ST. HELIER, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwire - Dec 11, 2012) - DHT Holdings, Inc. - Overseas
Shipholding Group, Inc. files motions to reject
charters
DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT)
("DHT" or the "Company") announced that Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
and
certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, "OSG") filed rejection motions
on
December 6, 2012 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware
(the "Court"), which motions seek the Court's approval to reject the
bareboat
charters for the Overseas Newcastle and the Overseas London. Pursuant to
these
two bareboat charters, the Company had placed the two vessels on bareboat
charters to OSG through December 2014 (Overseas Newcastle) and January 2018
(Overseas London). The Company currently expects that the two vessels will
be
redelivered to its subsidiaries in the coming weeks. As discussed in the
Company's third quarter earnings release issued on October 23, 2012, the
Company
adjusted the carrying value of its fleet through an impairment charge. DHT
does
not expect any further impairment charge as a result of the redelivery of
the
two vessels.
The Company will continue to monitor the OSG bankruptcy proceedings.
About DHT Holdings, Inc.
DHT is an independent crude oil tanker company. Our fleet trades
internationally
and consists of crude oil tankers in the VLCC, Aframax and Suezmax
segments. We
operate out of Oslo, Norway, through our wholly owned management
company. You
shall recognize us by our business approach with an experienced
organization
with focus on first rate operations and customer service, quality ships
built at
quality shipyards, prudent capital structure with robust cash break even
levels
to accommodate staying power through the business cycles, a
combination of
market exposure and fixed income contracts for our fleet and a clean
corporate
structure maintaining a high level of integrity and good governance.
For
further information: www.dhtankers.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains assumptions, expectations, projections,
intentions
and beliefs about future events, in particular regarding daily charter
rates,
vessel utilization, the future number of newbuilding deliveries, oil
prices and
seasonal fluctuations in vessel supply and demand. When used in this
document,
words such as "believe," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate,"
"project,"
"forecast," "plan," "potential," "will," "may," "should" and
"expect" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements
but are
not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These
statements
reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and are
based
on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given
these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's
estimates
and assumptions only as of the date of this press release and are not
intended
to give any assurance as to future results. For a detailed discussion
of the
risk factors that might cause future results to differ, please refer
to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and
Exchange
Commission on March 19, 2012.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a
result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In
light of
these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events
discussed
in this press release might not occur, and the Company's actual results
could
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements.
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Source: DHT Holdings, Inc. via Thomson Reuters ONE
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