Results of the Annual General Meeting 2008


The proposals submitted at the Annual General Meeting of Hf. Eimskipafelag
Islands held on 18 March 2008 were approved by the required majority. 

1.	The Board's report and the Annual Account were approved unanimously.

2.	The following proposal on the allocation of the Company's losses in the year
2007 was approved: 
The Annual General Meeting of Hf. Eimskipafelag Islands resolves that the
losses for the year 2007 shall be allocated to increase the Company's equity
and no dividends will be paid out in 2008. 

3.	The following proposal on remuneration of Directors was approved:
The Annual General Meeting of Hf. Eimskipafélag Islands, held on 18 March 2008,
resolves to pay remuneration to each Director for the year 2008 as follows: 
Chairman of the Board: 400,000 ISK per month, each director: 200,000 ISK per
month. 

4.	The following proposals on amendments to the Articles of Association were
approved: 
A.	Amendment to Art. 19, paragraph 1: The following text shall replace the
current text of sub-paragraphs 1 and 2: 
“The Company's Board shall consist of five members, chosen annually at the
Annual General Meeting.” 
B.	Amendment to Art. 21, paragraph 4: In sub-paragraph 1, “the majority of
Board members” shall replace “two board members”. 
C.	Amendment to Art. 4, paragraph 1: The following text is added: 
“The Company's Board of Directors has the authority to decide, should it be in
the best interests of the Company, to issue stocks in a foreign currency,
instead of ISK, in accordance with article 1 of the Act of Public Limited
Companies, no. 2/1995. The recalculation of stocks shall abide to the Act on
Annual Accounts no. 3/2006, according to paragraph 5, article 1 of the Act of
Public Limited Companies no. 2/1995. The Board shall allow necessary changes,
leading from the issuance of stocks in a foreign currency, to the Company's
Articles of Association.  This includes amending the amounts in paragraph 1 of
article 3 of the Company's Articles of Association and concern the amendment.” 

5.	The following persons were elected to the Board of Directors:
Sindri Sindrason, kt. 200852-3970
Gunnar M. Bjorgvinsson, kt. 280639-2069
Fridrik Jóhannsson, kt. 251057-5599
Orri Hauksson, kt. 280371-5809
Tomas Ottó Hansson, kt. 270365-3459

6.	The following proposal regarding election of an auditor for the term was
approved: 
The Annual General Meeting of Hf. Eimskipafelag Islands elects KPMG hf. and
Alexander G. Edvardsson on their behalf as the Company's auditor. 

