DHT Maritime, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) announced today that the underwriters of
its recent public offering of common stock have exercised a portion of
their overallotment option. As a result, DHT Maritime, Inc. will sell an
additional 391,825 shares of common stock and will receive $1,610,675 in
net proceeds, after underwriting discounts (but before expenses).
UBS Investment Bank, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Citi acted as joint
bookrunning managers of the offering.
A registration statement relating to the securities described herein has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. This offering may be made only by means of a prospectus
supplement and an accompanying base prospectus.
Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus
related to this offering may be obtained from UBS Investment Bank, Attn:
Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, (888)
827-7275, or from Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, New
York, NY 10080, (212) 449-1000, or from Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal,
140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220,
(718) 765-6732.
About DHT Maritime, Inc.
DHT Maritime, Inc. operates a fleet of double-hull crude oil tankers.
The company’s fleet currently consists of three very large crude
carriers, which are tankers ranging in size from 200,000 to 320,000
deadweight tons, or ‘‘dwt,’’ two Suezmax tankers, which are tankers
ranging in size from 130,000 to 170,000 dwt, and four Aframax tankers,
which are tankers ranging in size from 80,000 to 120,000 dwt. The
company’s fleet principally operates on international routes and had a
combined carrying capacity of 1,656,921 dwt and a weighted average age
of 8.7 years as of December 31, 2008.
DHT Maritime, Inc.
Eirik Ubøe, +44 1534 639 759 and +47 412 92 712
info@dhtmaritime.com
and eu@tankersservices.com
