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SELSKABSMEDDELELSE


A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S udsteder virksomhedsobligationer 


I halvårsrapporten 2009 oplyste A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S, at Selskabet ville
evaluere mulighederne i markedet for virksomhedsobligationer med henblik på at
udvide Selskabets finansieringskilder. Efter en sondering blandt mulige
investorer er det i dag blevet besluttet at udstede euroobligationer.
Udstedelsen er Selskabets første på de internationale kapitalmarkeder. 

”Virksomhedsobligationer bliver i stigende grad anvendt som en ekstra
finansieringskilde for store europæiske virksomheder og set i det perspektiv er
det kun naturligt at vi ser på finansieringsmulighederne på de europæiske
kapitalmarkeder,” siger Jan Kjærvik, Senior Vice President og chef for Group
Finance and Risk Management. 

Danske Bank A/S, HSBC Bank plc., ING Bank N.V., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. og
Nordea Bank Danmark A/S vil placere obligationerne. Udstedelsen forventes at
være en benchmark transaktion for så vidt det gælder volumen. 

Den endelige udstedelses størrelse, løbetid og kuponen vil blive fastsat, når
book building processen er afsluttet, hvilket forventes den 23. oktober. 

Provenuet fra obligationsudstedelsen vil blive anvendt til Selskabets generelle
drift og til at tilbagebetale træk på de længerevarende revolverende
bankfaciliteter, der vil blive opretholdt som likviditetsreserver. 
 
København, den 23. oktober 2009

Kontaktperson:
 
Senior Vice President Jan Kjærvik, telefon +45 3363 1911




 
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