Ship Finance International Limited (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SFL) intends to host an investor and analyst event on Monday June 20, 2011. The event is scheduled to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, 57 East 57th Street, New York between 10.00am and 2.00pm. For registration and further information, please contact the Company at ir@shipfinance.no
Chairman of the board Hans Petter Aas and senior management including CEO Ole B. Hjertaker and CFO Eirik Eide will be attending. The Company is planning to present an update on its strategy, financial position and a general market outlook.
The event will also be available online through a webcast. Relevant material will be available from the Investor Relations section at www.shipfinance.org as of the same day.
About Ship Finance
Ship Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings, the Company has a fleet of 73 vessels, including 28 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical tankers, six oil/bulk/ore vessels, 11 drybulk carriers including eight newbuildings, 15 container vessels, six offshore supply vessels, one jack-up drilling rigs, one ultra-deepwater drillship and two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels are employed on long-term charters.
More information can be found on the Company’s website: www.shipfinance.org
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Ship Finance management’s examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.
Important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market as a result of changes in OPEC’s petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in the Company’s operating expenses including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors