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DGAP-News: Hapag-Lloyd AG / Key word(s): IPO Hapag-Lloyd shares start trading 06.11.2015 / 08:30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gross proceeds of US$ 300 million The shares of Hapag-Lloyd AG ("Hapag-Lloyd" or the "Company") start trading on the Frankfurt and Hamburg Stock Exchanges today. The successful initial public offering marks a milestone in the history of Hapag-Lloyd. Gross proceeds of US$ 300 million (about EUR 265 million) will be used for investments in vessels and containers. "We are satisfied with the interest of investors and the demand for our shares", says Rolf Habben Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Hapag-Lloyd. "Despite a challenging market environment we successfully have been able to complete this important step." Michael Behrendt, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd added: "I want to thank the team at Hapag-Lloyd for the excellent work in the last months. This IPO was only possible because all shareholders, Supervisory Board and Management have collaborated unanimously and fully consensual from the preparation of the IPO until the successful listing." Witnessed by media and company associates, Rolf Habben Jansen and Chief Financial Officer Nicolás Burr will jointly ring the stock exchange bell on the trading floor in Frankfurt today, opening the trading of the Hapag-Lloyd share. To fill the hall with some extraordinary sounds, the Company brings their own model as well: a 200 pound bronze ship's bell. The shares of Hapag-Lloyd start trading on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the regulated market of the Hamburg Stock Exchange under the German Securities Code (WKN) HLAG47 and International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) DE000HLAG475. Berenberg, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs International acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners. Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC and UniCredit acted as additional Joint Bookrunners, DZ BANK, ING and M.M.Warburg & CO as Co-Lead Managers. About Hapag-Lloyd With a fleet of 188 modern container ships, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world's leading container liner shipping companies. The Company has approx. 10,000 employees at 349 sites in 116 countries. Since the merger with CSAV's container business in December 2014, the Hapag-Lloyd fleet has offered a total transport capacity of around one million standard containers (TEU) as well as a container fleet of 1.6 million TEU - including one of the world's largest and state-of-the-art reefer fleets. 128 liner services worldwide ensure fast, reliable connections between all the continents. Hapag-Lloyd is a founding member of the G6 Alliance, one of the largest shipping alliances worldwide. Hapag-Lloyd is one of the leading operators in the Atlantic and Latin America trades. 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The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Hapag-Lloyd AG Ballindamm 25 20095 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 40 3001 - 2896 Fax: +49 (0) 40 3001 - 72896 E-mail: ir@hlag.com Internet: www.hapag-lloyd.com ISIN: DE000HLAG475, USD33048AA36 WKN: HLAG47, A1E8QB Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg Notierung vorgesehen / intended to be listed (Frankfurt/Prime Standard und Hamburg) End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 409785 06.11.2015