7.	The following proposal on a Remuneration Policy was approved:
Remuneration Policy of HF. Eimskipafelag Islands 
Art. 1	Objective
The objective of this Remuneration Policy is to make an employment for Hf.
Eimskipafelag Islands a desirable choice for personnel and therefore
guaranteeing the Company's competitiveness on an international basis. In order
for this to happen it is necessary for the Board of Directors to be able to
offer competitive salaries and other benefits such as bonuses and stock options
on an international scale. 
Art. 2	Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee shall comprise of three persons appointed by the
Board from among its members. The Committee shall be appointed with a specific
Letter of Appointment. 
The role of the Remuneration Committee is to be instructive for the Board and
the CEO on remunerations of key employees of the Company and on the
Remuneration Policy. Furthermore, the Committee shall monitor that
remunerations of the Company's management are within the scope of the
Remuneration Policy and annually provide the Board with a statement thereon in
relation to the Company's Annual General Meeting. 
Art. 3 	Remuneration of Directors
Board members shall receive a fixed monthly payment in accordance with the
decision of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, as is stipulated in
Article 79 of the Act no. 2/1995 on Public Limited Companies. The Board of
Directors shall submit a proposal on the fee for the upcoming operating year
and shall take into account the time Board members spend on their duties, the
responsibility involved, and the Company's operations in general. 
Board members shall receive a fixed fee for each meeting they attend in the
Board's subcommittees. The fee shall be decided by the Annual General Meeting
of the Company. 
Art. 4	Remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer
A written employment contract shall be made between the Company and the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO). His terms of employment shall be competitive on an
international standard. 
The amount of salaries and other payments to the CEO shall be decided on the
basis of his education, experience and previous occupation. Other terms of
employment shall be specified in the contract, along with pension payments,
vacation rights, benefits and terms of notice. An initial payment at
recruitment is permitted. 
When determining the term of notice in the employment contract it is permitted
to have specific provisions to the effect that such term of notice shall be
extended in proportion to the CEO's term of employment. Furthermore, the
employment contract shall prescribe the conditions for the CEO's resignation. 
The CEO's base salary shall be revised annually and upon such revision, the
Remuneration Committee's valuation of the CEO's performance, the general
development of remuneration in comparable companies and the Company's earnings
shall be taken into consideration. 
In general, no additional retirement or termination payments to those
stipulated in the employment contract shall be agreed upon in the case of
termination. However, special circumstances, as determined by the Remuneration
Committee, may lead to a separate termination agreement with the CEO, the
provisions of which may include retirement or termination payments. 
Art. 5	Remuneration of Managing Directors
The CEO employs the Company's Managing Directors in consult with the Board of
Directors. When determining the terms of employment of Managing Directors, the
same issues as prescribed in Art. 4 apply. 
Art. 6 	Remuneration of key employees
The Remuneration Committee may propose to the Board of Directors that the
management be rewarded in addition to their set terms of employment in the form
of delivery of shares, performance-based payments, stock options or any payment
based on the Company's shares or the future value of such shares, pension fund
contributions, retirement or severance payments. 
The decision whether members of management shall be rewarded in addition to
their set terms of employment shall be based on the respective party's status,
responsibility, performance and future prospects within the Company. 
When granting stock options with respect to shares in the Company, such
previous options granted to the respective party shall be taken into
consideration, whether such option has been exercised or not. In general, stock
options shall only be exercisable by those optionees who are working for the
Company at the time when the stock option becomes exercisable. 
Art. 7	Other employees
When determining terms of employment of other employees, the Managing Directors
shall take the above provisions into consideration, as applicable. 
Art. 8	Information
At each Annual General Meeting, the Board shall report on the terms of
employment of the CEO, Managing Directors and Board members. Such report shall
contain information on the total salaries paid in the preceding year, payments
from other companies within the group, amounts of bonus payments and stock
options, other payments based on the Company's shares, severance payments, if
any, and the aggregate of amount of any additional payments. 
Art. 9 	Approval of the Remuneration Policy and other matters
The Remuneration Policy shall be submitted to the Annual General Meeting and
shall be subject to annual review and shall be submitted to the Annual General
Meeting for approval. 
The Remuneration Policy is binding for the Board of Directors with regard to
stock options and any agreements or payments based on the price of shares in
the Company, cf. Article 79. a, Paragraph 2 of the Act no. 2/1995 on Public
Limited Companies. In all other aspects, the Remuneration Policy shall be
viewed as a guideline for the Company and the Board. The Board of Directors
shall note in the minutes of its meetings any major deviation from the
Remuneration Policy and such deviation shall be well justified. The Board of
Directors shall inform the next Annual General Meeting of such a deviation. 

8.	The following proposal on the Board's authorisation to purchase own shares
was approved: 
The Annual General Meeting of Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands held on 18 March 2008,
agrees, in accordance to article 55 of the Act of Public Limited Companies, no.
2/1995, to allow the Board of Directors to purchase over the next 18 months up
to 10% of own shares.  The purchasing price may be up to 20% over the average
purchasing price of the Company's shares in the OMX stock exchange in Iceland
the two preceding weeks before purchase.  There are no minimal restrictions put
on this authorization, neither in regards to purchasing price nor the number of
shares bought each time. In agreeing this notion, the corresponding notion
passed by the 2007 Annual General Meeting is annulled. 
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