Change in number of shares in Rederi AB TransAtlantic (publ)

On September 22, 2010 the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in
TransAtlantic  decided on a new issue of shares directed to Viking Supply Ships
AS (through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Odin Viking AS and Odin Viking 2 AS)
due to TransAtlantic's acquisition of outstanding shares in the companies
included in Trans Viking - the joint venture within in the business area
Offshore/Icebreaking, which was previously owned in equal shares by
Transatlantic and the Norwegian company Kistefos AS, through its subsidiary
Viking Supply Ships AS. Further, the extraordinary general meeting of
shareholders decided on a reduction of the share capital with cancellation of
own shares.

After registration of the new issue of 1,817,961 A shares and 25,907,715 B
shares, and the reduction of the share capital with cancellation of 704,800 B
shares, there are 55,451,350 shares in TransAtlantic, of which 3,635,921 are A
shares and 51,815,429 are B shares. After the registrations mentioned, the share
capital in TransAtlantic totals SEK 554,513,500.

This information constitutes an announcement about an increase of number of
shares under chapter 4, section 9 first paragraph in the Financial Instruments
Trading Act.

For more information please contact CEO Stefan Eliasson or CFO Ola Helgesson,
phone +46 (0)304 67 47 00.


Rederi AB Transatlantic is a leading Swedish shipping company. Operations are
organized into two business areas: Offshore/Icebreaking and Industrial Shipping.
Ships fleet consists of 38 vessels and three anchor handling vessels in order to
be delivered during 2011 and ships chartered for shorter periods. The company
has about 1,100 employees. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
Small Cap segment.


TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according the Financial
Markets Act and the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om
värdepappersmarknaden och lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The
information was submitted for publication on September 30, 2010.



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