Decision to Convene an Extraordinary General Meeting Requesting the Shareholders to Authorize the Board of Directors to Distribute Interim Dividends

COPENHAGEN, November 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In connection with the approval of the interim report for the third quarter of 2008, and with reference to the historically good result combined with the development of the share price the Board of directors has decided to convene an extraordinary general meeting in order to request the shareholders to grant authority to the Board of directors enabling it to make an interim dividend distribution of DKK 4.50 per share in TORM of a nominal value of DKK 5.