TransAtlantic: (STO:RABTB)

Second quarter 2012

· Net revenues amounted to SEK 864 M (661)

· Result before capital costs, EBITDA, amounted to SEK 35 M (31)

· Result before tax amounted to SEK -124 M (-73)

· Result after tax amounted to SEK -124 M (-52)

· Earnings per share after tax amounted to SEK -1.1 (-0.8)

January-June 2012

· Net revenues amounted to SEK 1 725 M (1 239)

· Result before capital costs, EBITDA, amounted to SEK 20 M (54)

· Result before tax amounted to SEK -256 M (-138)

· Result after tax amounted to SEK -256 M (-105)

· Earnings per share after tax amounted to SEK -2.3 (-1.6)

As anticipated, earnings for the second quarter were weak for both Viking Supply Ships (VSS) and Industrial Shipping (IS), but due to seasonal effects and cost savings, the underlying operating results were better in Q2 than in Q1. However, the quarter was charged with a number of nonrecurring provisions (SEK -28 M) primarily attributable to restructuring costs and a customer bankruptcy.

The charter agreement between Viking Supply Ships and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (SEIC) is now in full operation following approval by the parties.

During the first six months of the year, VSS focused on increasing the number of vessels on fixed long-term contracts which was successful and is expected give positive effects during forthcoming quarters.

Work in Industrial Shipping with the cost reduction program presented earlier this year, is progressing as planned.

During the quarter, the IS vessel fleet was adapted to now include 35 vessels compared with 48 (31 Dec 2011). Several charter agreements were also renegotiated, which began to generate total positive effects and will generate additional positive effects in future quarters.

In conjunction with the publication of the interim report, a teleconference will be held on Wednesday Aug 8, 2012 at 10 am (GMT + 1) with TransAtlantic’s President and CEO, Henning E. Jensen, CFO Heléne Mellquist and CEO Viking Supply Ships Christian W. Berg.

The phone conference will be held in English and as a support, there will be a downloadable presentation on the company’s website: www.rabt.se/Investor Relations/Interim Report 2.

Please dial in 5-10 minutes prior to start using the number and confirmation code below:

Phone number: +47 2350 0486

Confirmation code: 6476866

The interim report is available in its entirety on the company’s website.

Rederi AB TransAtlantic is a leading Swedish shipping company with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and additional offices in Europe. The company is organized into two business areas: Industrial Shipping and Viking Supply Ships. The company has about 900 employees and the turnover in 2011 was MSEK 2,989. The Industrial Shipping business area consists of four divisions: Bulk, Container, RoRo Baltic and Short Sea Bulk. The company’s B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Small Cap segment. www.rabt.se

TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according to the Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The information was submitted for publication on August 8, 2012 at 08.30 am.

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