens Hugo (Chairman)
Alison J. F. Riegels (Vice Chairman)
Erling Højsgaard
Karsten Knudsen
Arvid Grundekjøn
Benn Pyrmont Johansen (employee-elected)
Lars Enkegaard Biilmann (employee-elected)
Bent Torry Sørensen (employee-elected)

The entire Chairman's Report is available in company announcement no. 19 and at
www.ds-norden.com. 

                               Kind regards,
                      Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S

                                Mogens Hugo
                                 Chairman


Contact at tel. +45 3315 0451: Mogens Hugo, Chairman.

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                      Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
                            52, Strandvejen
                            DK-2900 HELLERUP
                           www.ds-norden.com