ST. HELIER, Channel Islands, May 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —
DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) (“DHT” or the “Company”) today announced:
DHT has time chartered in a VLCC built 2003 at Hitachi for a period of 16 to 18 months at a rate of USD 27,000 per day. DHT has a continuous option during the charter to purchase the vessel at USD 65 million for the first 6 month period, USD 66 million for the second 6 month period and USD 67 million for the third 6 month period. The vessel is expected to be employed in the Tankers International Pool and will be delivered on May 16, 2011.
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 31, 2011.
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SOURCE: DHT Holdings, Inc.
DHT Holdings, Inc.
Eirik Ubøe, +44 1534 639 759 and +47 412 92 712
eu@dhtankers.com