Announcement of the full year results on January 29th 2009


Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands will announce its results for 12 months ended October
31 2008, on January 29th after closing of markets. Note that the date of the
announcement has been changed. 

A presentation for shareholders and market participants will be held Friday,
January 30th, at Eimskip's headquarters in Korngardar 2 Reykjavik. The
presentation will start at 08:30 and breakfast will be served. 

Gylfi Sigfusson, CEO of Eimskip and Hilmar P. Valgardsson, CFO of Eimskip will
present the results and answer questions. 

The presentation will be available at the end of the meeting on Eimskip's
website, eimskip.com.