- Marked improvement in the shipping business from previous quarter - - Impairment loss on coldstore assets of EUR 176.1m - Highlights for the quarter • Revenue of EUR 298.6m (Q2 2008: EUR 319.4m), decreasing by 6.5% from previous year • Operating expenses of EUR 263.9m (Q2 2008: EUR 288.6), decreasing by 8.6% from previous year • EBITDA of EUR 34.7m, or 11.6% of revenue, an increase of 12.6% from previous year when it was EUR 30.8m, or 9.6% of revenue • Financial expenses of EUR 22.5m, including exchange gains of EUR 6.5m • Loss from continuing operations of EUR 190.2m • Loss from discontinued operations of EUR 24.3m • Loss for the quarter of EUR 214.5m (Q2 2008: loss EUR 100.8m) • Total assets at the end of the period of EUR 1,540.6m • Total liabilities at the end of the period of EUR 1,931.0m • Equity at the end of the period was negative EUR 390.4m See attachment for full results